For years the United Way of Summit, New Providence and Berkeley Heights has been providing service to our local community. This year, we are funding programs in 18 agencies that service our towns.
How do we make a difference?
1. Reliable
- Assess, prioritize and fund the needs in the local community.
- Serve as a dependable catalyst to impact community needs.
- Provide an avenue for tax savings as allowed by law.
- One donation goes to 33 programs run by 18 local non-profit organizations.
- Avenue for donors to aggregate contributions in the local community.
- Local community volunteers serve to approve, monitor and determine funding levels of member agencies.
- Annual audits are performed by an independent Certified Public Accountant.
- More than three-quarters of all United Way donations go directly to the local community
- Distributed $260,00 to local non-profit agencies in fiscal year 2007/08.
- More than 2 out of 3 local residents have needs and services provided for by the agencies of the United Way of Summit, New Providence and Berkeley Heights.
The United Way of America:
The United Way is a national network of nearly 1,300 local organizations that work to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health.
United Way of America is the national organization dedicated to leading the United Way movement. Local United Ways create long-lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of the most significant local issues. Common focus areas include helping children and youth achieve their potential, promoting financial stability and independence, and improving people's health. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of problems.
It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. So we bring together people from all across the community–government, business, faith groups, nonprofits, the labor movement, ordinary citizens–to tackle the issues. Because we all win when a child succeeds in school, when a family becomes financially stable, when people have good health.
To learn more, visit the United Way of America's website: United Way of America