United Way Alberta Northwest

United Way Alberta Northwest is a charitable organization with the main office in the City of Grande Prairie Alberta. Our United Way serves an area of roughly one-quarter of Alberta, from Grande Cache to the NWT border and from Slave Lake to the B.C. border. Incorporated as a Society in 1974. The United Way's primary objective is to raise funds to allocate to community social profit, and charitable organizations, allowing them to focus on their mandate of providing services. United Way Alberta Northwest is a social change organization that partners with local community agencies to solve complex social issues that better our region.The organization is guided by a governance board with one employee, the Executive Director, who has a support staff of two.United Way has a network of over 75 local United Way offices in Canada. Each office is registered as its own charity. Each United Way works locally to raise funds and invest in improving lives in its community. All dollars stay LOCAL.