Our mission is to Build A Better Community in Tucson and Southern Arizona United Way is focused on making sure that:

are ready to learn & safe after school

are strong & free of violence

are active & independent

Today, United Way’s focus is to make a difference in the lives of children, families and seniors. We strive to make sure children are ready to learn, families are safe and self-sufficient and seniors remain independent and active.
Thanks to your help, we are achieving visible, lasting changes for Southern Arizonans.

We accomplish our results by bringing people together — subject experts, business leaders,donors, neighborhoods, and members of local nonprofit agencies — to help identify our community’s most critical social issues. In forming these partnerships, we are better able to address the underlying causes of problems in our community and prevent them from happening.

The “new” United Way is focused on achieving real results though the implementation of strategies that work. To achieve the results donors want and expect, we need more resources directed to our work and our three focus areas so that we can make an even greater positive impact on the lives of children, families and seniors.


An economically strong, safe and healthy community where Southern Arizona residents can live and work.


To Build A Better Community


To achieve measurable results in three areas:

• Children Ready to Learn and Safe After School


• Families Safe and Violence Free


• Seniors Independent and Active