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Where do my Greater Longview United Way donations go?
All donations support the programs and services of our 21 member agencies,
either through direct agency allocations or through GLUW administrative
and program support. Administrative costs are less than 11 percent of the
annual budget, compared with a national United Way average of 14 percent
and a national nonprofit organization average of 19 percent. In 2002, the
Greater Longview United Way will disburse $839,000 to its agencies.
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How are funds allocated to the various agencies that Greater Longview United Way supports?
Every spring, each agency provides the the Greater Longview United Way an
extensive set of documents that illustrate its financial and programmatic
activities for the past year, as well as projections for the coming year. A
committee of community volunteers studies the information for all 21
agencies, then convenes for a series of meetings during which all agencies
appear to discuss their information and answer questions from the committee.
Following this process, the commmittee members make tentative allocations to
the agencies based on the total campaign goal. The allocations are finalized
following the conclusion of the fall fund-raising campaign.
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Can a donor specify to which agency his/her donation is allocated?
Yes. On each pledge card is a list of GLUW member agencies, followed by a line
upon which a donor can write the name of an agency to which he or she would like
to designate a donation. All designations to GLUW member agencies are honored.
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Did any of the locally raised funds go to support the New York City and Washington, D.C., disasters?
The Red Cross and the Salvation Army, which have been heavily involved in the
recovery process in New York City and Washington, D.C., have been member agencies
for many years. Therefore, our local funds have been supporting their activities
all along. Just as other communities' donations to the Red Cross would end up in
Longview if we suffered a disaster, some of the Red Cross funds raised in Longview
have aided other communities in times of need.
However, we feel that it is very important to emphasize that our local needs not
only are still here but are likely to increase. The Red Cross is still providing
assistance to local fire victims; the Salvation Army still provides hot meals and
shelter every day, right here in Longview. Our other member agencies also are
responding daily to our neighbors' needs for food and shelter, child care, physical
and emotional rehabilitation, advocacy, substance abuse prevention, and protection
from domestic abuse, as well as many other services.
The local safety net of human service agencies must remain intact so that those,
and other, needs can be met. We believe that the Greater Longview United Way can
help best by strengthening our local agencies.
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