United Way of King County

Covid response & rental assistance:the orgnaization again received significant government funding to provide rental assistance as federal covid assistance began to wind down. More than 4,800 households received rental assistance providing up to 9 months of back rent and 3 months forward rent to keep families in their homes. The orgnaization continued to fund and operate its core programs designed to build a community where people have homes, students graduate, and families are financially stable funded by private donations. The organization also continued to support the black community building fund and the indigenous communities fund which puts the decision-making power for investing the funds into the hands of the communities impacted by those funding decisions.

Access to resources & financial stability:united Way's free tax prep campaign provided in-person services for the second year following covid. More than 500 volunteers prepared tax returns for more than 13,900 clients, maximizing tax credits to bring low-income households bringing more than $13 million in returns. United Way of King County's home grocery delivery program brought culturally specific boxes of food to 5,000 households every week to fight hunger, distributing more than 4 million pounds of food. United Way also helped 100 schools implement breakfast after the bell impacting 64,500 additional students.

Students graduate - early learning:more than 1,000 families were engaged in the parent child+, a two-year home visiting program that prepares low-income children ages 2-4 to be ready to learn when they enter kindergarten and their parents to be their first and best teachers. Participants are thirty percentage points more likely to graduate high school.

Donor designations - contributions that are designated to nonprofit organizations other than United Way of King County.