Donate to United Way Worldwide with Stock Giving
United Way Worldwide invests in the health, education, and financial stability of communities around the world. When you give to United Way, you're helping improve lives and strengthen communities.
READ THIS page to give 37% more to United Way for free by using Cocatalyst.
Why Donate to United Way?
supporting international education initiatives like Born Learning, which has helped more than 15 million parents become their child’s first teacher.
fueling efforts like 2-1-1, which connects millions of people to essential services (everything from domestic violence prevention support to resources to secure affordable housing and utilities assistance).
creating local solutions to local community challenges around the world, from helping more than 25,000 people find jobs in Boston, Massachusetts to providing clean drinking water and sanitation facilities for 6,000 girls in Kolkata, India.
Giving Money vs Stock Donation
Make a gift through Cocatalyst to have the best possible impact with your donation. Cocatalyst simplifies stock donations to charities, which is up to 37% more tax effective for donors. You can give significantly more with stock than cash, without any additional out of pocket cost of the donation. In addition, if you combine stock donations with an employer match, you can give up to 175% more to United Way.
Here’s an example to illustrate the benefits. Justin is a high-income earner, and he is planning to give $15,000 to his local United Way chapter. He also is a long-term investor and bought the index fund ETF, VTI, with his savings several years ago. The lowest price he paid was $107 a share from 5 years ago when he bought 100 shares. It trades around $150 today. If he were to sell $15,000 of stock, he would have a taxable income of $4,300 and owe the government $1,550. If he gave the stock through Cocatalyst to United Way, he and the charity would have saved that $1,550. Donating with Cocatalyst is still a tax-deductible transaction so he can put this on his next year’s tax return.
In addition, since he at Salesforce, his $15,000 donation of stock is matched another $5,000 (the maximum offered by Salesforce). In total he is able to give to United Way $20,000, when it only cost him $13,450 ($20,000 - $5,000 - $1,550).
The best part of this entire process is that it took him 5 minutes. Give to United Way using by clicking the button below.
United Way Donation Usage
United Way spends 70% of their donations directly into their charitable program. The next 25.7% goes towards administration and volunteer programs. A final 4.3% is allocated towards reserve funds. If you want to ensure maximum proceeds go to your United Way program, you may want to give to a local community chapter directly.
United Way Donation Usage