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As all politics is local, so it also reflects personal loyalties. "It's often who recruits you that determines where you go," says Sandy Thomas, the president of the Chicago Social Club, a business that organizes sporting and social events for 6,500 dues-paying members. Thomas lives in the...
According to Stanford, the Club receives support from a few alumni, $400 each year from the University and membership dues of $50 per student each semester.
"We could charge exorbitant dues like many other clubs, but that's not what we want," Stanford said. "Our goal is to allow everybody who wants to play to have a chance."
Largely a training and services organization, the United Way of America does not raise much money itself. Instead, it is supported by dues of the 2,100 - chapters around the nation that perform the lion's share of the fund raising and giving. The unseemly image of charity officials living...
Aramony's resignation seemed to satisfy local fund raisers -- for the moment. Jim Kercheville, vice president of communications for Mile High United Way in Denver, one of the chapters that withheld dues pending the review, called Aramony's decision to resign courageous. "His contributions are unparalleled, but it's a...