Re: United Way Supports Anti-Nukes

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

Michael,

    Are you saying that if one wanted to contribute to El qaida , KKK, Mafia

,or greenpeace via the United Way, they would honor such a request?





> 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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