| 5,939
people who could not afford prescription medication were connected to
long-term prescription solutions. |
| 10,993
people received free or discounted legal services to assist them and
their families in times of crisis. |
| 15,514
area youth enhanced their understanding of pregnancy prevention. |
"Be the change you want to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi
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Revised September 2011
The
primary purpose of United Way of the Greater Dayton Area is to meet
human service needs and find long-term solutions in the Dayton region
through the community allocations process and impact areas.
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area also offers choices to assist
donors in meeting their philanthropic goals to support local health and
human services.
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Guiding Principles
I. The Donor Designation Policy is based on the following premises:
- Donor-designated gifts will be a separate source of funding from the community allocation process.
- The processing fees associated with donor-designated gifts will be applied based on percentage of the total designated donation.
- Agency
eligibility to receive donor-designated gifts will be limited to those
agencies providing a health or human service within a set geographic
area to meet United Way’s focus on the local community.
- Agencies will agree not to solicit for designated gifts to ensure a fair and equitable process.
- Regional and national employee campaigns designation policies will be honored.
Donor Designations
II.
To maximize the funds for the network of programs, services and
agencies through the community allocation process, United Way of the
Greater Dayton Area will actively promote gifts to LIVE UNITED 24/7 365
and the impact areas. A donor may designate 100% of their gift to
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area, the Impact Areas, Partner
Agencies, any other United Way, or the member agencies of our
neighboring United Ways.
Individuals who wish to support the
community campaign and designate a portion of their gift to support any
other eligible agencies may direct up to a maximum of 50% of their
contribution outside of the United Way network.
Agency Eligibility
III. The following types of organizations are eligible to receive donor designations:
- United
Way of the Greater Dayton Area, including the three Impact Areas
(Education, Income and Health, and the three counties (Montgomery,
Greene and Preble)
- Partner Agencies of United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
- Other United Ways
- Affiliated agencies of neighboring United Ways
- Nonprofit
organizations holding an IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt status and providing
health and human service programs to our geographic area and contiguous
counties
All agencies receiving designations must provide a signed Patriot Act certification form annually.
An
agency outside the United Way network must be able to demonstrate it
provides a health and human service program and serves residents of the
Dayton region or have a physical presence in one of the contiguous
counties (Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Fayette, Madison,
Miami and Warren in Ohio and Wayne County, Indiana).
Self-promotion
for designations by an agency is grounds for ineligibility.
Failure to promptly address and adequately resolve issues of
non-compliance will lead to disqualification.
Donor Acknowledgement
IV.
United Way confirms donor designations through thank you cards for
paper pledges and email verification for e-pledge campaigns. It
is the responsibility of the agency to also acknowledge
donor-designated gifts. United Way posts the agency-specific
designation reports on a secure website by April each year.
Agencies are informed and encouraged to check back periodically as not
all national and regional accounts report their donor designations by
the date of the first notification.
Administration of Donor Designations
V.
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area assumes the responsibility of
administrating the Donor Designation Program on behalf of participating
donors and eligible agencies. United Way processes payment to
agencies quarterly, based on actual dollars received.
United
Way will cap Donor Designation processing fees at 16% of actual dollars
collected, with a $750 maximum on any individual gift. Only
actual collected amounts can be passed on to the agencies, so payments
to the agencies are made quarterly as pledges are received.
Pledge
payments are applied based on the information provided by the company
and/or payroll processor. If payments are not identified by
individual donor, they are applied across all donations within the
organization based on percent of total. Therefore, any payment
shortage due to uncollected pledges must be spread proportionately and
may affect designation payouts.
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