United Way is strategically positioned in the community to mobilize to meet the most pressing human needs related to a healthy community, youth opportunity, and financial security.
Our current programs include:
- Youth recreational scholarships so that low-income families can access fun activities for their children
- Free Little Libraries in two low-income neighborhoods in Kearney
- Four Little Free Pantries in Kearney
- Assisting with Coats for Kids
- Stamp Out Hunger
- Promoting volunteerism

United Way is focused on addressing the following key areas of need in the Kearney community:
1. Helping people more readily find and access resources
2. Reducing poverty in Kearney from 15% to 10%
3. Increasing mental health
4. Helping people achieve a healthy weight - decreasing obesity from 35%