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Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2025: ANGELA F. WILLIAMS
PRESIDENT AND CEO, UNITED WAY WORLD WIDE, ALEXANDRIA
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2025: ANGELA F. WILLIAMS
PRESIDENT AND CEO, UNITED WAY WORLD WIDE, ALEXANDRIA
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
President and CEO of United Way since 2021, Williams is the first Black woman to lead the organization. Previously, she was president and CEO of Easterseals and executive vice president at YMCA of the USA.
United Way Worldwide and its four partners in the Power Forward Communities coalition received a $2 billion, seven-year National Clean Investment Fund grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in April 2024. The grant will be used to provide capital for affordable efforts to decarbonize and electrify homes in low-income and marginalized communities in the United States.
In June, United Way Worldwide and AARP announced that they are expanding the 211 helpline
— a free, confidential service aimed at family caregivers that connects people to health and human resources — to 10 new states and Puerto Rico, bringing the total number of states served to 25. The helpline received nearly 17 million requests last year.
A native of South Carolina, Williams holds a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and a divinity master’s degree from Virginia Union University.
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