our mission

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Our Mission is to improve lives by equitably directing community resources to local needs. We commit to leveraging all of our assets to create a more equitable community.
 

OUR VISION: 

United Way of Nevada County envisions a community where all individuals and families, especially those who have historically been marginalized, achieve their desired potential through healthy living, education, safety and income stability.  

WHAT WE DO:

Our priority is to work towards having all residents in our community meet their basic needs of food, health, safety, and clothing. 

We work with partner organizations to identify gaps in social services and mobilize our volunteers to run programs to fill those gaps. Our current gap programs include Food Access Saturday, School Pantry Program, Disaster Preparedness and Project Warmth. We have also recently introduced the Nevada County Emergency Fund, providing funds for unexpected expenses.

All our efforts focus on the residents of Nevada and Sierra Counties.

Support for those efforts comes from local donors and local volunteers.

DID YOU KNOW?

• 13.6% of people living in Nevada County live below the poverty level.
• Over 38% of Nevada County households have incomes below the California Self-Sufficiency Standard.

United Way of Nevada County is a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our most recent tax form 990 is available upon request or at guidestar.org and oag.ca.gov.

UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE

For more than 125 years, United Way has evolved to meet the needs of the times. Today, the world needs United Way more than ever. 

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good. Here are just a few unique examples:

• 600 classrooms built in the Philippines
• 8,000 people trained for in-demand jobs in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 50,000 mosquito nets distributed in Uganda