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UNITED WAY ORGANIZATIONS
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United Way of America
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Indiana Association of
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United Way of Noble County |
| Brian Gallagher,
President
701 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA
1887 -- A rabbi, 2 ministers, and a priest founded the Charity Organizations Society in Denver, which planned and coordinated local services and conducted a single fund-raising campaign.
1894 -- Charitable institutions became tax exempt.
1918 -- Twelve fund-raising federations from around the nation met in Chicago and formed American Asociation for Community Organizations, predecessor to UW of America.
1913 -- The first Community Chest was formed in Cleveland.
1919 -- 39 organizations nationally.
1929 -- 353 organizations nationally.
In the 20’s and 30’s local Chambers of Commerce helped establish a Community Chest in their communities.
1948 --1,000 organizations nationally.
In the early 50’s organizations changed their names to United Fund and included broader agency representation.
In the 70’s United Way of America encouraged local organizations to unify their names as United Way.
1973 -- UW of America established a partnership with the NFL to increase awareness.
2002 -- Brian Gallagher assumes the role of presidency.
2003 -- New Membership Standards developed to increase accountability among local United Ways.
2003 -- Adopted a marketing brand "What Matters" and the new logo.
2005 -- Approximately 1,350 members.
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Roger Frick,
President 3901 North Meridian Street
Suite 306
Indianapolis, IN
1978 --18 United Ways around the state organized a volunteer governed State Association called United Way of Indiana.
1979 -- Appointed the first Executive Director.
1982 -- Appointed second Executive Director Tom Rugh.
1990 -- Begin Giant Step Initiative to strengthen existing United Ways ($10.0 million program funded by Lilly Endowment).
1992 -- Changed named to Indiana Association of United Ways (IAUW).
1996 -- Independent evaluation reports Giant Step helped Indiana United Ways and funds raise $10 million more than national average since 1991.
1996 -- IAUW received $1.05 million for Giant Step technical assistance.
1999 -- Roger Frick named President.
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2000 -- Lilly Endowment funds $6.4 million. Jumpstart matching grants.
2002 -- Single software solution for all members abandoned.
2002 -- Central server-based shared business service model developed.
2003 -- Indiana 211 certifies regional call centers.
2004 -- 4Community program began with Lilly Endowment support. |
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Kristen Johnson,
Executive Director
2094 N St Rd 9
Albion, IN 46701
Before 1970 -- Before incorporation, the three largest communites each had separate United Funds.
In 1970 formed the United Fund of Noble County, Inc. Jerry Potee was the first campaign chair and the first Executive Director.
Agencies were picked up from the previous United Fund organizations. Funded agencies included: Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, YMCA, School Health Services, Crippled Children's Fund, Travelers Aid, Cerebral Palsy, USO, Noble County Training Center, Day Care Center, Inc., Mental Health, and Noble County Health Planning Council.
1973 -- Chuck Householder was Executive Director.
1975 -- The name of the organization changed from United Fund of Noble County to United Way of Noble County.
At the March 16, 1986 meeting the possibility of reorganization was discussed. Barb Mulholland, the President of the Board of Directors, spearheaded reorganization.
The Cole Foundation provided funds to hire a professional fund raising consultant.
1986 -- Donna Conrad was hired as the Executive Director.
1988 -- In August of 1988 Cheryl Norris was hired as the Exeutive Director.
1990 -- Operation
Giant Step, an initiative of United Way of Indiana, was offered to strengthen United Ways throughout Indiana. United Way of Noble County applied for several grants in the areas of: technical assistance, leadership developmrnt, board training and program development.
1991 - All grant requests to Project Giant Step were funded. United Way of Noble County received a new personal computer, printer, state-of-the-art campaign software, a salary grant to fund a full-time Executive Director and leadership development funds.
Cindi Marsh, Executive Director came on board in July of 1991. In November of 1991 United Way of Noble County exceeded campaign goal of 240 thousand by over 15 thousand.
1998 - Patricia Coy, Executive Director came on board in January of 1998.
1999 – In January the United Way board of directors voted to accept youth as members. The youth members are trained through a “Youth on Board” program of the Noble County Community Foundation.
By December 1999 all computers needed to be Y2K compliant, new software for campaign and finance were available through the Indiana Association of United Ways. The hardware required was purchased with a grant from the Noble County Community Foundation.
2000 - Jumpstart 21 was initiative from Indiana Association of United Ways and was funded by Lily Endowment. The initiative was for the local United Way to receive matching dollars for increased or first time campaigns. The funds were for future non-reoccurring projects that help the community. The community campaign was a record breaking at $401,145.
2001 - Second record breading year at $414,165. Many United Ways could not meet previous year’s campaign due to the 911 Crisis and the economy.
2002 - Nona Leatherman came on board as the Executive Director in March 2002.
2008 - Kristen Johnson began as Executive Director in October of 2008.
2009 - In March, United Way of Noble County launched the Community Table initiative through a grant made available from the Indiana Association of United Ways, in response to the economic crisis and 18% unemployment rate. The Community Table is an outreach program to help people in crisis with food, financial assistance, new job skills, and other needs.
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