Following our first regional funding application process since unifying in 2024, United Way Maritimes is investing more than $8 million in operational and program funding into 136 unique organizations in 2026 and 2027, across all seven Maritime offices. This ensures that funding is reaching local organizations and directly responding to the unique needs of the communities they serve.
In Colchester & Cumberland Counties that looks like investing $500,000 into these 15 organizations:
- Autism Nova Scotia – Colchester & Cumberland
- Boys and Girls Club Truro & Colchester
- Colchester Adult Learning Association
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Colchester East Hants
- Colchester East Hants Hospice Society
- Colchester Food Network
- Cumberland County Transit Society (CCTS)
- Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association
- Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre – Cumberland
- Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre – Colchester
- River Hebert Joggins and Area Development Association
- Sexual Health Centre Cumberland County
- Third Place Transition House
- Truro Pride Society
- YMCA Association of Cumberland
2025 – 2026 Community Program Fund Recipients:
– After the School Bell Food Program
– Autism NS – Colchester
– Boys & Girls Club of Truro & Colchester
– Colchester Adult Learning Association
– Cumberland County Transportation Services Society
– Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association
– Colchester East Hants Branch – Canadian Mental Health Association
– Maggie’s Place – A Resource Centre for Families Association (Colchester & Cumberland)
– River Hebert and Area Development
– Sexual Health Centre for Cumberland County Association
– Trauma Recovery for Exploited Youth Society
– Third Place Transition House
– Truro Pride Society
– YMCA of Cumberland
2024 – 2025 Community Program Fund Recipients:
| Amherst Preschool (Cumberland) |
| Autism Nova Scotia (Colchester) |
| Autism Nova Scotia (Cumberland) |
| BGC Truro Colchester |
| Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA): Colchester East Hants |
| Colchester Adult Learning Association (CALA) |
| Cumberland County Transportation Services (CCTS) |
| Cumberland Homelessness Housing Support Association (CHHSA) |
| Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre (Colchester) |
| Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre (Cumberland) |
| North Shore Community Connections |
| Sexual Health Centre (Cumberland) |
| Third Place Transition House (Colchester) |
| Truro Pride (Colchester) |
2023 Fall Impact Grant Recipients:
| Colchester Community Support Society – Colchester Food Bank |
| Portapique Community Hall |
| Shelter Movers Nova Scotia |
| TREY | Trauma Recovery for Exploited Children |
2023 – 2024 Community Program Fund Recipients:
Cumberland & Colchester
| After The School Bell (Cumberland) |
| Amherst Preschool (Cumberland) |
| Autism Nova Scotia (Cumberland) |
| Autism Nova Scotia (Truro) |
| BGC Truro Colchester |
| Bridges Institute (Colchester) |
| Canadian Mental Health Association: Colchester East Hants |
| Colchester Adult Learning Association (CALA) |
| Cumberland County Transportation Services (CCTS) |
| Elizabeth Fry Society (Colchester) |
| Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre (Colchester) |
| Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre (Cumberland) |
| Northern Healthy Connections Society (serving Colchester & Cumberland) |
| Sexual Health Centre (Cumberland) |
| Tatamagouche Centre (serving Colchester & Cumberland) |
| Third Place Transition House (Colchester) |
| Truro Housing Outreach Society (Colchester) |
2022 Fall Impact Grant Recipients:
| Archway Counselling Association |
| BGC Truro Colchester |
| Canadian Mental Health Association: Colchester East Hants |
| Colchester Community Support Society – Colchester Food Bank |
| Elizabeth Fry Society |
| John Howard Society |
| Portapique Community Hall |
| Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre (Colchester) |
| Micmac Benevolent Society |
| Tatamagouche Centre |
2022 Spring Impact Grant Recipients:
| Colchester East Hants Hospice Society |
| Colchester Community Support Society – Colchester Food Bank |
| John Howard Society |
| MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning |
| Tatamagouche Centre |
2022 – 2023 Community Program Fund Recipients:
Colchester
| Autism Nova Scotia (Truro) |
| BGC Truro Colchester |
| Bridges Institute |
| Canadian Mental Health Association: Colchester East Hants |
| Colchester Adult Learning Association (CALA) |
| Colchester Sexual Assault Centre (in partnership with the Lotus Centre) |
| MacPhee Centre (in partnership with the Portapique Community Hall) |
| Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre |
| Northern Healthy Connections Society |
| Tatamagouche Centre |
| Third Place Transition House |