Every year volunteers help our Board of Directors wisely invest community funds, the resources raised from the annual campaign through an open competitive community-based process. We call it the Community Investment, which is an effective grant process for allocating or funding dollars to our parnter organizations/programs.
In a world where dollars are few, a range of volunteers work together with a focus on "community impact," improving the lives of people who live here and creating lasting changes in community conditions. The volunteers are the voice of our donors -- the community. Their input is important and helps guide our Board of Directors in determining what organizations and programs receive funding.
Greater Gallatin United Way focuses on three interconnected areas: Education, Health, and Income with broad goals because we believe that everyone benefits when all children have the opportunity to reach their full potential, people achieve financial stability, and everyone leads healthy lives.
While distributing the Community Funds is a decision made by the Board of Directors, the important evaluation process and helps determine an organization and/or program strength, capacity, effectiveness, and sustainability. Other volunteers made up of CPAs and persons familiar with nonprofit financial statements and IRS 990 forms, evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the programs, whether they meet eligibility criteria, have good financial accountability and demonstrate financial need.
With at least 70 community volunteers participating and representing donors, your voice is combined with other tools to invest your hard earned dollars for the best results, as desired by the community.
