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Financial Empowerment

VITA and Free Tax Filing

February 28, 2023

Tax season is here, and with the deadline to file on April 18th fast approaching, we wanted to share some vital information about our local...

Financial Empowerment

VITA: More Than Just Taxes

March 31, 2022

Mr. K is homeless and living in the backroom of a Woodland Avenue business. He was referred to Southwest Community Development Corporation (Southwest CDC) because...

Financial Empowerment

Earned Income Tax Credit – No Dollar Left Behind

February 28, 2022

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the most cost-effective and impactful anti-poverty programs implemented over the past few decades. Each year it...

Financial Empowerment

Families with Children: Help is Here with the Child Tax Credit

January 27, 2022

This tax season, we have a huge opportunity to help families with the expansion of the Child Tax Credit through the American Rescue Plan Act...

Financial Empowerment

Calling All Current and Future Tax-Experts!

December 14, 2021

When I joined United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey in the Fall, I was ecstatic to be able to support our local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance...

Financial Empowerment

A Conversation with Alicia Atkinson

September 15, 2021

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey recently welcomed Alicia Atkinson to the team as Managing Director, Financial Empowerment. Let’s learn a bit...

United Way

Leading the Way: Your Impact Matters

June 16, 2021

In Philadelphia alone, 25% of our neighbors experience poverty. From the single mother looking to care for her children to the job seeker struggling to...

United Way

Women United: Looking Ahead

March 15, 2021

For nearly 15 years, Women United – United Way’s affinity group dedicated to empowering our region’s women and girls – has focused its efforts on...

Financial Empowerment

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Announces Free Tax Preparation Programs to Individuals and Families earning less

February 10, 2021

Free and confidential tax services available virtually as tax season gets underway PHILADELPHIA, P.A. — United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) marked the...

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A CLOSER LOOK: UNITED FOR EQUITY

July 23, 2020

An in-depth look at United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey’s support for communities of color We are on a mission. A mission to...

Community Resiliency

A CLOSER LOOK: UNITED FOR RECOVERY

July 16, 2020

An in-depth look at United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey’s support to drive region-wide COVID-19 recovery. Opportunity. It looked a lot different in...

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Giving to a future that leaves no one behind.

December 9, 2019

As her son Amari turns through the well-worn pages of his favorite Pete the Cat book, eyeing the colorful pictures and singing softly to himself...