Take the United Way Small Business Challenge

Participate in the Small Business Initiative Matching Grant Challenge

United Way is thrilled to announce a generous matching grant of $10,000 to challenge local small businesses to participate in our new initiative. Any small business contributions will be doubled up to a total of $10,000 by December 31, 2011 thanks to this grant.

No one person or organization can solve our community's tough issues alone. That's we need the support from your small business to fund critical programs focusing on education, income and health in the Portland-Vancouver metro area.

On behalf of yourself as a small business owner or your company, join us today in meeting our challenge by considering a gift that will be doubled thanks to the matching grant. You own one of nearly 20,000 small businesses in the area, imagine the impact if each business gave just $100.

Benefits to Your Small Business

By supporting United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, your small business will experience many benefits including:

• Build trust and increase goodwill among customers.
• Research shows that consumers are more likely to spend their money with businesses that are actively giving back to the community.
• Gain visibility with the approximately 30,000 annual United Way donors on our website, newsletters and social networking followers on Facebook and Twitter.

How do you Know Your Dollars Are Helping?

As a small business, you understand the importance of getting results. It's no different at United Way and we want to make sure you know that we work hard to generate measurable results with every dollar donated to us through our Community Impact Fund.

Also consider signing up for our periodic United Way e-newsletter where we'll keep you up to date on our activities without overloading your inbox.

Get Started Today

Ready to make a gift on behalf of your small business? Interested in a leadership gift as the owner of your business? Perhaps your business can participate in our Cornerstone Partners program?

Please e-mail Jeff Zawada or call (503) 226-9375.

For more information you can download our New Business Brochure. As you begin to establish a philanthropic partnership with United Way, also consider beginning an ongoing Community Giving Campaign in your workplace. Via payroll deductions, workplace giving campaigns are an easy way to offer your employees a simple and convenient avenue to support the community no matter how big or small your business.