Model Cities is excited to be named as a 2025-2028 Community Investments partner of Greater Twin Cities United Way!
We’re working alongside more than 90 Twin Cities nonprofits to create a region where all families have the resources they need to thrive. This partnership will strengthen Model Cities’ ability to increase housing access, stability, and economic opportunity for nearly 3,000 individuals served each year across the housing continuum.
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These new investments come amid a continuing regional cost-of-living crisis that is putting further pressure on families. Data from United Way’s 211 Resource Helpline shows increased demand for housing assistance, food programs and other resources that help families meet their essential needs. Furthermore, data shows us that 36% of Minnesotans are living paycheck to paycheck, or ALICE: Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed.
Nonprofits supported by Greater Twin Cities United Way are working within one or more of the organization’s five impact areas, meant to reflect the areas of greatest need in the nine-county metro area:
- Stable housing, ensuring all families have a safe, stable and affordable place to call home.
- Food security, providing people with access to food that is nutritious, culturally relevant and affordable.
- Early childhood education, guaranteeing that families and caregivers are equipped to support children to be successful learners, and that children enter kindergarten ready to learn and thrive.
- Career and future readiness, helping youth develop the skills, relationships and mindsets to choose and direct their own future success.
- Economic opportunity, ensuring that adults enter the workforce prepared for skilled employment and increased wealth, and supporting the next generation of community entrepreneurs.
“We hear this time and time again from our partners: United Way investments are the gold standard for philanthropic partnership,” says John Wilgers, President and CEO of Greater Twin Cities United Way. “By providing flexible funding and technical assistance over multiple years, we’re affording nonprofits the stability they need to be responsive and strategic in their work supporting community.”
