Featured Topics

Stories of Lives Changed

Every donation makes change. Visit our story library to hear stories of how your involvement with United Way helps local people find hope and opportunity for a better future.

Be Inspired.

Our Commitment to Financial Transparency

The national standard for charities is for 70% of donations going towards programs. United Way achieves 83%. With 99% staying right here in our local community.

See The Numbers.

The Impact of Your Donation

When you give to United Way, you invest in dozens of programs best positioned to make lasting change. Through our Bold Goals, we focus on the impact areas that are the most challenging and chronic sources of poverty in community.

Learn the Impact.

Landmark Giving

Leave a Landmark Gift. Expand Your Impact.

“We give to the United Way because of the lasting change it has made in our community in reducing hunger and homelessness and setting kids up to succeed. Their stewardship of donor resources is exceptional, and we find them to be a wonderful avenue for ensuring our investments in the community make the largest impact possible.”

Jon and Nikki Bogenreif, Tocqueville Donors
Jon serves as CEO of Noridian Healthcare Solutions

You can create a legacy and maximize your giving through a strategic Landmark gift. This can be a single gift or planned gift through several various ways. Some of the most common are:

Endowments: Donate to one of our existing endowments, or for a contribution of $50,000 or more name it after yourself or a loved one. Endowments are critical in creating annual funding for programs while protecting the initial investment.
Will or Trusts: Include United Way in your will or trust for lasing community impact.
Gifts of Stock & Assets: Donate appreciated securities, bitcoin, real estate, etc. Tax benefits may apply.
Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from Your IRA: Donate directly from your IRA (age 70.5+) and reduce taxable income.
Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs): Recommend grants from your DAF for easy, recurring giving.

Your financial advisor is a great resource to discuss your options within your specific financial situation.

Securities

Would you like to make your gift using securities?

View securities donation instructions.

What Your Landmark Gift Does

Creates Immediate Impact: Directly fueling strategic initiatives for maximum impact.
Establishes a Legacy: Building a protected gift that provides a lasting impact.

Here are some examples of the impact made because of generous donors:

Graphic Of Impact Made In 2024 2

Extend Your Impact Through Three Levels of Landmark Gifts

Graphic Of Landmark Giving Levels

Your visionary Landmark Gift ensures lasting impact for our community, and your extraordinary generosity will be recognized and celebrated in meaningful ways.

Claim Your FreeWill

Have you considered the lasting impact you can make through your will? You now have a simple and free way to create or update this important document – and at the same time, you can extend your legacy to United Way of Cass-Clay!

We’ve partnered with FreeWill to offer you an accessible tool to write your will at no cost to you. This provides a thoughtful opportunity to ensure your wishes are honored while also considering a gift that will empower future generations in our community to thrive. Your legacy can help ensure that children, families and individuals continue to receive the vital support they need to thrive.

Whether or not you choose to include a gift to United Way, this valuable resource is yours to use, free of charge.

Claim Your FreeWill

Dan Klug, Major Gifts Lead
Email: dklug@unitedwaycassclay.org
Mobile: 218-791-9579

Christie Lewandoski, Director of Resource Development
Email: clewandoski@unitedwaycassclay.org
Office: 701-532-4605