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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday December 18, 2002 - A3 Some charitable advice: Don't just give money, get involved (Continued from page A1) board of directors which determines who and which organizations get any money, and how much of it. Since 1994 financial gifts from individuals and other charities have been directed to the Com m unity Foundation. It currently holds $8.2 million in assets, which are professionally man aged by three investment firms. O f that, $5 million are permanently held funds, and $2.3 million are trust funds -- money held by the foundation on behalf other organizations until such time as they need to draw on the capi tal. According to Campbell, $925,000 in grants and distributions was handed out in 2001. Between 1997 and 2001 more than $2.2 million has been disbursed, she added. The Community Foundation's sig nature support project is the newly developed 56 km Oakville Heritage Trail for which it has raised $1.2 m il lion. Early next year $700,000 in pro ceeds raised from the recent Great Dream Home Lottery will be distrib uted to groups deemed worthy by the foundation's board. This grant amount represents 38 per cent o f the total lot tery revenue, w hich according to Campbell, "compares favourably to the industry norm of 33 per cent." Smaller chunks of the lottery's rev enue went toward prizes (21 per cent), operations (18 per cent) and marketing (22 per cent). Over the past two years the founda tion has also developed the Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in "All businesses, private and pub lic, cost money to operate." ·Alison Pickard, United Way o f Oakville CEO Recreation. A total o f $550,000 is amassed in this fund and annual grants to the tune of $50,000 toward recreational needs in Oakville will be issued within a year. Like the Community Foundation of Oakville, the local United Way also acts as an overseer of sorts. Including the $50,000 the agency directed to the Com m unity Foundation in 2001, the United Way of Oakville also dispersed five and six digit figures to 31 other local non profit registered charities, and any where from $3,200 to $20,000 to a dozen new initiatives. But before the grant money came, these member groups were subjected to myriad requirements, including a review of their cost effectiveness and service accountability. And while using the United Way cash, members must also submit semi-annual finan cial statements. O f the over $2.9 million raised from contributions to last year's campaign, 70 per cent of it went to community agencies and projects. Seven per cent of the total goes to other United Way agencies designated by the donor. Another seven per cent is directed to other registered charities in Canada. Many donors opt to consolidate all of their giving to the United Way with a portion going to the agency and instructions to direct the remainder to a specific organization. Two per cent of the donations are listed as pledge loss -- those donations w hich w eren't fulfilled usually because the donor died, moved, or no longer works at the company from where their United Way remittance was made. The goal for 2003 is $3.3 million. Em ployee w orkplace cam paigns and corporate donations, as well as special events, are the main avenues of fundraising for the United Way of Oakville. According to Alison Pickard, who is the Oakville agency's CEO, without the 1,000 volunteers who canvass and co-ordinate campaigns, "oar fundrais ing and administrative charges would be higher than they are" Currently at 14 cents on the dollar. That figure is well below the 26 per cent average spent by other charities on management, administration and campaign expenses. "All businesses, private and public, cost money to operate," said Pickard. "The question for us as donors is, `do I understand and accept the costs...and am I pleased with the results of their w ork?" ' The ratio of direct service dollars versus administration and fundraising expenses also leans heavily on the helping side at the Salvation Army of Oakville. According to Wendy Rae Perkins 83 cents of every loonie donated goes " We don't spend more than we generally know what's coming in." · Ron Shantz, Kerr Street Ministries executive director toward some form of helping at the Salvation Army. O f that, 68 per cent goes toward social service programs such as its foodbank, toy depot, Christmas ham pers and shelters. Volunteers are inte gral to this fund and food raising, as well as providing budget counseling, legal advice, and even assisting with renovations of the temporary shelter sites. . . The working poor and those on social assistance are the focus of serv ices provided to local people in crisis, said Perkins. The most well known of the Oakville Salvation Army operations are the three temporary Lighthouse Shelters where up to 20 people, includ ing families, find hospice and dignity on a daily basis. But saddling ourselves with arm loads of statistical data about overhead costs and helping ratios shouldn't be the sole reason to determine whether we will give to one charity over anoth er, said Perkins. "Get involved, make a difference by supporting and caring, research an organization's worth through first hand experience," she added. W here the U nited Way and Community Foundation distribute to many, a com m unity o f Christian churches in O akville pool their resources in support of the Kerr Street Ministries. And like the Salvation Army, peo ple with low incomes are its focus. Ron Shantz is the m inistry's execu tive director and looks to the Christmas giving season as a time to help get the charitable organization out of the red and into the black. "We don't spend more than we gen erally know w hat's coming in," said Shantz. Cash donations in support of the food and clothing bank and sum mer camp programs totaled $336,000 in 2001. More than half of that came from area churches, 22 per cent from indi vidual donors, 13 per cent from serv ice clubs and foundations, and 10 per cent from government funds (for the eight-w eek sum m er cam p which enrolls 230 children). Expenses were slightly more at $345,000. Each month more than 600 house holds in Oakville depend on the help provided by Kerr Street Ministries. Were all of the volunteer hours paid for, it would hike up the expense side by another $191,000, said Shantz. 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