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United
Airlines: Helping the human spirit take flight
United
Vacations provides upscale, component-based,
customizable vacations. Starting with
accommodations, travelers can add various elements,
including air on United Airlines and their
partners, car rentals or transfer service, tours
and excursions, activities, attractions and more,
to create a complete vacation that meets their
individual needs.
With options
ranging from fully-independent travel to escorted
tours in more than 100 destinations worldwide,
United Vacations brings dream vacations within
reach.
Mission:
To be a
world-class vacation company, upholding United
Airlines' commitment to quality, reliability,
product delivery and positive contributions to all
communities served.
History:
United
Vacations was formed in 1984 by United Airlines
with a primary focus on Hawaii vacations. The
domestic point-of-sale product line grew to include
destinations throughout North America, as well as
the North and South Pacific. As United Airlines
expanded its route structure in 1990, European
destinations were added, as well as International
points-of-sale. Today, The Mark Travel Corporation
operates United Vacations' vacation product in the
United States, Europe and Canada, as well as
operating the North American Ski program. The Latin
America, Australia/New Zealand and Asia programs
are operated by Far and Wide
Corporation.
Destinations:
More than
100 destinations are offered worldwide including
the Hawaiian islands, California, Florida, popular
cities across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia*,
Australia/New Zealand* and Latin America* and top
ski resorts across North America.
Office
Locations:
Administrative
offices are located in Milwaukee and Orlando plus
additional Traveler Support offices in Honolulu,
Las Vegas and London.
Headquarters:
8907 N. Port Washington Road
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53217 USA
Management:
Richard J. Karnes, Vice President and General
Manager
Associations
& Affiliations:
United
States Tour Operators Association (USTOA); $1
Million Consumer Plan; American Society of Travel
Agents (ASTA); listed with ASTA's Tour Operators
Program (TOP); Ski Tour Operators Program (SKI
TOPS); Travel Industry Association of America
(TIA).
United
Airlines: Helping the human spirit take
flight
For more
than 50 years, the United Airlines®
Foundation has served as the philanthropic wing of
our airline. While many divisions and departments
at United are involved with the community, the
foundation is the only organization within the
company whose community support is purely
philanthropic. Its mission is to make the United
Airlines name and brand synonymous with corporate
philanthropy and community involvement and its
proud history is a testimony to its longstanding
commitment to improve the world.
Mission
Our mission
is to develop, implement, and communicate United's
commitment to community service by sponsoring and
supporting charitable organizations, as well as
programs and activities that improve the
communities where our customers and employees live
and work.
History
The United
Airlines Foundation was formed in 1952. Originally,
the foundation supported only one national
charity&emdash;the United Way&emdash;and a handful
of smaller programs. Today, the foundation provides
millions of dollars worth of support to hundreds of
charitable organizations worldwide.
Guidelines
Every year,
the foundation receives thousands of requests for
philanthropic support. Although we would like to be
able to assist every worthy charitable organization
and activity, we simply cannot.
General
guidelines
* The
foundation's current philanthropic focus is
described throughout these Committed to the
Community pages. Focus areas include &emdash;
education, health, arts and culture, volunteerism,
and diversity.
* Be aware
that the foundation concentrates the majority of
its resources in United's U.S. hubs&emdash;Chicago,
Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington,
D.C. These communities sustain our largest
operations and serve as home to the majority of our
employees and customers.
* Be aware
that we do not provide matching gifts , air
transportation for fundraising events, air
transportation for individuals or philanthropic
support in the following areas: capital and
building grants, development campaigns,
individuals, political or fraternal organizations,
United Way-funded agencies (because they receive
support through employee payroll deductions),
religious institutions, or individual public or
private schools.
Specific
guidelines
* We are not
accepting new or unsolicited proposals at this
time. The following is an example of the
information that is typically required in a
proposal. Please use this information as a sample
only, since specific information required may
change when our new guidelines become available.
Proposals generally consist of three sections: an
executive summary, a history of your organization,
and supporting documentation.
* The
executive summary must be kept to one page. It
should include the following information:
* Summary of
project
*
Date/duration of project
* Location
of activity
* Target
beneficiaries
* Number of
people affected by grant
* Resources
requested
*
Financial
* Air
transportation
* Human
(i.e., volunteer)
* Intended
use of funds, tickets, and/or volunteers
* Benefits
(to the community at large and the United community
specifically)
* Focus
(description of how the project fits within the
foundation's philanthropic focus)
* Impact
(description of how United's participation will
affect the project's ability to attract other
sponsors, contributors, and
participants)
* The
history of your organization should cover the
following topics:
*
Mission
*
Goals
* Current
programs
* Full
description of the goals and objectives of the
project.
* A
description of the plan for evaluation of the
completed project
* The
supporting documents may include any information
that elaborates on the items summarized in the
executive summary.
* In
addition to the above, you must provide:
* A copy of
your organization's IRS tax-exempt
letter
* A list of
your organization's board of directors
* A list of
your organization's major contributors and other
sponsors
* A copy of
your most recent annual report
* Audited
financial statements
* A copy of
your previous and current year program and
organization budget
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