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about united way
United Way
The United Way of America is a coalition of charitable organizations that have traditionally pooled efforts in fundraising. In the 1990s, more and more United Ways have focused on community building through local partnerships with government, foundations, schools, and other organizations. Each United Way has its own local governing volunteer board. The organization has roots in Denver, Colorado, where in 1887 church leaders began the Charity Organization Society which coordinated services and fund raising for 22 agencies. Many Community Chest organizations, which were founded in the first half of the twentieth century to jointly collect and allocate money, joined the American Association for Community Organizations in 1918. The first Community Chest was founded in 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio. The number of Community Chest organizations increased from 39 to 353 between 1919 and 1929, and surpassed 1000 by 1948. By 1963, and after several name changes, the term United Way was adopted.
The organization raises money in a number of ways, chiefly through the workplace, where employees can have automatic payroll deductions for the United Way.
History
In 1887, a Denver priest, two ministers and a rabbi recognized the need for cooperative action to address their city's welfare problems. The Rev. Myron W. Reed, Msgr. William J. O'Ryan, Dean H. Martyn Hart and Rabbi William S. Friedman put their heads together to plan the first united campaign for ten health and welfare agencies. They created an organization to serve as an agent to collect funds for local charities, as well as to coordinate relief services, counsel and refer clients to cooperating agencies, and make emergency assistance grants in cases which could not be referred.
That year, Denver raised $21,700 and created a movement that would spread throughout the county to become the United Way. Over 118 years later, United Way is still in operation.
In 2004-05, more than 1,350 local United Ways raised $3.86 billion in current year support (an increase of 0.7% over 2003-2004), making it the nation's single largest private charity. [citation needed]
Common Focus Areas
United Ways identify and build on community strengths and assets, help individuals and groups with specific community interests find ways to contribute their time and talents, support direct-service programs and community-change efforts, and advocate public policy changes.
All of this is done in collaboration with diverse partners. Depending on the issue and how the community chooses to address it, United Ways work with schools, government agencies, businesses, organized labor, financial institutions, community development corporations, voluntary and neighborhood associations, the faith community, and others.
Because of the unique conditions in diverse communities, the issues United Ways address are determined locally. However, some common themes emerge:
Helping Children and Youth Succeed
Strengthening and Supporting Families
Improving Access to Health Care
Promoting Independence and Economic Self-Sufficiency
National Partnerships
The on-going partnership with the National Football League began in 1973 when the NFL and United Way of America came together to discuss the possibility of using the NFL’s network contract airtime to promote United Way during game telecasts. Then Commissioner Pete Rozelle recognized the partnership as a viable means of communicating the good works of United Ways while putting faces on a league of players hidden by helmets.
National partnerships with over 100 corporations are formalized through the National Corporate Leadership Program.
Since 1946, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and United Way of America have enjoyed a cooperative relationship
Leadership 18 a coalition which represents long-established charities, faith-based organizations, and social and health groups that support and promote the safety, health, well-being and social and economic development of people across America.
Criticism and Scandals
Some workplaces with United Way collection programs do not follow commonly used ethical procedures when soliciting donations. Employees may be pressured into donating through peer pressure tolerated or even encouraged by management. United Way has made public that it doesn't support such measures, but has been slow to react on reports by employees that were coerced in such a way.[1]
Tactics which some employees consider coercive are still recommended by many United Way chapters, such as having 100% pledge card return policies, even for non-givers. [2]
In 1992, William Aramony, CEO of the national organization, and in 2004, Oral Suer, CEO of the Washington, DC chapter, were convicted of misuse of donations. [3]
In the past, some local United Ways have been known to double count contributions, thus making their totals look higher, and the perceived overhead of operations look better.[4]
In the past, some local United Way have been accused of double-dipping overhead costs in donations, especially when donations are earmarked for a specific charity, or transferred from one location to another.
In an effort to address these problems, United Way has implemented new membership requirements and accountability standards in 2003, however problems have continued to occur.
In May 2006, Kim Tran the former CFO of the DC chapter of United Way resigned, claiming many issues remain.[5][6]
In April 2006, the NYC United Way revealed misappropriation of funds and other assets by Ralph Dickerson, the retired CEO of that chapter. The appropriation of funds occurred over a three year period, ending in 2005.
官方网站: http://national.unitedway.org/
United way (联合之路) 是美国的一个慈善机构,建于1887年的丹佛,于1920年介绍到加拿大。当时银矿关闭了,人们在街上无家可归。来自四大教区的牧师们对当时的状况作出反应,试图从商人和企业中寻求帮助。他们迅速发现教会的人员是远远不够的,所以决定号召所有乐意帮助的人们一起联合起来去帮助不幸的人们。如今United way已成了主要的慈善机构和志愿者的代名词。
United Way International
国际联合劝募协会
联合劝募是一个以社区为基础的系统,其组织遍及全世界各城市与国家。它是一个自给自足的系统,并且能动员来自社会各领域的地方领袖。这些领袖共同合作以确认社会的需求并协助解决健康与人类福祉的问题,他们也举办社区内的募款活动,以支持组织本身及其计划的运作。这些计划的目的是满足人类最迫切的需求并且改善生活品质。联合劝募组织更将来自政府、私部门及社会各阶层的人结合起来,共同讨论人类的健康和福利问题,并且提出解决之道。
第一个联合劝募於1887年在美国科罗拉多州的丹佛市成立,原因是为了解决在淘金热中涌入丹佛市寻找美好未来,却在淘金梦破灭后留下的十万余丧失生计人口的救济需求。当时四位不同宗教的领袖及一个女性社区义工团体决定共同募款来解决整个社区的问题。自那时起,联合劝募的社区募款方式就被公认为一种「花最低成本募集最多资金」的最佳方法。在某些国家,联合劝募以不同的名称出现-公益金 (Community Chest)、红羽毛 (Red Feather)、Fondo Unido、联合基金 (United Fund) 或是翻译成各国的母语。然而,他们大多数仍保留了联合劝募的「助人之手」(helping hand) 的识别标志。虽然他们的名字不尽相同,这些各自独立的组织却怀著共同的宗旨:增加人们的组织能力去关怀更多需要的人。 |
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