Twenty-one Washington-area charities are cutting ties with the local United Way and aligning themselves with a fledgling competitor in the workplace-giving arena, The Washington Post reports.

The new alliance, Community 1st, will be run by the America’s Charities federation and includes several high-profile organizations, including the Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic, public television station WETA, and the Whitman-Walker Clinic.

Group members cited frustration with a steady decline in workplace giving and lingering distrust of the United Way of the National Capital Area, which was rocked by a financial scandal earlier in the decade. They said America’s Charities promised lower overhead costs and fewer restrictions on where donors’ money goes, among other benefits.

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