We help our community gather the resources it needs to thrive. We work with donors, businesses and volunteers to raise funds for community reinvestment through United Way’s Community Fund. Each year, charities in Lethbridge and South Western Alberta apply to receive Community Fund grants to operate local programs that align with our vision and funding priorities.

United Way Allocations Committee members read and evaluate each application to determine where funds are most urgently needed, and where they will have the greatest impact. Donations to United Way's Community Fund support a variety of human service agencies in the area.

The organization you know as the United Way of Lethbridge & South Western Alberta is part of the United Way - Centraide Movement. It is one of 69 United Way Centraides across Canada working to address a range of needs in their local communities. It operates as a legally constituted and incorporated Registered Charitable Organization within all relevant local, provincial and federal laws. It complies with all operating and reporting requirements, and is governed by a local volunteer board of directors, and employs local people.

While each United Way Centraide operates independently, they have a shared focus on collective impact as a way of creating pathways out of poverty. Across the network, United Way-funded programs and services help hundreds of thousands of people each year. 

The area served by United Way of Lethbridge & South Western Alberta extends from the B.C. border east to highway 36, including Taber and Vauxhall, and from the U.S. border north to Claresholm.