Tools for a Successful Workplace Campaign
To give children, youth, older adults, and others in our River Region a fighting chance, it takes the right tools. That's why we've developed this innovative toolkit to support your employee-giving campaign. These tools are everything you'll need to run a successful United Way workplace giving campaign.
Campaign Resources and Demonstrating Donor Impact
Want to motivate your employees and boost the success of your United Way workplace giving campaign? Then, show your employees all the good that their donations bring by sharing how United Way and our 30+ affiliate agencies are impacting lives in the River Region. Check out the links below for informative downloads that you can share with your employees.
Campaign Forms And Materials
Click on the image below for a commitment form
Click on the image below for a Fillable PDF
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Impact Stories For Your Workplace Campaign
Want to motivate your employees and boost the success of your United Way workplace giving campaign? Show your employees all the good that their donations bring by sharing how United Way and its affiliate agencies are impacting lives in the River Region.
Below are several downloadable stories that you can share with everyone in your workplace. You may wish to share these by e-mail, post on your intranet, include in your company newsletter or even post on a bulletin board in your breakroom.
The stories are in two different formats, shorter stories in a JPG format or expanded versions in a PDF format which provide more background and detail on how your gifts are making an impact in our community.
TIP: If sharing via e-mail, we suggest you insert or embed each JPG image into the body of the e-mail, rather than sending as an attachment.
Click on the image to download.
Infographics For Your Workplace Campaign
These campaign related infographics are a quick, informative way of demonstrating to your employees the impact their donations can make on the lives of their neighbors.
TIP: If sharing via e-mail, we suggest you insert or embed the JPG image into the body of the e-mail, rather than sending as an attachment.
Thank You For Participating in the Workplace Campaign
Use these graphics to express your appreciation to those employees who participated in the workplace campaign.
TIP: If sharing via e-mail, we suggest you insert or embed each JPG image into the body of the e-mail, rather than sending as an attachment.
River Region United Way fights for the Health, Education, Financial Stability, and Basic Needs of every person in every community. With your help, United Way impacts the lives of people every year through its support of a wide variety of community programs. We work closely with 28 affiliate agencies providing direct services in Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, and Montgomery counties.
Designated Giving
Directing Your Gift
Donors may choose to direct their contribution to a specific agency or River Region United Way initiative. A minimum gift of $25 is required, and designated gifts are applied as the first dollars credited toward that organization’s annual allocation.
Designations to Non–United Way Agencies
If an employer’s campaign allows gifts to organizations outside of River Region United Way, the minimum designation to a non–United Way agency is $1,000. At least 50% of that gift (after processing and fundraising costs) must remain with River Region United Way to support its network of partner agencies.
Eligible designated agencies must be qualified 501(c)(3) health and human service organizations. Churches, schools, athletic teams, environmental groups, and similar entities are not eligible for designation.
Additional Guidelines to Know
- Corporate matching funds cannot be applied to designated gifts.
- Designations must support an organization’s general operating fund and cannot be restricted to specific programs, events, or projects.
- Gifts made through a donor-advised fund may only be designated to River Region United Way agencies or initiatives. These gifts are treated as first dollars in, are distributed without identifying the individual donor, and are not receipted by River Region United Way.
Any contribution that falls outside these guidelines will be distributed through River Region United Way’s established allocation process. When a qualifying designated gift is received and processed, River Region United Way forwards the funds, less applicable costs, to the selected organization.
You have the option to designate all or part of your gift to one or more affiliate agencies or focus areas. Simply use the designation code listed next to the agency name or focus area, below. Donors who wish to designate their gifts must do so at the time the initial pledge commitment is made.