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Mamma 
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Posted on: May 14 2004,10:11 am |
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I have to agree with you to a point. I guess for some people, giving to United Way is the only way they will give to anything. It's better to give to them than not give at all. I know I don't have enough money to give to cure anyone of anything, so giving to the Children's Make A Wish at least gives a child a last wish. I'm a little disappointed that MN quit granting the hunting wishes. I give my donation to SD because I know they will still take a kid hunting. Many years ago I used to hunt with my dad, and it was one of the highlights of my life.
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Liberal
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Posted on: May 14 2004,9:12 pm |
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2002 Freeborn County United Way tax returns.
More than $60K in salaries to hand out less than $400K 
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UNITED WAY OF FREEBORN COUNTY, INC 41-0956396
2002 Form 990 - Part U, Line 22
Schedule of Allocations
Freeborn County Chapter - American Red Cross 38,000
Twin Valley Boy Scouts - Mankato 12,175
Albert Lea Child Care Center 42,000
Freeborn County Association for Retarded Citizens - 26,000
Salvation Army - Albert Lea 43,500
Family Y - Albert Lea 60,000
Cedar Valley Services 40,000
Lutheran Social Service 10,000
Minnesota Charities Review Council - Minneapolis 1,050
Victims Cnsis Center 14,100
Albert Lea Domestic Abuse Intervention Program 5,000
Senior Resources Center 42,401
Freeborn County (Youth Program)
Chemical Dependency Center 16,800
Family Support Network 3,000
Catholic Charities 7,046
Youth Anger Management 11,400
Other Various 5,575
Total $378,047
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Total functional Expenses $515,702
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Liberal
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Posted on: May 16 2004,12:17 am |
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Mower County United Way
Steele County United Way
United Way of Greater Winona Area
Freeborn County United Way
United Way (national average) 13%
Federal Guidelines (CFC Campaign) 25%
Freeborn County United Way 27%
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The people are masters of both Congress and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it!
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hoosier
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Posted on: May 16 2004,7:59 am |
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Nice work Liberal. But why doesnt it suprise me? Thats the $hit that happens when you have the same poeple running things for way to many years, no oversite. No one coming in new and looking at the books and saying, What the hell has been going on here?
People staying in these positions for years not only breeds corruption, but it allows then to cover it up and still keep their job. Makes you sick doesnt it?
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Nose for News
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Posted on: Aug. 05 2004,7:00 pm |
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Sheets Research Tools Links Survey Info
Nonprofit Fundraising and Administrative Costs
The goal of this project is to understand the measurement and reporting of nonprofit organizations’ fund-raising and administrative expenses, and to work with practitioners, policy-makers, and the accounting profession to improve measurement and reporting. The project is a collaboration between the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)/Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
For better or worse, the ratio of overhead to program costs is the most common measure of nonprofit organizational efficiency. Focus group research has found that donors expect worthy organizations to have low fund-raising costs. Groups like the United Way and international relief organizations often tout their low overhead ratios in their mailings to the donors. Most striking, the federal government’s Combined Federal Campaign, which raised more than $197 million for nonprofits in 1998, requires that participating organizations certify that their combined fund-raising and administrative costs constitute no more than 25 percent of the organizations’ total support.
As data from the IRS Forms 990 become widely available — as mandated by law — in paper form and on the Internet, we expect interest in these types of ratios to burgeon. Like the ubiquitous price-to-earnings (PE) ratio in the financial world, measures such as the proportions of expenses allocated among program services, fund-raising, and administration will become commonplace.
Research developed by the Fundraising and Administrative Cost Project are intended to help the public, funders, and policy-makers look beyond these simple ratios to their context. In a diverse sector encompassing small volunteer organizations with unsophisticated financial reporting along with billion-dollar institutions with the most sophisticated of accounting systems, what, if any, conclusions can be drawn, what lessons learned from looking at these indicators of efficiency? This and other questions are addressed by this project.
Consistent reporting of financial information benefits managers and funders. It would enable them to assess trends in nonprofits' cost structures and to compare the efficiency of different organizational structures and strategies. Unfortunately, analyses of IRS Forms 990, surveys, and case studies show that some nonprofits report unrealistically high levels of overhead costs, while even more report unrealistically low levels. Resources developed by the Fundraising and Administrative Cost Project assist executive directors, financial managers, and nonprofit boards in addressing these reporting problems within their own organizations.
The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Ford Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation are providing financial support for the project.
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Scurvy Dog
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Posted on: Aug. 06 2004,1:19 pm |
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Why don't we simply boycott the United Way of Freeborn County and donate directly to the charities of our choice, and continue to do so until there is a regime change?
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