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United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
United Way has been at work in our Chicagoland community for 75 years, helping people overcome life's challenges and become independent. For many of those years, we improved lives by investing in a network of agency programs across the region. Our community needed this safety net of services (which included things like soup kitchens and employment assistance) to help families close the gap during times of economic hardship.
But over time, community issues have grown much more complex. We're dealing with systemic challenges like healthcare access and affordable housing—things that can't always be solved through program funding alone. So today, in addition to funding the best agency programs, United Way also plays a leadership role in convening community officials, businesses, health and human service experts and others, to work together on our region's toughest issues.
