The United Way of Greater Newark is a powerful force that connects and empowers local organizations to do what they do best - serve the community. We direct and support initiatives in in three major impact areas - Health, Education and Financial Stability. In just the past year, we have:

Provided tax assistance preparation to 5,858 individuals and families which put $ back in the hands of over 3,000 parents and students through Earned Income, Child Tax and Education credits.
Delivered nearly 300,000 lbs of food to families with food insecurity.
Provided $1.2 Million in grants to local businesses to support their economic recovery
Aided over 3.000 individuals with transportation, vaccine appointments, interpreter services and referrals and directly vaccinated over 4,000 people through pop up sites
Given 4,000 Students in 35 Newark Public schools 250,000 books

United Way of Greater Newark is always there in times of crisis and has a long history of managing disaster funding. We were at the forefront of providing support to impacted families through our 9/11 Fund, the Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund, and the Newark Water Fund. We established a Community COVID-19 Fund in 2020 and continue to provide support to the community and its non-profit partners as they recover from the ongoing economic and health impacts of the COVID pandemic and seek to rebuild.

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