The ways in which
United
Way disburses funds: donor choice, community
investment funds, contracts, and special grants.
The ways in which
United
Way increases the capacity of people to care for
one another: needs assessment, strategic planning, community problem solving,
citizen review, evaluation, training, and technical assistance.
The goal of
United Way fund
distribution is to be:
‘needs’ sensitive: a rational basis for
identifying the community’s human service needs
outcome centered: funding targeted at efficient and effective services that demonstrate positive outcomes in people’s lives
competitive : limited
resources allocated to those efforts
that best demonstrate impact of
donated dollar on people’s
lives
flexible: coordinating efforts
and proactively responding to rapidly changing human service environment taking
advantage of opportunities to leverage dollars
volunteer driven: citizen reviewed and managed
fair: as perceived by
both donors and funding recipients
accountable: fully accountable to the
community for expenditures and accomplishments
donor responsive: donor choices are honored
‘user friendly’:efficient application and
report forms
