You’ve likely heard the adage, “Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes.” Well, thanks to United Way of the Florida Keys, at least one of those things is easier.United Way partners with industry leader H&R Block to help people easily and accurately file both their federal and state taxes through MyFreeTaxesTM. MyFreeTaxes is mobile optimized so anyone can access MyFreeTaxes.com from their computer, tablet or smart...
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Thursday, January 4, 2018
United Way of the Florida Keys is proud to announce another round of hurricane relief funding. A total of $130,000 was granted to the following agencies to assist with continued hurricane recovery and rebuilding:A Positive Step of Monroe CountyBig Pine AcademyBoys & Girls Clubs of the KeysCoral Isles ChurchFlorida Keys Healthy Start CoalitionGrace Jones Community CenterHabitat for Humanity of Key West and Lower FL KeysHabitat for...
Thursday, May 18, 2017
United Way of the Florida Keys Announces $185,000 in 2017-18 Community Impact Grants United Way of the Florida Keys is excited to share it will distribute a total of $185,000 in grants to local nonprofit agencies in 2017-18.15 programs have been identified so far for funding through UWFK’s traditional funding process in one of three United Way focus areas: access to nutritious food for people in critical need; early childhood or after...
Thursday, April 6, 2017
United Way of the Florida Keys Receives Largest Financial Gift in History On April 5th, United Way of the Florida Keys received a $90,100 match donation from Publix Charities, the largest individual financial gift in the local nonprofit’s 36-year history.Publix Supermarkets runs a robust workplace campaign for UWFK, giving over $120,000 in donations from individual employees throughout the Keys. Publix is the largest workplace...
Monday, February 27, 2017
A newly updated study by United Way of Florida shows that almost 50% of households in Monroe County don’t make enough money to afford their basic necessities.The 2017 United Way of Florida’s ALICE report shows the number of families living below the survival threshold in Monroe County has increased since the report was first issued in 2012. ALICE (families and individuals who are “Asset-Limited Income-Constrained Employed...
Thursday, January 5, 2017
United Way of the Florida Keys Releases Application for 2017-18 Funding Cycle United Way of the Florida Keys is pleased to announce the release of their 2017-18 application for funding.Grant applications will be available online from January 5th to March 5th on our website at: http://www.keysunitedway.org/apply-united-way-funding. Our funding supports programs that meet a critical need for working families in Monroe County by providing...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
United Way of the Florida Keys to Implement $13,000 Volunteer Generation Fund GrantUnited Way of the Florida Keys is proud to be one of 22 organizations across Florida to receive Volunteer Florida’s $13,000 “Volunteer Generation Fund” grant. UWFK will use the funding to engage over 300 skills based volunteers in STEM educational programming, specifically focusing on personal finance and tax preparation, and disaster...
Thursday, October 27, 2016
On the morning of October 27th, UWFK staff read "The Bear Ate Your Sandwich" to three different preschool classes throughout the Keys as part of a nationwide campaign called "Read for the Record". Read for the Record was launched over a decade ago and serves to bring children and adults together to learn, laugh, and read. It encourages adults to read to children and promotes early childhood literacy. Thank you to the ...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The strength of the United Way network is immense. While each United Way, like ours here in the Florida Keys, is its own, separate 501 c(3) nonprofit organization, we often have the opportunity to work together to affect change. Sometimes we share educational or learning opportunities, sometimes we work together on branding or marketing efforts, and sometimes we come together in support of communities suffering from large crises. United Ways...
Monday, July 11, 2016
"FKHSC is pleased to announce that they recently received a $6,000 grant from UWFK to help address the nutritional needs of young children in our community. Tot Time is one avenue that enables the Coalition to teach children and their parents about making good food choices and to assist parents with providing healthy snacks and meals for their families."Read the entire article here.
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