Certification and Allocations Process

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The United Way Certification Standards and Allocations Application for Funding for Partner Agencies were recently updated. This was done in order to:

  • Continue to assist donors in making sound giving decisions and to foster public confidence in United Way and its partners
  • Streamline the process for applying agencies, as well as digitizing it for both applicants and the Community Impact Committee
  • Respond to the need for rebuilding our community’s resiliency during and following the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Deepen the impact of United Way partnerships and investment

These standards seek to encourage fair and honest solicitation practices, promote ethical conduct, support culturally responsive and inclusive practices, and encourage the use of best practices for organizational management. Certification also ensures consistency with United Way's Strategic Map to build resilience in Monroe, Owen, and Greene counties.

In addition to the specific areas addressed in the standards, United Way of Monroe County encourages partners to maintain an organizational commitment to accountability that transcends specific standards and places a priority on openness and ethical behavior in the agency's programs and activities.

All United Way partners agencies are health and human service agencies that provide services in at least one of United Way’s priority areas of 1) Individual Resilience, 2) Community Resilience, or 3) Safety Net Resilience, and address a need that would be otherwise un-met.

All certified agencies complete the process every three years. Any agency interested in becoming certified completes the same process. Only certified member agencies will have the opportunity to apply for allocations from the United Way Community Action Fund (CAF).

Allocations from the CAF will be of no less than $6,000/year for the three-year partnership period. It is our intent to make our investments as deep and meaningful as possible, and we depend on the community’s generosity in order to do so.