Community Investments 2026-27
United Way East Ontario invests our available resources in smart, strategic ways to move the needle for the most vulnerable people in our communities. Our expert volunteers evaluate and make recommendations to fund programs, collaborations and initiatives that create measurable, lasting change.
Below are our investments for July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027, divided into the three focus areas of our activities that fulfill our mission, vision and promise. These investments are determined by our annual Call for Proposals process, unless otherwise indicated.
Every kid should have the basic building blocks to stay on track to succeed—in school, and in life.
- PROGRAM
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- Ending Homelessness in Ottawa Using a Collective Impact Approach
- Alliance to End Homelessness
- $55,000.00
- After School Programming
- BGC Renfrew County
- $25,000.00
- Mentoring Matters in Lanark County
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County
- $21,165.00
- One-to-One Child and Youth Mentoring Program in Ottawa, Renfrew County and Prescott-Russell
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa
- $160,000.00
- Critical Hours BGC Ottawa 2026
- Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa
- $320,000.00
- Community House Children & Youth Programs
- Britannia Woods Community House
- $96,344.00
- Community House Child & Youth Programs
- Britannia Woods Community House
- $24,000.00
- School's Cool 2026
- Canadian Mothercraft of Ottawa-Carleton
- $73,000.00
- Vita Youth Program
- Carleton Place and District Youth Centre
- $25,000.00
- Booster School Readiness
- Carlington Community Health Centre
- $36,000.00
- Students Will All Graduate (SWAG) Accelerator
- Carlington Community Health Centre
- $47,565.00
- Building Skills and Empowering Lives
- Christie Lake Kids
- $27,000.00
- Guest House
- Columbus House (Pembroke) Inc.
- $25,000.00
- CRC Youth Programs
- Community Resource Centre Killaloe
- $25,000.00
- Housing First for Youth : Rural Mobile Outreach
- Cornerstone Landing Youth Services
- $40,000.00
- Maison de la famille-123, Bébé s'épanouit
- Groupe Action
- $17,700.00
- Youth Matters: Youth Supportive Housing
- John Howard Society of Ottawa
- $60,000.00
- Community Fund: Supporting Community Resilience
- Lanark Highlands Youth Centre
- $10,000.00
- Critical Connections Round 3
- Mississippi Mills Youth Centre
- $30,000.00
- Rural Ottawa Youth Mental Health Program (ROYMHP)
- Nepean Rideau Osgoode Community Resource Centre
- $50,000.00
- OrKidstra - Empower Kids, Build Community (2026-27)
- OrKidstra – Sistema Ottawa
- $20,000.00
- After School Homework Club
- Osgoode Youth Association
- $17,000.00
- Supporting Parents/Caregivers of Children to age 25 with MHSUA
- Parents’ Lifelines of Eastern Ontario
- $80,000.00
- Service de répit pour les individus autistes et leurs familles
- Regroupement Autisme de Prescott-Russell
- $15,000.00
- Success for Children of Young Parents
- St. Mary's Home
- $65,000.00
- Only Love Can Do That: Camp Magic as an Antidote for Hate for 2SLGBTQ+ Youth
- Ten Oaks Project
- $20,000.00
- Perth Youth Centre
- YAK Youth Services
- $23,000.00
- Transitional Housing for Homeless Youth
- Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa
- $80,000.00
A job, a purpose, a sense of belonging—we can ensure more people in our communities achieve financial independence and stability.
- PROGRAM
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- Appui à la recherche d'emploi pour nouveaux arrivants francophones (ARENAF)
- Centre d’établissement, de soutien et d’orientation communautaire (CÉSOC)
- $45,000.00
- Soutien pour prévenir ou résoudre des crise financières ou fiscales
- Centre d'éducation financière EBO
- $73,500.00
- Community support initiatives to increase Financial Empowerment in Ottawa
- Centre d'éducation financière EBO
- $22,000.00
- Institutionalizing Social Impact Purchasing for Community Wealth
- Centre for Social Enterprise Development
- $46,000.00
- Building capacity of in-house sewing opportunities that will provide an income, professional experience, and confidence-building for newcomer women.
- EcoEquitable
- $30,000.00
- Arches Supportive Employment Program
- John Howard Society of Ottawa
- $85,000.00
- Job Retention and Career Progression for Long Term Sustainable Employment
- LiveWorkPlay
- $25,000.00
- FoodWorks' Breaker Bistro
- Operation Come Home
- $19,000.00
- Career Access for Newcomers
- World Skills Employment Centre
- $110,000.00
Ensuring our communities are great for everyone by improving equity, connections and overall well-being.
- PROGRAM
- AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION
- INVESTMENTS (CAD $)
- Enabling Seniors Through Choice
- ABLE2: Support for People with Disabilities
- $55,000.00
- Bridging the Gaps
- Amethyst Centre Ottawa
- $40,000.00
- Basse-Ville, Notre Chez-Nous : Focus Jeunesse
- Centre de ressources communautaires de la Basse-Ville
- $35,000.00
- Safer Communities through Circles of Support and Accountability
- Circles of Support and Accountability Ottawa
- $35,000.00
- Making Voices Count
- City for All Women Initiative (CAWI)
- $35,000.00
- Mental Health Promotion
- CMHA Champlain East
- $40,000.00
- Good Food Project
- Community Resource Centre Killaloe
- $15,000.00
- Daisy Café Meaningful Engagement of Caregivers and People Living with Dementia
- Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County
- $48,000.00
- 24/7 Ottawa and Region Crisis Support Line
- Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region
- $90,000.00
- Mental Health Counselling
- Family Services Ottawa (FSO)
- $135,000.00
- Around The Rainbow
- Family Services Ottawa (FSO)
- $43,000.00
- Outreach Attendant Care
- Groupe Action
- $13,000.00
- Grief and Bereavement Services
- Hospice Renfrew
- $22,000.00
- Subsidized Multi-Session Mental Health for Ottawans
- Jewish Family Services of Ottawa
- $85,000.00
- Crisis Support Services
- John Howard Society of Ottawa
- $48,000.00
- Housing Supports & Options
- Lanark County Interval House
- $20,000.00
- Culture and Land-based Counselling and Harm Reduction for Indigenous Women
- Minwaashin Lodge
- $65,000.00
- Supporting Community Wellness & Individual Basic Needs
- North Renfrew Family Services
- $25,000.00
- Portable Community Sensory Space
- Petawawa Military Family Resource Centre
- $10,000.00
- Gifts In-Kind Program
- Rideau Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre
- $60,000.00
- Healing Relationships - couple counselling
- Robbie Dean Family Counselling Program
- $35,000.00
- Supports for Vulnerable Rural Seniors and Caregivers Project
- Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS)
- $50,000.00
- Black Mental Health Program
- Somerset West Community Health Centre
- $50,000.00
- Equity for Us: Equity in Action
- Somerset West Community Health Centre
- $30,000.00
- Yet Keen Seniors Outreach Program
- Somerset West Community Health Centre
- $23,000.00
- Creating the Change We Want
- South East Ottawa Community Health Centre
- $75,000.00
- TAO Tel-Aide toujours présent et en appui à la population francophone d'Ottawa et l'Est ontarien
- Tel-Aide Outaouais
- $40,000.00
- Building Resilience
- The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa
- $70,000.00
- Seniors' Centre Without Walls
- The Good Companions
- $80,000.00
- Newcomer Connect
- YMCA of the National Capital Region
- $35,000.00
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