Your gift impacts our community today and for generations to come.
United Way of Central Oklahoma has served our community since 1923! We celebrate our service with gratitude in our hearts for all of our supporters and partners who have helped us fulfill our mission of connecting people and resources for the well-being of our community.
Our community’s most pressing needs impact all of us today and will shape our community for the next 100 years. Your gift to United Way of Central Oklahoma helps fund 127 programs administered by 68 Partner Agencies that provide critical health and human services across central Oklahoma! Our Partner Agencies address issues in our community such as homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse, poverty, the incarceration of women, and other challenges faced by central Oklahomans every day.
We invite you to join us in making our community stronger, healthier, and more compassionate by donating your financial gift this year to the United Way of Central Oklahoma’s Annual Campaign. Your gift will offer unlimited hope to thousands of Oklahomans. We make it easy to make a difference!
Our nonprofit Partner Agencies work tirelessly to provide wrap-around services to thousands of Oklahomans just like John. His life has been touched by a least three United Way Partner Agencies working in collaboration to help him build a life he never dreamed he could live. We invite you to watch the 3-minute video below sharing his story.
During UWCO’S Annual Campaign, we invite you to share unlimited hope and give today!
Over a century of lifting our neighbors up when they needed it the most. Over a century of offering unlimited hope.
Please contribute to our 2025 Annual Campaign and join us in sharing unlimited hope with our neighbors for the well-being of our community.
Rising to The Needs of Our Community
In the 1900s, America began seeing the rise of Community Chests, umbrella organizations that allowed people to give to charitable efforts through a singular campaign. Oklahoma City jumped on board, adopting its Community Chest in 1923 with 12 Partner Agencies — five of those initial agencies have remained with us today: Boy Scouts of America – The Last Frontier, The Salvation Army – Central Oklahoma Area Command, Sunbeam Family Services, YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City, and YWCA Oklahoma City.
From disasters to a pandemic, UWCO has remained a strong pillar in the community, and we are able to do so on a foundation of loyal supporters.
In the wake of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, UWCO and its Partner Agencies committed more than $1.8 million to disaster relief. The Oklahoma Standard continued to shine when the May 2013 tornadoes hit. UWCO raised $20.2 million in relief efforts alone. Combined with the UWCO Annual Campaign, the total raised for 2013 was a record-breaking $42.2 million.
To date, UWCO has raised more than $734 million for our community. No matter what the circumstance, UWCO will continue to rise to the challenge for generations to come.
Your gift helps support UWCO’s Partner Agencies that tirelessly serve central Oklahomans providing direct services and resources. You may view below the Partner Agencies that are supported by the United Way Annual Campaign.
Making a Difference in Central Oklahoma
The United Way of Central Oklahoma Agency Partners service an area that broadly covers 19 counties and 135 cities in central and western Oklahoma. This area includes 200 zip codes.
Impactful Programs
United Way Agencies operate 127 strategic and impactful programs making real, measurable differences in the lives of Oklahomans.
Areas of Focus
The United Way’s campaign raises money to support five focus areas—strong families, successful kids, healthy citizens, independent living and community preparedness