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Impact Partners

We fight for the Health, Education, Financial Stability, Basic Needs, and Youth in our community.

Through the annual community investment process, United Way of Amarillo & Canyon funds programs in the following focus areas: Health, Education, Financial Stability, Basic Needs, and Youth. Each funding request undergoes an extensive approval process, completed by our community impact volunteers, to ensure United Way of Amarillo & Canyon is making the most effective investments in programs that align with our work, that the cycle of poverty can be broken. Below are the Impact Programs for our 2025-2026 Year.

Who picks where our funding goes? 

Our Allocations Council reads applications, learns directly from the program/agency about their direct services, ensures there program aligns with our focus areas (Health, Education, Financial Stability, Basic Needs, and Youth) and serving ALICE+.

Why ALICE+?

ALICE+ stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — individuals and families who work hard, often at multiple jobs, but still struggle to afford the basic cost of living. The “+” includes those living in poverty and those on the brink, one unexpected crisis away from instability.

In Randall and Potter Counties, 45% of households are ALICE+. That means nearly half of our neighbors — essential workers, caregivers, recent graduates, and even seniors — face impossible choices every day: Do I pay for groceries or cover the electric bill? Do I fill this prescription or put gas in my car to get to work?

Learn more about ALICE+ and our Research ->

Basic Needs

  1. 211 of the Texas Panhandle

  2. Amarillo Area CASA

  3. Amarillo Coming Home Project

  4. American Red Cross, TX Panhandle, Disaster Services

  5. Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center

  6. Catholic Charities of the TX Panhandle, InterFaith Hunger Project

  7. Family Support Services, Crisis Services – Sexual Assault, Family Violence

  8. Guyon Saunders Resource Center, Community Day Room

  9. PRPC/Area Agency on Aging, Foodnet

  10. The Market on Tierra Blanca

Education

  1. Amarillo Wesley Community Center, Behind the Scenes

  2. Amarillo Wesley Community Center, Wesley Wrestling

  3. Boy Scouts, Golden Spread Council, Scoutreach

  4. Buckner Children & Family Services, FYi Center

  5. Family Support Services, Education & Prevention

  6. Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains, Girls at School

  7. Leaders Readers Network

  8. Maverick Boys & Girls Clubs of Amarillo, Academic Success

Financial Stability

  1. Children’s Learning Centers of Amarillo, Low Income Childcare

  2. Family Support Services, Veterans Resource Center

  3. Goodwill of Northwest Texas, Job Training/Placement

Health

  1. 7 Star Horse Therapy, Mental Health Program

  2. Amarillo Wesley Community Center, Senior Program

  3. Catholic Charities of the TX Panhandle, Joseph’s Project

  4. Coalition of Health Services, Nurse Family Partnership

  5. Family Care Foundation, Dental Health

  6. Family Care Foundation, Dental Health Program

  7. Family Support Services, Counseling

  8. Health: Family Care Foundation, Dental Health

Youth

  1. Community Youth Development

  2. United Way of Amarillo & Canyon, Youth Cabinet

  3. Window on a Wider World

 

Want to know more about them? 

Contact Haley Stoddard, Sr. Director of Community Impact, haley@uwamarillocanyon.org