Susan Stehling, communications associate of Minneapolis Foundation shares that the first modern Community Chest was born in Cleveland in 1913, and, by 1929, Community Chests had spread to 350 cities and towns around the country, eventually becoming The United Way.
Stehling advices you read the history to learn how and why community philanthropy, locally and nationally, has ebbed and flowed from 1900 until today.
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