Stopped giving to UW years ago. It is a scam and most of the money goes to chiefs and the indians working under them. Very little to organizations and look at what they are supporting. Feel the same way about the Red Cross. Try to find out where they hold their conventions - sounds like the government scams as of late.
Remember the scandal a couple decades ago about the United Way top brass living, spending, and traveling lavishly? And I believe it involved blatant misuse of UW funds rising to illegality.
Also, In some areas, Planned Parenthood is one of the recipient organizations, IIRC. And it’s true that designating what organization receives your money is a scam; they just re-arrange the funds so that every group gets its allocated piece of the pie.
I was appointed as UW coordinator one season. I refused. I was told I had no choice. I scheduled my hip replacement for that period. Drastic, but I wasn’t going to do UW and I needed the hip replacement anyhow, so did it sooner rather than later. UW is evil.