Our United Way Campaign's net costs are among the lowest of all charitable groups. The campaign is the second largest United Way Campaign in the country and the most cost-efficient. This efficiency is achieved through volunteer involvement and the consolidated fundraising concept. In all likelihood you, a member of your family or one of your neighbors or co-workers has benefitted from services provided with United Way Campaign funding. For example, United Way Campaign agencies provide daycare to children of working parents.
Agencies handling adoption of children receive funds from the United Way Campaign.
Local chapters of the American Red Cross receive United Way Campaign funding to help provide many services, including first aid and lifesaving training and newborn-care classes for parents. Some agencies do not join the United Way Campaign because of their national organization's policies or because they do not meet all of the United Way Campaign's eligibility standards. United Way of the National Capital Area automatically issues tax receipt letters, which reflect the amount of the gift, and state that the donors received no goods or services for their charitable contributions. In any event, pay stubs from the donor's employer are required to substantiate payroll gifts, because only the employer is able to verify amounts actually withheld for charitable purposes. The principle of neighbors helping neighbors is an American tradition.