FAQs

Giving to United Way is the most effective way to create opportunities for people in our community to move beyond crisis into stability. 

United Way specializes in finding innovative solutions and measuring results-so we know we are making the biggest impact to improve lives and your investment is working as hard as it can. If you to make the most of your resources and improve people’s lives by impacting the entire human service system, there’s no more effective way than the United Way.

Your investment in United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois goes to the Community Impact Fund, which then is dispersed by volunteers into our community to change people’s lives. Through more than 50 funded programs, targeted initiatives, partnerships with schools, community leaders and corporations, as well as collaborations with human service experts, United Way helps people become independent. By investing in United Way, you help ensure the network of services that no one agency or program could provide.

United Way Community Impact Fund is divided into four Impact Areas: Youth Opportunity, Financial Security, Health Community, and Community Resiliency. These Impact Areas were determined through years of research, assessments, data collection, and conversations with community leaders, social service agencies, hospitals, law enforcement, and subject matter experts.

Volunteers that invest in United Way determine the most effective programs to reinvest in. Volunteers do in-depth research on programs’ fiscal records, outcomes, and services, ensuring that each dollar is being used to it’s maximum, for those in greatest need, and within the scope of United Way’s Impact Areas. If you are interested in volunteering for our Investment Process, please call James at 217-422-8537 or email jkeith@uwdecatur.org.

Yes! United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois’ 990 is available on our website under the Financial Information tab.