How Your Dollars Reach People In Need
 

1. You sign your pledge form and hand it to your solicitor - who passes your form along to the payroll department. Payroll then deducts a proportionate amount of your pledge from your paycheck. Payroll then issues a check to United Way of Will County covering your contribution as well as those of your co-workers. - or - You made a contribution to your United Way of Will County directly, either via cash, check, or charge. 

2. Meanwhile, each non-profit agency applying for United Way of Will County funding determines its overall annual operating and program budget. It also calculates how much funding it expects to receive from other sources, such as grants and fees for service. The United Way of Will County's Programs and Allocations Committee (PAC), comprised of local volunteers, divides into small teams which make on-site visits to agencies applying for United Way funding.
    

3. Next, representatives from each agency formally meet with the panel of PAC volunteers. There, representatives discuss their agency's funding proposal, answer the Committee's questions, and address its concerns. The recommendations of the PAC volunteers are passed on to the United Way of Will County's volunteer Board of Directors. The Board makes all final funding decisions based upon those recommendations.  The agency receives its funding from the United Way of Will County and provides vitally needed programs and services to the people in your community.