Is the Community Chest a Racket or Honest Fund
An historical note explains Community Chest as a corporation of contributors with 22 member agencies. It describes voting by contributors, year-round planning, proper accounting, and a small paid staff. It emphasizes nonprofit fundraising via centralized administration under 5 percent of total funds.
Chest Budget Seeks $329,000 Goal for Area Agencies
The Chest allocates all money by need, spending every dollar within an approved budget. A volunteer Budget Committee analyzes welfare needs year round, guiding a $329,000 goal set by the Board of Directors on September 7, 1950 after agencies submitted budgets. Contributions may be earmarked for one or more agencies.
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Chest
Hudson River
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Gordon L. Banker
Rotand Beers
Sol Boxer
Helen Bull
Ronald C. Carter
Margaret Caulfield
Albert Clement
Wm. J. Clermont
James Connril
William Connors
Alexander Derby
George Davis Everett Decker
James Dunne
Walter Flanigan
Julius Goodman
Carl Grimm
William J. Healey
Paul Hemke
Board OF Directors
R. Stanley Thompson Ronald Hibbard David Howells, II
Shelton Jackson
Henry L. Johnson
Mary Murray McArdle
Thomas P. McLaughlin
Miller
Timothy O'Brien, Jr
Edward
Proffer
Charles J. Renney
A. Kendall Roberts Ogden Rost Howard Seaman
Alig G. Smith
Alan Teylor
Ernest J. Warnche
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