Meet Our 2025 United Neighborhoods Partners 

United Neighborhoods was launched in 2017 by United Way of Greater Charlotte to change the odds for people living in the Charlotte region’s most disinvested neighborhoods. 

Working with lead partners in each community, United Way funds and guides the work toward achieving the collective goal of building thriving neighborhoods. Needs of these communities are identified by residents and addressed by a coalition of community stakeholders that includes schools, nonprofits, government officials, churches, hospitals and businesses. 

66 UNITED NEIGHBORHOODS PARTNERS IN 2025 

Ada Jenkins Center | To help people in our community create lasting solutions to economic stability in and around the Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville, NC communities. 

Alliance Center for Education | To provide high-quality education and support for children in need through partnership with their families.  

Amity Medical Group | To provide patient-centered team-based care with excellence in quality, services, and access to all despite any barriers, stigma, socioeconomic or health disparity. 

Another Chance House of Refuge, Inc. | To empower underserved individuals to reach their fullest potential by providing a safe environment, safe housing, educational support, employment training, and self-sufficiency skills. 

Augustine Literacy Project | To improve the reading, writing, and spelling skills of young, aspiring readers in under-resourced communities. We do this by providing free, long-term, one-on-one literacy instruction, twice weekly, from highly trained and committed tutors. 

B.T.E.P., Inc. | To address the socioeconomic and emotional health of our communities by way of competition, wellness and passion filled initiatives for children and families alike.  

Beds for Kids Inc. | To provide beds and essential furniture to children and their families in need. 

Care Ring, Inc. | To empower individuals with limited resources to establish and maintain good health. 

Caterpillar Ministries | To encourage the well-being of families in the Huntington Green Neighborhood through four pillars of care: Spiritual Development, Academic Enrichment, Crisis Care and Advocacy support, Caterpillar Ministries encourages. 

Champions of Change | To provide foster and homeless children with AMAZING experiences that inspire hope, dreams, and achievements for a lifetime. 

Change University | To help “Change U” in the most positive way.  

Charlotte Bilingual Preschool | To prepare Spanish-speaking children for success in school and life by providing superior, dual-language, multicultural early education. 

Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy | To pursue justice for those in need.  

Charlotte Eagles | To transform lives through the global environment of soccer. 

Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center, Inc. | To provide speech and hearing diagnostic and therapeutic services for children and adults with speech, language and hearing disorders. 

Charlotte Works | To lead the development of a skilled and in-demand workforce by engaging businesses, aligning community partners, empowering and connecting job seekers to meaningful employment, and fostering inclusive economic growth. 

CharlotteEAST | To bring together businesses, neighborhoods, nonprofits, and civic organizations to develop and strengthen economic and social capital in the East Charlotte communities.  

Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Inc. | To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CIS strives to increase the number of high school graduates, help better position young people to learn, and assist students with accessing viable paths for post-secondary education/careers while fostering opportunities for achievement/economic mobility.  

Cook Community Clinic | To provide exceptional healthcare services to the uninsured population of Mecklenburg and Southern Iredell Counties. Our mission is to deliver comprehensive, compassionate, and patient-centered care while emphasizing preventive measures and promoting healthy outcomes for all patients. 

Crittenton | To promote health and hope for tomorrow’s children by providing comprehensive health, education, pregnancy prevention and social services for single pregnant and non-pregnant adolescents, women, and their families. 

CrossRoads Corporation | To honor the history and support the collective vision of rejuvenation, economic stability, healthy living, and educational achievement within the Grier Heights community. 

Deep Roots Farm Foundation | To ignite and engage people to participate in agriculture and address food insecurity in the Charlotte community by providing access to education, providing funding and other resources, and advocacy. 

Despierta | To empower and integrate newly arrived Latina immigrants to help them become self-reliant and supportive within the community. Our mission is to transform the lives of Latinas by giving them the emotional tools and life skills to find their identity and independence. 

Digi-Bridge | To equip shareholders with the means to foster optimal use of technology in the learning environment, ensuring that all 21st century learners have opportunities to succeed in the digital age. 

DreamKey Partners | To transform lives, communities, and what is possible through affordable housing. 

East Charlotte Coalition of Neighborhoods (ECCON) | To bring together businesses, neighborhoods, nonprofits and civic organizations to develop and strengthen economic and social capital in the East Charlotte communities. 

Esther’s Heart for Transformation Ministry | To equip our youth to fulfill their Kingdom purpose and destiny through character empowerment, encouragement, motivation and support. To empower and educate them to express themselves through crafts and other outlets. 

Exposure Project Incorporated | To equip middle and high school youth with the practical tools for character and career development  by curating transformative experiences that impact future income opportunities. 

Families Forward Charlotte | To provide educational opportunities, offer essential support, and foster long-term relationships through individualized mentoring in order to help families experiencing poverty achieve lasting economic stability. 

Family Mankind | To permanently eradicate domestic violence (DV), sexual assault, child abuse, and bullying by passionately working with individuals and their families who have participated in violent behavior such as DV offenders, sex offenders, child abusers, and bullies. 

For The Struggle, Inc. | To utilize various outlets, including community outreach, policy reform, and legal action to advocate with and on behalf of communities to zealously fight systemic issues of racial and social injustice. 

Freedom Communities | To work holistically with families in the interconnected areas of housing, employment, education and health and wellness. 

Freedom School Partners | To promote children’s long-term success by preventing summer learning loss through igniting a passion for reading and inspiring a love of learning. 

Girl Magic Incorporated | To provide youth with educational tools and promote individual growth in their education, workplace, and life, so they can achieve self-sufficiency. 

Green Box Solutions | To provide both Seniors and their Care Givers with proactive education, preparation, and much needed resources that can assist with a smooth transition to the next natural stage of life. 

Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region | To put love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. 

Historic Hoskins Coalition Group | To lift up one voice for the entire Hoskins Community. 

Historic West End Partners | To advocate for cultural preservation and economic development stimulation in the Historic West End. 

Jumping Dreams DD | To improve and maintain the health and nutrition of children in our community while promoting the development of good citizenship. 

Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance | To engage community members, connecting them to resources and opportunities, while advocating for Lakeview’s growth and renewal. We aim to cultivate strong community leadership, develop youth programming, and create a safe and beautiful environment for residents to thrive and position themselves for upward economic mobility. 

Life Project of North Carolina | To transform our local communities with an emphasis on Hidden Valley through four distinct arms of outreach that include strategic partnerships with local churches and community partners to help minister to the needs of those they serve. 

Money Magnets Club | To encourage entrepreneurship among elementary school kids and their responsible adults through business concepts, exposure, planning, and resources. 

Nourish Up | To meet our community’s food insecurity needs by providing nutritious groceries and prepared meals to people in need. As longtime leaders in the fight against hunger, we believe that working together as one will improve overall access to healthy food in a way that ensures kindness, dignity, and hope are byproducts of our services. 

ourBRIDGE for KIDS | To attend to the academic and socio-emotional needs of refugee and immigrant children and their families. 

ParentChild+ Inc. | To ensure that all children regardless of their race, socio-economic status, or zip code have equal possibilities from the start. We work with families, caregivers, and communities to support not only early literacy and school readiness, but early opportunities.  

Peoples Private Learning Center | To ensure the continuous growth of underserved students through community partnerships. 

Pottstown Heritage Group | To preserve, restore, and revitalize the historically marginalized and under-developed African-American community of Pottstown (located in Huntersville, NC ) by building a strong sense of community, awareness, and collective action. 

Project 658 | To love our neighbors and restore hope through provision of high quality, integrated medical, mental health, and holistic activities with Project 658 and community partners.  

Project Outpour | To provide mobile showers and hygiene services to individuals moving through homelessness.  

Promise Youth Development | To help underserved youth in East Charlotte develop optimal health through education, resilience focused mentoring and anti-violence programs. 

RAO Community Health | To educate, advocate, and support diverse and underserved populations including the minority and LGBTQ+ communities, through compassionate and quality care. 

Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte | To repair homes, revitalize communities, rebuild lives. We mobilize community volunteers and contractors to provide repairs that make homes safer and healthier for our neighbors in need.  

Refugee Support Services of the Carolinas, Inc. | To facilitate programs and intercultural relationships that promote refugee self-sufficiency and enrich our community. 

Renaissance West Community Initiative (RWCI) | To use a holistic community redevelopment approach, focusing on multiple critical factors, including mixed-income housing, educational opportunities, youth and adult development programs, health and wellness services and commercial investment. 

She Built This City | To spark interest in high-demand construction and “maker” trades among women and girls attending Title I middle schools and high schools. 

Smithville CommUNITY Coalition | To revitalize and transform the Smithville CommUNITY into a vibrant, safe and attractive place to live and work that builds pride in its residents and attracts new developments of affordable homes and businesses, focusing on empowering all individuals and strengthening families. 

The Academy of Goal Achievers | To develop youth leaders to impact communities, while preparing young adults and parents for post-secondary education and careers. 

The Bulb Gallery | To provide mostly local produce, as well as health and wellness education, via weekly farmers markets to food insecure neighborhoods in the Charlotte area. All markets operate under a “take what you need, give what you can” philosophy to remove barriers to resources needed for personal growth.  

The Center for Community Transitions | To strengthen our community by helping people with criminal records and their families find a healthier and more productive way of living. Our ultimate goal is to break the inter-generational cycle of families involved in the criminal justice system. 

The Frankie Mae Foundation | To advocate for the caregiver as a whole person, by providing resources for his or her physical, emotional and spiritual well-being through programs, resources and services that inform, inspire, and help improve quality of life. 

The Males Place Inc. | To provide comprehensive and prevention based behavior, health educational programming, mentoring and life skills training necessary for manhood development for African American boys, ages 12 through 18, while creating a safe environment for young men to grow experientially in community settings in the US and abroad. 

Urban Institute for Strengthening Families | To provide opportunities for marginalized communities to thrive by supporting youth and their families and providing or connecting employment opportunities to veterans. 

Urban Promise Charlotte | To provide Charlotte’s low-income children and youth with the academic, spiritual, and social development necessary to become leaders determined to restore their communities.   

West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition | To drive community-led strategies promoting economic and community development for residents and businesses along the West Boulevard Corridor. 

Youth Development Initiatives (YDI) | To give hope to disadvantaged adolescent youth that they can make pathways out of poverty by engaging them after school in evidence-based career guidance and mentoring programming in which they establish individualized career goals and life plans. 

YWCA Central Carolinas | To eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.  

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