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Our success is driven by passionate community champions like you! Thank you for your commitment to advancing the common good in our community as an ECM.
Our success is driven by passionate community champions like you! Thank you for your commitment to advancing the common good in our community as an ECM.
Getting your campaign started is easy using the materials available on this page.
Use this handy ECM worksheet on Goal Setting to get started.
Live and Learn provides one-on-one support to those who have or may be currently experiencing poverty, homelessness, and domestic violence. We're proud to partner with Live and Learn Foundation to empower young women in our community.
Homebound seniors, like Martha and Louise Garner, have been using Duet’s services for almost a year. Volunteers drive them to and from their doctor’s appointments free-of-charge. We help seniors, like Martha and Louise, live a healthy and happy life.
We're proud to partner with New Pathways for Youth to create Mighty Change in the lives of youth across Maricopa County. New Pathways for Youth helps young adults realize their full potential through one-on-one mentoring and life-skill development.
Reading is the foundation of success, but many Arizona students are falling behind. Valley of the Sun United Way is proud to partner with Read Better Be Better to help students improve their literacy skills.
Arizona is currently ranked number one when it comes to creating food waste. This is all happening as families continue to struggle with food insecurity. We are proud to partner with Waste Not to rescue food across the valley and give it to people who need it most.
Every day, more than 9,000 people are without a home. We are partnering with UMOM New Day Centers to make sure families have a safe place to live, food in their stomachs and access to what they need to end their homelessness.
Download PDFs with helpful information on a range of community issues, ways to give, and more.
There are many ways to Live United.
Make a hands-on difference and activate change through on-site volunteer activities with your company or at-home philanthropy.
Get InvolvedUnite with others in an affinity group like Women United, Generation United, Retire United, or Tocqueville Society, and be stronger together.
Learn MoreIf you want to improve lives — and sharpen your public speaking, sales, and customer service skills — this program could be a great fit for you.
Learn MoreUnited Way provides our business partners a unique opportunity to reach their social responsibility objectives, engage employees, meet customer expectations, and make a difference.
See HowValley of the Sun United Way envisions a community where every child, family and individual is healthy, has a safe place to live, and has every opportunity to succeed in school, in life and in work. As we work with our community, corporate and nonprofit partners to implement MC2026, our five-year plan for Mighty Change, we will put all of our efforts toward reaching bold goals for Maricopa County in Health, Housing and Homelessness, Education and Workforce Development.
We can’t beat today’s issues with yesterday’s thinking. Change demands bold new solutions. So, we’re redeploying our energies and realigning our resources and partners to drive Mighty Change in our community. Together, we tackle the systemic, interrelated issues that are holding us back to create more opportunity and access throughout the Valley. Progress will be tracked and reported annually, and we will change courses as needed to stay focused on the right programs and solutions to reach our goals.
Every dollar you donate stays in Maricopa County, invested into creating Mighty Change.
A. Valley of the Sun United Way incurs costs for fundraising, marketing and common business operations such as accounting, human resources and overall organizational management. As careful stewards of our donors’ contributions,
Valley of the Sun United Way operates with the utmost efficiency and effectiveness. Less than 10 percent is spent on administrative cost and approximately 90 cents of every dollar goes back into the community to improve lives throughout the Valley.
A. To encourage collective impact, Valley of the Sun United Way brings together partners from every sector – public, business, non-profit, and faith-based organizations – to get things done. Together, with your support, we will ensure kids succeed, end hunger, end homelessness, and increase the financial stability of families and individuals, ACTIVATING solutions in ways no one organization can do alone.
A. Agencies are responsible for adhering to a number of compliance criteria in order to receive United Way program grant funding, including:
Be classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, and be in compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes and regulations, including the maintenance of corporate status as designated by Arizona’s Corporation Commission
A. Yes, donations to Valley of the Sun United Way’s Arizona Charitable Tax Credit, qualify for the Arizona state tax “Credit for Contributions to Qualifying Charitable Organizations”. Valley of the Sun United Way is an Umbrella organization for the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit. Gifts made to the “Arizona Charitable Tax Credit” can qualify for the credit, and can be reported using code 20726.
Your contribution to the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit is leveraged to address the multiple causes of poverty in the Valley. By donating a portion of your United Way contribution to the charitable tax credit, you help people increase their self- sufficiency and you could receive a dollar-for-dollar state tax credit this tax year. Donate up to $400* for individuals and up to $800* for those filing jointly. You don’t have to itemize deductions to claim a credit for contributions to a Qualifying Charitable Organization.
