Elevate, invest and influence billions of dollars yearly in charitable donations in order to generate and maintain ground-breaking programs and approaches to make continued impact in local neighborhoods.

Hold themselves responsible to this cause by way of their unwavering commitment to constantly evaluate enhancements in learning, earnings and well-being (About United Way Worldwide, 2011).

5. After evaluating the nonprofit organization's mission statement that you have selected, what changes would you make to the mission statement?

After evaluating the mission statement of the United Way I would add what products or services that they will offer or utilize in order to carry out their goals. I would also add by what means the mission is to be measured so that it would be easier to determine if it is being met or not. It would also be nice to have a

The current mission statement is almost too brief in order to get across what they are trying to say and give it any true meaning. Yes, one can figure it out with some further investigation, but all the broad questions should be answered in the statement without anyone having to look any further. What they have it a good start it just needs to be expanded a bit in order to be more beneficial to their overall purpose.
References

About United Way Worldwide. (2011). Retrieved January 9, 2011, from United Way Web site:

http://liveunited.org/pages/about-united-way-worldwide/

Mission and Goals. (2011). Retrieved January 9, 2011, from United Way Web site:

http://liveunited.org/pages/mission-and-goals/