United Way
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United Way is an international network of over 1,800 local nonprofit fundraising affiliates. Prior to 2015, United Way was the largest nonprofit organization in the United States by donations from the
Example of a United Way pledge form where employees can choose how much to donate and where to designate their funds
Local United Way fundraising thermometer poster
United Way of Canada's campaign kick-off event where the annual campaign goal of C$31 million is announced
Savannah River Site employees reach United Way campaign goal in 2015
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
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Frances Jacobs was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to Jewish Bavarian immigrants and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married Abraham Jacobs, the partner of her brother Jacob, and came west with him to
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…programs and are subject to review and audit by the United Way's volunteer committee. The organization has roots in Denver, Colorado, where in 1887 Frances Wisebart Jacobs, along with the Rev. Myron W. Reed, Msgr. William J. O'Ryan, Dean H. Martyn Hart and Rabbi William S. Friedman began the Charity Organization Society…
Frances Wisebart Jacobs, ca. 1890
The home of Abraham and Frances Jacobs at the corner of 16th and Welton Streets (circa 1880) Denver, Colorado.
Denver Colorado in 1859
Denver, Colorado 22 years later, in 1881