Designating Your Campaign Pledge

As a service to our donors, United Way offers the option to direct all or a portion of your United Way pledge to a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), health and human service agency of your choosing.  Beginning with the 2011 Campaign, we request that donors who wish to designate their pledge do so by choosing from our list of eligible agencies.  The agencies on our list are not for profit, 501(c)(3) health and human service agencies, who have certified that they comply with the USA Patriot Act. 

The full list of eligible agencies is below.  If you wish to designate an agency not listed, you may do so by completing the following steps:

1.       For agencies located within Erie and Niagara counties:

         a.       Write the agency's name and address on your pledge form or choose "write in" when submitting your pledge via ePledge.

         b.      Contact your agency and ask them to complete and sign an "Agency Information Form".  The form can be downloaded in Microsoft Word format by clicking here, or under the "For Non Profits / Funding Donations / Donor Directed Funding" tab on this website.

        c.       Have the agency return the completed form to the contact information indicated on the form.

Please Note:  The United Way of Buffalo & Erie County will record your pledge as undesignated, until we receive the completed form from the agency.  Once the form has been received, we will notify you in writing to let you know that your gift has been designated to the agency of your choice.

2.       For agencies located outside of Erie and Niagara counties and outside of New York state:

          a.       Write the agency's name and address on your pledge form, or choose "write in" when submitting your pledge via ePledge.   The United Way of Buffalo & Erie County will locate or identify the United Way that covers the area where your chosen agency is located.  Your designated agency information will be forwarded to that United Way, which will process your agency designation subject to the terms and conditions of the identified United Way.

Please Note:  The United Way of Buffalo & Erie County will process your pledge as designated to the United Way that covers the area where your agency is located.  This is the only way that we can forward your agency information to the identified United Way.

For questions, please contact our customer service by phone at (716) 887-2758 or by e-mail at customerservice@uwbec.org.

Agencies Eligible to Receive Designations - 2011 Campaign