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Connect for Good offers young professionals in our Emerging Leaders group a chance to really engage with how United Way’s programs change Seattle for the better. The Connect For Good [...]

Our community has been in a homelessness crisis for years—and when you’re in crisis for that long, people sometimes stop talking about the issue. The KOMO 4 piece that ran this week, with the [...]

More than 1,600 people experiencing homelessness came out to be the center of more than 500 volunteers’ and 100 service providers attention at CenturyLink. But today was about more than the numbers.

After more than 18 years as CEO & President of United Way of King County, Jon Fine has announced his retirement. During Jon’s tenure, he’s led the organization in so many accomplishments that [...]

More people are living on the edge than we realize. The Federal Reserve Board issued a report that found four out of ten Americans, if faced with an unexpected expense of $400, would not be able [...]

Where do you even start? From our work, we’ve seen that communities of color are best served by nonprofits in their own neighborhoods. We know that part of the solution is empowering nonprofits [...]

$500 million for affordable housing. You read that right. That’s today’s exciting announcement from our longtime partner Microsoft. $5 million will go toward Home Base, our new effort with the [...]

The Seattle homeless crisis is no newbie to the evening news. Isn't it time we acknowledge the injustice behind this issue? Check out how.