There are many ways to give!

United Way of Fresno County works with hundreds of local companies to help their employees make simple donations through payroll deductions to their favorite nonprofit organizations. Making donations is easy and UWFC can handle the whole process. 100% of your donation can go to your choice of any of the UWFC endorsed organizations, plus 100% of non-designated donations that go to UWFC stay in Fresno County (not to the national organization).

If your company would like to start a payroll deduction plan with UWFC, please contact Bill Vaughn, Vice President of Resource Development, (559) 243-3687 or email him at bvaughn@unitedwayfresno.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

United Way of Fresno County positively impacts over 200,000 local individuals through programs, free grant-writing workshops, and the strengthening of local nonprofit organizations. We endorse over seventy wonderful, local nonprofit organizations, and work together to make Fresno County a better place to live, work, and enjoy.

Remember: 100% of your donation to United Way of Fresno County stays in Fresno County!

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Running a United Way "Campaign" is a traditional way thousands of companies partner with us to support their communities. Providing employees with meaningful opportunities to give back to the community at the level they feel comfortable is a benefit for any corporate culture.

As a leadership giver, you can combine public purpose with private giving to make strategic investments in the whole range of health and human service issues in our community. Because United Way only funds programs with proven methods that match our community's needs, you can be assured that your investment is really making a difference.

A planned gift may include gifts of stock, bonds, mutual funds or real estate given to United Way of Fresno County either as an outright gift or a gift in a bequest, trust or gift annuity. Planned gifts can sometimes realize outstanding tax benefits for the contributor over a lump-sum cash gift. Each planned gift should be given particular consideration by you and your personal financial advisers to make certain that it accomplishes your financial and estate planning goals.

There are other ways to give to UWFC such as online and mailed donations, goods and in-kind donations, car donations, and others.