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The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program of United Community Action Partnership has been awarded a community impact grant from the United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN) for $12,000. The VITA program works to connect trained and certified volunteers with low to moderate income individuals and families to ensure they claim important tax credits and deductions that they qualify for. This work aligns with UWSWMN’s financial stability priority area.
UWSWMN makes a difference in the lives of local people by investing in programs focused on the health, education, financial stability, hunger, and safety & well-being of people living in our service area. Our service area includes the communities we serve in Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Yellow Medicine, and portions of Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Nobles, and Redwood counties in Minnesota.
Community impact grants are the primary way UWSWMN invests donations into our communities. The community impact grant process involves local volunteers who help review funding requests and work together to make funding recommendations to our board of directors. For the 2022-23 funding cycle, a total of $212,822 has been awarded to programs working to improve the lives of local people.
If you would like more information about our investments in local programs or our grant process, please visit UnitedWaySWMN.org.
Photo left to right: Meg Louwagie, Angela Larson, and Shelly Rykhus.
United Way of Southwest Minnesota is an autonomous, local organization working to create lasting change in people's lives and the communities we serve in Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Yellow Medicine, and portions of Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Nobles, and Redwood counties of Minnesota.
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