
The world’s poorest people bore the steepest costs of the pandemic. The global extreme poverty rate reached 9.3 percent, up from 8.4 percent in 2019. The number of people in extreme poverty rose by 70 million to more than 700 million people. But the trend was interrupted in 2020, when poverty rose due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

This mission underpins our analytical, operational, and convening work in about 140 client countries.įor three decades, the number of people living in extreme poverty- defined as those who live on less than $2.15 per person per day at 2017 purchasing power parity-was declining. Orange County United Way's Tocqueville Society Contributed $2.The World Bank Group’s goals are to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity.Season of Giving: Navy Veteran Finds a Place to Call Home through United Way’s WelcomeHomeOC℠.Orange County United Way Accepting Applications to Identify Community Members and Organizations to Address Health Inequities in Orange County.United to End Homelessness℠ Launches ‘A Place to Call Home’ Campaign to End Homelessness for 630 Orange County Neighbors by June with $1 Million Lead Campaign Gift from Tarsadia Foundation.Orange County United Way to Host Annual Women’s Philanthropy Fund Breakfast Featuring Special Guest Misty Copeland.Orange County United Way Elects Three New Board Members.Orange County United Way Names Andrew Fahmy as Executive Director for its United for Financial Security℠ Initiative.Orange County United Way Establishes Financial Literacy Program for South Orange County Families.
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Orange County United Way’s OC Free Tax Prep Results in $19.3 Million Local Impact.Nearly Half-A-Million Dollars Raised at Orange County United Way’s 19th Annual Women’s Philanthropy Fund Breakfast.Orange County United Way Launches ‘Closing the Digital Divide’ Effort in Partnership with Ingram Micro.Orange County United Way Elects New Vice Chair and Six New Members to its Board of Directors.Orange County United Way’s OC Free Tax Prep is Seeking 600 Tax Preparer Volunteers for 2023 Season.Ingram Micro Pledges $750,000 to Orange County United Way.Senator Tom Umberg Secures $4.9 Million to Support Orange County’s Homelessness Efforts and Advocacy.Over Half a Million Dollars Raised at Orange County United Way’s ‘Zest of OC’ Philanthropic Celebration.

United to End Homelessness Encourages Community to Participate in 2022 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.Orange County United Way Named Winner of 2022 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant for Nonprofits.Orange County United Way Offers Free Tax Prep and Filing to Low-Income Families throughout Orange County.Orange County United Way and City of Irvine Partner with Procurri and Ingram Micro to Host an E-Waste Recycling Drop-Off Event on March 11.Orange County United Way to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of the Women’s Philanthropy Fund Breakfast Featuring Celebrity Guest Speaker Helen Hunt.Orange County United Way Presents "Orange County Evictions: A Landscape Analysis of Rent-Based Evictions and Housing Instability in Our Community".Orange County United Way Opens New SparkPoint OC Financial Empowerment Center at Kinoshita Elementary School in San Juan Capistrano.United Way 2023 Real Cost Measure Study Finds 33% of Orange County Households Fall Below Poverty Line.Orange County United Way’s OC Free Tax Prep Program Results in $19.3 Million Local Impact.United to End Homelessness Reaches WelcomeHomeOC Milestone, Ending Homelessness for 900 Orange County Neighbors Since 2019.Orange County United Way Acquires 2-1-1 Orange County.Hotline 2-1-1 Orange County is now under Orange County United Way.UC Irvine Poll: Homelessness, Affordable Housing Top Concerns in OC.Orange County United Way Elects New Officers and Five New Members to its Board of Directors.United to End Homelessness, an Orange County United Way Initiative, Partners with UCI to Prompt Solutions on Affordable Housing and Homelessness in Orange County.Orange County United Way Names Elizabeth Andrade as Executive Director for 2-1-1 Orange County.


Help South OC Families Impacted by Covid-19.Eviction Diversion Efforts in Orange County.Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
