2025-2026 Funded Programs

United Way of Martin County proudly provided 36 Grants to 24 nonprofits totaling $2,009,949!

Impact Areas: Education, Financial Security, Health

*New Agency Program

  • 211 of the Palm Beach & Treasure Coast
    • Crisis & Community Hotline: $34,000
      • Telephone counseling, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and comprehensive information and referral services, 24 hours a day 7 days per week to individuals in need of support.
  • Alzheimer’s Community Care
    • Family Navigator: $40,000
      • Services and resources for families living with Alzheimer's disease to enable them to care for their loved one at home with dignity and safety throughout the disease progression.
    • Specialized Day Care Center: $16,000
      • Therapeutic care for patients and much-needed respite for family caregivers.
  • ARC of the Treasure Coast
    • Alternative Behavioral Learning Environment (ABLE): $45,000
      • Education and training on employable skills including behavioral, communication, computer and other related vocational skills to persons with disabilities who have no other funding source for services.
    • Project Search*: $20,000
      • Empowers adults with developmental disabilities to build skills, explore interests, and access meaningful employment in an inclusive, supportive environment.  
    • Youth After School Camp: $17,000
      • After-school and camp opportunities for youth ages 3 to 22 years of age with developmental disabilities.
  • Banner Lake Club
    • Beyond Summer Slide: $15,000
      • Combats the summer slide and sharpens rusty skills and forgotten knowledge that often challenges both teachers and students every school year.
    • Butterflies VPK: $15,000
      • Prepares children for school by enhancing their pre-reading, pre-math, language and social skills and is 100% tuition-free for all enrolled students.  
  • Caring Children Clothing Children (4C’s)
    • Clothing Program: $22,500
      • Provides at no cost, gently used clothing, new underwear and socks, and a voucher towards the cost of new school shoes.
  • Children’s Emergency Resources
    • Medical Services: $32,500
      • Pays for healthcare-related services for children from families at or below the poverty level who have no health insurance and/or are underinsured.
  • Council on Aging of Martin County
    • Adult Day Club: $25,000
      • Enables seniors in Martin County to maintain independence by delaying institutional placement and providing respite services to their caregivers' families.
    • Meals on Wheels: $35,000
      • Prevents hunger by providing home-delivered meals to seniors identified as being homebound with limited access to nutritionally sound meals.
    • Senior Services Navigator: $25,000
      • Helps the most vulnerable seniors in our community navigate issues and discover available resources to them.
  • Drug Abuse Treatment Association (DATA)
    • Youth Substance Abuse Residential Treatment: $20,300
      • Residential substance abuse treatment program that is dedicated to serving males and females ages 13 through 18 with their addiction. 
  • Early Learning Coalition IRMO*
    • Literacy Coach: $40,000
      • Supports Indiantown Pre-K classrooms by strengthening early language skills and teacher practices to boost kindergarten readiness.
  • Florida Community Health Centers*
    • Adult Behavioral Services Program: $50,000
      • Accessible, cost-effective, and high-quality mental health care for residents in need.
  • Helping People Succeed
    • Baby Steps: $32,500
      • Individualized home-based and group parenting education, developmental play instruction, behavioral support, infant massage instruction, baby calming techniques, and early brain development education.
    • Successful Futures: $35,000
      • Provides adults with significant disabilities learning experiences in community environments by providing work and volunteer opportunities, educational classes, leisure, recreational and cultural activities.
  • Hibiscus Children’s Center
    • Shelter Literacy Program: $12,500
      • A comprehensive approach to improving academic proficiency for abused and neglected children in Martin County that reside at the Hibiscus Children's Shelter in Jensen Beach.
  • Hobe Sound Early Learning Center
    • Small Group Instruction: $25,000
      • Enhances curriculums to ensure students enter Kindergarten ready to succeed in school and life. The program also focuses on expanding all other aspects of the child’s development beyond just academics.    
  • Hope Center for Autism
    • Surviving Social Situations: $17,500
      • Provides scholarships and peer support for summer camp students and targets the development of social & executive function skills for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related disabilities using a thematic approach.
  • Hope Rural School
    • Parent Outreach: $20,000
      • Parenting classes, garden projects and children’s wellness programs for parents and students in the Indiantown community. 
  • House of Hope
    • Client Choice Pantry: $40,000
      • Nutritious food options for food-insecure residents in Hobe Sound, Stuart, Jensen Beach, & Indiantown
    • Enrichment Centers: $32,000
      • Provides empowering life skills trainings, vocational workshops and certifications all provided at no cost to the participants.
    • Project HOPE: $47,250
      • Assists qualified Martin County residents with rent/mortgage, utilities, prescriptions, medical co-pays, and other household or transportation expenses.
  • LifeBuilders of the Treasure Coast
    • Building Lives, Protecting Communities: $7,500
      • Seeks to reduce crime, recidivism, and assist low-income individuals who come in contact with the Treasure Coast courts as a consequence of criminal behavior or a dependency action.  
  • Little Lights Dentistry
    • Children’s Dental Clinic: $15,000
      • Dental services for children aged 12 months to 18 yrs, including comprehensive treatment plans, fillings and cleanings, as well as educational and nutritional information for both child and caregivers.  
  • Martin Chamber Foundation
    • Career Connect Martin: $40,000
      • Helps unemployed and underemployed residents gain new skills, overcome employment barriers, and connect to local businesses struggling to hire, train and retain employees.
  • Martin County Healthy Start Coalition
    • Maternal Care Services: $36,000
      • Provides prenatal care, labor/delivery management and wrap-around services to Martin County's uninsured pregnant women and their newborns.
    • Father & Child Resource Center: $5,000
      • Encourages men to become more involved and committed fathers by offering parenting classes, legal assistance for fathers who are separated from their children, and parenting workshops to other agencies.
  • SafeSpace
    • Domestic Violence Shelter: $55,000
      • Comprehensive programming for victims of domestic violence and their children to break the intergenerational cycle of abuse and ensure victims' safety while encouraging maximum self-sufficiency.  
  • Salvation Army
    • Basic Needs: $30,000
      • Provides crucial services needed to keep families healthy and in their homes such as assistance with rent, utility and prescriptions for families/individuals in crisis.
    • Compassion House: $45,000
      • Provides shelter, food, clothing and other necessities to homeless women and women with children while they work to transition to stable housing. 
  • The Inner Truth Project
    • Survivor Health Impact Pathways (SHIP): $15,000
      • Wrap-around mental health support for youth and adults in Martin County who have experienced sexual trauma.  
  • Tykes & Teens
    • Targeted Case Management: $10,000
      • Wrap-around services for students at Willoughby Learning Center, addressing complex behavioral health and ensuring material needs such as stable housing, childcare and other basic needs are met.
    • Therapeutic Services: $72,450
      • Helps children and families cope with and heal from a full spectrum of issues such as depression, anxiety, family conflict, grief, trauma, sexual abuse, domestic violence, bullying, school suspension, substance use, suicide and more.
  • United Way of Martin County
    • AmeriCorps Seniors
      • Connects adults 55 and older with opportunities to serve their communities through meaningful volunteer work.
    • Emergency/Disaster Assistance
      • Provides financial, emergency, and disaster assistance to help individuals and families recover, rebuild, and regain stability during times of crisis.
    • Holiday Project/Toys For Tots
      • Brings holiday joy to local children by providing gifts to families in need across Martin County.
    • Leaders United
      • A group of passionate young professionals dedicated to creating positive change in Martin County through volunteerism, networking, and philanthropy.
    • Ride United
      • Provides free transportation for individuals and families in need, helping them access essential services like medical appointments, employment, and food resources in Martin County.
    • Students United
      • Empowers local high school students to develop leadership skills and make a difference in Martin County through volunteerism and community service.
    • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
      • Offers free, IRS-certified tax preparation to help low- to moderate-income individuals and families maximize their refunds and achieve financial stability.

Thank You to our Impact Sponsors!

EDUCATION

FINANCIAL SECURITY

HEALTH

  • ARC of the Treasure Coast 
    • Youth After School Camp: $17,000
      • After-school and camp opportunities for youth ages 3 to 22 years of age with developmental disabilities.
  • Banner Lake Club
    • Beyond Summer Slide: $15,000
      • Combats the summer slide and sharpens rusty skills and forgotten knowledge that often challenges both teachers and students every school year.
    • Butterflies VPK: $15,000
      • Prepares children for school by enhancing their pre-reading, pre-math, language and social skills and is 100% tuition-free for all enrolled students.  
  • Early Learning Coalition IRMO*
    • Literacy Coach: $40,000
      • Supports Indiantown Pre-K classrooms by strengthening early language skills and teacher practices to boost kindergarten readiness.
  • Helping People Succeed
    • Baby Steps: $32,500
      • Individualized home-based and group parenting education, developmental play instruction, behavioral support, infant massage instruction, baby calming techniques, and early brain development education.
  • Hibiscus Children’s Center
    • Shelter Literacy Program: $12,500
      • A comprehensive approach to improving academic proficiency for abused and neglected children in Martin County that reside at the Hibiscus Children's Shelter in Jensen Beach.
  • Hobe Sound Early Learning Center
    • Small Group Instruction: $25,000
      • Enhances curriculums to ensure students enter Kindergarten ready to succeed in school and life. The program also focuses on expanding all other aspects of the child’s development beyond just academics.    
  • Hope Center for Autism
    • Surviving Social Situations: $17,500
      • Provides scholarships and peer support for summer camp students and targets the development of social & executive function skills for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related disabilities using a thematic approach.
  • Hope Rural School
    • Parent Outreach: $20,000
      • Parenting classes, garden projects and children’s wellness programs for parents and students in the Indiantown community. 
  • United Way of Martin County
    • Leaders United
      • A group of passionate young professionals dedicated to creating positive change in Martin County through volunteerism, networking, and philanthropy.
    • Students United
      • Empowers local high school students to develop leadership skills and make a difference in Martin County through volunteerism and community service.
  • 211 of the Palm Beach & Treasure Coast
    • Crisis & Community Hotline: $34,000
      • Telephone counseling, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and comprehensive information and referral services, 24 hours a day 7 days per week to individuals in need of support.
  • ARC of the Treasure Coast
    • Alternative Behavioral Learning Environment (ABLE): $45,000
      • Education and training on employable skills including behavioral, communication, computer and other related vocational skills to persons with disabilities who have no other funding source for services.
    • Project Search*: $20,000
      • Empowers adults with developmental disabilities to build skills, explore interests, and access meaningful employment in an inclusive, supportive environment.  
  • Caring Children Clothing Children (4C’s)
    • Clothing Program: $22,500
      • Provides at no cost, gently used clothing, new underwear and socks, and a voucher towards the cost of new school shoes.
  • Council on Aging of Martin County
    • Meals on Wheels: $35,000
      • Prevents hunger by providing home-delivered meals to seniors identified as being homebound with limited access to nutritionally sound meals.
    • Senior Services Navigator: $25,000
      • Helps the most vulnerable seniors in our community navigate issues and discover available resources to them.
  • Helping People Succeed
    • Successful Futures: $35,000
      • Provides adults with significant disabilities learning experiences in community environments by providing work and volunteer opportunities, educational classes, leisure, recreational and cultural activities.
  • House of Hope
    • Enrichment Centers: $32,000
      • Provides empowering life skills trainings, vocational workshops and certifications all provided at no cost to the participants.
    • Project HOPE: $47,250
      • Assists qualified Martin County residents with rent/mortgage, utilities, prescriptions, medical co-pays, and other household or transportation expenses.
  • LifeBuilders of the Treasure Coast
    • Building Lives, Protecting Communities: $7,500
      • Seeks to reduce crime, recidivism, and assist low-income individuals who come in contact with the Treasure Coast courts as a consequence of criminal behavior or a dependency action.  
  • Martin Chamber Foundation
    • Career Connect Martin: $40,000
      • Helps unemployed and underemployed residents gain new skills, overcome employment barriers, and connect to local businesses struggling to hire, train and retain employees.
  • SafeSpace
    • Domestic Violence Shelter: $55,000
      • Comprehensive programming for victims of domestic violence and their children to break the intergenerational cycle of abuse and ensure victims' safety while encouraging maximum self-sufficiency.  
  • Salvation Army
    • Basic Needs: $30,000
      • Provides crucial services needed to keep families healthy and in their homes such as assistance with rent, utility and prescriptions for families/individuals in crisis.
    • Compassion House: $45,000
      • Provides shelter, food, clothing and other necessities to homeless women and women with children while they work to transition to stable housing. 
  • United Way of Martin County
    • Emergency/Disaster Assistance
      • Provides financial, emergency, and disaster assistance to help individuals and families recover, rebuild, and regain stability during times of crisis.
    • Holiday Project/Toys For Tots
      • Brings holiday joy to local children by providing gifts to families in need across Martin County.
    • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
      • Offers free, IRS-certified tax preparation to help low- to moderate-income individuals and families maximize their refunds and achieve financial stability.
  • Alzheimer’s Community Care
    • Family Navigator: $40,000
      • Services and resources for families living with Alzheimer's disease to enable them to care for their loved one at home with dignity and safety throughout the disease progression.
    • Specialized Day Care Center: $16,000
      • Therapeutic care for patients and much-needed respite for family caregivers.
  • Children’s Emergency Resources
    • Medical Services: $32,500
      • Pays for healthcare-related services for children from families at or below the poverty level who have no health insurance and/or are underinsured.
  • Council on Aging of Martin County
    • Adult Day Club: $25,000
      • Enables seniors in Martin County to maintain independence by delaying institutional placement and providing respite services to their caregivers' families.
  • Drug Abuse Treatment Association (DATA)
    • Youth Substance Abuse Residential Treatment: $20,300
      • Residential substance abuse treatment program that is dedicated to serving males and females ages 13 through 18 with their addiction. 
  • Florida Community Health Centers*
    • Adult Behavioral Services Program: $50,000
      • Accessible, cost-effective, and high-quality mental health care for residents in need.
  • House of Hope
    • Client Choice Pantry: $40,000
      • Nutritious food options for food-insecure residents in Hobe Sound, Stuart, Jensen Beach, & Indiantown
  • Little Lights Dentistry
    • Children’s Dental Clinic: $15,000
      • Dental services for children aged 12 months to 18 yrs, including comprehensive treatment plans, fillings and cleanings, as well as educational and nutritional information for both child and caregivers.  
  • Martin County Healthy Start Coalition
    • Maternal Care Services: $36,000
      • Provides prenatal care, labor/delivery management and wrap-around services to Martin County's uninsured pregnant women and their newborns.
    • Father & Child Resource Center: $5,000
      • Encourages men to become more involved and committed fathers by offering parenting classes, legal assistance for fathers who are separated from their children, and parenting workshops to other agencies.
  • The Inner Truth Project
    • Survivor Health Impact Pathways (SHIP): $15,000
      • Wrap-around mental health support for youth and adults in Martin County who have experienced sexual trauma.  
  • Tykes & Teens
    • Targeted Case Management: $10,000
      • Wrap-around services for students at Willoughby Learning Center, addressing complex behavioral health and ensuring material needs such as stable housing, childcare and other basic needs are met.
    • Therapeutic Services: $72,450
      • Helps children and families cope with and heal from a full spectrum of issues such as depression, anxiety, family conflict, grief, trauma, sexual abuse, domestic violence, bullying, school suspension, substance use, suicide and more.
  • United Way of Martin County
    • AmeriCorps Seniors
      • Connects adults 55 and older with opportunities to serve their communities through meaningful volunteer work.
    • Ride United
      • Provides free transportation for individuals and families in need, helping them access essential services like medical appointments, employment, and food resources in Martin County.