Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
CHESTS BUDGET
INCREASES CUT TO
MEET SHORTAGE
Only SIS Per Cent of Added
Sums to Be Allowed
Members.
EMERGENCY NEEDS
TO BE TAKEN CARE OF
Agencies Which Asked Only 1929
Fund Totals for 1880 Will Not
Be Decreased.

Due to the shortage of $4,000 in
the Community Chest campaign for
1880, Corcoran Thorn, chairman of the
Chests budget committee, yesterday
announced necessary changes in the
budgeting plan for the rs afiliated
organizations.
Full budgets will be maintained. if
necessary, for family welfare and relief
organizations pressed by unemployment.
For those agencies which were granted
increases in their original budgets, only
SIS per cent of the increases for 1890
changes, it was announced, in the bud
gets of organizations which are no
larger for 1880 than during the previous
year.
we are sorry we cannot make APP
preparations on the basis of the full
budgets of member agencies as approved
for 1880 after very careful scrutiny of
community needs by the budget COM
mittee," said Mr.. Thorn. THE present
shortage Of $4,000 makes necessary
the postponement Of many extensions
and improvements In service which
should have been financed and which
Other Appropriations Possible"
With the $4,000 additional sub
scrlbed over last years amount and
with surplus of approximately 10000
from the subscriptions of 1929, the bud
get committee Is doing its best to meet
emergency needs. If more funds are
made available during the year, addi-
tional appropriations may be made in
view OF the unprecedented severity of
the unemployment situation"
Mr.. Thorn said appropriations now
recommended total 1851 ,225. 20, plus
$4,000 for a contingent fund to meet
emergency needs of relief-giving activi-
ties which probably will have to have
at least the full amounts of their 1880
BUDGETS. This makes q total of $751;
1880 for expenditure.
This total appropriation is IS 900
more than our subscriptions for the
year 1880, but we estimate that this
additional $1,000 will come from the
surplus of last year." he said. THE
rest OF the surplus of 1929 will, we be-
lieve, cover the usual shrinkage on
pledges due to death, removal, duplica-
ton, ETC., amounting to per cent Of
the amount subscribed for 1880.
Expense Put at s Per Cent.
Community Chest expense for the
year 1880, based upon this successful
experience OF 1929, is figured at only
b per cent of the amount subscribed,
covering campaign, administration and
all other expenses, as compared with
from Is per cent to 40 per cent under
the OLD system OF separate appeals.
Detailed budgets of member agen-
cies WIN not be finally settled until the
agencies have had chance to act on
the recommendations of the budget
committee. All budgets revised on the
oasis OF these recommendations must
be In the Community Chest office ready
Tor nnal and detailed consideration of
the budget committee by April /. Prop
er advances will be made to organiza-
tions up to that time"
Based on the present situation. the
nudget committee, with the approval of
the executive committee, forwarded its
recommendations to member oreaniza-
lions. Among other things, the COM
mittee recommended:
:. The budget committee shall confirm
all appropriations to member agencies
for the year 1880 as tentatively made.
where The 1880 approved budget does
not exceed the 1929 budget together
with the cash on hand on January I
1929 when the amount Of that cash
on hand was not included as part of
tees all budgets of agencies which are
no greater in their requirements for
1880 than they were for 1929"
Members Asked to Help.
Member organizations whose budgets
are thus confirmed are requested to
effect whatever savings possible without
UNDUE sacr1nce to their work or to Sc
cure certain increases in income IL DOS
sible, so that further funds NAV be
made available to agencies whose fun
budgets cannot be granted in spite of
the need which exists. Any savings
which thus can be reported will be put
In the contingent fund for emergency
use.
The recommendations further state:
To all agencies whose appropriations
ior the year 1880 as tentatively made
by the budget committee are in excess
of the Chest appropriation for 1928 and
the cash on hand on January /, 1929,
the budget committee at the present
time appropriateS the 1929 amount, in
Guiding cash on hand on January |,
1929, plus SIS per cent of the additional
AMOUNT tentatively budgeted for 1880.
Member agencies may make up this
necessary reduction in the Community
Chest appropriation either by increased
income from patients or clients or by
reduction of expenses to bring the nee
essary amount from the Community
Chest within the amount appropriated:
provided that after the budget of ex-
pense originally approved for 1880 has
been met by such additional income,
any excess income shall reduce the
amount required of the Chest.
THE budget committee requests, for
the reasons already stated, that all
member agencies in considering the
necessary revision of their budgets on
this SIS per cent of increase basis, con-
slider also whether or not less amount
than this SIS per cent increase over 1929
may be sufficient to meet their needs"