Allocations Panel

To view the 2009 Full (on year) Application form for funding, click here.

To view the 2009 Brief (off year) Application form for funding, click here.

How Gifts to United Way are Distributed to Member Agencies:

Each year, 30 local volunteers give 840 hours to decide how gifts to the United Way should be used. They review agency budgets, community needs, make visits to agencies and talk with them about their programs. Thanks to the work of these volunteers, citizens can be assured that a wide variety of effective community services will be available to them and their neighbors. These same local volunteers make sure that member agencies are accountable. In order to receive funding, each agency must meet many requirements, including:

• undergo an annual audit
• continue not for profit organization status and 501(c) (3) designation with the IRS,
• maintain a volunteer board of directors,
• affirm that its programs are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, or sexual orientation,
• show, through measuring outcomes, that its programs have a positive impact on the persons involved.

2009 Allocations Panel Volunteers

2007-2010

Rosy Elmore, Community Volunteer
Michele Johnson, Community Volunteer
Ed Manda, D.D.S.
Rita Sharpe, Community Volunteer

2008-2011

Grace Marion, Eudora School District
Diane Stoddard, City of Lawrence
Wendy Pinne, Community Volunteer
Norm Yetman, KU Retiree

2009-2012

Charles Branson, Douglas County District Attorney
Frank Harwood, Lawrence Public Schools
Gladys Sanders, Community Volunteer
Ryan Wedel, Landmark National Bank