United Way of Greater Rochester - Starting A Campaign

WHY RUN A UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN?

Our community needs you. The Greater Rochester community stands on the shoulders of small and medium-sized businesses. For every one major local organization, there are thousands of businesses—like yours—driving the new economic engine of our area.

There are many business benefits to partnering with the United Way:

Join network of nearly 800 small-medium local businesses
Develop connections with like-minded community business leaders
Build trust and increased good will with your customers
Tax benefits
Investment in our Community Impact Fund supports many local causes all at once
Improve employee morale and teambuilding by getting your employees involved in a common goal
Recruitment of employees that are attracted to companies with set philanthropic principles

GET INVOLVED

We need you to be one of our community’s new philanthropic leaders. United Way of Greater Rochester’s Community Impact Fund investments focus on prevention and the application of best practices to create a significant impact for local people in need.

Please help support the Community Impact Fund in any way you can. Each gift addresses the critical issues right here where we all live, work, and raise our families. There are many ways to help:

Start a workplace campaign. Get your employees together to support United Way’s annual campaign.

Make a corporate donation. Invest in our community with a donation on behalf of your organization.

Take a sponsorship opportunity. United Way hosts a variety of events throughout the year. Support a great cause and connect with audiences with event partnerships and other opportunities.

Volunteer for Day of Caring. Hundreds of local not-for-profits have projects that need volunteering. Read to kids, paint classrooms, bowl with seniors, weed gardens—there’s something for everyone.

Participate in a leadership development program. United Way is committed to developing local leaders. Our African-American, Latino, LGBTQ, and Young Professional Leadership Development Programs help to connect aspiring leaders to curriculum, resources, and opportunities to serve local not-for-profits.

GETTING STARTED

We could not create lasting change without our corporate and local business partners. And we are here to help you every step of the way. United Way has the tools, people and know-how to get you started. Please contact Dave Brown at David.Brown@uwrochester.org or (585) 242-6490.