Every local United Way must follow United Way of America's strict membership guidelines (which can be found at: http://www.liveunited.org/about/accountability.cfm), each local United Way is a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is governed by representatives from the local community.  Members from the community establish the policies and priorities for their local United Way and determine which agencies will be supported and the level of funding they will receive.  So, what a United Way in another community supports has nothing to do with what your United Way supports.  

A list of the partner agencies for the United Way of the Greater Clarksville Region can be found here and a copy of the Bylaws of the United Way of the Greater Clarksville Region, in which the standards for admission as a partner agency are incorporated, can be accessed here.

When a donation is made to your local United Way it supports only programs in yourlocal community.   Contributions to the United Way of the Greater Clarksville region are used only for programs in the regional community of Montgomery, Houston, and Stewart Counties and the Fort Campbell area. 

All United Ways submit funds to the United Way of America.  Approximately 1% of your local United Way’s annual revenue is paid to the national organization for membership dues – none of these funds are used by the United Way of America to support any agency – they are used to support the cost of the membership benefits they receive through United Way of America as one of their affiliates.  As referenced *in the United Way of America’s Audit,* -- which is performed by independent auditors and available to the public -- "UWA receives annual membership support through a licensing arrangement with local United Ways to use the name and service marks owned by UWA.  Membership support calculations are performed by all member organizations and payments are made from donor contributions.  If any local United Way does not remit membership support, the organization’s right to use the name and service marks may be revoked."  

If you would like a copy of this United Way’s finances, all you have to do is call and ask.  These forms are what are filed with the IRS and, as federal, legal documents are not altered in any way. For more information or questions, please call your local United Way at (931) 647-4291.