What We Do

For more than 80 years, United Way has brought people and resources together to provide lasting change for Allen County residents. Today, UWAC focuses on improving success in school, promoting family stability and meeting basic needs.  Through our many partnerships we provide a network of services that:

• help children and youth succeed
• help families, people with disabilities and seniors to be productive and independent
• help meet the basic and emergency needs of residents

To make this possible, United Way, an autonomous local non-profit organization, partners with numerous community groups and volunteers to address local issues through resources of time and money.  Volunteers make the policy and funding decisions.

Through its fundraising, UWAC helps support more than 70 services and initiatives carried out by 37 agency partners.

We adhere to a vision, mission and series of core values in everything we do. They are:

Vision

United Way of Allen County envisions a caring community working together to improve the lives of all people.

Mission

United Way of Allen County will positively impact the community by working together to understand needs, secure resources and strategically invest those resources to improve the lives of all people in Allen County.

Core Values

• Integrity: We demonstrate accountability that inspires trust.
• Impact: We strive for measurable results that produce lasting improvement in community conditions.
• Volunteerism: We embrace a spirit of people sharing time, talent and resources to improve lives.
• Inclusiveness: We are strong only when we engage all of the community.
• Leadership: We value and develop diverse leadership for community-building to effect positive change

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