May 21, 1998
Alternative Funds Make Slow Progress in Quest to Solicit Corporate Workers
The federal government's charity drive has long offered a major lift to fund-raising federations that compete with United Way. Since 1980, the federal drive, which last year raised $197.1-million, has allowed many types of federations to seek money from government employees.
But non-United Way funds have had a much tougher time winning the right to solicit corporate workers. Only 12 per cent of Fortune 500 companies include non-United Way funds in their
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