The RFP Process

The North Texas Area United Way utilizes a competitive bid process to fund programs in the community. This process ensures that programs that are best able to contribute to long-term positive outcomes in the areas of Education, Income and Health are the programs that receive funding.

To facilitate this process, each impact council determines the strategies in the community that would result in improving outcomes. These strategies are then placed out to bid and the not-for-profit community is asked to apply for funds to implement the strategy. The proposal(s) that are best able to demonstrate measurable results and implement a quality program is the program(s) that will receive funding.

In addition to offering programs or developing programs that are specific to the Request for Proposals, each organization must meet the following criteria in order to be eligible for United Way funds:

• a not-for-profit charitable organization possessing documentation of nonprofit status (501c3, government or faith-based), and/or a nonprofit organization which is not primarily political in nature; does not provide services limited to members of a particular religious group; does not exist solely for the presentation of cultural or artistic achievements; or does not exist solely to provide housing or rent subsidies on a long-term basis, be governed by a nonsectarian voluntary board of directors, consisting of members of the general community
• Must have written Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, Job Descriptions, Organizational Chart
• Must be incorporated and actively conducting business for at least two years at the time of application
• Must demonstrate a significant need in the community
• Must utilize promising or best-practices in program development and implementation
• Must have the ability to track and report outcomes related to program impact
• Must demonstrate that the agency is committing some of its own resources to the project
• Align with the NTAUW Mission and the Agenda for Action
• Willing to comply with NTAUW Community Investment guidelines for review of partner agencies
• If annual revenue for the organization is above $250,000, each organization must submit an independent audit. For organizations with revenue below $250,000, each organization must submit an independent financial review