Mission and Vision

Our vision: to create the most vital, caring community in the nation.

Our mission: to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

History

Metro United Way is a local, independent non-profit organization founded in Louisville in 1917 as the Louisville Federation of Social Agencies.

Today Metro United Way helps support more than 90 health and human service agencies serving residents of Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, and Shelby Counties in Kentucky and Clark, Floyd, and Harrison Counties in Indiana.

How it Works

Diverse groups of leaders and volunteer experts study local needs, resources, and trends. Priorities are then set for funding agencies, based on our four visions of success in making our community the most vital, caring community in America: helping kids succeed, building strong families, promoting health and independence, and strengthening neighborhoods.

The teams make difficult decisions about which programs to fund at these agencies in order to make the greatest impact in those four visions. They invest in these programs on an ongoing basis, but also support new and innovative programs through one-time venture grants.

In addition, they work to form and support partnerships among businesses, governments, neighborhoods, and other non-profits in order to make the maximum impact.

What We Accomplish

• Create solutions that help kids succeed, build strong families, promote health and independence and strengthen neighborhoods.
• Improve more lives, touching two out of three people in our community at some point in their lives.
• Get results for people through committed volunteer experts who study community needs and resources, set goals, and focus funding and volunteers on programs that make measurable improvements in people's lives.
• Make a greater difference in our community than any single organization can through partnerships with government, schools, businesses and other nonprofits like the American Cancer Society.
• Supply most of our community's disaster relief funding through agencies like the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
• Invest donations right here at home. What's raised here is used to help families, friends, neighbors and co-workers right here in our community.
• Make donations work harder. Over 15,000 volunteers make contributions go farther, so the maximum amount goes to helping people in need.
• Provide the first place to call for health and human service information and referral. Metro United Way's 2-1-1 is there for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Just dial 2-1-1 from any phone.

Who We Are

Click here to see a list of our Board of Directors.

Financial Information

Metro United Way has met the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance Standards. You can view the Better Business Bureau's report on Metro United Way at www.data.bbb.org.

 

 

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