United Way Blackhawk Region denies funding to YMCA of Northern Rock County

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The United Way Blackhawk region bars the YMCA of Northern Rock County from access to United Way funding because of questions about the validity of information the Y provided in grant applications.

United Way Blackhawk Region President and CEO Mary Fanning-Penny says the United Way in December denied the YMCA’s eligibility for a two-year grant cycle of the Community Grant process.

The announcement comes as the YMCA of Northern Rock County faces scrutiny among some of its members and former board members over transparency of its governance and financial matters.

The December decision followed the United Way denying the Y’s applications in 2016 for $52,000 in grants and in 2017 for $65,000 in grants.

The 2017 denial questions “inconsistencies and discrepancies” in financial information the Y provided the United Way along with “potentially misrepresented information” the United Way turned up in the Y’s application, according to a November 2017 letter from the United Way to the Y.