Serving Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington Parishes
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Give to Something You Care About
When you support United Way’s Maximum Impact Fund or one of our Impact Areas, you’re joining a powerful movement that will impact the region’s most important health and human service needs.
Money raised here stays here.
Each year, donor dollars are invested back into our community, achieving their maximum impact through United Way initiatives, collaboratives and funded partner agency programs. Your gift makes a difference in the lives of your co-workers, neighbors, friends, family and those in need.
Supporting Our Region
United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area helps your neighbor next door and extends its reach to your neighbors in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington Parishes.
Please consider United Way in your giving plans. Give as generously as you can – a gift to United Way is 100 percent tax deductible.
Programs funded by United Way are closely monitored by volunteers and staff to ensure their success at making our community a better place to live, work and raise our families. We support programs that work to strengthen youth and children, the elderly, families and individuals from all walks of life.
MAXIMUM IMPACT - I Want My Gift to Help the Most People
I trust local volunteers to evaluate the performance of and fund those health and human care programs with proven, measurable results.
EDUCATION - Success for Children & Families
United Way helps children develop to their fullest potential in environments that promote learning and achievement while also supporting healthy, nurturing family relationships.
INCOME - Financial Stability for Hard-Working People
United Way assists hard-working families to become financially stable and to take the next steps to long-term independence.
HEALTH - Health & Independence for All
United Way helps people live healthy lives, as independently as possible, as secure, active, contributing members of our community.
SAFETY NET - Safety Net for People in Crisis
United Way supports recovery and rebuilding efforts, emergency food, shelter, clothing and counseling for those who need it, as well as crisis intervention for victims of crime, abuse and neglect.
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United Way is working to meet the ever-changing needs in our community so we can have a healthy quality of life, a strong workforce and brighter economic future.
Money raised here stays here and could help someone you know.
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Guide to Giving
United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area understands the impact that charitable giving has on improving our community and helping individuals. We also understands how important it is to choose the right organization to donate your hard-earned dollars. As you prepare to make any type of charitable gift, we urge you to follow these simple guidelines....
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Earned Income Tax Credit
People who work but don’t earn a lot of money may be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, as well as free help preparing their tax return. January 30 marked EITC Awareness Day, a nationwide effort to increase public awareness about EITC and free tax preparation sites.
IRS estimates that 20 to 25 percent of eligible taxpayers fail to claim the credit which could put as much as $4,824 into the pockets of a family with two children, or send as much as $2,917 to a family with one child, or up to $438 for a worker with no children. The Earned Income Tax Credit is the federal government’s largest program benefitting lower earning workers.
The extra dollars eligible taxpayers can get through EITC can make their lives a little easier,” said Odessa Adams-Payne, “but they must file tax returns, even if they aren’t required to file, and claim the credit to receive it.”
