2026-2027 Funded Programs

United Way of Martin County proudly provided 35 Grants to 24 nonprofits totaling $2,391,238!

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: $30,000
      • 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: $13,000
      • Therapeutic care for patients and much-needed respite for family caregivers.
  • ARC of the Treasure Coast
    • Alternative Behavioral Learning Environment (ABLE): $55,000
      • Education, training, and individualized support including social, behavioral, technological, and vocational skills for adults with disabilities to improve independence and employable skills.
    • 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: $19,500
      • After-school and camp opportunities for youth ages 3 to 22 years of age with developmental disabilities.
  • Banner Lake Club
    • Beyond Summer Slide: $30,000
      • Combats the summer slide by sharpening rusty skills and forgotten knowledge that often challenges both teachers and students every school year.
    • Butterflies VPK: $30,000
      • 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: $20,000
      • 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: $35,000
      • 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: $35,000
      • Enables seniors in Martin County to maintain independence by delaying institutional placement and providing respite services to their caregivers' families.
    • Meals on Wheels: $55,000
      • Prevents hunger by providing home-delivered meals to seniors identified as being homebound with limited access to nutritionally sound meals.
    • Senior Services Navigator: $35,000
      • 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: $21,300
      • 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: $60,000
      • 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: $55,000
      • Accessible, cost-effective, and high-quality mental health care for adults in need.
  • Helping People Succeed
    • Baby Steps: $35,000
      • 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: $37,500
      • 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: $30,000
      • Enhances classroom curriculums to ensure students enter Kindergarten ready to succeed in school and life, while also expanding other aspects of the child’s development beyond academics. 
  • Hope Center for Autism
    • Surviving Social Situations: $20,000
      • 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: $22,000
      • 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: $50,000
      • 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: $40,000
      • Provides prenatal care, labor/delivery management and wrap-around services to Martin County's uninsured pregnant women and their newborns.
  • SafeSpace
    • Domestic Violence Shelter: $65,000
      • 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: $36,000
      • 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: $55,000
      • 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): $20,000
      • 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: $72,452
      • 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
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Volunteer United
      • Connects community members of all ages through meaningful volunteer opportunities that inspire leadership, strengthen connections, and create lasting change in Martin County.

Thank You to our Impact Sponsors!

EDUCATION

FINANCIAL SECURITY

HEALTH

  • ARC of the Treasure Coast
    • Youth After School Camp: $19,500
      • After-school and camp opportunities for youth ages 3 to 22 years of age with developmental disabilities.
  • Banner Lake Club
    • Beyond Summer Slide: $30,000
      • Combats the summer slide and sharpens rusty skills and forgotten knowledge that often challenges both teachers and students every school year.
    • Butterflies VPK: $30,000
      • 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: $60,000
      • Supports Indiantown Pre-K classrooms by strengthening early language skills and teacher practices to boost kindergarten readiness.
  • Helping People Succeed
    • Baby Steps: $35,000
      • 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: $30,000
      • Enhances classroom curriculums to ensure students enter Kindergarten ready to succeed in school and life, while also expanding other aspects of the child’s development beyond academics.   
  • Hope Center for Autism
    • Surviving Social Situations: $20,000
      • 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: $22,000
      • Parenting classes, garden projects and children’s wellness programs for parents and students in the Indiantown community.
  • United Way of Martin County
    • Volunteer United
      • Connects community members of all ages through meaningful volunteer opportunities that inspire leadership, strengthen connections, and create lasting change in Martin County.

  • 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): $55,000
      • Education, training, and individualized support including social, behavioral, technological, and vocational skills for adults with disabilities to improve independence and employable skills.
    • 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: $20,000
      • 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: $55,000
      • Prevents hunger by providing home-delivered meals to seniors identified as being homebound with limited access to nutritionally sound meals.
    • Senior Services Navigator: $35,000
      • Helps the most vulnerable seniors in our community navigate issues and discover available resources to them.
  • Helping People Succeed
    • Successful Futures: $37,500
      • 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: $50,000
      • 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: $65,000
      • 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: $36,000
      • 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: $55,000
      • 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: $30,000
      • 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: $13,000
      • Therapeutic care for patients and much-needed respite for family caregivers.
  • Children’s Emergency Resources
    • Medical Services: $35,000
      • 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: $35,000
      • 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: $21,300
      • 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: $55,000
      • 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: $40,000
      • Provides prenatal care, labor/delivery management and wrap-around services to Martin County's uninsured pregnant women and their newborns.
  • The Inner Truth Project
    • Survivor Health Impact Pathways (SHIP): $20,000
      • 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: $72,452
      • 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
    • 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.