MONADNOCK UNITED WAY INC

Impact and investment:the monadnock united way has a unique investment process, which supports and encourages collective and collaborative efforts; focuses on both program-specific and collective achievement of outcomes that address our region's underlying issues for children, education and financial stability; and ensures fiscal and governance accountability. The objective of muw's impact and investment committee is to deploy monadnock united way financial and backbone support to maximize the resources available to initiatives that work toward a common agenda, shared measurement, mutually reinforcing activities, and who engage in continuous communication. Muw's volunteer investment team members read proposals, conduct site visits, listen to presentations from agencies requesting funding, and make funding recommendations. These volunteers also assist staff in reviewing regular reporting throughout the multi-year funding cycle to ensure that programs are on-target, to highlight areas of concern, and to provide support and assistance so programs may address those concerns as early as possible in their funding cycle. This system is designed to be accountable to the donor, responsive to our community's needs and inclusive of the programs to which the givers wish to contribute.