Your Local United Way, Focused on Local Community Needs.
United Way of Marion County works to create a thriving community where adults and children achieve their full potential. From strengthening local resilience to advancing health, youth opportunity, and financial security, United Way is mobilizing communities to action so all can thrive.
Our mission is simple yet powerful: mobilizing local resources to action to help our neighbors thrive. We connect our community with the tools and support needed to reduce poverty, strengthen families, and create pathways to a better life. We envision a community where every person has what they need, not just to get by, but to truly thrive.
True to our founding spirit, United Way of Marion County shows up whenever our neighbors need us most, ensuring resources are allocated where they have the greatest impact.
We focus on the most pressing challenges across four key areas: healthy community, youth opportunity, financial security, and community resilience.
Together, we’re mobilizing our community to action—convening coalitions, supporting nonprofit partners and internal initiatives, and measuring real results. United, we create opportunities that uplift individuals, strengthen families, and build a thriving community for all.
Our Mission Statement:
mobilizing local resources to action to help our neighbors thrive.
Our Vision Statement:
The United Way of the Marion County will be the community leader and trusted partner that proactively seeks solutions to change people's lives, and brings the diverse aspects of our community together to meet current health and human service needs and proactively addresses future issues.
Guiding Principles:
We believe that the needs of individuals in our community are our primary concern and the driving force behind our work. Based on this belief, we value:
- Excellence and Integrity – We are ethical and respectful in all endeavors and continually strive to apply high standards and best practices to make a direct and powerful difference in the quality of life in Marion County.
- Stewardship--We are accountable to our donors, our agencies, United Way Worldwide, and the community for our actions, our handling of finances, and maintaining the integrity of our confidential information.
- Leadership and Collaboration – We are uniquely positioned to provide leadership in a professional manner, inspiring others to act in service to the community and bringing together those who share our concern and commitment in serving our community. We seek synergistic solutions; are team players; creating joint ventures, such as public-private partnerships with others in the community.
- Results – We seek excellence through measurable indicators of meaningful success and are accountable for producing outcomes that have positive impact on the community.
- Caring – We listen and respond with a caring heart to the needs of our community and show compassion; serving those in need, advocating for them and creating opportunities for them to help themselves.
