United Way brings together volunteers, donors, businesses and other local nonprofit organizations create the community investments that work to advance the common good. The dollars raised through our annual fundraising campaign are funneled back into the community, supporting local programs that address a wide spectrum of needs and target specific outcomes.

The following are current partner agencies and amounts they were funded in 2008:

• American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay, South Coast Area ($29,067*) - www.redcross.org 
   
• Advocacy Resource Center of Greater New Bedford (ARC) ($35,117)
   
• Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford ($85,000) - www.bgca.org 
   
• Boy Scouts of America, Narragansett Council ($19,942) – www.narragansettbsa.org
   
• Child and Family Services of New Bedford ($51,250) - www.child-familyservices.org
   
• Coastline Elderly Services, Inc. ($15,315) - www.coastlineelderly.org
   
• Community Nurse & Hospice Care ($23,723) – www.communitynurse.com
   
• Damien's Place, Family Pantry Corporation ($42,295)
   
• Dennison Memorial Community Center ($47,000) - www.dennisoncenter.org
   
• Diabetes Association, Inc. ($15,500) - www.diabetesma.org
   
• Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts ($953) - www.gscsm.org 
   
• Immigrants’ Assistance Center ($30,994) - www.immigrantsassistancecenter.com
   
• Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ($18,000) – www.mspcc.org
   
• Nemasket Group ($17,541)
   
• New Bedford Council on Addiction, Inc. (NEBCOA) ($33,400)
   
• NorthStar Learning Centers, Inc. ($48,625) - www.northstarlc.org
   
• Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction (PAACA) ($22,077*) – www.paaca.org
   
• People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) ($14,266) - www.paceinfo.org
   
• Salvation Army ($67,910) - www.salvationarmyusa.org
   
• Samaritans of Fall River - New Bedford, Inc. ($15,000) - www.samaritans-fallriver.org
   
• Schwartz Center for Children ($71,708) - www.schwartzcenter.org
   
• Seven Hills Behavioral Health ($12,000) – www.sevenhills.org
   
• Wareham Early Childhood Education & Development ($5,000) - www.warehamchildcare.org 
   
• The Women's Center ($29,439) – www.thewomenscentersc.com 
   
• Work Inc., Southcoast Division ($280) – www.workinc.org
   
• YMCA Southcoast ($71,385) – www.ymcasouthcoast.org
   
• YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts ($69,089) – www.ywca.org 
  
  * = Funding pending