The Nation - News from April 28, 1985

United Way and other charities that give money to youth groups are guilty of “dollar discrimination” against the nation’s 21 million girls, Margaret Gates, the executive director of the Girls Clubs of America, charged in New York. In 1984, she said, United Way gave $2.38 to boys’ programs for every $1 for girls. Gates said that the same held true for private funding, adding that, in 1982, foundations gave 91 grants to girls’ groups, totaling $2 million, and 377 grants to boys’ groups, totaling $13 million.