United Way Pledge Form - United Way Of The Mid-South (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

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guIDelIneS for DonatIon

The mission of United Way of the Mid-South is to improve the quality of life for Mid-Southerners through mobilizing and aligning resources to

address priority issues. Therefore, we recommend that designated donations be made to organizations that address education, income, health

or other essential human service needs within the 8-county service areas.

When designating a non-United Way agency, the agency must meet the following criteria:

Designated organizations must submit a Counterterrorism

It must be recognized as a public charity by the Internal

Compliance form in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

Revenue Service. (It must be a 501(c)(3) agency and not a

private foundation)

In cases where the guidelines and criteria are not met,

An annual gift of $50 or more (per agency) may be

United Way of the Mid-South will make reasonable efforts to

designated.

contact the donor; however, if attempts are not successful,

the contributions will be allocated through United Way’s

You must renew your designation each year. It will not

Community Impact Fund.

automatically carry over year-to-year.

Designated agencies may not be organized for the arts or for

In order to notify agencies promptly of your gift, please

religious or political purposes. Nor may designations be made

provide your home address and email on the front of

to individual schools or for capital campaigns.

this form.

Corporate matching contributions are not eligible for

designations.

PLEASE NOTE: United Way of the Mid-South does not monitor the use of funds or the effectiveness of the services provided by non-United

Way agencies. Some corporate partners may use a third party vendor to process donations and may have different guidelines. If you have any

questions, please contact your organization’s United Way representative.

DeSIgnatIon guIDelIneS

Unless you choose to designate your money to a particular focus area, county, or other agency, your funds will be invested in the Community

Impact Fund in the county of your employment. Many local volunteers in your community work with the United Way staff to determine the

most effective way to deploy the resources. This is our recommendation for the BEST way to help address challenges in the Mid-South

community.

1. united way’s Community Impact fund, the way your support has the highest impact for our community:

EDUCATiON

IncOME

HEALTH

Priority focuses:

• Kindergarten readiness

• Helping people out of poverty, obtaining

• Healthy eating and active living for seniors

• Third Grade reading success

family-sustaining employment and financial

• Helping people reduce and avoid domestic

• More high school graduates

stability

violence situations and child abuse

ready for college/career

• Addressing key community health issues

2. A specific county in the United Way of the Mid-South service area:

Crittenden

DeSoto

Fayette

Lauderdale

Shelby

Tate

Tipton

Tunica

3. You may also support a specific United Way of the Mid-South partner agency, or another United Way in a different city and state.

4. Yet another option is to support another 501(c)(3) agency in the United Way of the Mid-South service area. (See guidelines

above for additional information.)

A list of partner agencies can be found on our website:

Live United. Solve it together.

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