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Looking Ahead
Looking Ahead to 2022 In 2022, our focus is on furthering our movement — on elevating the voices of our members, on continuing to work closely with our partners on strengthening our approach and on making sure we consistently deliver. Here are a few things we have planned. Improve the UpTogether Community member experience While […]

Letter: Funding to St. Louis needy would be money well spent
News – St. Louis, Missouri (December 11, 2022) – UpTogether’s CEO makes the case for a guaranteed income pilot in a letter to the editor. Read it here.
Join the Movement
Join the UpTogether Movement UpTogether is a systems change organization working to disrupt the status quo approach to ending poverty. Why? Because it’s not working. Join our movement! Together we can change the systems and policies that are making it difficult for hardworking people and families to get ahead. There are three ways to join […]
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¡Bienvenido a la Comunidad de UpTogether! ¡Comparta y busque apoyo para lograr sus metas! English ¿Qué es UpTogether? UpTogether no es una organización tradicional sin fines de lucro. UpTogether es una comunidad, un movimiento y una plataforma que destaca y acelera las iniciativas que están tomando las personas, en comunidades con pocos recursos, para mejorar […]
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Join the Movement Become an UpTogether member today! ESPAÑOL Let’s Change Systems At UpTogether, we recognize that poverty is created by systems, rooted in racism and perpetuated by false views of people society considers “poor.” As a result, many people experiencing poverty and other financial hardships find it difficult to move ahead. And it’s intentional. […]
Invest in People, Not Programs
News – (October, 24, 2023) – Our CEO, Jesús Gerena, writes in NonprofitPro about UpTogether’s mission. Read his column here.
Impact
Investing in People Has Huge Returns Years of service Total dollars invested since 2020 Total members States where members live + DC and Puerto Rico To learn more about our work, check out our annual Impact Reports. 2022 Impact Report 2021 Impact Report We invested more than $120 million in families at the height of […]
Immigrant-based and Advocacy Organizations Launch Statewide Guaranteed Basic Income Study in New Mexico
Press Release- New Mexico // Santa Fe, New Mexico Press Release (February 7) First-of-Its-Kind Pilot Focuses on Undocumented Immigrant Workers and their Families FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Fe, New Mexico—On Monday, the New Mexico Economic Relief Working Group (ERWG)—a coalition of immigrant-based and advocacy organizations—in conjunction with UpTogether, launched New Mexico’s first statewide Guaranteed Basic […]
Highlights
Key Moments from 2021 Rebranding After nearly 20 years as Family Independence Initiative (FII), we rebranded as UpTogether. We made the change to more clearly convey our purpose and engagement with our community. We have and always will be about community moving up, together. We believe this new brand will only further our vision of […]