I know your pain. We get the same thing here. Special events for donors, casual Fridays for donors, prizes for donors. We have to sit through several meetings every year and listen to them get up and make their plea. People from the company add their own testimonials too. It's pretty heart wrenching. I still don't donate. Solidarity sister!
Count me in. Our company just finished it's UW madness. We don't get bullied near as much as you though, thankfully.
The wife almost buckled at her place of employment. I told her I'd be more than happy for her to contribute any amount of money to charity(s) of her choice... so hopefully she'll see the light.
Ugh. I hated that when I worked in hospitals- they all had that crap, and the bitch boss when I worked for her, and man did she lay on the guilt when I didn't donate. We haven't gotten UW'd where I work now, which is nice, and I don't remember any crap going on related to that last year, so I think I am safe.
From a NYTimes article: The United Way of America reports that on average administrative costs amount to 12.7 percent of total contributions. But because total contributions are inflated by the inclusion of noncash gifts like free computers or the gift of children's coats, expenses are understated.
Further, donors making "unrestricted gifts" - those that allow the United Way discretion in spending their donations - often pay a higher percentage of their contributions. The Washington United Way boasted that its administrative costs ate up only a dime of every dollar donated, but this masks the fact that 62 cents of every unrestricted dollar was going to cover overhead.
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The wife almost buckled at her place of employment. I told her I'd be more than happy for her to contribute any amount of money to charity(s) of her choice... so hopefully she'll see the light.
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All the literature they gave out at work said that 90% of each dollar went towards the local charity of your choice.
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The United Way of America reports that on average administrative costs amount to 12.7 percent of total contributions. But because total contributions are inflated by the inclusion of noncash gifts like free computers or the gift of children's coats, expenses are understated.
Further, donors making "unrestricted gifts" - those that allow the United Way discretion in spending their donations - often pay a higher percentage of their contributions. The Washington United Way boasted that its administrative costs ate up only a dime of every dollar donated, but this masks the fact that 62 cents of every unrestricted dollar was going to cover overhead.
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