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The Promise’s Record Clearing Initiative: Reflecting on six-months

In November 2022, The Promise’s Record Clearing and Employment Access initiative hit its official six-month mark. While we still have six months of programming left...

The Research Is In: Why Record Clearing is Critical to Philadelphia’s Workforce Development Strategy

When The Promise launched its first Jobs and Opportunities Community Challenge in November 2021, community leaders and organizations throughout Philadelphia expressed excitement for a focus...

New Funding Opportunity: Partnership Grant Program

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey is on a mission to end poverty and expand opportunity for all. Poverty-fighting nonprofit organizations and...

Hitting The (Workplace) Campaign Trail

When you give to United Way, you join a network of more than 20,000 donors committed to changing lives and strengthening communities. Much of that...

In conversation with Elizabeth Torres

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey recently welcomed Elizabeth Torres to the team as Managing Director, Finance. Learn a bit more about...

10 Things We Couldn’t Have Done Without You in 2022

What an impactful year! As the year comes to an end, we are reflecting upon the memorable highlights and measurable impact of our work in...

Workplace Campaign Spotlight: Lincoln Financial Group

For the last 100 years, Workplace Giving Campaigns have been one of the ways United Way forges relationships with the local business community. These campaigns...

Workplace Campaign Spotlight: UGI

Successful Workplace Giving Campaigns don’t just happen on their own.   United Way has facilitated annual campaigns since 1923. From September through December, generous workplaces and...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Appoints New Regional Board Members

New members bring a wealth of expertise and experience in the corporate, legal, financial, philanthropic, and educational fields to strengthen United Way’s mission. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.,...

United Way Extends Supplemental Local and General Operating Grant Cycle an Additional Year

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey is pleased to extend our supplemental local and general operating grant cycle for an additional year.  ...

Metro Philadelphia: New center aims to address Philly’s nonprofit racial equity

      Long before diversity, equity and inclusion became buzzwords, Kelly Woodland was trying to recruit people of color to majority-white institutions and posing...

A Message from the President

As we commemorate Black Philanthropy Month, it is with great pride that I share an update on your United Way’s efforts to support a more...

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