Leadership Giving Programs Leadership giving begins at $1,200 (or $100 a month) and is critical to United Way’s ability to meet our community’s ongoing needs. Last year, more than 4,000 people chose to lead by example with a leadership contribution to United Way of Greater Milwaukee. Leadership giving consists of the following four programs. Individuals may be part of one or multiple programs. The LEADERSHIP SOCIETY includes donors who contribute $1,200 to $9,999 to the annual United Way of Greater Milwaukee Community Campaign. The TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY is named in honor of 19th century French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville. Members contribute $10,000 or more, with at least $6,000 directed to United Way’s Community Impact Fund (see more detailed membership criteria below). The WOMEN’S INITIATIVE provides recognition and connection opportunities for women. Members are women who contribute at least $1,200 individually or who are partners in a joint gift of $2,400 or more. Women’s Initiative members encourage giving to its signature project, Healthy Girls, which supports programs that work to reduce the local teen pregnancy rate. Thank you to Aurora Health Care for its support of the Women’s Initiative and Healthy Girls. The EMERGING LEADER program educates and involves a new generation of United Way leadership contributors (recommended for donors age 45 and under). Members contribute $1,200 or more and opt into the program. Opt in to join when you pledge. Thank you to Godfrey & Kahn S.C. for its sponsorship of the Emerging Leader program.
What Your Leadership Gift Can Do: • A gift of $1,200 provides art supplies for one early childhood education classroom for a year. • A gift of $2,500 provides 20 distressed families access to counseling for issues such as anxiety, depression, unemployment, parenting support or poor school/work performance. • A gift of $5,000 supports 2-1-1 @ IMPACT’s 24-hour helpline for one day, providing 600 people with personal, confidential assistance accessing urgent resources.
What a gift of $10,000 can do: • Bring school-based preventive oral health care to 400 school-aged children. • Support 200 hours to help older adults maintain quality of life, remain independent and manage their finances. • Provides counseling for 80 low-income families for issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, loss, divorce, unemployment and parenting issues.