These initiatives could draw funding from sources outside the area as well as locally. This initiative has already been the recipient of grants from Bank of America as well as local funding. This initiative was the vision of Dorothy and Al Golden. It has received a US Department of Education 21st Century Learning Grant for a pilot program in the Santa Rosa City Schools. United Way also administers the Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds for Sonoma and Mendocino counties.
All funds are in addition to donor designations to individual agencies.