United Way Worldwide - Global Expansion

Global Expansion

In its first 100 years, the United Way network reached 20 countries. Since 1990, United Ways have been created in 25 additional countries.

United Ways worldwide are uniquely driven by local volunteers and professional leadership. In communities around the world, United Ways convene local leaders to identify needs and create strategies that allow individuals and families to experience economic and human success through educational achievement, income stability and healthy lives. They provide, assist or promote:

• Community needs assessments
• Information and referral to human service agencies
• Fostering information exchange and collaboration among service agencies
• Community fundraising campaigns inviting all people to give, and not just the wealthy
• Organizational activities and money managed according to a strategy, a budget, and strict financial controls
• Community planning committees, bringing agencies, donors, city leaders and other groups to a single table to address problems together
• Allocation of funds to carefully investigated agencies, based on the community councils’ strategies
• Volunteering