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Causes: Federated Giving Programs, Philanthropy
Mission: To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities to advance the common good.
Programs: United way of southwest michigan provided funding to 51 programs at 35 funded partners in 2017. During this time, united way of southwest michigan impacted the lives of 56,786 people.
community impact: united way of southwest michigan leveraged nearly $2,500,000 in 2017. The organization also mobilized 1,887 volunteers that donated over 15,000 hours of their time. That equates to over $350,000 of value. This pushes the total value of united way services to over $7,000,000. Even more important is that united way is measuring the change that our investments create. Like the fact that 95% of at risk-kids graduated high school and 143 people got a job through united way's investments. In addition, 89% of people who received social and emotional support increased their quality of life.