Press Releases
- 05-010-2013 Oakland Raider Teams Up with United Way to Recruit Volunteers into Community Service
- 05-03-2013 Wells Fargo Provides $450K Grant for Financial Literacy
- 04-30-2013 Mayor Ed Lee Launches Summer Jobs Initiative
- 02-28-2013 Chevron $1.5 Million Grant Goes to Poverty-Cutting Programs
- 01-31-2013 Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Mayor Jean Quan attend SparkPoint Oakland Grand Re-Opening
- 01-24-2013 Free Tax Preparation Program launches its 11th season on EITC Day
- 10-1-2012 Chevron donates $1.5 million to poverty-cutting programs
- 08-28-2012 SparkPoint at Fremont FRC Celebrates Grand Opening
- 07-16-2012 United Way Appoints Susan Sutherland as Board Chair
- 06-28-2012 Bay Area Nonprofit Survey: In Tough Times, Collaboration is King – Press Release
- >>United Way 2012 Nonprofit Survey – Graphic Summary
- 06-22-2012 Seven Nonprofits Join Forces to Establish SF’s First SparkPoint Center
- 06-12-2012 Mayor Lee and Treasurer Cisneros Encourage All San Franciscans to Call 211 Financial Advice Line
- 06-06-2012 Poverty-fighting SparkPoint Center in Richmond Celebrates 1st Anniversary, Serving 600+ Clients
- 05-16-2012 AT&T and PwC Win United Way’s Spirit of the Bay Award
- 05-04-2012Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and United Way Celebrate 70 Years of Partnership
- 04-12-2012Mayor Lee, Leader Pelosi and United Way of the Bay Area Annouce SF Summer Jobs+ Initiative to create 5,000 Summer Jobs for SF Youth
- 03-16-2012Fewer than 5% of Bay Area’s Poorest Taxpayers Take Advantage of Free Tax Preparation
- 03-14-2012Don’t Toss That! When Spring Cleaning, call 211 to donate used items
- 01-27-2012Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Kicks Off 10th Year, Free Tax Preparation Available at More Than 200 Bay Area Locations
Read the report United Way presented to Congress. It details how SparkPoint and other programs that provide multiple services under one roof are moving people out of poverty. 
