About United Way Platteville

The mission of our local United Way is to increase the community's ability to care for its members by raising and distributing funds to agencies and organizations while evaluating their effectiveness and efficiency. The Corporation is a private, non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to uniting the entire community in support of a broad spectrum of individual agency programs that provide health and human services vital to the people of the community.

Updated and adopted January 13, 2022

We recognize structural racism/ethnic discrimination and other forms of oppression have contributed to persistent disparities which United Way seeks to dismantle.

We understand that these disparities have existed in the past and persist into the present.

We acknowledge that these inequities are the result of past and present policies and practices that work to marginalize entire populations of people.

We unequivocally denounce racism/ethnic discrimination because it undermines the well-being and vitality of individuals and our entire community.

Our United Way network strives to engage community members, especially those whose voices have traditionally been marginalized.

We work to support agencies that assist our residents by creating solutions that ensure everyone has the resources, supports, opportunities and networks they need to thrive.

We commit to leveraging all of our assets (convening, strategic investments, awareness building, advocacy) to create more equitable communities.

United Way of Platteville was formerly known as the Platteville Community Chest and was established March 1, 1954. The name was changed to the United Way of Platteville, Inc. on November 27, 1978. United Way of Platteville, Inc. Is a private, non-profit, volunteer organization that serves as a central fund raising agency for human service agencies that serve our community’s needs. The United Way of Platteville, Inc. is a member of the United Way of Wisconsin, United Way of America and United Way Worldwide. The United Way of Platteville, Inc. is administered by a volunteer board of local residents. The Board of Directors screens applications for United Way support. The operations, services, and finances of the organizations funded are closely reviewed and allocations granted based on need and critical review.

The current United Way of Platteville currently has 8 board members serving the community of Platteville. Each board member is able to volunteer to serve three terms of three years each. Our current members are...