United Way gives out $1.75 million

From CDT staff reports

The Centre County United Way board has approved allocation of $1.56 million raised in the fall campaign among its 40 member agencies.

An additional $182,360.19 will be distributed to a selection of non-member service agencies, for a total distribution of about $1.75 million.

That’s more than the $1.43 million the agency was able to distribute in 2008.

As a result, the allocations for most member agencies either held steady or increased slightly.

The specific amounts given to the individual agencies are decided by volunteers, who visit each member agency to evaluate its programs and services and review its funding requests, then make a recommendation to the board of directors.

The following is the 2009 distribution, with the amount each agency received in 2008 noted in parentheses.

An asterisk indicates a newly admitted partner agency that will be eligible for full funding in 2010, but this year is eligible only to receive funds designated by donors specifically for that agency.

The AIDS Project, $27,892.59 ($30,500)

American Red Cross, Centre Communities Chapter, $108,471.18 ($106,000)

The Arc of Centre County PA Inc., $71,281.06 ($69,981)

Blueprint for Success-PICCC, $4,629.37 ($6,400)

Boy Scouts of America, Bucktail Council, $9,039.26 ($9,000)

Boy Scouts of America, Juniata Council, $51,136.41 ($54,655)

*Bridge of Hope, $120

Catholic Charities, $18,595.06 ($16,000)

Center for Alternatives in Community Justice, $32,789.29 ($33,820)

Centre County Library, $31,508.29 ($31,641)

Centre County Women’s Resource Center, $65,134.36 ($66,000)

Centre County Youth Service Bureau, $164,256.35 ($135,452)

Centre Crest Auxiliary, $11,880.18 ($11,500)

Centre HomeCare Inc., $51,652.94 ($60,000)

Centre/Huntingdon Tapestry of Health, $12,396.71 ($13,200)

CentrePeace Inc., $22,727.29 ($22,500)

Child Development and Family Council Inc., $51,962.86 ($53,000)

Children’s Aid Society, $10,847.12 ($13,000)

Community Help Centre, $99,908.15 ($111,000)

Easter Seals Central Pennsylvania, $77,479.41 ($78,000)

Food Bank of the State College Area Inc., $56,327.25 ($46,000)

Friendship Community Library, $6,198.35 ($5,500)

Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA, $23,243.82 ($33,800 for the agency then known as Girl Scouts Hemlock Council)

Global Connections, $22,727.29 ($28,000)

Hope for Kids Inc., $46,487.66 ($39,000)

*House of Care, $2,200.00

Housing Transitions, Inc., $51,652.94 ($53,000)

Interfaith Mission, $12,396.71 ($11,000)

Local Help and Transient Fund, $6,464.88 ($7,101)

MidPenn Legal Services, $16,528.94 ($17,000)

Mid-State Literacy Council, $35,898.79 ($38,754)

Moshannon Valley YMCA, $61,983.53 ($56,092)

Park Forest Day Nursery, $34,391.56 ($34,320)

Sight Loss Support Group of Central PA Inc., $16,632.25 ($18,200)

Skills of Central PA, Inc., $26,859.53 ($31,000)

Smart Start — Centre County, $25,826.47 ($25,000)

Strawberry Fields Inc., $68,181.88 ($71,000)

*Tides Inc., $375

YMCA of Centre County — Bellefonte Branch, $87,810

YMCA of Centre County — State College Branch, $39,256.23