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<blockquote data-quote="OLDMAN3" data-source="post: 1400492"><p><strong>Because in reality they don't give a penny more to your local's scholarship fund as a result of you telling them to direct your funds there.</strong> The United Way charities receive and distribute donations on a regional basis. They tell donors they can "designate" which charity they want to receive their donation. But the distribution to the various charities is based on "budgets" developed independently from "designated" contributions. Since so few donors name a particular charity, the United Way decreases their funding from the un-designated funds....The result is that the charity receives the amount the local board budgeted, regardless of your designation. So it is more accurate to say that you contributed to all the charities the United Way supports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OLDMAN3, post: 1400492"] [B]Because in reality they don't give a penny more to your local's scholarship fund as a result of you telling them to direct your funds there.[/B] The United Way charities receive and distribute donations on a regional basis. They tell donors they can "designate" which charity they want to receive their donation. But the distribution to the various charities is based on "budgets" developed independently from "designated" contributions. Since so few donors name a particular charity, the United Way decreases their funding from the un-designated funds....The result is that the charity receives the amount the local board budgeted, regardless of your designation. So it is more accurate to say that you contributed to all the charities the United Way supports. [/QUOTE]
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