Overview

The United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley engages in a thorough, community-based process to help address the most pressing issues and emerging needs in three crucial areas—education, income and health.  Together with numerous organizations, experts and key leaders, we work to identify specific community-wide concerns, strategize for long-term outcomes, and gather and leverage resources.

Our community investment strategy is designed to have maximum impact on improving peoples’ lives across the tri-county region.

The result is funding that fits into three distinct categories:
• Program Investments – Funding allocated for a single program or service that is focused on alleviating a specific issue.
• Collaborative Investments – Funding directed toward partnerships that focus on successful outcomes in the areas of education, income and health; and target ways to keep our communities strong today and into the future.
• Initiatives – Strategic investments that represent United Way Worldwide priorities with an emphasis on local conditions, that are available to all residents and provide services in our tri-county region.

We rely on the generous contributions of individuals, foundations and corporations to support the effort to allocate dollars toward programs and collaborations that will result in community-wide change and outcomes. When you give to the Community Impact Fund, your money goes directly toward supporting our most vulnerable citizens. The power of this collective effort has a lasting, measurable effect.

Following the fundraising campaign ending June 30, 2011, nearly $1.3 million dollars will be invested in the community via the categories listed above.

We are grateful for your support.