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I agree - especially after the whole United Way scandal a few years ago.  UW was administering the CFC program at the time, the head of UW was stealing money, it's executives were spending lavishly and there was a bunch of other crap going on.  I decided never to donate through CFC again.  I'd rather my charities of choice get more of what I send them instead of paying overhead twice.[/quote]

+1.  I also stopped donating to CFC when the United Way/CFC scandal broke.  I started using the Catalogue for Philanthropy, among other things, instead.  I like that I can specify what my donation should be used for.  I feel a bit awkward around my small fed office which pushes for 100% participation, but so be it. [/quote]

I also like the Catalogue for Philanthropy - it has pointed me to a couple of great organizations I would not have known about otherwise.  I've been a Fed for 16 years, and I've never contributed to CFC.  I don't want to pay for the CFC administration,  the UW scandal really bothered me, and I really dislike the amount of time/resources federal organizations are basically forced to contribute to CFC.  But the pressure for 100% participation is acute - in the past I've had a couple of supervisors contribute in my name (without my permission) so that they could reach the 100% goal.  And supervisors totally know who has/hasn't contributed.[/quote]

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