April 17, 2003
United Ways Suffer Worst Fund-Raising Decline in Three Decades
The nation's United Ways suffered their worst fund-raising decline in three decades in the 2002-3 campaign season, forcing charitable groups that rely on the organization for support to brace for further cuts.
Donations to the country's 1,400 local United Ways dropped between 3 and 4 percent -- a decline of more than $150-million from the $3.95-billion the group raised in 2001-2, according to Brian A. Gallagher, chief executive of United Way of America, in Alexandria,
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