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J.P. Morgan Chase

We are thrilled to announce our April 2023 Corporate Community Champion, J.P. Morgan Chase, who has been a proud partner of United Way California Capital Region for over 25 years! In those 25 years, their employees have raised over $247,000 for local organizations, and they support their employee giving by contributing over $220,000 in matching…
Elk Grove Unified School District

Congratulations to our March 2023 Corporate Community Champion, Elk Grove Unified School District, who has raised a total of $1,322,020 in employee giving campaigns with us in the past 20 years! Their generosity is astounding, and last year alone they raised over $18,000 & awarded 180 scholarships totaling over $280,000 to Elk Grove area students.…
Free Tax Preparation Available Now

Need help filing your taxes? Our Free Tax Preparation program offers options! File online with easy software or get free help from certified preparers. Households earning less than $67,000 can get free tax help from United Way. Save $200 on fees and maximize your return. Call 211 or visit uwccr.org/taxhelp to get started today!
Sacramento Kings for Community

Congratulations to our February 2023 Corporate Community Champion, the Sacramento Kings! The Sacramento Kings have run their employee giving campaign with United Way California Capital Region for 10 years now, raising more than $10,000 last year alone through their employee giving campaign. The Sacramento Kings Foundation is supporting our 100th Anniversary Gala at the Silver…
Health [Net] Is Wealth

Congratulations to our December 2022 Corporate Community Champion, Health Net! Health Net holds a special United Way workplace campaign in which all employee giving goes directly to local United Ways. They also provide a generous corporate gift to United Ways which is put right back into the community. Health Net employees are all willing to…
Cast Your Vote by Nov. 30 for Childhood Literacy

Every year Inspire Giving, an endowment fund administered by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, provides a $10,000 grant and in-kind services to help fund a specific project for a local nonprofit. People in the Capital Region contribute individual donations to collectively give a donation larger than they could give on their own. This year, we applied…
We’re Banking on F&M Bank

Shoutout to our November 2022 Corporate Community Champion, F&M Bank, who has been a fixture of the Sacramento community for over 100 years! F&M Bank has been a strong partner of ours for 16+ years, raising over $220,000 through their employee giving campaign to help us end poverty in the Capital Region. Since 2010, F&M…
Nationwide Is On Our Side

Special thanks to our October 2022 Corporate Community Champion, Nationwide, who has been a valued partner of ours for more than 20 years! Nationwide is always a top workplace giving campaign and raises over $100,000 every year for our local community, raising more than $2 million dollars over the last 10 years! Nationwide employees are…
Local Fire Relief

Support Mosquito Fire Relief Efforts A fast-moving wildfire in Northern California is burning in Placer & El Dorado Counties, both of which are within our five-county service area. Thousands of evacuations have been ordered as firefighters battle the flames and many families are being impacted. At United Way it is our belief that our strength…