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OUR WORK

Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health.

That’s why United Way of Greater Cleveland's board of directors approved the implementation of a heavily researched and well-reasoned new community investment strategy that was more than six years in the making. This new investment strategy focuses on some of our community's most pressing health and human service issues: Self-Sufficiency and Basic Needs; Education, Children and Families; Behavioral Health; Community Health; Aging and Special Needs; and Capacity Building.

United Way currently funds 216 health and human service programs and three federated agenciews that work to advance the common good in our community and create a better life for all.

Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people are healthy.

United Way’s goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of these problems. It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future.

Give. Advocate. Volunteer. That’s what it means to LIVE UNITED.

Give Now

For more than 95 years, United Way of Greater Cleveland has been focused on programs that improve the lives of those around us – but we can’t do it without your help. Whether you are a new donor or you’ve been a loyal contributor, your support can help strengthen our community at this critical time.

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How I Live United

When we reach out a hand
to one, we influence the
condition of all. That's what
it means to LIVE UNITED.

We want to know how you
LIVE UNITED. How do you get involved? What organizations, causes and communities are close to your heart? How do you "Give. Advocate. Volunteer."?

Send us your story.

Upcoming Events

United Way's Annual Meeting
Mark your calendar for the
2011-12 Annual Meeting at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel: Friday, March 2, 2012

Rock the Catwalk
A Spring Fashion Show and fundraiser will be held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on March 29, 2012. Hosted by the Women's Leadership Council.

RideUNITED
Choose a course, gather sponsors and ride bikes to benefit the Greater Cleveland and Summit County United Way organizations. All rides begin at Cleveland State University Sunday, June 24, 2012. Learn more and register now

Our Mission

United Way of Greater Cleveland is a leader in addressing health and human service needs through convening partnerships, funding programs, generating resources, and advocating for public policy to support our community's priorities.