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Trident United Way

Agency Designation Policy

 

 

Thank you for your contribution to Trident United Way’s annual fundraising campaign.  The purpose of the annual fundraising campaign is to develop and enhance the resources available to Trident United Way’s Community Care Fund.  Community volunteers then invest those resources strategically in the tri-county community in order to create lasting, measurable change on the most pressing issues facing families and individuals.  Trident United Way promotes investing in the Community Care Fund as the most effective way to invest in the tri-county community above any form of designated giving.

 

You have indicated you would like all or a portion of your contribution to be designated or directed to another non-profit organization rather than to the Community Care Fund.  The process by which Trident United Way manages designations to other non-profit organizations is as follows:

 

• Trident United Way honors donor designations to any 501(c)3 organization.  However, no oversight is provided by Trident United Way on the use of designated funds, and the agency designated by the donor may use the designated funds in the manner it sees fit (salaries, training, program services, etc.).

 

• To protect the privacy of our donors, Trident United Way will not release the names of individuals who designate their contribution without a signed letter from the donor authorizing the release of such information.

 

• Trident United Way will deduct fundraising and administrative costs at the rate of 15% (with a minimum of $5 and a maximum of $75) per designation.

 

• Trident United Way will pay the designated agency (net of the fundraising and administrative costs) on a quarterly basis (January, April, July, and October).

 

o   Gifts or payments made by cash, check, credit card, or stock will be paid in the payout month following the quarter in which payment is received from the donor beginning in April.  For example, payments received in January, February, or March will be paid in April; payments received in April, May, and June will be paid in July, etc.

 

o   Designations made through payroll deduction contributions will be paid to the designated agency based upon the percentage of pledged payroll deduction amounts collected from the organization in the quarter immediately preceding the quarterly payout month, beginning in April.

 

Again, thank you for your contribution.  Together we can transform our community into a better place to live, work and raise our families.

 

If you have any questions regarding our management of designations, please contact Kenton Barham, Vice President of Major Gifts and Planned Giving at (843) 740-9000, ext. 240.