One way or another, our local United Way chapter will be flattened. If it does not voluntarily streamline its bloated infrastructure, its donations will be cut off at the knees. United Way's donors will elect to not give at all, give less or bypass it altogether. No one wants to read about a charity broker's inflated executive salaries and its Board of Directors squabbles when there are so many good causes to give to directly and many needy people relying on these donations.
I don't think that firing the executive that the Board elected to compensate excessively is going to do the job. And, I do think this is this issue is larger than just our Carolinas Chapter (remember in 1992, William Aramony, CEO of the national organization, and in 2004, Oral Suer, CEO of the Washington, D.C. chapter, were convicted of misuse of donations?)
So will the United Way flatten itself or will donors have to do it for them?
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The Observer article this morning had a great quote/point made by Gary Shook, a local architect whose firm is opting out of United Way participation for the first time in 15 years.
He is asking his employees to make donations directly to the charity of their choice. He says, "I just don't think charities require infrastructures that are similar to international banks, and require people who head them to be compensated so much."
Here, here, Mr. Shook. I could give all the cash away for free!!
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