What is United Way?
As the nation's leading community solutions provider, United Way invests in and activates the resources to make the greatest possible impact in communities across America. The United Way movement includes approximately 1,400 community-based United Way organizations. Each is independent, separately incorporated, and governed by local volunteers.

United Way brings volunteers and companies throughout our community together to improve people’s lives. Businesses and individuals respond to multiple charitable requests through one effort and agencies raise more money more efficiently than they would if they conducted separate campaigns.

United Way...
Your Charity of Choice

LOCAL – The money raised through our local campaign funds programs which have local presence in our community.

EFFICIENT – The United Way holds one campaign each year, which serves as an umbrella to support the community partners which serve the needs of Roane County residents. The United Way is a proven organized system of helping to meet the diverse needs of the community. It allocates the resources that address those needs most effectively.

ACCOUNTABLE – The United Way is careful with your money. Trained community volunteers help assess the needs of our community to make sure that your United Way dollars support the partners and programs which best serve Roane County residents.


How Your Gift Impacts Our Community
United Way of Roane County brings people together to focus on the most important needs in our community. Through our allocation process, trained volunteers determine the most efficient use of the community’s resources to meet local needs.
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These volunteers have the responsibility of carefully investing your dollars in areas of service that will have the most impact. By giving to United Way, you can be assured that your gift will be put to the best use.

Your local United Way knows that people like you really want to make a difference right here in our community. We also know that in order to make lasting changes, it takes the whole community to make it happen.

Offices - UW Roane County
Offices - Roane County United Way

Your support of United Way is a meaningful way to impact the lives of your neighbors in Roane County. It's your way of knowing that you are helping to make a difference. Through an annual campaign United Way of Roane County is able to fund over 37 programs from 29 community partners. Dollars pledged through United Way are collected and distributed the following year to those community partners and programs.


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UNITED WAY OF ROANE COUNTY
2010 Fundraising Campaign
GOAL: $400,000

Percent of Campaign Completed: 100%

The Roane County United Way Campaign Team would like to thank everyone who contributed to the United Way campaign effort. Everyone from our Day of Caring volunteers, Pump Day volunteers, and to everyone who gave a gift of time or money ... your investment in your community will help make a difference in the lives we touch through our partner agencies and their programs.

Thank You!

Final Amount Raised: $445,196
Percent of Goal Achieved: 111.3%

 

Where Your Gift Goes
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The Roane County United Way is a not-for-profit organization exempt from income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and provides supporting services and other assistance to public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the human service needs of the general public of Roane County. RCUW is governed by a local board of directors and operates under charitable solicitation permits issued by the State of Tennessee. RCUW pays annual dues of 1% to the United Way of America and .138% to the United Ways of Tennessee. RCUW deducts 12% of the total amount pledged to RCUW to cover fundraising and administration costs.