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Everyone deserves opportunities to achieve a good quality of life: a high-quality education that leads to a stable job, family-sustaining income through all of life’s stages, good health and a safe home. That’s why United Way works to advance the common good by focusing on the building blocks for a good life: Education, Income and Health.
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 together, we can change the things we see around us and make Greater Milwaukee a healthier, stronger community.
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United Way of Greater Milwaukee raised over $50 million during its Community Campaign, surpassing the goal of $48 million by more than $2 million. read more
The City of Milwaukee has announced a goal to reduce the city's black infant mortality rate by 15% and the city's overall rate by 10% by 2017. read more
The City of Milwaukee has announced another drop in the teen birth rate. United Way’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative is on track to meet its goal of reducing births to teens by 46% by 2015! read more United Way of Greater Milwaukee announced a goal to raise $48 million at its Community Campaign kick-off on August 31 at MillerCoors in Milwaukee. The goal – $2.25 million higher than 2010’s fundraising goal, includes a $1+ million challenge grant from the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership. The goal aims to ensure United Way can continue to address our community’s most urgent and pressing needs, while working to provide long-term impact on changing our community by supporting its 160-plus partner programs. read more A new report ranks Milwaukee in the top 10 cities for volunteerism read more United Way grant to help fight infant mortality read more United Way, Northwestern Mutual launch effort to help people with special needs read more
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