The United Way of Bengaluru

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The United Way of Bengaluru

• Building Community Capacity Through Voluntary
  Giving and Action

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About United Way

• A volunteer-led, nonprofit organization
• Located in a geographic community
• Seeks and addresses the root causes of key issues
• Accountable for stewardship of resources
• Accountable for short-term long-term results

United Way is a global network of locally
governed not-for-profit member organizations in
47countries and territories, whose members work
to create long-term solutions to local human
needs.
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Global footprint
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The United Way System

• United Way has a 100 year history of improving
  lives
• Volunteers and partners work in 47 countries
• 3,000 local United Ways in the world
• Raises 5 billion from 17 million donors
  annually
• 900 million is raised from outside the US
• Best practices shared across the globe
• Priorities based on local requirements

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What sets United Way apart?

• Volunteers at the heart of United Way Movement
• Network is international decisions and actions
  are local
• Dedicated to long-term, systemic improvement
• Achieve objectives through a process-driven
  approach
• Transparency and accountability in all we do
• Involve all sections of the community
• Build capacity of recipient partners
• Not more than 10 of donations used for
  Organization overheads

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Standards of Excellence Framework
Results for Communities, Value for Investors
United Ways strategy for strengthening
communities
OUR DIFFERENTIATOR
Impact Strategies, Resources Results
Community Engagement Vision
Broad organizational capabilities needed to
execute on strategy
Operations
Organizational Leadership Governance
Relationship Building Brand Management
THE FOUNDATION
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United Way in India

• United Way of Baroda set up in 1986
• United Way of Mumbai set up in 2002
• United Way of Bengaluru set up on 15th July, 2008
• 9 new Chapters planned in the next 2 years
• A Pan-India presence

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United Way of Bengaluru

• Registered on 15th July, 2008
• Distinguished Board with broad representation
• Committed to a variety of community initiatives,
  including
• Education
• Healthcare
• Livelihood
• Environment
• Set-up costs for 3 years covered through a
  generous grant

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The programs we support
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The programs we support

• Education
• Education for underprivileged children
• Healthcare
• Blindness relief
• Club foot treatment for underprivileged children
• Heart surgery for underprivileged children
• Social Informatics
• Health broadcast
• Livelihood
• Vocational training for the underprivileged
• Environment
• Planting and transplanting trees
• Making Bangalore dust-free

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What are we aiming to achieve?

• Help Corporations align with community needs
• Increase efficiency of companies CSR activities
• Supporting HNIs with philanthropy objectives

CASE STUDY Environment Initiative with
Qwest Here, UWB brought into the mix the best
regarded environmentalists of India and the most
outstanding think-tank NGOs to motivate volunteer
Qwest employees to plant, protect, and nurture
150 trees in their office neighborhood. The
scholarship brought in raised the knowledge and
motivation levels of the young employees.
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Vision of Partnership with Corporations

• Employee engagement through
• Time
• Talent
• Financial Giving
• Corporate investment through funding and in-kind
  support
• Sharing knowledge of community needs
• Joint development of long-term strategies

CASE STUDY Vaccination Alert system, in
partnership with technology firm Mapunity.
Through this, at no cost, advance vaccination
alerts are automatically sent over mobile
telephones or internet to Mothers of babies and
children. While this is now being beta tested at
the elite Manipal private hospital in Bangalore,
UWB has signed an MOU to make it available for
public health at no cost through any United Way
Chapter across the world. Variants of this
application can be used for other ailments too,
such as for pre and post natal requirements of
women, Diabetes, etc.
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Employee Giving through Corporations

• Payroll deductions
• Corporation-matched giving
• Fundraising through events
• Staff-time volunteering programmes

CASE STUDY Supporting a School for the
under-privileged The CSHP School in the
down-market Michael Palya area is set up in a
building donated by a local benefactor. Here, 800
children from the most financially challenged
families are taken through class I to VII. HP has
donated PCs to the School. Akshay Patra
supported by the Deshpande Foundation provides
a free mid-day meal. A US based benefactor has
committed USD 250,000 to the School, through UWB.
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Our Value Proposition

• Supporting corporations in achieving CSR
  objectives
• Researching and identifying prospective
  recipients
• Validating prospective recipients, in line with
  global standards
• Monitoring progress of programmes
• Reporting progress of programmes
• One stop long term and global relationship with
  corporations
• Tax benefits to donors in multiple ways
• Partnership in Building Communities Together

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You can help. By making a start.

• Thank you