United Way Of Suwannee Valley, Inc.

United Way Of Suwannee Valley, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Lake City, Florida, operates as a prime recipient of federal homelessness grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with secondary engagement as a sub-recipient on state homelessness contracts. The organization holds no federal contracts but maintains an active grant footprint across HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) program.

United Way Suwannee Valley's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in homelessness services and housing support. The organization receives recurring CoC program grants (CFDA 14.267) from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which fund permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services including case management and job training, facility acquisition and rehabilitation, and homeless management information systems (HMIS) support. A concrete example is the $118,538 project grant awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2026, supporting housing and supportive services in the Lake City area. Three additional awards initiated in late 2025 and early 2026 follow the same CoC program structure, with ultimate completion dates spanning through December 2026.

HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 52 of the organization's 58 named prime grant awards, representing 76% of all tracked awards (prime and sub combined). A secondary customer, HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, holds 1 award; the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 5 awards. The organization also acts as a sub-recipient under contracts issued by the Florida Department of Children and Families, with ten sub-awards logged as of July 1, 2025, carrying generic designations such as "United Way of Suwannee Valley Homelessness Contract" and "Unified Homelessness Contract."

Activity has accelerated recently. The source records four awards per year in 2022–2024, climbing to fourteen awards in 2025 and one award in 2026 as of the measurement date. Combined dollars obligated across all 76 awards total $5.6 million, yielding an average award size of roughly $74,000. Only three awards hold ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure in the near term. Seventy percent of all awards sit in the prime-recipient category, with thirty percent flowing through sub-recipient arrangements, predominantly routed through Florida state administrative channels.