Fund Distribution

United Way of Ocean County’s Allocations Cycle

Each spring, United Way of Ocean County begins the allocations cycle.  UWOC conducts a competitive RFP process which is open to all Certified Agencies.   Agencies must apply to fund a program that impacts a high priority community need, as described in the 2007 Needs Prioritization Report.  The two highest priority needs categories are organized into Emphasis Level I and Emphasis Level II. 

The Board of Directors and staff of United Way of Ocean County are committed to ensuring that the allocations process results in a distribution of resources that will enable the agencies to make a measurable difference in people’s lives.  To this end, 75% of allocable funds are dedicated to programs that address Emphasis Level I needs.  The remaining 25% will fund programs that address Emphasis Level II needs.

download the 2008-2009 Funding Application here in MS Word (.doc) format.

United Way of Ocean County

Fund Distribution Mission Statement

The mission of the fund distribution committee of the United Way of Ocean County is to prioritize human needs, promote the effective and efficient use of resources to address those needs, encourage inclusiveness, emphasize prevention, and assess the impact of services.

Our supporting values:

PRIORITIZE HUMAN NEEDS

• PRIORITY SENSITIVE
Funds will be directed to the most pressing community needs that are appropriate for the United Way response. The process will be guided by clear priorities arrived at through planning, needs assessment and policy decisions relating the community’s changing needs and resources.

• RESPONSIVE
The process will be responsive to donors, volunteers, providers, recipients of service, and the community by involving these diverse groups in decision-making as we respond to the community needs.

• FAIRNESS
Funds will be allocated fairly and impartially with the betterment of the broad community in mind. The fund distribution system needs to be viewed as “fair” by the participating agencies, by contributors and the community.

PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES

• EFFICIENCY
The United Way will encourage agencies to continuously monitor management practices to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources.

• FOSTER SELF-SUFFICIENCY
United Way will encourage agencies to seek diverse sources of funding.

• COLLABORATION
United Way will encourage agencies to collaborate. The fund distribution system will promote such behavior.

• NOT INTRUSIVE OF AGENCY MISSIONS
Situations where agencies must reshape their mission in order to obtain new or additional funds will be avoided.

ENCOURAGE INCLUSIVENESS

• INCLUSIVE
United Way will encourage inclusion of all segments of the community ensuring broad-based participation in the decision making and implementation processes, and require participating agencies to be inclusive, diverse and nondiscriminatory in all aspects of their operations.

EMPHASIZE PREVENTION

• PREVENTION
The process will emphasize prevention by addressing root causes of problems before they occur.

ASSESS THE IMPACT OF SERVICES

• ACCOUNTABLE
United Way and its participating agencies will account to the community how funds are distributed to address community needs.

• PROGRAM IMPACT
United Way will support programs that effectively demonstrate impact on the needs being addressed.