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Originally Posted by rn1tv
After finding out the salaries of the top management of United Way, I do not give to them. In comparison, the head of Salvation Army makes $13K a year; that's where my dollars go. Check out the following article on snopes:
snopes.com: Executive Salaries in Charities |
United Way campaigns are conducted by locally run locally managed organizations with the great majority of the funds distributed in the local community. The National Office, which is where the salarries of which you speak are paid, receives a fee of 1 percent of the annual campaign. For this they provide advertising and other consulting and admin assistance.
I have heard this excuse for not participating many times. Hmmmmmmmm