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Give Local: The Power of a Workplace Campaign

For decades, companies large and small have teamed with United Way to offer their employees the opportunity to conveniently give to local nonprofits through annual workplace campaigns. United Way’s workplace campaigns do...

Our Sincerest Thank You

Each year, hundreds of individuals would normally gather in person for our Women United Gala to highlight the impact of local women leaders and the...

Reimaging Postsecondary Education in a COVID-19 World

United Way’s Dr. Nikia Owens, PHD, Managing Director of Financial Empowerment and Carniesha Kwashie, MS, Director, Job Opportunities Investment Network (JOIN), were recently published in...

A DONATION FOR OUR FUTURE

When Erica heard about the Women United COVID-19 Diaper Drive, she immediately knew the impact it would have on the lives of so many parents,...

A CLOSER LOOK: UNITED FOR EQUITY

 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...

A CLOSER LOOK: UNITED FOR RECOVERY

 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...

Summer reading for kids simplified! Go on…

COVID-19 has shifted and reshaped life as we know it. From the C-Suite to the classroom, virtual interaction is becoming our new normal. To combat...

Next Steps for Racial Equity and Action

Two weeks ago, we made a public commitment to take clear and quantifiable action toward becoming an actively anti-racist organization. While we have already engaged...

Women United – COVID 19 Diaper Drive

Just ask any parent: when COVID-19 struck our communities, life as we knew it was up-ended.  As our communities look toward the promise of reopening...

Our Commitment to Equity and Action

As we walk through a particularly sickening time for our region and our nation, words fail to describe the grief, outrage and deep sadness shared...

Win a Virtual Hangout with a Philadelphia Eagle

Dear friends, I’m a football guy. For 16 weeks every year, I share the highs of the wins and the lows of the losses with...

#WeAreUnited2Feed

There’s little in life that COVID-19 hasn’t changed. But while we all anxiously await a new normal, people in our communities continue to face harsh...

Announcing PHLove: Supporting COVID Relief From City Hall to the Shore

It’s been two months since COVID shut our region down. In those two months, we changed how we live. We socially distanced from friends and...

Civic Engagement: A Path to COVID Recovery

As COVID-19 continues to lead headlines and affect our day-to-day routines, responding to immediate, urgent needs in our community continues to be critically important. At...

GREATER PHILADELPHIA’S GIVING TUESDAY NOW

Life as we know it has changed due to COVID-19. But even as we face more uncertainty, we have the power to create good by...

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