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community chest

community chest cooperative organization of citizens and social welfare agencies in a city. Also known as a united fund, it has two purposes: to raise funds through an annual campaign for its member agencies and to budget the funds raised. The fund is administered by the community chest or united fund itself, or as a joint endeavor with a community welfare council; to represent the idea of administering, as well as collecting, the funds, the national association in 1927 took the name Community Chests and Councils. Today the organization's official name is the United Way of America. In 1974, it formed United Way International to provide assistance to the international United Way community and similar fundraising organizations outside the United States. The idea of cooperative collecting for charitable purposes originated in Liverpool, England (1873), and, in the United States, in Denver (1887). In 1900 the Cleveland chamber of commerce went a step further and assumed responsibility for endorsing the agencies seeking funds; 13 years later Cleveland brought almost all its welfare organizations together in the Cleveland Welfare Council. The name community chest was coined in Rochester, N.Y., in 1913.

Bibliography: See J. R. Sealey et al., Community Chest: A Case Study in Philanthropy (1957).

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	That's chest great! Newspaper article from: Lynn News/Norfolk Citizen (King's Lynn, England); 12/30/2007; 155 words ; ...pounds sterling]1,000 donation from their village store's Community Chest scheme. James Graven's Budgens, based on Lynn Road, will...something back to the community on a regular basis. The Community Chest allows us to do that, helping worthwhile organisations improve... Read more
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	Thousands of pounds given to local community groups. Newspaper article from: Bucks Herald (Aylesbury, England); 1/30/2008; 488 words ; ...grant assistance from Aylesbury Vale's Community Chest grants fund. The Community Chest, which is run jointly by Aylesbury Vale...applications in this latest round of Community Chest micro grants included Aston Abbotts Parish... Read more
	Fancy that, we're in the money. Newspaper article from: Shields Gazette (South Shields, England); 5/21/2007; 310 words ; ...Estate, Jarrow. The cash comes from the community chest of the Jarrow Neighbourhood Management...invested in the area. The next round of community chest grants will begin soon, and I urge...Partnership is launching another round of community chest awards between June 4 and 29. If ... Read more
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	[pounds sterling]1,000 giveaway for Dersingham groups. Newspaper article from: Lynn News/Norfolk Citizen (King's Lynn, England); 7/31/2008; 154 words ; ...runs the village's Budgens store, is running its annual community chest scheme to help improve residents' quality of life. A wide...something back to the community on a regular basis. The community chest awards allow us to do just that, helping some very worthwhile... Read more

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