Our Partners
United. We accomplish more together than alone.
The issues impacting our community are too complex for any one to solve alone. To tackle them head on, United Way brings together a diverse and committed network of local nonprofit partners, donors, and volunteers to create innovative programs, collaborations, and initiatives that have the greatest impact on our communities.
The investment donors make in United Way helps to support our partners and efforts that help us tackle deep-rooted and emerging problems holding people back.
Funded Community Partners for FY2024
Our Partners
| Organization | Investment |
| 211 Maine | 24/7 Maine Helpline |
| A Company of Girls | Creative Expanded Learning: Arts-Based Social-Emotional, Resiliency, Mentorship, and Empowerment Supports for Youth |
| Adopt a School Initiative | School and Local Employer Partnerships |
| Apex Youth Connection | Job Readiness programs |
| Leadership & Empowerment programs | |
| Avesta Housing | Homeless to Housing Support Program |
| Biddeford Ready! | School Readiness Community Partnership |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine | Bridge to Success |
| Brick & Beam Society | Various Investments |
| Caring Unlimited Corp | Outreach Services Program |
| Parent Support Services | |
| Catherine Morrill Day Nursery | Quality Learning Program |
| Catholic Charities Maine | Immigration Legal Services Program, Refugee and Immigration Services |
| Child Development Centers | |
| Community Dental | Low-Income Oral Health Access (Biddeford and Portland Dental Centers) |
| Count ME In | Improving School Attendance |
| Creating, Assets, Savings, and Hope (CA$H) Greater Portland | Promoting Financial Stability |
| Day One | Adolescent and Family Community Treatment Services |
| Adolescent Medication Management | |
| Adolescent Residential Treatment Services | |
| Street Program | |
| Fair Tide Inc. | Fair Tide Housing and Case Management |
| Frannie Peabody Center | Client Services |
| Freeport Community Services | Youth and Family Food Programs |
| Furniture Friends | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Capacity |
| Girl Scouts of Maine Inc. | A Place For Girls |
| Goodwill Industries of Northern New England | Southern Maine Wraparound Workforce Services |
| Greater Portland Health | Behavioral and Mental Health Services in Greater Portland’s School Based Health Centers |
| Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center | Women Lead |
| Greater Portland Workforce Initiative | Bridges to Address the Workforce Challenges |
| Child Care Business Lab | |
| Homeless Response System | Service Hub coordination for Cumberland County and Midcoast Maine |
| Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) | Strengthening Immigration Legal Services in Great Portland |
| In Her Presence | Moving onto Career Pathways |
| Intercultural Community Center | Family CARES Plus |
| Kids First Center | Helping Children Thrive: Building Resiliency in Divorce & Separation |
| Kids Free to Grow | Healthy Relationship Program and Parenting |
| LearningWorks | Afterschool Program |
| Service Works | |
| Legal Services for the Elderly | Elder Abuse Law Project |
| Southern Maine Legal Helpline for Older Mainers | |
| Locker Project | Healthy food for families with preschool and elementary school children at risk of hunger |
| Maine Association For New Americans | Community Wellness Program |
| Maine Association for the Education of Young Children | Leadership in Early Childhood Education, Advocacy, and Policy Program |
| Maine Foodscapes Inc. | Garden Project Data Collection and Evaluation |
| MaineHealth | Maine Behavioral Healthcare Outpatient Services |
| Milestone Recovery | Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement (HOME) Team |
| Northeast Hearing and Speech | Speech and Hearing Services |
| Palaver Strings | Early Childhood Music & Strings Continuum |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance | Safe and Stable Families Thrive |
| Portland Adult Education | Enhancing Opportunities in Cumberland County for Students Seeking Their High School Credential and Support for Post-Secondary Matriculation |
| Street Academy | |
| Portland ConnectED – Starting Strong | Portland Works for Kids: Child care access for workforce participation |
| Portland Housing Authority | Family Self-Sufficiency |
| Portland Public Schools | Talbot Community School |
| Preble Street | Preble Street Critical Needs Programs |
| Health Services | |
| Quality Housing Coalition | Project HOME |
| Sanford-Springvale YMCA | Trafton Senior Center |
| Early Learning Center | |
| Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine | Client Advocacy Services |
| Spurwink Services Incorporated | Therapeutic Preschool |
| Project NOW: Ending Youth Exploitation | |
| Youth Mental Health | |
| The Center for Grieving Children | Bereavement Support |
| The Opportunity Alliance | Foster Grandparent Program |
| Maine Youth Action Network – Gateway To Opportunity | |
| Senior Companion Program | |
| Child Development Associate (CDA) Development Center | |
| Early Childhood Initiative | |
| The Salvation Army | Case Management Services |
| Through These Doors | Emergency Shelter for Victims of Abuse |
| Advocacy and Victim Services for Victims of Abuse in Cumberland County | |
| Vet To Vet Maine | Maine Peer Companion Program |
| Women United | Various Investments |
| Woodfords Family Services | Westbrook Early Childhood Services Program |
| York County Community Action Corp | A Place for Us |
| Mental Health Services for Head Start Children | |
| York Hospital | York Hospital Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Program |
| Youth and Family Outreach | Quality Early Childhood Education |