Our Mission: United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of community. Working with individuals, businesses and organizations, we help people in Allegheny, Butler, Westmoreland, Fayette and Armstrong counties to measurably improve their lives and create long-lasting change for the betterment of our community.
Ways to Help
A recipe for success: Sam’s culinary journey
Community Kitchen is a partner agency of United Way.
Ensuring access to nutrition during the summer months
Heritage Community Initiatives serves families within Allegheny County through their transportation, education and nutrition programs.
Heritage Community Initiatives
Addressing needs of kids with disabilities
Evolve Coaching supports the needs of neurodivergent individuals in our community through education, employment and the arts.
Evolve Coaching
Growth opportunities for young workers
Sonward provides two levels of workforce development for students as early as fourth grade. While employment numbers have improved in many parts of Pennsylvania, employment in New Kensington declined nearly 7%.
Sonward Youth Program
Innovative approach to building confidence
ASL is not a typical activity in a class on music production, but few things about Greater Hope Restoration Ministries can be described as typical.
Greater Hope Restoration Ministries
$38.4M
in community investment in 2024–2025.
100+
agency partners funded in 2024–2025.
5,200
individuals volunteered
through United Way.
through United Way.
Serving Our Region
United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania invests in five counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Fayette and Westmoreland. Our most recent round of investments—which benefited 100+ agencies across this region, our PA 211 Southwest hotline and our innovative and rapid response grantmaking programs–impacted the lives of 1.48 million people last year alone.
412 Food Rescue
Connecting surplus food from retailers with nonprofits, tackling hunger by making healthy food more accessible while reducing food waste and barriers like transportation.
Allegheny County
Abiding Missions
Abiding Missions empowers the lives of the Allentown and South Hilltop communities by providing families access to daily needs and enriching the lives of the youth.
Allegheny County
ACH Clear Pathways
ACH Clear Pathways offers after-school sessions and a creative camp in the summer, which provides access to a variety of art classes.
Allegheny County
ACHIEVA
ACHIEVA's Benefits Counseling program removes a major barrier to employment for persons with disabilities: the fear of losing vital government benefits essential for their well-being, such as Medicaid.
Allegheny County
ACTION-Housing, Inc.
With Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh, offers home repairs for seniors and people with disabilities. Their program enhances safety and accessibility and provides winter furnace repairs.
Allegheny County
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Augustine (Gus) Faucher, Ph.D. and Amy Crawford-Faucher, M.D.
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Bobbi Watt Geer, Ph.D., President & CEO
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Pittsburgh Business Times
The Value of United Way Partnership
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