GREATER GALLATIN UNITED WAY INC
Programs
Program 1 [2021]
Our work addresses the quality of life for the whole community, from babies to seniors.1. Community Investment/Impact: We mobilize the caring power of the community and invest funds in over 50 local tax-exempt programs and initiatives that are effective, accountable and demonstrate positive results for the people served. GGUW funding is aimed at combating poverty and supporting education and health initiatives. Supporting seniors to reduce isolation and loneliness and supporting basic needs to lift up all those who are homeless, hungry, or struggling financially are prioritized areas for GGUW funding. 2. COVID-19 Relief: GGUW partnered with One Valley Community Foundation (OVCF) and Southwest Montana Community Organizations Active in Disaster (SWMT COAD) in mid-March 2020 to create a jointly managed Relief Fund for the pandemic. An initial goal of raising and allocating $500,000 was met and as community needs continue to rise, the partnership continues to raise and allocate funding for basic needs such as shelter, rental assistance, food, access to primary care and behavioral health care, child care, provider burnout prevention support, COVID transmission prevention, and operational support for non-profits providing essential services. 3. kidsLINK Afterschool provided a safe, healthy, enriching environment up until the COVID pandemic for more than 1,600 youth on a daily basis at 33 sites in four counties. During the pandemic, kidsLINK programming pivoted to provide full-day, emergency childcare programming for essential workers in the spring/fall 2020 and then evolved again to provide full-day microschool programming as well as afterschool programming in some locations. 4. Early Childhood Community Council supports youth ages 0-8 and their families by bringing together diverse stakeholders working together to support strong, healthy families and to engage Montanas early childhood partners to improve access to affordable, quality child care even throughout the pandemic and access to mental health services for young children and families in our rural communities. 5. Dolly Parton Imagination Library provides free books to more than 800 children to promote childhood early literacy skills-development and a love reading and learning. Children 0-4 years old may enroll and receive 1 book delivered to their mailbox each month; for children starting at birth they build a personal library of 60 books by the time they enter Kindergarten. GGUW promotes recruitment of the program for all children in Gallatin County and raises funds for the costs of shipping the books to each child with a goal of reaching a minimum of 2,000 children annually by 2023. With childrens learning opportunities more limited due to the pandemic, the DPIL book distribution program has become even more important.6. The Resilience Project is a behavioral health and mental wellbeing initiative of Greater Gallatin United Way which aims to build a healthier and more resilient community through a shift to a new collective mindset about behavioral health and mental well-being and how to improve whole-person health. Efforts include delivering resilience workshops to broad and diverse audiences to normalize mental health as a component of whole-person health. GGUW Resilience Project activities shifted in the spring of 2020 to offer online programming to address new stresses, fears, and difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 7. Behavioral Health Community Coalition Support and Leadership - GGUW is actively engaged with three community coalitions - LiveWell49, Gallatin County Mental Health Local Advisory Committee, and Elevating Behavioral Health - and provides leadership support for collective efforts. These efforts include advocating for behavioral health at local, state, and federal levels, building broad awareness and utilization of Help Center 2-1-1; and deploying a multi-media campaign called Man Therapy to build awareness of behavioral health. 8. Volunteer Connections / Volunteermt.org - This GGUW initiative is to build volunteer engagement by providing a central resource for non-profit organizations to share quality volunteer opportunities with community members. During the COVID pandemic, Volunteermt.org became the official platform for connecting volunteers with community volunteer needs.9. Earth Day Festival - GGUW serves as the fiscal sponsor for the Gallatin Valley Earth Day Festival Committee which aims to build on the 50-year legacy of Earth Day by promoting clean air, clean water, and a healthier world and to inspire communities to be part of the solution to the challenges and opportunities we face from a changing climate.GGUW operates with transparency and accountability throughout all its programming and operations and invests donations wisely and efficiently. To learn more, visit www.greatergallatinunitedway.org.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.8MCommunity Investment and Support Programs
Our work addresses the quality of life for the whole community, from babies to seniors.1. Community Investment/Impact: Funds raised in GGUW's annual fundraising campaign are invested, "Community Investment/Impact", into local partner programs aimed at combating poverty and supporting education and health initiatives. Supporting seniors to reduce isolation and loneliness and supporting basic needs to lift up all those who are homeless, hungry or struggling financially are prioritized areas for GGUW funding. Centralized fundraising benefits our community by allowing donors to easily support multiple well-vetted organizations with one donation; providing local organizations an efficient method to access community dollars through an open and stringent grant process; and, mobilizing businesses, their workforce and community members to get involved. The community participates at all levels through giving, advocating, and volunteering. 2. kidsLINK Afterschool: A GGUW initiative that was established in 1997, the program is a fun, safe environment for K-8th graders that provides rich opportunities for learning, personal growth, and building relationships. With autonomy provided so that each school or district may use their community or neighborhood assets, the overall initiative objectives are to support working families, enhance childrens emotional/social well-being, improve childrens physical well-being, supplement childrens academic success, and spark their interest in learning through varied enrichment activities offered through the program. kidsLINK Afterschool is the result of partnerships with school districts, MSU, libraries, non-profits and other local organizations and businesses. 3. Dolly Parton Imagination Library(DPIL): GGUW launched DPIL in partnership with Dolly Partons foundation to provide free books to children to promote childhood early literacy skills-development and a love reading and learning. Children 0-4 years old may enroll and receive 1 book delivered to their mailbox each month; for children starting at birth they build a personal library of 60 books by the time they enter Kindergarten. GGUW promotes recruitment of the program for all children in Gallatin County and raises funds for the costs of shipping the books to each child with a goal of reaching a minimum of 2,000 children annually by 2023. GGUW also promotes parent engagement and activities to help children and our community reach our early literacy goals: 85% of incoming Kindergartners score 530 or above on STARS Early Literacy Assessment by 2022 and 90% of third-graders are reading at grade level by the end of the 2025 school year. With children's learning opportunities more limited due to the pandemic, the DPIL book distribution program has become even more important. 4. Volunteer Connections / Volunteermt.org: This GGUW initiative is to build volunteer engagement by providing a central resource for non-profit organizations to share quality volunteer opportunities with community members. The goals are to build the capacity for local volunteering, raise awareness of the value volunteers bring to our communities, and to mobilize volunteers to effectively and efficiently meet local needs.5. Earth Day Festival: GGUW serves as the fiscal sponsor for the Gallatin Valley Earth Day Festival Committee which aims to build on the 50-year legacy of Earth Day by promoting clean air, clean water, and a healthier world and to inspire communities to be part of the solution to the challenges and opportunities we face from a changing climate.6. Disaster Fund: On June, 2022 Park County experienced extreme and unprecedented flooding causing catastrophic damage to the community, residential and businesses. On June 16, 2022 GGUW and Park County Community Foundation established the Southwest Montana Flood Relief Fund to support families, individuals, and businesses experiencing structural and financial devastation. GGUW operates with transparency and accountability throughout all its programming and operations and invests donations wisely and efficiently. To learn more, visit www.greatergallatinunitedway.org.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.2MProgram 1 [2025]
Our work addresses the quality of life for the whole community, from babies to seniors.1. Community Investment/Impact: Funds raised in GGUW's annual fundraising campaign are invested into local partner programs aimed at combating poverty and supporting education and health initiatives.2. kidsLINK Out of School Time Care: A GGUW initiative that was established in 1997, the program is a fun, safe environment for K-8th graders that provides rich opportunities for learning, personal growth, and building relationships. GGUW provides before school, after school, summer care and break camps for children so parents can work. kidsLINK is the result of partnerships with school districts, MSU, libraries, non-profits and other local organizations and businesses.3. Dolly Parton Imagination Library(DPIL): GGUW launched DPIL in partnership with Dolly Partons foundation to provide free books to children to promote childhood early literacy skills-development and a love reading and learning. Children 0-4 years old may enroll and receive 1 book delivered to their mailbox each month; for children starting at birth they build a personal library of 60 books by the time they enter Kindergarten. GGUW promotes recruitment of the program for all children in Gallatin and Park Counties and raises funds for the costs of shipping the books to each child enrolled. 4. Child Connect: In 2025 Greater Gallatin United Way responded to the child care crisis by developing Child Connect. Child Connect includes advocacy for access to affordable high quality child care in our community. Futhermore, this includes a platform powered by Kinside that connects families with available child care spots. This initiative creates transparency for child care access while creating solutions to easily find and access providers.5. Volunteer Connections/Volunteermt.org: This GGUW initiative is to build volunteer engagement by providing a central resource for non-profit organizations to share quality volunteer opportunities with community members. The goals are to build the capacity for local volunteering, raise awareness of the value volunteers bring to our communities, and to mobilize volunteers to effectively and efficiently meet local needs.6. Earth Day Festival: GGUW serves as the fiscal sponsor for the Gallatin Valley Earth Day Festival Committee which aims to build on the 50-year legacy of Earth Day by promoting clean air, clean water, ans a healthier world and to inspire communities to be a part of the solution to the challenges and opportunities we face from a changing climate.7. Disaster Fund: In June 2022, Park County experienced extreme and unprecedented flooding causing catastrophic damage to the community, residential and businesses. On June 16, 2022 GGUW and Park County Community Foundation established the Southwest Montana Flood Relief Fund to support families, individuals, and businesses experiencing structural and financial devastation. From the inception of the fund through December 2023 over $3.1 million in donations have been received and $2.99 million has been paid out for direct assisstance to the flood victims or to agencies assiting those affected by the flood.GGUW operates with transparency and accountability throughout all its programming and operations and invests donations wisely and efficiently. To learn more, visit www.greatergallatinunitedway.org.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.3M
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