What are the benefits of giving to the Helping the Working Poor Fund?
Valley of the Sun United Way’s Helping the Working Poor Fund helps provide job-skills training, affordable childcare, educational opportunities and more to the working poor in our community. These are individuals and families with low wage jobs that just can’t make ends meet. By investing a portion of your United Way contribution in the Helping the Working Poor Fund, you help provide the means to increase self-sufficiency. And, you could receive an Arizona state tax credit of up to $400.* In order to take advantage of the Helping the Working Poor state tax credit, you must: • Itemize your charitable contributions • Establish a baseline year of charitable giving (as early as 1996) • Increase your charitable giving over your baseline year • Direct up to $400* to United Way’s Helping the Working Poor Fund • Provide your name, home address and phone number on your pledge card in order to receive an acknowledgement for your tax records *Tax credits of between $200 and $400 are available, ba
