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'[[File:San Francisco, California. Entrance to a restaurant vacated by a proprietor of Japanese descent pri . . . - NARA - 536020.jpg|thumb|upright|Small Community Chest sticker, on door of a vacated restaurant, San Francisco, California, 1942]] [[File:Photograph of actress Ingrid Bergman pinning a corsage on First Lady Bess Truman, who received a community chest... - NARA - 199441.jpg|thumb|[[Bess Truman]] receiving a Community Chest award from [[Ingrid Bergman]] (1946)]] The '''Community Chests''' in the United States and Canada were fund-raising organizations that collected money from local businesses and workers and distributed it to community projects. The first Community Chest, "Community Fund", was founded in 1913 in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] by the Federation for Charity and Philanthropy.<ref>The Center for Community Solutions, 2010. http://www.communitysolutions.com/about_us/evolution_brief.aspx</ref> The number of Community Chest organizations increased from 39 to 353 between 1919 and 1929, and surpassed 1,000 by 1948. By 1963, and after several name changes, the term "[[United Way of America|United Way]]" was adopted in the United States, whereas the [[United Way of Canada|United Way/Centraide]] name was not adopted in Canada until 1973–74. The Community Chest was promoted on several [[old-time radio]] shows, including the [[H. J. Heinz Company]]–sponsored ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' show, the [[S. C. Johnson & Son]]–sponsored ''[[Fibber McGee and Molly]]'' show, and the [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]]-sponsored ''[[Let George Do It (radio)|Let George Do It]]'' show. Some local organizations continue to use the Community Chest name, such as Concord-Carlisle Community Chest<ref>[http://www.cccommunitychest.org/ Concord-Carlisle Community Chest]</ref> in [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S.A. It also continues to be used as the name for a gameplay feature in the board game [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]. ==See also== * [[The Community Chest of Hong Kong]] * [[United Givers Fund]] * [[United Way of America]] * [[United Way Worldwide]] * [[Whiting Williams]] ==References== * [http://www.ccchest.org.au United Way Central Coast Community Chest - Australia] {{Reflist}} [[Category:1913 establishments in Ohio]] [[Category:Charities based in Canada]] [[Category:Charities based in the United States]] [[Category:Organizations established in 1913]] [[Category:United Ways|Community]] {{US-philanthropy-org-stub}} {{Canada-org-stub}}'