Does my investment stay locally?
99% of your investment stays in Harrisonburg & Rockingham County. The other 1% is a fee paid to United Way of America for the use of the "United Way" name and logo, United Way of America research, and tools such as the United Way of America Intranet, list serve idea sharing with other United Ways across the country and national campaign support such as the NFL commercials.

What is United Way of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County's overhead?
The United Way of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County's overhead is 12.78% based on the 2003 IRS Form 990. Based on a comparison of other local non-profit Health and Human Service organizations our overhead is less than 74% of the 26 organizations sampled and higher than 22% of the sample. Of those 5 who have lower overhead United Way does fundraising and provides other forms of support to all of those.

What are the administration and fundraising costs?
Community Volunteers decide where your investment is most needed. There are four teams of volunteers, one for each of the United Way of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Community Impact Areas. These teams of volunteers review and evaluate each program annually and decide upon the level of funding for each program. Another group of community volunteers certifies all community partners bi-annually and conducts budget reviews annually.

In addition, United Way of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County has their own annual audit conducted by an outside accounting firm.

Does my investment matter?
Your investment in your community is what matters. Without your support United Way of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County, and our 32 Community Partner programs would not be able to provide the level of support currently delivered. One person does make a difference.