Help Transform Lives with a Major Gift to United Way
When you make a donation to United Way, you are making an investment in your community and giving your family, friends, and neighbours a hand up when they need it most. Every dollar of your donation is invested right here in your community to transform local lives and create lasting social change. It’s also rigorously measured for its effectiveness and efficiency, ensuring that together we are driving the most meaningful results and the biggest possible impact.
At United Way all donors are vitally important. Donors with the ability and interest to give at the $25,000 level are considered members of our Philanthropist Circle.. Major donors are influential members of the local Victoria community and serve as inspirational leaders, playing a vital role in helping make a difference in the lives of individuals and families in Greater Victoria. They can rely on United Way to ensure their gift is used in the community where it will have significant impact. Or, they can help choose how their gift is used, through the establishment of a named, donor-advised fund.
Major gifts can be cash donations, but gifts of securities also make great sense at this level, considering the special tax benefit these provide for donors.
The Auchinleck and King Match – We are pleased to announce that together, Major Donors Linda & Richard Auchinleck and Beverly King, have stepped forward with a match gift. These donors have made an exceptional gift this year and would like to challenge you to make an investment with a similar spirit.
Please to review all of our giving options.
Case for Support
2020 is presenting the biggest challenge in United Way’s 80+ year legacy. The reality of the COVID-19 global pandemic will have dramatic and lasting effects on people, the
economy, and the not-for-profit sector. United Way has pivoted in response.With crisis comes opportunity, and United Way is changing course, discovering intrepid, new ways to operate and improve our financial sustainability, creating stronger partnerships to co-create impactful solutions, while increasing our relevance among donors, stakeholders and communities across Southern Vancouver Island. Aware of the extreme societal and financial implications of the pandemic, we are
prioritizing revenue generation to service our mission and realize our community’s dreams. United Way is enhancing the impact of programs on people with a laser focus on effectiveness and efficiency.
Three new areas of action will guide United Way’s path forward in the foreseeable term. Our community impact approach is geared to achieving lasting, measurable improvements in the well-being of individuals, families and community. Learn more about how United Way is making a different in our community