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United Way Receives Significant Grant from the Tad & Nancy Jeffrey Fund to support Endowment
December 4th, 2023United Way of Central Ohio today announced a generous grant by the Tad & Nancy Jeffrey Fund of the Columbus Foundation for $750,000. The grant, given by the children of Tad and Nancy Jeffrey, honors their mother’s legacy as a trailblazer and dedicated partner of United Way of Central Ohio. As the first woman to…
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Thank You for Joining Us on GivingTuesday to Create Opportunities for More Students
November 29th, 2023Thank you so much to all the new, current and returning donors who gave generously on GivingTuesday to support local families and children! In just 24 hours, our donors matched a $50,000 gift from the Redgrave family. The money raised is enough to: provide an hour of tutoring plus an evening meal for 20 days…
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United Way of Central Ohio Announces 2024-2025 Program Investment Process
November 6th, 2023United Way of Central Ohio is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 program investment process to help strengthen families and ensure every child has the opportunities and resources necessary to be on a pathway to success by the time they leave third grade. The program investment grant cycle will begin July 1, 2024, and ends June…
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United Way Welcomes Eight New Members to Board
August 30th, 2023United Way of Central Ohio recently welcomed eight new board members to our dedicated and talented board of trustees. In addition, five members completed their terms and departed the board. Barbara Benham of Huntington Bancshares Inc. became the past chair after serving as board chair for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. She was replaced by Dan Crane…
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Over 500+ Volunteers Join Forces for Stuff the Backpack
August 24th, 2023United Way of Central Ohio and our partner NBC4 invited donors, volunteers and corporate partners to our annual Stuff the Backpack event on Aug. 10, and the community responded in a BIG way. We aimed to gather 300 volunteers at Lower.com Field to pack 1,000 backpacks in 90 minutes. Instead, we smashed that goal with…
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United Way Adds Accessibility Toolbar to Website
July 25th, 2023United Way of Central Ohio is excited to share that we now provide an inclusive online experience to enable website visitors to access online content and services barrier-free. As part of our diversity and inclusion strategy, website visitors are now able to access a wide range of accessibility and language support tools to customize their…
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United Ways Receive Funding in State Budget to Support Families and Improve Literacy
July 21st, 2023United Way of Central Ohio is pleased to share that the State of Ohio approved funding in its 2024-2025 budget that will help a collaborative of Ohio United Ways advance strategies to improve early literacy and family stability. Gov. Mike DeWine has made improving childhood literacy a priority and has urged agencies across the state…
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100 Years of Impact Made Possible with Strong Partnerships
June 21st, 2023United Way of Central Ohio is proud to be celebrating 100 years of impact in our community throughout 2023. We know our accomplishments in the past 100 years are not ours alone but are the result of partnerships. We are a strong United Way because of strong community partnerships. Each year, as a proud sponsor…
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Join us for Stuff the Backpack and Help Local Students Succeed
June 16th, 2023Do you remember the thrill of buying and having new school supplies and a new backpack to put them in? Those new pencils, notebooks and folders helped you feel confident, prepared and READY to start school. Join us to make sure every local student starts school with that same feeling — excited and ready to…
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A Century United: United Way’s Support of the LGBTQ+ Community Spans Decades
June 13th, 2023Like many organizations, United Way of Central Ohio celebrates and honors the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month every June. But our work and support has always gone beyond celebration. For many decades, we have been committed to creating and maintaining a community where everyone has equitable opportunity to participate and contribute to their own success….
