United for Southern Arizona COVID-19 Fund
When we LIVE UNITED we accomplish more than any single entity can alone.
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona is joining with our nonprofit partners, local foundations, businesses, media and educational organizations to launch United for Southern Arizona COVID-19 Fund to help those who need it most survive during this crisis.
Never has the need been greater for the most vulnerable people in our community. The children, families, and older people who are laid-off, unemployed, low-income, homeless, underinsured, and struggling to make ends meet are now facing even more hardship. More than 150,000 families and individuals in southern Arizona are challenged by work and school closures, wage disruptions and restricted access to basic needs.
Your gift to this fund, will quickly support a child, family, or older person with what is essential right now. With our non-profit partners, United Way will deliver emergency services and resources for individuals and families. Assistance and support will include:
- Food access and baby formula
- Diapers and essential health supplies
- Rental assistance
- Utility shortfalls
- Child care
- Other critical services and resources to stabilize families
This fund will be flexible to meet the emerging needs of people in this fast-changing environment. Together, we can help each other and our community emerge stronger than ever.
Your support is needed now, please consider donating today.
This challenging crisis makes your support crucial to alleviate the financial hardship many are facing today. For nearly 100 years your United Way of Southern Arizona has been doing our mission of mobilizing the community to solve real time problems. With your help we will continue to do so into our next century.
To date, United Way of Tucson has contracted with the following agencies to provide urgently needed services:
- Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- Catholic Community Services
- Child-Parent Centers
- Community Food Bank
- Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona
- DIRECT Center for Independence
- Emerge Center Against Domestic Violence
- Green Valley Assistance Services
- Habitat for Humanity
- Higher Ground
- Interfaith Community Services
- International Rescue Committee
- International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA)
- JobPath
- La Frontera
- Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
- Old Pueblo Community Services
- Our Family Services
- Pima Council on Aging (PCOA)
- Primavera Foundation
- Sahuarita Food Bank
- Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF)
- Sunnyside Foundation
- Youth on their Own (YOTO)
- YWCA Tucson
- (more pending)
- Food
- Baby formula
- Diapers and essential health supplies
- Rental assistance
- Child care
- Other critical services and resources to stabilize families
The new universal tax break for charitable donations was included in the final $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package signed into law in March and will go into effect starting with the 2020 tax year. The measure grants taxpayers an above-the-line deduction for up to $300 in charitable donations given in 2020. So for folks who take the standard deduction, if you give $300 to charity, you’d get the $300 tax break in addition to the standard deduction. Those who file for itemized deduction can take a tax deduction of up to 100% of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) for charitable donations to qualifying charities starting in 2020. Corporate donors can take a tax deduction of up to 25% of their Adjustable Tax Income for charitable donations to qualifying charities starting in 2020. Your gift matters more than ever during this time of need and we hope that you are able to take advantage of this charitable opportunity. For more details click here.