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HAVE A WONDERFUL
ROSH HASHANA!
Campaign Drop
Means Cutbacks
New York (JTA) — A
nationwide drop in United
Way donations means bad
news for battered women in
New York, troubled families
in Los Angeles and elderly
people in Cleveland.
They will all receive less
help from Jewish organiza-
tions this year, as the agen-
cies that serve them pass on
expected cuts in United Way
allocations.
Similar cuts are being ex-
perienced across much of the
country as, for the first time
in at least 20 years, the
United Way of America re-
ported a drop in its annual
campaign. The estimated
$3.04 billion given to local
United Way campaigns in
1992 represents 4.1 percent
less than the 1991 total.
The United Way allocates
the money raised in its
workplace- centered cam-
paign to non-profit social
service groups and hospitals.
Jewish social service
groups — including boards of
family and children's ser-
vices, vocational programs,
old-age homes and commun-
ity centers — are among
those beneficiaries, receiv-
ing more than $50 million
nationwide each year.
The decline in the United
Way's campaign, which
follows two years in which
the campaign increases did
not match inflation, is at-
tributed largely to the econ-
omy.
Also cited as playing a role
is possible donor backlash at
the scandal surrounding
former United Way National
President William
Aramony, who was forced to
retire after charges of finan-
cial extravagance and
mismanagement were lev-
eled against him.
"Jewish agencies aren't
the only ones hurt and af-
fected" by the downturn in
the campaign, said Claire
Austin, a spokesperson for
United Way. "Many agen-
cies, particularly smaller
ones, are really hurt by be-
ing cut."
But of more concern is that
while these cuts are more
severe than in the past, they
continue a trend of fewer
and fewer United Way
dollars being allocated to
Jewish institutions.
According to a study by the
Council of Jewish Federa-
tions, even as United Way
receipts went up more than 6
percent from 1989 to 1991,
the amount allocated to Jew-
ish federations and their af-
filiated agencies fell.
The percentage of the
United Way campaign
received by 77 federations
reporting for the study
dropped from 2.89 percent to
2.69 percent over those two
years.
This trend is being at-
tributed to a move toward
designated giving by United
Way campaigns, which
allows donors to target their
money to higher profile
organizations. The move
away from federations is
also attributed to the entry
of newer philanthropies at
the allocations table.
All this comes as the Jew-
ish agencies on the receiving
end of the United Way cam-
paign fear being short-
changed by a Jewish com-
munity increasingly placing
issues of religious identity
and assimilation ahead of
the social welfare concerns
addressed by these institu-
tions.
And while federation offi-
cials resolutely deny that
They continue a
trend of fewer and
fewer United Way
dollars being
allocated to Jewish
Institutions.
they are targeting their so-
cial welfare services for cuts,
it is clear that with federa-
tion campaigns basically
stagnant, the Jewish com-
munity is unable to make up
any gaps in United Way
funding.
"Because of the impact of
the recession on our cam-
paign, and cutbacks in
government funding, agen-
cies will for the most part
have to reduce their services
to the most needy" by the
amount of the United Way
cutbacks, said Stephen
Solender, executive vice
president of New York's
UJA-Federation.
UJA-Federation and its
agencies last year received
about $4.7 million from the
United Way.
In the New York area, re-
gional United Ways have