The United Way of Greater Kansas City has selected the YMCA of Greater Kansas City as one of 2025's Impact 100 partners.
This recognition highlights 100 health and human service organizations that are meeting critical needs and driving positive change in our region. This annual list is comprised of 100 vital health and human service organizations that United Way and our community consider to be meeting community needs and creating positive changes in our region.
As an Impact 100 organization, our Y will receive unrestricted funding from United Way to address pressing needs. Thanks to United Way for their support!
Addressing Critical Challenges
Organizations selected for this year’s Impact 100 submitted applications, which were reviewed by a diverse community advisory group. Organizations must meet a high bar of financial responsibility and be actively working to address the critical challenges facing the Kansas City region today.
“We are proud to be a trusted community partner, charged with evaluating the optimal use of our region’s philanthropic investments to impactfully meet community needs,” said Jessica Blubaugh, United Way of Greater Kansas City Chief Philanthropy Officer. “The organizations included in this year’s Impact 100 are incredibly diverse in their reach, populations served and focus areas of work.”
Impact 100 organizations represent all six counties served by United Way of Greater Kansas City. Broadly, they aim to improve health, enhance youth opportunity, foster financial security, and create community resiliency so that all have the ability to thrive.
“We look forward to partnering and collaborating with each of these organizations to drive meaningful impact across our community,” said Essence Yancey, United Way Director of Community Impact.
In addition to Impact 100 investments, United Way provides other avenues of direct assistance to our community through 211, our region’s 24/7 resource and referral service, while also driving real-time solutions through investments in diverse organizations with the Nonprofit Catalyst Grant, eviction prevention, family stability, utility relief, and emergency assistance work.
About United Way of Greater Kansas City
United Way of Greater Kansas City’s mission is to mobilize people and resources to improve health, enhance
youth opportunity, foster financial security and build community resiliency—so that everyone has the ability to thrive. They do this by investing in the highest-impact nonprofits and programs addressing community need in our six-county service area; and by engineering real-time solutions to our community’s most pressing challenges in collaboration with the public, private and philanthropic sectors. This includes operating 211, our community’s 24/7 resource and referral service which responded to 476,691 contacts in 2024. Every year, 1 in 3 Kansas Citians find help through United Way, and we continue to develop new and innovative ways to connect our community to the services, support and resources people need.
