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Campaigns |
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United Way of Broome County has conducted many annual fund
drives since
its organization as the Binghamton Character Chest in 1933. Below are listed the
Annual Campaigns that have been part of the consolidated fund
raising effort in Broome County over the years.
Youth
Conservation and Individual Organizations
|
Campaign
for |
President |
Campaign
Chair |
Goal |
Raised |
Percent
of Goal
|
Increase
Amount |
Increase
Percent |
Agencies |
|
1932 |
unknown
|
unknown |
unknown |
$42,032 |
unknown |
-- |
-- |
5 |
Binghamton
Character Chest
|
Campaign
for |
President |
Campaign
Chair |
Goal |
Raised |
Percent
of Goal |
Increase
Amount |
Increase
Percent |
Agencies |
|
1934 |
C. Mossman McLean |
Chester
B. Lord |
$60,776 |
$54,311 |
89% |
-- |
-- |
5 |
| 1935 |
C. Mossman McLean |
C.
Mossman McLean |
$69,071 |
$54,885 |
79% |
$574 |
1.1% |
5 |
| 1936 |
C. Mossman McLean |
C.
Mossman McLean |
$62,800 |
$53,291 |
85% |
($1,594) |
(2.9%) |
5 |
| 1937 |
C. Mossman McLean |
Edgar
W. Couper |
$56,185 |
$53,289 |
94% |
($2) |
(0.1%) |
5 |
| 1938 |
C. Mossman McLean |
C.
Mossman McLean |
$56,159 |
$55,435 |
98.7% |
$2,146 |
4.0% |
5 |
| 1939 |
William V. L. Turnbull |
G.
Mead Willsey |
$67,538 |
$60,137 |
89% |
$4,702 |
8.5% |
6 |
Binghamton
Community Chest
|
Campaign
for |
President |
Campaign
Chair |
Goal |
Raised |
Percent
of Goal |
Increase
Amount |
Increase
Percent |
Agencies |
| 1940 |
William V. L. Turnbull |
G.
Mead Willsey |
$84,885 |
$86,173 |
101.5% |
$26,036 |
43.2% |
9 |
| 1941 |
William V. L. Turnbull |
C.
Addison Keeler |
$104,452 |
$91,127 |
87.2% |
$4,954 |
5.7% |
11 |
| 1942 |
James T. Ivory |
William
L. Cuddeback |
$110,000 |
$103,171 |
93.7% |
$12,044 |
13.2% |
12 |
| 1943 |
James T. Ivory |
James
M. Davidge |
$139,125 |
$148,274 |
106% |
$9,149 |
8.9% |
14 |
| 1944 |
C. Addison Keeler |
Stuart
M. English |
$178,502 |
$168,772 |
94.5% |
$20,498 |
13.8% |
14 |
| 1945 |
Edgar B. Parsons |
Haines
B. Wickes |
$194,630 |
$220,959 |
103% |
$52,187 |
30.9% |
14 |
| 1946 |
Edgar B. Parsons |
Stewart
W. Morse |
$223,415 |
$196,371 |
88% |
($24,588) |
(11.1%) |
15 |
| 1947 |
W. Wallace McDowell |
Kenneth
I. Van Cott |
$231,276 |
$218,785 |
94.6% |
$22,414 |
11.4% |
15 |
| 1948 |
W. Wallace McDowell |
Frank
W. Donovan |
$246,431 |
$231,103 |
93.7% |
$12,318 |
5.6% |
15 |
| 1949 |
Kenneth I. Van Cott |
John
C. Clark, Jr. |
$268,510 |
$245,127 |
91.2% |
$14,024 |
6.0% |
17 |
| 1950 |
Edgar W. Couper |
Donald
O. Wilson |
$285,271 |
$249,190 |
87.4% |
$4,063 |
1.7% |
17 |
| 1951 |
Edgar W. Couper |
William
S. Chittenden |
$291,885 |
$292,413 |
100.1% |
$43,223 |
17.3% |
17 |
| 1952 |
Donald O. Wilson |
Paul
C. Gouldin |
$366,887 |
$342,696 |
93.4% |
$50,283 |
17.2% |
17 |
| 1953 |
Paul C. Gouldin |
Kenneth
C. Estabrook |
$379,000 |
$368,003 |
97% |
$25,305 |
7.4% |
17 |
| 1954 |
Kenneth C. Estabrook |
Edgar
E. Severson |
$386,185 |
$386,606 |
100.1% |
$18,603 |
5.1% |
17 |
Broome
United Fund
|
Campaign
for |
President |
Campaign
Chair
|
Goal
|
Raised
|
Percent
of Goal
|
Increase
Amount
|
Increase
Percent
|
Agencies |
| 1955 |
Leslie E. Jones |
Bruce
L. Babcock |
$798,223 |
$836,173 |
104.8% |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1956 |
Bruce L. Babcock |
Gordon
P. Lovell |
$859,684 |
$866,685 |
100.8% |
$30,512 |
3.6% |
-- |
| 1957 |
C. Addison Keeler |
William
W. Driver |
$921,287 |
$921,559 |
100.1% |
$54,874 |
6.3% |
-- |
| 1958 |
Raymond A. Mills |
Edgar
E. Severson |
$996,595 |
$996,992 |
100.1% |
$75,433 |
8.2% |
54 |
| 1959 |
Marcus J. Winfield |
Alfred
T. Morphy |
$1,039,738 |
$986,692 |
94.9% |
($10,300) |
-1.0% |
54 |
| 1960 |
Cecil C. Tyrrell |
William
B. Hilbert |
$1,049,987 |
$1,022,814 |
97.4% |
$36,122 |
3.7% |
54 |
| 1961 |
Paul C. Gouldin |
Frances
H. Brinkley |
$1,060,019 |
$1,067,891 |
100.7% |
$45,077 |
4.4% |
-- |
| 1962 |
John H. Wurts |
Richard
W. Couper |
$1,079,702 |
$1,083,818 |
100.4% |
$15,927 |
1.5% |
50 |
| 1963 |
William E. Paynter |
Kenneth
J. Mackenzie |
$1,124,979 |
$1,084,926 |
96.4% |
$1,108 |
0.1% |
49 |
| 1964 |
William B. Hilbert |
Kenneth
P. Lord |
$1,174,550 |
$1,177,382 |
100.2% |
$92,456 |
8.5% |
-- |
| 1965 |
Kenneth P. Lord |
Arket
C. Lewis |
$1,212,539 |
$1,231,179 |
101.5% |
$53,797 |
4.6% |
-- |
| 1966 |
W. Wallace McDowell |
Robert
R. Lacey |
$1,301,992 |
$1,302,310 |
100.1% |
$71,131 |
5.8% |
38 |
| 1967 |
Bertram J. Miner |
Roger
L. Kresge |
$1,373,912 |
$1,373,771 |
99.9% |
$71,461 |
5.5% |
38 |
| 1968 |
Frank G. Paul*/
I. Glenn Stevenson
|
Ernest
W. Fox |
$1,488,754 |
$1,504,660 |
101.1% |
$130,889 |
9.5% |
38 |
| 1969 |
Eli G. White |
Carl
V. Olsen |
$1,673,567 |
$1,678,312 |
100.3% |
$173,652 |
11.5% |
38
|
| 1970 |
Roger L. Kresge |
Russell
D. Sprague |
$1,856,707 |
$1,735,896 |
93.5% |
$57,584 |
3.4% |
39 |
| 1971 |
Stuart McCarty |
I. Glenn Stevenson |
$1,789,686 |
$1,792,682 |
100.2% |
$56,786 |
3.3% |
39 |
| 1972 |
Robert R. Lacey |
Edward L. Stratton |
$1,834,636 |
$1,847,147 |
100.7% |
$54,465 |
3.0% |
39 |
| 1973 |
Robert
F. Schumann |
Charles G. Brink |
$1,951,900 |
$1,837,542 |
94.1% |
($9,605) |
-0.5% |
37** |
United
Way of Broome County
|
Campaign
for |
President |
Campaign
Chair
|
Goal
|
Raised |
Percent
of Goal
|
Increase
Amount |
Increase
Percent |
Agencies |
| 1974 |
James E. Gow |
Stuart
McCarty |
$2,001,507 |
$2,019,286 |
100.9% |
$181,744 |
9.9% |
36** |
| 1975 |
James E. Gow |
Sarah Smith |
$2,192,590 |
$2,107,728 |
96.1% |
$88,442 |
4.4% |
36** |
| 1976 |
William H. Rincker |
Fred W. Stein |
$2,195,352 |
$2,132,769 |
97.1% |
$25,041 |
1.2% |
34** |
| 1977 |
Helen A. Gamble |
Herbert C. Hooley |
$2,303,714 |
$2,232,006 |
96.9% |
$99,237 |
4.7% |
34** |
| 1978 |
Charles G. Brink |
Robert W.
Harkness |
$2,500,048 |
$2,422,134 |
96.9% |
$190,728 |
8.5% |
35** |
| 1979 |
Fred W. Stein |
John W. James |
$2,580,477 |
$2,597,265 |
100.7% |
$174,531 |
7.2% |
37** |
| 1980 |
John M.
Keeler |
David M. Gouldin |
$2,792,104 |
$2,792,533 |
100.1% |
$195,268 |
7.5% |
36** |
| 1981 |
John M.
Keeler |
Donald F. Snyder |
$3,044,272 |
$2,879,183 |
94.6% |
$86,650 |
3.1% |
36** |
| 1982 |
John M.
Keeler |
Dottie S.
Botnick |
$3,061,175 |
$3,105,305 |
101.4% |
$226,122 |
7.9% |
36** |
| 1983 |
David M. Gouldin |
Richard R. Millar |
$3,500,000 |
$3,571,982 |
102.1% |
$466,677 |
15.0% |
36** |
| 1984 |
David M. Gouldin |
Kenneth E. Johnson |
$3,825,000 |
$3,872,076 |
101.2% |
$300,094 |
8.4% |
38** |
| 1985 |
John J. Consey |
Sandra I. Ratvasky |
$4,065,000 |
$4,211,753 |
103.6% |
$339,677 |
8.8% |
37** |
| 1986 |
Joyce D. Gilroy |
John M.
Keeler |
$4,500,000 |
$4,305,692 |
95.7% |
$93,939 |
2.2% |
36** |
| 1987 |
Dr. Donald
W. Beattie |
James J. Murphy |
$4,600,000 |
$4,363,432 |
94.9% |
$57,740 |
1.3% |
36** |
| 1988 |
John E. Wedge |
Robert J. Smith |
$4,400,001 |
$4,436,712 |
100.8% |
$73,280 |
1.7% |
38** |
| 1989 |
John E. Wedge |
Charles E. Dickson |
$4,615,000 |
$4,502,625 |
97.6% |
$65,913 |
1.5% |
38** |
| 1990 |
Thomas E. Walls, Jr. |
Joseph E. Dahm |
$4,625,000 |
$4,545,774 |
98.2% |
$43,149 |
1.0% |
34** |
| 1991*** |
Jesse S. Pevear |
Kenneth
H. Miller |
$5,000,000 |
$4,879,632 |
97.6% |
$333,858 |
7.3% |
34** |
| 1992*** |
Jesse S. Pevear |
David L. Birchenough |
$5,000,000 |
$4,839,755 |
96.8% |
($39,877) |
-0.8% |
34** |
| 1993*** |
Arthur C. Smith |
Robert W. Carey |
$4,850,000 |
$4,449,157 |
91.7% |
($390,598) |
-8.1% |
36** |
| 1994*** |
Robert W. Carey |
Deborah A. Gouldin |
$4,125,000 |
$4,023,091 |
97.6% |
($426,066) |
-9.6% |
34** |
| 1995 |
Mark T. O'Neil Jr |
James E. Lee |
$3,890,000 |
$3,725,000 |
95.8% |
($298,091) |
-7.4% |
34** |
| 1996 |
Ronald B. Lake |
John T. Fitzsimmons |
$3,600,000 |
$3,600,120 |
100% |
($124,880) |
-3.4% |
33** |
| 1997 |
Patricia A. Phelps |
Andrew D. Fornarola*/ Peter V. McGinn
|
$3,700,000 |
$3,602,083 |
97.4% |
$1,963 |
0.1% |
31** |
| 1998 |
Patricia A. Phelps |
Scott E. Dagenais |
$3,700,000 |
$3,623,220 |
98.0% |
$21,137 |
0.6% |
30** |
| 1999 |
Deborah A. Gouldin |
Mary Ann Swain |
$3,700,000 |
$3,701,150 |
100% |
$77,930 |
2.2% |
30** |
| 2000 |
Deborah A. Gouldin |
Paul R. Hoffmann |
$3,780,000 |
$3,730,461 |
98.7% |
$29,311 |
0.8% |
30** |
| 2001 |
James P. Daly, Jr. |
John
R. May |
$3,800,000 |
$3,804,810 |
100.1% |
$74,349 |
2.0% |
31** |
| 2002 |
James P. Daly, Jr. |
Diana
J. Bendz |
$3,900,000 |
$3,901,688 |
100% |
$96,878 |
2.5% |
31** |
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2003 |
Paul R. Hoffmann |
Oliver
N. Blaise Jr. |
$3,950,000 |
$3,880,245 |
98.2% |
($21,443) |
-0.5% |
31** |
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2004 |
Paul R. Hoffmann |
Thomas
J. Meade Jr. |
$3,950,000 |
$3,951,244 |
100% |
$70,999 |
1.8% |
31** |
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2005 |
Gina Dennison |
Ronald
W. Lesch |
$4,000,000 |
$3,961,794 |
99% |
$10,550 |
0.1% |
31** |
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2006 |
Gina Dennison |
Jeffrey D.
Lake |
$4,000,000 |
$4,001,375 |
100% |
$39,581 |
1.0% |
31** |
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2007 |
Gina Dennison |
Thomas P. Hoke |
$4,020,000 |
$4,021,020 |
100% |
$19,645 |
0.5% |
31** |
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2008 |
Ann McNichols |
John Leet |
$4,040,000 |
$4,000,487 |
99% |
($20,533) |
-0.5% |
29** |
Campaign
Themes by year.
*resigned
**does
not include local community services, such as First Call for Help and Voluntary Action
Center
***combined campaign with local affiliate of American Heart Association
United Way financial activities are a matter of public record. You may obtain a
copy of the latest annual financial record filed with the New York State Office of Charities Registration by writing to:
Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY
10271; or United Way of Broome County, Inc., PO Box 550, Binghamton, NY
13902-0550.
Updated:
May 19, 2008
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