Uniting around the health, education, and financial mobility of every person in Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Orleans, and Washington counties

We build a stronger community by mobilizing our staff and partners to improve peoples’ lives.

It is our belief that, through the work of Green Mountain United Way, we can increase the organized capacity for people to care for one another. We seek to improve the overall quality of life in the communities we serve. As a leader in the community, we work to bring together organizations and people to rejoice in the great strides our communities have made and to seek new ways to solve community problems.

MyFreeTaxes 2024

FREE TAX PREP

File federal and state taxes for free

MyFreeTaxes is an online tax filing program that helps people file their federal and state taxes for free while getting the assistance they need.

United Way provides MyFreeTaxes in partnership with the IRS’s Volunteer Income TaxcAssistance (VITA) program to help filers prepare their tax returns on their own or have their return prepared for them for free.

OUR PROGRAMS

WORKING BRIDGES

Getting, Keeping, and Growing Stable Employment

Working Bridges is a partnership between United Way and employers focused on giving employees the resources they need to gain, keep, and grow stable employment.

WORKING COMMUNITIES CHALLENGE

Lowering the Rate of Poverty

In the city of Barre, 55.3% of single female head of households with children lived below the federal poverty threshold in 2018, a sharp 10% increase from 2016. Our vision is to lower the rate of poverty for this demographic by 15% in 10 years.

KEEP FINANCIAL COACHING

Knowledge, Equity, Empowerment, Partnership

Financial coaching is an emerging practice that helps clients learn to set and achieve their financial goals through learned behavior changes built on the trusted relationship between coach and client.

2023 VTSHARES

VERMONT’S WORKPLACE GIVING CAMPAIGN

Believe in the difference.

The State of Vermont and Green Mountain United Way organize this campaign each year, giving state employees the opportunity to designate a payroll deduction to be donated to the nonprofit of their choice. Since its inception, thousands of state employees have raised more than $11 million that has been donated to more than 100 Vermont nonprofits, serving the areas of food access, animal rescue, housing, outdoor recreation, arts, conservation, human services, and more.

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Need help now?

Vermont 2-1-1 is a free, confidential information and referral program of the United Ways of Vermont, helping to connect Vermonters with a wide range of community, health, and human resources and services.

To access services, call 2-1-1, text your zip code to 898211, or visit the website at vermont211.org.

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