United Way of America

United Way of America is the national organization dedicated to leading the United Way movement. Local United Ways create long-lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of the most significant local issues. Common focus areas include helping children and youth achieve their potential, promoting financial stability and independence, and improving people’s health. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of problems.

The United Way of America has set three bold goals for where the nation should be by 2018:

• Cut by half the number of young people who drop out of high school.
• Cut by half the number of working families that lackfinancial stability.
• Increase by one-third the percentage of healthy young people and adults.