Friday, December 22, 2006

MPR: Is donor fatigue hitting Minnesota charities?

MPR: Is donor fatigue hitting Minnesota charities?: "Is donor fatigue hitting Minnesota charities?
by Toni Randolph, Minnesota Public Radio
December 22, 2006

A year after Americans responded with unprecedented giving to help people devastated by Hurricane Katrina, some of Minnesota's best known charitable organizations say giving is off.

St. Paul, Minn. — The Greater Twin Cities United Way says it is $1.5 million short of its goal this year. If the current pace continues, this will be the first time in four years that the United Way misses its goal. United Way President Lauren Segal says the shortfall in 2001 was a direct result of the terror attacks.

Now, she sees something else."

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