Evening star., 1932-11-06

services could not be purchased at any
price. The same goes for the cam
paign chairman, the Campaign Com
mittee and all the campaign workers
They get no compensation except the
satisfaction that goes with helping to
do a fine humanitarian job.
The Community Chest is not in any
sense middleman. 1t is federation,
replacing by one combined campaign
the former separate financial endeavoTs
OF the member organizations.
Equitable Distribution.
Through the work Of the Budget
Committee, funds are distributed more
equitably and more nearly according
to community needs than was possible
in the old. wasteful days when the or
CARNATIONS competed for funds. No
individual giver could Judge the rela-
tive needs of the community or the
relative services of the organizations.
Now the Chest Budget Committee col
lects all available facts regarding needs
of Washington and distributes the
funds raised according to the best
judgment available in Washington.
In order to play fair with the pub
lie the Community Chests accounts
are audited annually. A statement was
in the Community Chest Bulletin,
Chest -O-Grams Complete financial re-
port and list of salaries Of Community
Chest employees was furnished to the
District Subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Committee when 1t was
considering the $3.50 900 appropriation
which was made to the Board of Pub
lie Welfare for Emergency Relief OF
the Unemployed.
The 63 organizations which make
up the Community Chest are, of course,
independent organizations. They are
not subsidiaries Of the Community
Chest: but are equal members. They
federate their activities in the Chest
much as the separate States cf the
United States federate their activities
in the central government.
"All of these organizations Of course,
are non commercial and yield no profit
TO any one, beyond the profit to the
community which comes from their
services given to those who are in vari-
GUS kinds of need.
Thorough Check up.
Each Of these organizations Is care
| fully budgeted by the Budget Commit
I tee and is required to furnish to the
Community Chest a monthly financial
report and a monthly statistical report
Accounts of all member organizations
must be annually audited. These
auditors reports are turned in to the
Community Chest for checking against
the financial reports This arrange
ment has resulted in tremendous i'm
provements in the bookkeeping systems
OF member organizations. They them
selves as a result Of this ARRANGEMENT
know much more about the financing
J and the service of their organizat tions
than they did before the Community
Chest was formed.
For the 1883 campaign a contribu-
| ticn estimate will not be assigned to
| each member agency, but instead an
estimate will be made for each major
| field of local welfare service repre-
| sented by member agencies. For ex-
ample, lump sum win be shown as
allocated to family relief, another for
hospitals, etc. The aggregate of these
amounts. together with estimated COL
| lection shrinkage and other miscellane-
GUS items. will be the goal of the cam
palgn. After the campaign, the avail
able proceeds viii be definitely allo-
Gated to each field Of service. and it
is hoped that the result will justify
prorating the funds in accordance with
pre-caInpalgn estimates Then will fol-
low the actual budgeting of each mem
DER agency on the basis of needs and
resources within each field of service.
Other Sources Of Income.
"The Community Chest is not the
only source of income of these organi-
cations. They are more than 81 per
cent self-supporting. 1t Is estimated
that during the year 1888 they will re-
ceive in earnings from persons who can
afford to pay fully or in part for the
service rendered, as in the case, for ex-
ample, Of the hospitals, and in income
from endowments, the total of 81 507,-
867 Although the Community Chest
campaign goal for contributions is only
| S2,4l9.7 1877. the estimated total expenses
of these organizations for 1888 Is fig-
ured at S4,927,654. of which the Com
munity Chests goal of s2,419,787 is
only 49 per cent.
The member organizations Of the
| Community Chest naturally have va
| rious costs Of service.
None of them exist merely to dis
tribute funds. all Of them exist to help
people in various ways In order to
help effectively it is necessary to have
staffs Of skilled and devoted people and
supervisors to instruct. train. direct. and
advise those staffs. The cost Of person.
mel varies according to the type of serv-
ice rendered.
Help Out Of Poverty.
For example, the family welfare and
relief organizations which help people
in their own homes and aid transient
and homeless persons not only distribute
food, clothing and shelter but also help
people to help themselves, aiding them
whenever possible out Of their poverty
rather than in It, In these organiza-
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