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RE: United Way Supports Anti-Nukes
I hesitate to mention it. But a scandal of a few years ago was that the
United Way was not, in fact honoring their donor's wishes. That is if a
donor said they wanted 100% of their donation to go to the American Red
Cross the following happened. If ARC was in UW's opinion or intention to
get either 1% of total contributions or say $1M, the contributions of our
ARC friend would be applied to ARC and subtracted from the total dollars
allocated and the none ear marked donations would them be split up according
to UW's master plan so the ARC would be no better off because their friends
had designated all or part of their contributions go to them.
I am unsure if this was the whole US United Way or a Regional subdivision
possibly just Colorado but my impression was it was either national or a
major region.
United Way's image was greatly tarnished by that and the concurrent issue of
the Director's compensation and perks. Those two scandals led to a dramatic
decline in contributions for at least a couple of years.
Sorry doesn't have much to do with the main issue.
Peter Vernig
VAMC Denver
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Ford [mailto:MFORD@PANTEX.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:52 AM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: RE:United Way Supports Anti-Nukes
Jim,
You need to untwist your knickers.
By policy (and I think law, could be wrong tho), United Way is obliged to
honor the wishes of their donors during fund-raising activities. A
prospective donor may wish to provide some (or all) of their contributions
to a non-profit (401(c)(3)) organization that is not one of the United Way
Partner Agencies. It could be your own church, for instance, OR it could be
some wacko, fringe militant anti-nuke group. In either case, the United Way
honors the donor's requests and forwards that money directly to that
non-profit organization (minus an administrative fee).
It makes a heckuva lot more sense for a person to send their money directly
to a NON-partner agency then through United Way - - if they want to get the
most bang for their buck.
HOWEVER, just because the United Way honors a donor's wish and PASSES ALONG
that donor's contributions DOES NOT mean that the United Way endorses or
condones the organization's activities in much the same way they do not
advocate a particular religious affiliation when they pass along
donor-directed contributions to faith-based organizations. A donor can
direct their monies to ANY organization through the United Way as long as it
is non-profit.
The United Way is a great organization. They have made significant changes
in the last several years regarding how they do business. They fill a vital
role in the communities they serve.
v/r
Michael
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:29:49 -0500
From: "Jim Hoerner" <jim_hoerner@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: United Way Supports Anti-Nukes
You've gotta be kidding me. I give a hefty chunk of change to the United
Way. While perusing one of the many anti-nuke (some would say criminal -
inside joke) sites out there - http://www.ncwarn.org - I came across this:
http://www.ncwarn.org/AboutWARN/membershipform.html
"* You can also designate NC WARN through NC Community Shares, OR as a
write-in under United Way, in your workplace giving campaign. "
Unfreakinbelievable.
You can contact the United Way of America at
http://national.unitedway.org/contact/
United Way of America
701 N. Fairfax Street,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-2045
1-703-836-7100
Dear United Way,
As a long-time supporter of your programs, I was recently dismayed to
discover that you provide funds for an anti-nuclear so-called advocacy
group, NC Waste Awareness & Reduction Network, or NC WARN.
Their web site is http://www.ncwarn.org and they acknowledge the support of
the United Way at http://www.ncwarn.org/AboutWARN/membershipform.html
I believe that your support of NC WARN is inconsistent with your otherwise
noble programs and initiatives. Nuclear power provides humanity with
relatively clean, safe, sustainable, cost-competitive energy, and NC WARN
wishes to effectively replace this realiable power with more fossil fuels.
I am reconsidering my support of your organization. Also, I don't think
your supporters from Duke Power or Carolina Power and Light would appreciate
the fact that you support misguided groups wishing to put them out of work.
I look forward to your timely reply, which I plan to share with my
colleagues.
Sincerely,
[My complete name, title, address, and email]
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