History

In 1958, a group of thirty local citizens with an interest in strengthening their community began a unification amongst them and founded the Pitt County United Fund. This entity began raising funds for community needs; their first campaign for this purpose netted a total of $89,958, being channeled to 12 local agencies. These agencies provided relief and aid to struggling peoples of the Pitt County area with the basics, such as food, water, shelter, and education. The organization's continuance in bringing their community members together to shed light on dimmer situations became integral to the fabric of our sense of unity in an expanding, rural section of the state. 

In the 1990's, the Pitt County United Fund transitioned from a grassroots collective into a branch of one of the largest locally governed nonprofit organizations in the county, and then the world: the United Way. Since then, the resources and awareness of the organization's work have continued to grow alongside the ever-changing necessities of our community members of all shades of life. Today, they are known as the United Way of Pitt County.