Montgomery Alliance
 The past decade witnessed a dramatic change in Montgomery County from a suburban to an urban community. Extraordinary demands for service and support are the result of both a rapid growth of a remarkably diverse community ethnically, racially and economically as well as the ongoing needs of children, teens, seniors and persons with disabilities.
Galvanized by this reality of need and embracing the rich heritage of volunteerism in our community, a seasoned group of citizen activists has joined together to establish Montgomery Alliance for Community Giving.
 Montgomery Alliance provides opportunity for residents and businesses to invest in strengthening the Montgomery community by supporting human service nonprofit agencies.
It offers donors the highest commitment to ethical integrity, oversight and credibility. It assures accountability for contributions through its own tightly managed and independently audited processes as well as oversight of the recipient agencies.
Donors can be assured that their contributions support agencies that employ effective practices to reach defined outcomes for addressing documented needs. A volunteer citizen review panel carefully assesses agency capacity and relevancy of the proposed program to meet documented human service needs.
Montgomery Alliance effectively and efficiently functions at the lowest possible cost, using trained volunteers for all aspects of the fund raising, distribution and oversight, including an independent audit committee.
 A donor friendly process including an electronic web based pledging process has been developed to expedite fund pledges. Funds raised are passed to agencies of the donor's choice or allocated by the local volunteer review panel according to the latest assessment of community need.
Montgomery Alliance is incorporated and has an employee identification number. For the present, the organization will be managed entirely by the Board of Directors and experienced volunteers.
 Meetings have taken place with numerous county officials, business people and non-profits to get feedback on whether this is a project that is needed and will benefit Montgomery County residents. The response has been overwhelming and positive. Montgomery County has many businesses with large numbers of employees who have not previously invested financially to support health and human service needs in Montgomery County. Montgomery Alliance now provides an opportunity for them to become familiar with the needs of some Montgomery County residents and supply the means and incentive that can make them more comfortable making a contribution through Montgomery Alliance.
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