Today is the day. Today the United Way's Allocation Committee reviews the grant applications and makes their recommendations to the board. Seventeen hopeful organizations wait in the wings for a decision. For some agencies we are the only funder of their program, for others, we just one small drop in the thousands of dollars they raise annually.
From the smallest food bank serving a huge clientele to the various violence prevention programs, deciding who gets what, is not only a challenge but a serious responsibility.
The United Way requires audited financial statements from most of it's agencies. We do allow financial reviews for the smallest agencies. With audits now reaching into the thousands of dollars, requiring an agency to spend 20% of their entire budget on an audit is counter productive. So a review is allowed.
Our committee is also charged with deciding who is doing what they said they were going to do, and who is not, whose priorities match our own, and who, if anyone is off on a tangent and needs some support in getting back on track.
It's never an easy job and we thank our volunteers for stepping up and making these decisions.
It will be a further 10 days before we announce the funding results so stay tuned.
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