Your Action Matters
Your donation provides high-quality learning and development opportunities from cradle to career to children in need right here in the Twin Cities. Help all kids reach their full potential.
We are Changemakers
We’ve been around a long time because we are committed to our community. We’ll also try something new if it means we get closer to our goal of lifting our community out of poverty.
You Make a Difference
When you donate time or money to United Way, you’re helping break the cycle of poverty in your community. And when you or someone you know needs help, we’re here.
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Volunteer
You can fight poverty and help people in your own community. Tell us what you love, and we’ll pair you with the perfect volunteer opportunity. -
Donate
Your gift funds the programs and initiatives that make life better for the nearly 1 in 4 people in your community who live in poverty. Help your neighbor. Change the world. -
Get Help
Our 2-1-1 service is just a call away. We have connected more than 2.5 million people to the services and resources they need since 2010. We can help you, too.
United Way in Action
There are real human beings behind the statistics. These community impact stories are a testament to why we do what we do.
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"Without a person being emotionally, physically and psychologically healthy, they can’t hold a job. And if you can’t hold a job, it starts that downward spiral back into incarceration. So this piece, which is vital for the stabilization of our men, is a piece that United Way gets and they supported us on multi-year funding for that. " -
"My dream is to one day be a pediatrician, have a family, and be able to visit and help my parents and my country of birth — the Ivory Coast. " -
"Long-term funding is essential if you are going to have good programming. If you have a one-year grant and then the next year have to be looking for another grant, that is resources in an agency that are taken up by an admin that could be spent on program development. Multi-year grants are essential. "
News You Can Use
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Will You Take the Character Challenge?
United Way has teamed up with the NFL to bring Character Playbook, a digital, interactive education program focused on positive youth development, to nearly 2,000 […] -
A New Approach to Community Building
Greater Twin Cities United Way has a new approach to community building, anchored in a long-term commitment to equity with a focus on filling the […] -
Leaders United: A “win-win” for nonprofits, participants
As Leaders United, a special United Way program created to develop our next generation of community and corporate leaders, gears up for its third year, […]
For Companies
Your campaign is an integral part of United Way. We’ll help you make it a success with the materials and resources you need.
For Nonprofits
No matter where you are in the process—currently funded United Way program, seeking first-time funding, donor-designated funds—we can help.