Fund Distribution

The mission of the United Way of the Wabash Valley is to help increase the capacity of people in our community to care for one another.

There are 7 basic values for United Way:

• Be accountable to donors for every dollar raised and spent. Commit to spending money wisely in a cost-effective manner.
• Be responsive to donor needs. Commit to conducting professional, flexible, tailored campaigns at the lowest system costs.
• Work collaboratively with all constituents in the community and other parts of the United Way system.
• Be a leader in the community in addressing current and emerging needs. Commit to actively bringing together participants/stakeholders to help make the community more successful.
• Maintain the highest integrity.
• Achieve impact. Raise funds for priority causes, lend assistance to make agencies more effective, and build on the capacity and assets of the community.
• Be inclusive. Focus on diversity by creating opportunities to empower all sectors of the community. Together, help define a shared vision and a work plan to achieve community goals.

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Value Statement for Fund Distribution

In carrying out its mission, the United Way of the Wabash Valley will act in a stewardship role to the contributing public when distributing resources in response to human service needs. The fund distribution process should be based on principles and values such as flexibility, inclusiveness, priority-based, impact, fairness, volunteer-driven, clarity, credibility/accountability, cooperation and collaboration, which benefit the community.

It is the responsibility of the UWWV Fund Distribution Committee (FDC) to facilitate and oversee activities of the organization concerned with the distribution of resources to benefit the community by delivery of services. This includes the three annual processes: the agency program reviews, highlighted program reviews and new agency missions. In addition, the FDC shall be responsible for receiving and responding to supplemental requests from member agencies in a prompt and timely manner. The FDC shall forward its decisions and recommendations to the United Way of the Wabash Valley Board of Directors.

When deemed necessary, the FDC may operate to provide an opportunity to a member agency to present additional financial, budgetary, or program information. Additionally, the FDC may conduct periodic reviews of, or meetings with, agencies throughout the year, as requested by the Board.

Review panels shall be responsible for reviewing member agency programs and highlighted programs and their funding requests of UWWV by conducting on-site visits and program reviews with agencies and discussing and reviewing their budgetary and program information. There are currently ten (10) of these review panels, and they are considered subcommittees of the FDC. Each panel consists of 8-12 volunteers from the community. Each panel will formulate recommendations for the amount of United Way funding to be distributed to agency programs during the proposed year and forward those recommendations to the FDC. A panel may also be reconvened to review an agency appeal of a program funding recommendation or to conduct a mid-year review of an agency program.

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