United Way of Franklin County
Give. Advocate. Volunteer.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Connecting people to organizations, services, and the opportunity to create long lasting, positive change in the communities of Franklin County.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Annual Community Campaign
United Way of Franklin County runs an $800,000 campaign to support and strengthen community programs to improve quality of life in Franklin County.
May of Caring
United Way of Franklin County works to promote volunteerism year round, but the month of May provides a special push as volunteer projects are coordinated around the county to benefit non-profits.
Stepping Forward Works
is a workforce development program designed to train people for successful work experiences in key industries for Franklin County.
Early Childhood Partnership - Parent Engagement - Born Learning
UWFC is working to promote early childhood learning by supporting professionals in our community through professional development and networking opportunities. We have also initiated a Parent Engagement Committee and are working to better understand the needs of new parents in our community so that we can better connect learning resources. By working with Born Learning tools we hope to connect parents to early learning opportunities for their children.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients still working after 12 months
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Unemployed people
Related Program
Stepping Forward Works
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Stepping Forward Works 3 yr. Success Rate--76 of 106 Total Clients Served completed our program curriculum successfully and went on to find employment, staying consistently employed a year or more.
Number of organizations applying for grants
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Related Program
Annual Community Campaign
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
UWFC Funds close to 30 programs each year that are impacting the well-being of communities of Franklin County. This number may vary, depending upon priorities for funding or community needs each year.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
1. To create easier channels of community giving so that people can find a way to give back.\\n2. To Increase Volunteerism in Franklin County by providing opportunities for people to connect, and meaningful volunteer activities.\\n3. To create a united voice for effective Advocacy in Franklin County, encouraging people to use their voice to impact communitywide issues.\\n4. To ease access of services to people in Franklin County.\\n5. To improve the quality of services offered in Franklin County.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. Provide community level avenues of giving including campaign, fundraising events, gifting in kind, planned giving and opportunities that span the workplace, online giving, personal giving options and more.\\r\\n2. Provide and promote a wide range of volunteer opportunities including one day and long term commitments throughout the county, at our office, and through many of our partner agencies. Our opportunities are designed to allow people to engage their personal talents in meaningful ways so that they can become better connected to community.\\r\\n3. Providing and promoting channels of advocacy and education about community initiatives that people can learn about and support.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
1. We have a network of volunteers that area already involved in giving activities, as well as the technical tools and relationships to connect people to giving at a community level.\\r\\n2. We maintain a wide range of projects for volunteerism throughout the community by using our knowledge of needs that exist through relationships with other non-profits in the community, as well as resources that are utilized by community members and need to be maintained. We have the network, technology and knowledge to connect people to projects and find technical assistance to support their work.\\r\\n3. By working with community leaders and community organizations we have been able to prioritize issues that impact local community health, education and the financial stability of families. We are able to work with community leaders, volunteers and people who want to make a difference, in order to find common ground solutions.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
United Way of Franklin County continues to expand the reach of our campaign to include new business and individuals through giving channels.\\nUnited Way of Franklin County has increased volunteer engagement by adding additional events and increasing our outreach to include more active volunteers throughout the year. Over 6,550 volunteer hours were donated in 2018.\\nUnited Way of Franklin County actively tracks the 30 programs that are supported, following the success rates and achievements of clients within those programs through quarterly reporting.\\nPrograms are using agreed upon indicators.\\nWe continue to work with programs to receive more specific data to describe their outcomes.\\nWe continue to work toward ideas that will achieve better outcomes.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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United Way of Franklin County
Board of directorsas of 07/05/2023
Bonnie Zehler
Luminest
Term: 2018 - 2022
Ken Ditzler
Patriot Federal Credit Union
Term: 2017 - 2021
Mike Ross
FCADC
Michael Doncheski
Penn State Mont Alto
Scott Bowerman
Central Presb. Church
Mike Buhrman
Rotz and Stonesifer
Kim Shockey
Patriot Federal Credit Union
Ken Ditzler
Patriot Federal Credit Union
Robin Harmon
CareerLink, PA
Matt Gunder
Coldwell Banker
Robert Ziobrowski
County Commissioner
Gladys Leon
Retired- School District
Kim Crider
Self Employed
Pam Johns
F&M Trust
Bob Correll
Edward Jones
Bernice Crouse
Franklin County Library System
Elliott Sulcove
Black and Davidson
Shaun Young
Orrstown Bank
Blake Truman
Verstandig Broadcasting
Nancy Probst
WellSpan
Erica Nezek
W.A.S.D.
Robin Harmon
CareerLink
Joe McDermott
WellSpan
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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