Why aren all agencies included in United Way?
United Way operates on behalf of the residents of Erie County, and our commitment is to invest your United Way donations into the most highly performing programs at agencies meeting the most pressing community needs. Some agencies cannot meet United Way membership requirements, while others follow national policies requiring them to operate independently. Still others are not admitted because their programs closely resemble or duplicate existing programs, or they cannot consistently demonstrate significant and measurable improvement in the lives of their clients. With limited resources at our disposal, it would be impossible to effectively support all of the hundreds of nonprofit agencies in Erie County.
