Programs & Services > Investing in Education, Income and Health

United Way distributes donor dollars to local programs that focus on education, income and health. Check out our fund distribution chart to see what your donation makes possible! 2010 Fund Distribution Chart >

How is funding dispersed into the community?
United Way depends on three teams of volunteers who work together to make funding decisions. This group of more than 60 volunteers takes on the challenging, rewarding task of investing contributions into local programs of United Way Partner Agencies.

The Community Impact Cabinet supports United Way by effectively overseeing and implementing the fund distribution process, ensuring that United Way, its Partner Agencies and Community Impact Partners are accountable to one another for the resources and the partnership they share.

Ten Fund Distribution Program Panels support United Way by reviewing funding requests from the Partner Agencies, assessing individual program results and making funding recommendations for each program.

Fund Distribution Audit Committee volunteers support United Way by ensuring Partner Agencies meet financial stability standards of United Way Funding Criteria.

The volunteers begin meeting to review program results and financial statements with Partner Agency each October. Once the United Way campaign closes, the volunteers weigh the available resources with the needs of the community and the merit of each program before making final funding recommendations to the United Way Board of Directors.

Partner Agencies receive donor designations as well as donations distributed from the general fund.