How United Way Works
First and foremost, our goal is to create significant impact in our community. To achieve this impact at a community level, we must expand our reach by broadening and deepening engagement, increasing our differentiation and enhancing relationships. With advancing the common good as our new strategy, it’s time to re-imagine the United Way experience. It’s time to invite more people to join us, to help them better understand what we do, and deepen our relationships. We are in the community change business — not the nonprofit funding business. This is a new and positive direction that will require courage and commitment from all those who are interested in making North Central Florida the best place to live for everyone.
Investing in United Way
United Way is investing in strategies and programs that are making an impact on the areas of greatest need in our community. The investment of funds and other resources are based on addressing these key community issues. United Way staff, agencies and volunteers use a six-month process to determine how investments in United Way are distributed among programs that will help create lasting change in our community. Investments go to programs that help the largest number of the neediest people and show measurable results. More than 70 volunteers and 24 agencies participate in the process.
To see specific work that United Way and our partners are doing, click on the links below: