Membership Groups

Through United Way’s Affinity Groups, we connect you with a vibrant community of change-makers in our region. Based on your interests and stage of life, we’ll help you find the right fit to deepen your involvement and create meaningful change in the communities where you live and work.

United Way Emerging Leaders Society (ELS)

ELS members represent a new generation of leaders committed to making a difference in the community by leveraging the power of United Way to connect, serve and grow — both personally and professionally.

As an ELS member, you’ll have regular opportunities to volunteer, take part in United Way’s impactful work, and network with some of the most influential business leaders in the area.

United Way Women United

We are a diverse, vibrant community, bound together by a powerful sense of belonging – to each other, to United Way’s mission and to the communities we call home. Women United is a global, growing force of 70,000+ women dedicated to creating a world of opportunity— for everyone.

Financial struggles affect families’ health and children’s education. Women United members empower each other to use our passions, ideas, expertise and resources to help women and families in our community achieve financial security.

Leaders in Giving:

Constitution Society

Constitution Society members are leading the way in making real, measurable impact on issues facing people locally. Members of this exclusive United Way Society come from diverse backgrounds and careers, using their generosity, time and talent to create real, lasting change in the lives of local adults, children and families. The Society connects people, along with their passions, to collectively co-create a brighter future for the 860 region.

Tocqueville Society

Tocqueville Society members are philanthropic leaders who, through generous gifts of treasure, demonstrate their commitment to tackling our community’s most pressing problems and creating sustainable positive change. The Society is named after the 19th century French political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville who, in his writings, recognized the importance of voluntary action on behalf of the common good.

Women of Tocqueville

Women of Tocqueville is more than a giving circle. In addition to providing critical financial resources to support programs and priority projects to improve the well-being of children and families in central and northeastern Connecticut, members have the opportunity to create sustainable positive change and impact in the lives of households experiencing extreme or working poverty through engagement opportunities to address the root causes of issues and ignite systemic change.