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Press Release United Way Community Investment a Success Volunteers distribute funds to area agency programs
June
18, 2007: If
you asked 100 people how to spend money, you’d probably get 100 different
answers. Opinions become even more
divided when lives are affected by how you spend it. That’s
why the Tipp City Area United Way volunteer Board of Directors cautiously
analyzed the best way to spend your community investment from donors of our last
annual campaign. 14 Board of Directors which is comprised of local
community volunteers spend countless hours on reviewing, and evaluating each
agency. Volunteers weighed the
impact made by each of the agency’s program(s) against the requests made by
those organizations, along with the pool of funds available, and the overall
needs of our community. Tipp
City Area United Way focuses their funding on 4 areas of impact, they are:
Meeting Basic Needs, Promoting Health and Wellness, Overcoming Crisis, and
Nurturing Families, Children and our Elderly.
The pie chart above shows how our volunteer board of directors
meticulously chose to distribute those funds. The
end result: money will go to organizations and programs to have a direct impact
on the lives of thousands in the Tipp City, Monroe and Bethel Township areas.
“There
was no rubber stamping of agency requests,” said Deborah Carr, Executive
Director of the Tipp City Area United Way.
“Every agency was evaluated on an individual basis by the board of
directors; there was discussion on the value of each program’s impact.”
“Extensive research, lively debate and much consideration was given
before funding recommendations became final.” The
process began in January; area non-profit agencies received the application and
submitted extensive information about their program and financial status.
The board studied this material, interviewed agencies and shared
information with each other. Perhaps
the most time intensive for our Board of Directors was the agency presentations,
where organizations presented information about their programs and board members
had the opportunity to ask additional questions.
During the presentations, the Board looked at where the dollars were
spent in the program, how is the program evaluated, and how many people are
being served from our area, to name a few. Volunteers
also, assessed how agencies determine and meet the needs in the community
through their programs. The volunteer Board of Directors agreed that the
responsibility to make funding decisions in a way that ensured donor dollars
were being used effectively to make the greatest impact was of their greatest
concern. With
requests from our partner agencies coming in over the amount we had available to
fund their programs, the inevitable shortfall meant both a literal and
proverbial give-and-take occurred, requiring our board members to be as
objective as possible. They had to
be open-minded when examining issues and programs from different perspectives
while contemplating service gaps and financial responsibilities.
“"We
are excited with the results,” said
Mindy Benjamin, President of Tipp City Area United Way. “Board members worked well together in determining how best to
allocate the available funds in order to achieve the greatest impact in our
community. All of our partner agencies play such a vital role in serving
the various needs of our community. We only wish we had more funds to
distribute to our agencies." Deborah
Carr stated, “There is a shocking amount of need that is not visible to the
average person in our community and we need to support them.
They are our neighbors” For
more information on how you can support your community through the Tipp City
Area United Way, please contact our office 669-FUND (3863) or send your donation
to: Deborah Carr, Tipp City Area United Way, P. O. Box 95, Tipp City, OH
45371. You may also check
out our website at www.tippcityauw.org. |
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