Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
CHEST
OUTLAY ANALYZED
Expenditures by Member Or
ganizations Compared With
Income From Contributions.

Organizations affiliated with the
Community Chest spend almost three
times as much in service to those in
from the $1,000 contributors to the
Chest. according to an analysis OF ap-
proved budgets of these agencies as
lust completed at Community Chest
headquarters, 14lS street.
Total expenses of these 81 organ!Za-
tons as approved by the budget COM
mittee under the Craftsmanship OF
Charles j. Bell and the vice chairman
ship of W. S. Corby up to June l,
amounted to s3,412,537l7. The. appro-
priations from the Community Chest
amounted to $1,278.3l5.2e. In other
words. for every dollar which con-
tributor to the Community Chest gives,
almost two dollars is either paid by
those who receive service or is received
III income from endowment or a mis-
cellaneous source, the report says.
Sources of Income Cited.
In earnings, such, as hospital receipts,
payment of dues in recreatlonal ana
character building organizations such
as the Y. w. C. A., the Y. M. G. A. etc,
and cash on hand at the beginning of
the year, the member organizations OF
the Community Chest expect to get
81 865. 406.54. They also expect to get
S272. 1902 from endowment and mis-
cellaneous sources.
In tho first five months. or 42l2 per
cont OF the year. the member organlza-
lions had called on the Community
Chest for almost 40 per cent OF the
amount budgeted for contributions or
actually 389 per cent OF their budgets,
or a total of $497, S36.60 paid up 10
June l.
The organization with the largest
amount of earnings is the Y. w. G. A..
with 1868 1894 budgeted for the year
out of It's total expense budget OF $40
4I2.44. In addition 1t receives $12.OOU
from endowment, leaving only Sos.244
in gifts budgeted from the Community
Chest. This is therefore S4.5 per cent
self-supporting.
Emergency Hospital Next in Rank.
Emergency Hospital with $315,707
had the next largest amount or earn
ings. 1t also expects to get SlO,42l III
income from endowment ana Will re-
ouire only S6O,39787 from the Com
nn,Inity Chest out of It's total expense
budget of 386,625.87., This is S4.5 per
cent self-supporting.
The third largest in point OF earnings
is the Y, M. C. A. with $218,0S0~ re-
ceived from dues and fees by these VINO
use the Y. NJ. c. A. and its various
branches and $4,000 from income from
endowment. or a total self-supporting OF
IS per cent out of its total expense
budget of $266,670, ' of which only
sal, $50 is to be received from the Com
munity Chest.
washington social agencies have
rather less in income from endowment
- los tntQl
income from endowment and miscel-
laneous of the 81 member organizations
is only $272, l43.02 or about per cent
of their total expense. The Children's
Hospital has the largest income from
endowment with $50 .59659: income
from earnings totaling 500. 369.78; in
come from the Community Chest OF
$50. 267 03 for a total expense budget OF
$211 ,233.40.
The second largest income from en-
dow nent is expected by the Episcopal
Eve. Ear and Throat Hospital with
$19.54045 Its earnings from pay and
part-pay patients total $122,350: Its in
come from the Community. Chest Is
budgeted at $21,S65.96 for q total ex-
pense of si64,106.4i. ,t,
G. U. Hospital Revenue Sources.
A close third in income from en-
dowment is Georgetown University
Hospital with $l9,281 20; income from
pay and part-pay patients is $1,000
with only S13,221.44 required Of the
Community Chest toward its total ex-
penses for the year Of $212, 500. "a.
The organization which receives the
largest amount from the Community
Chest is the Associated Charities, which,
with its affiliated Citizens Relief So
ciety and its Summer Outings Commit
tee, is budgeted for $142,523.30. 1t re-
ceives only SILL in income from en-
dowment and naturally gets very little
from earnings in refunds as those whom
it serves usually have no other re-
sources. The earnings actually are
budgeted at $6,718. The total expense
budgets amount to $3.50 ,365.23.