United Way of Marion County

United Way of Marion county focuses on the areas of education, income andhealth. In 2019-2020, investments were made to fund 27 programs at 21different agencies. Our partnership continues with the heart of floridaunited Way in providing our community the 24-hour information and referralservice: 2-1-1. Last year, this program received more than 25,000 callsfor assistance. We also continues to partner with the early learningcoalition in our success by 6 program focused on educating parents thatthey are their child's first teacher. We completed eight years of ourearly literacy program, readingpals, that actively recruited and engaged227 colunteers to help kindergarten students with reading skills within the school system's academy program.financial stability efforts continue through our offering of free incometax preparation by certified irs volunteers. This past year included fivepermanent sites, where 1,944 tax returns were processed free of charge tomarion county residents.

United Way of Marion county is an active community leader who collaborateswith local non-profit organizations, local government, corporations,foundations, and philanthropists addressing pressing needs in ourcommunity. These costs associated with this function include communityplanning, collaborations supporting education, financial stability, health,program administration, finance, administration, and marketing. Expensesrelated to this function are not directly associated with fundraising.