National Effort "Empowers" Poor: $33 Million Boost from United Way NYC
By Mike Clifford
Public News Service New York
June 21, 2012
Nonprofits and grant-makers from New York and the nation have been banding together for the past year to help those most in need. As of today, they have raised more than $3 billion.
Juanita Ayala Vargas, vice president of community investment with United Way New York City, says it made sense for her nonprofit to get involved in the national effort, called Philanthropy's Promise, because it shares United Way's mission of serving those who are hurting the most.
"We raised $33 million and all of our dollars are going to work toward making systemic and policy changes that really affect those New Yorkers who are most in need."
