Our Partner Agencies
UWFH is the only flexible funding and convening organization specifically attuned to the needs of Franklin and Hampshire Counties and the North Quabbin Region. We provide general operating support to 64 programs of nonprofit agencies tackling the greatest needs of our community. Giving through UWFH allows donors to take a holistic approach to addressing the needs of our community by letting them invest a single gift into multiple programs working on different parts of the same problem. This increases the probability of real change. We use a volunteer-led process called community investment to evaluate the greatest needs of our region. We then invest in the best strategies and solutions to meet those needs.
2023-2024 Impact Priority Areas
Economic Security Ensuring that individuals and communities have the ability and resources to meet their basic needs sustainably and with dignity.
Health & Safety Building lasting wellness and security while strengthening physical, social, and emotional well being in our community.
Children, Youth & Their Families Nurturing the healthy growth, development and general well-being of children, youth and families.
2023-2024 Partner Programs
18 Degrees: Community-Centered Family Support
Amherst Community Connections: Housing-Based Homeless Services
Amherst Survival Center: Food & Nutrition Programs
Behavioral Health Network: Under 5 Thrive
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County: One-to-One Mentoring Programs
Brick House Community Resource Center: Parent, Families, & Youth Programs
The Care Collaborative: Essential Care Worker Initiative
Center for Human Development, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County
Center for Human Development, Family Outreach of Amherst: Immigrant Services
Center for Human Development: Not Bread Alone
Center for New Americans: Supporting Immigrant Journeys to Self-Sufficiency
Collaborative for Educational Services: Community Gardens at Affordable Housing Complexes
Community Action Pioneer Valley: Center for Self-Reliance
Community Action Pioneer Valley: Community Resources & Advocacy
Community Action Pioneer Valley: Healthy Families
Community Action Pioneer Valley: VITA Program
Community Action Pioneer Valley: Youth Programs
Community Legal Aid: Legal Aid for Economic Security
Community Legal Aid: Veterans’ Medical-Legal Partnership
Craig’s Doors: Emergency Overnight Shelter
Cutchins Programs for Children & Families: Children’s Clinic
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts: SNAP Outreach, Enrollment, and Case Management
Franklin County’s YMCA: Prescribe the Y, Adult Adaptive Aquatics, and Fit Life Center
Franklin County’s YMCA: Out of School Time
Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts: Girl Scout Leadership Experience
Greenfield Health Camp: Camp Keewanee
Hilltown Community Development Corporation: Affordable Housing
Hilltown Community Health Center: Social Services
Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program: Youth Recovery Theater
International Language Institute of MA: Bridge to Careers and Education
It Takes a Village: Home Visit Program
It Takes a Village: Parent Support and Education
It Takes a Village: The Village Closet
Just Roots: Farm Education and Food Access
The Learning Knoll: Camp Lion Knoll
The Learning Knoll: Girls Club of Greenfield
The Learning Knoll: Valley Play School
Life Path: SHINE
The Literacy Project: Adult Literacy and College & Career Readiness
Mary Lyon Foundation: Student and Family Assistance Program
Montague Catholic Social Ministries: Keeping Connected
New England Learning Center for Women in Transition: First Response Crisis Intervention, Counseling, and Advocacy Program
Northampton Parents Center: Programs for Young Children and their Families
Northampton Survival Center: Emergency Food Pantry
The Salvation Army, Greenfield: Food Insecurity Program
The Salvation Army, Greenfield: Housing Assistance
The Salvation Army, Greenfield: Utility Assistance
Stavros Center for Independent Living: Supporting Independence for Individuals with Disabilities
Stone Soup Café: Pay-What-You-Can Community Meal
Tapestry: Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare Services
Transhealth: Mental Health Internship Program
Treehouse Foundation: Education and Life Skills
The United Arc: Positive Parenting
Valley Community Development Corporation: Affordable Housing Development Program
Way Finders: Resident Services
Western MA Training Consortium: People’s Medicine Project
Western MA Training Consortium: Recovery Center of H.O.P.E.
Western MA Training Consortium: Wildflower Alliance