Organized in 1923, United Way of Central Alabama is committed to increasing the organized capacity of people to care for one another and to improve their community. Our United Way makes funding decisions based on local priorities. United Way supports agencies and programs that work in this community to strengthen families and individuals. Our focus areas are helping children, youth and families; promoting health and rehabilitation; providing for basic needs and emergencies; and providing counseling and mental health services.
Organized in 1923, United Way of Central Alabama is committed to increasing the organized capacity of people to care for one another and to improve their community. Our United Way makes funding decisions based on local priorities. United Way supports agencies and programs that work in this community to strengthen families and individuals. Our focus areas are helping children, youth and families; promoting health and rehabilitation; providing for basic needs and emergencies; and providing counseling and mental health services.
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What is your organization aiming to accomplish?
To increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another and to improve their community.
What are your strategies for making this happen?
United Way provides the donor access to the broadest network of people, expertise and resources to improve lives in Central Alabama. Our strategy for improving our community includes: • Provide unmatched scale of resources through our partner network • Managing direct programs for immediate or unmet needs • Solving complex problems through Bold Goals, a collective impact model aligning partners and resources to address community issues
What are your organization's capabilities for doing this?
• More than 200 partners help provide a diverse support network • 15+ internal programs for veterans, seniors, childhood education and more • Community leaders, partners and action networks work to improve key metrics in health, education and financial stability
How will your organization know if you are making progress?
• We track outcomes through our Bold Goals Coalition and internal programs • Partner agencies also report back on outcomes • We have 500 volunteers review our partner agencies each year to track progress
What have and haven't you accomplished so far?
In 2018, 2,421 seniors were served through the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) 196,303 meals were delivered to homebound seniors and those with disabilities through Meals on Wheels (increase of 27,034 from 2017) 12,155 qualified individuals were assisted with health and dental care through HealthPLUS and DentalPLUS Alabama 1,126 children in Central Alabama benefitted from 14 summer feeding sites 954 children benefitted from enhanced learning interventions and technical assistance in 29 Success by 6 classrooms 252 new families and 302 children were served by Help Me Grow 3,560 tax returns were prepared through the Free Tax Preparation program $2. 5 million in assets were acquired through the IDA program 39,200 calls were received by the 2-1-1 call center 555 veterans served through Priority Veteran 6,394 calls were received by 1-800-AGE-LINE
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This impact information is current as of March 2019, when it was provided to us by GuideStar.
At this time, Impact information published on this organization's page has no effect on its rating per our methodology.
Program names and associated costs are listed for the top programs as reported on the charity's most recently filed Form 990. The top programs displayed will include the largest three programs, or those programs covering at least 60% of the charity's total expenses, whichever comes first.
Program Name
Amount Spent
% of Program Expenses
Health
$32,609,914
55.7%
Income
$10,936,954
18.7%
Education
$7,333,894
12.5%
Ratings History United Way of Central Alabama has received 16 consecutive 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator.
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations).
