Our Mission at United Way of Southern Chautauqua County is to mobilize the community to help every person and family to improve their lives.
To Do This We Will
- Ignite a communitywide social movement, and thereby mobilize thousands to action – to volunteer, advocate and give to improve the conditions in which we live.
- Motivate and connect all sectors of our community – individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations and governments – to create long-term social change that produces well-educated, financially stable and healthy individuals and families.
- Raise, invest and leverage $1.45 million annually in philanthropic contributions to create and support innovative programs and approaches to generate sustained community impact.
- Hold ourselves accountable to this cause through our steadfast commitment to continually measure – in real terms – improvement in Academic Success, Health & Independence, a Ready Workforce, and Self Sufficiency.
Click here to view our aims, outcomes and indicators as they relate to those four strategic areas.
We invest in 42 community-based programs that align with these priorities. Funding decisions are made locally by a team of 60 volunteers from all walks of life and approved by the Board of Directors. For every dollar donated, $0.85 is returned to the community in programming and 100% of every donation remains in Southern Chautauqua County.