United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

For more than 80 years, the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago has worked to create positive change in the city of Chicago and its suburbs. In partnership with a range of human service organizations, the United Way aims to improve the health, education, financial stability, and safety of residents in communities throughout the region. Launched in 2013, the United Way operates a Neighborhood Network Initiative to address the root causes of poverty in Chicago neighborhoods and improve the quality of life for people in eighteen low-income communities. This renewed award supports the United Way Neighborhood Networks and their efforts to build stronger, more equitable communities throughout the Chicagoland area.

For more than 80 years, the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago (United Way) has worked to create positive change in the city of Chicago and its suburbs. In partnership with a range of human service organizations, the United Way aims to improve the health, education, financial stability, and safety of residents in communities throughout the region. The United Way is the institutional home of the “211 Metro Chicago” program, which manages a telephone number and digital platform that residents can use to access non-emergency social services, such as food pantries, homeless shelters, legal aid, rental assistance, services for disabled persons, and mental health care. The 211 program also serves as a critical link to information and resources in moments of natural disaster, pandemic, or other crises. This award provides project support to the 211 Metro Chicago program.

Community Leadership Fellows

For more than 80 years, the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago (United Way) has worked to create positive change in the city of Chicago and its suburbs. In partnership with a range of human service organizations, the United Way aims to improve the health, education, financial stability, and safety of residents in communities throughout the region. Community Leadership Fellows (CLF), an initiative of the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, is a year-long leadership development program that offers knowledge enrichment and advancement opportunities for grassroots and/or emerging leaders working in the nonprofit, civic, and government sectors. With this award, CLF identifies untapped talent from the Westside of Chicago and provides these individuals with mentoring, networking, and skill building resources to amplify their impact in the neighborhoods in which they live, work, and lead.

For more than 80 years, the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago has worked to create positive change in the city of Chicago and its suburbs. In partnership with a range of human service organizations, the United Way aims to improve the health, education, financial stability, and safety of residents in communities throughout the region. Launched in 2013, the United Way operates a Neighborhood Network Initiative to address the root causes of poverty in Chicago neighborhoods and improve the quality of life for people in ten low-income communities. The COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest of 2020 have hit these communities especially hard. This renewed award supports the United Way Neighborhood Networks and their efforts to build back stronger, more equitable communities throughout the Chicagoland area.

For more than 80 years, the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago has worked to create positive change in the city of Chicago and its suburbs. In partnership with a range of human service organizations, the United Way aims to improve the health, education, financial stability, and safety of residents in communities throughout the region. Launched in 2013, the United Way operates a Neighborhood Network Initiative to address the root causes of poverty in Chicago neighborhoods and improve the quality of life for people in ten low-income communities. This renewed award supports the United Way Neighborhood Networks and their efforts to develop neighborhood-specific, community-led solutions to local challenges.