If you’ve ever visited the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Boston campus, then you know it’s buzzing with people—patients, administrators, physicians, surgeons, researchers—and if you look carefully you may even see…
“El Salvador!” “Colombia!” “Argentina!” These are just a few of the countries that students shout out to Mayor Marty Walsh as he asks a group of sixth through eighth graders…
After seven children in their programs lost parents to opioid use, the Beverly Children’s Learning Center responded with more programming and family events to provide resources and support to parents…
Boston is an amazing city with top-notch employment opportunities, award winning museums, and some of the best colleges in the country. Boston also has the highest income inequality rate in…
If you live in Boston, then you know it can be hard getting ahead. In fact, there are over 200,000 Boston residents who have either poor credit scores or no…
Ending homelessness is within our grasp. We’ve identified 4 innovative solutions to end homelessness for families and individuals in our region. Aishia was about to lose her apartment. Laid off…
In 1993, real estate industry leaders Kevin Phelan and the late Ed Sidman founded the United Way Real Estate & Building Industry Leadership Breakfast, bringing together 200 real estate professionals…
In 2017, the City of Boston, in partnership with United Way and Barr Foundation, developed a plan to increase the number of seats in community-based pre-kindergarten programs. Research shows that…
The new school year kicked off a new year of service for United Way’s North Shore Americorps Program. This AmeriCorps team of 20 members, funded by United Way, the National…
In October, we joined Mayor Marty Walsh, the City of Boston’s Office for Financial Empowerment, and LISC Boston to launch Boston Builds Credit, a first-in-the-nation city-wide credit building initiative, which…