2014 CARIBOO INVESTMENT REPORT

From poverty to possibilityORGANIZATION WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING

City of Williams Lake ......................................................Housing First Forum & Housing Needs AssessmentSalvation Army Williams Lake Corps ..............................Drop-In CoordinatorWilliams Lake Food Policy ..............................................Food Action CoordinatorWomen’s Contact Society ...............................................Aboriginal Women’s Employment Program

All that kids can beORGANIZATION WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Williams Lake ....................... In-School MentoringBoys and Girls Club of Williams Lake & District .............Pre-Teen ProgramCariboo Regional District Library Society .......................Youth Drop-In ProgramCariboo Family Enrichment Centre ................................Youth ProgramsPunky Lake Wilderness Camp Society ............................Tsilhqot’in Nation Food Forum

Strong communitiesORGANIZATION WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING

Access Williams Lake ......................................................Online Resource DirectoryCanadian Mental Health Association Cariboo Chilcotin ....Suicide PreventionCaribou Brain Injury Society ...........................................Community WorkshopCariboo Chilcotin Child Development Centre ...............Parent Attachment Yoga ProgramCentral Cariboo Hospice Palliative Care Society ...........OperationalSocial Planning Council of Williams Lake and Area ........Operational

$117,070

HOW DONOR DOLLARS WERE INVESTED IN 2014

Our administration / community investment ratio

Where we invest dollars raised in the community

Admin & fundraising

Multi-partner collaborations

Grants (1%)

Directed by donors to charities of their choice (not evaluated by United Way)

Investing in communities

Programs and building capacity of our community partners

Examples of community investments:PROGRAMS & CAPACITY BUILDING Boys and Girls Clubs after-school programs that provide safe places for kids to go and connect.

MULTI-PARTNER COLLABORATIONSThe Homelessness Action Plan, a partnership between multiple stakeholders aimed at ending homelessness in Kamloops.

GRANTSYouth Initiative Grants provide youth 25 or younger up to $1,500 to execute a local community project that addresses social issues.

With our guidance, members of the Community Impact Councils (all volunteers) spend countless hours reviewing

applications and interviewing local non-profits to determine where the greatest need is in each community.