Resilia Partners with Pocono Mountains United Way to Strengthen Nonprofits

Partnership to focus on BIPOC-led/serving, grassroots, and rural organizations.

New Orleans, La. - Resilia, a social enterprise with offices in New Orleans and New York City, and Pocono Mountains United Way have come together to strengthen the capacity of BIPOC-led/serving, grassroots, and rural nonprofits in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. 

Pocono Mountains United Way is committed to building a more equitable future for all of Monroe County. As a part of this commitment, they are inviting their nonprofit partners to walk alongside them as they integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into all aspects of their collective work. Together, Pocono Mountains United Way and their nonprofit partners strive to make Monroe County a community where everyone has the resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive.

“We at Pocono Mountains United Way are eager to partner with Resilia to deepen our commitment to building an equitable community where everyone has ample opportunities for quality education, good health, and financial stability,” said Michael Tukeva, President/CEO at Pocono Mountains United Way. “With the launch of Project Equity and the Monroe County–Resilia partnership, it is our goal to holistically support nonprofits in reimagining their way of ‘doing’ and ‘being’, strengthening the ability to collectively emerge and mobilize as drivers of equitable and systemic community change.”

“We are excited about the opportunity to work with Pocono Mountains United Way in this unique partnership to help strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion within their organization, as well as within the change-making nonprofits they support,” said Resilia CEO and founder Sevetri Wilson. 

Through the partnership, Pocono Mountains United Way has joined Resilia’s flagship Elevate initiative, a first-of-its-kind national learning and action network of 30+ Funders aimed at elevating the capacity and voices of BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving grassroots organizations. 

More information about Resilia’s Funder Program can be found here.

About Pocono Mountains United Way

United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community. We win by living United. By forging unlikely partnerships. By finding new solutions to old problems. By engaging and mobilizing resources. By improving lives through accelerated community change. And by inspiring others to join the fight against our most daunting social crises.

About Resilia

Founded in 2016, Resilia is a Black-led organization that leverages a combination of technology and human touch to help nonprofits and change makers build capacity, elevate stories, and increase impact in their communities. Resilia’s Funder Program enables grantors (foundations, corporations, and government offices) to empower their nonprofit partners with on-demand back-office and mission-facing tools, 1:1 nonprofit coaching, and peer-to-peer learning support that meets them where they are in their development.

To learn more about the program, please reach out to Anthony Simmons, Senior Director of Institutional Partnerships, Equity, at anthony.simmons@resilia.com.