I wouldn't give a dime to the United Way, either. In the organization from which I retired, employees were under a lot of pressure by management to give to UW, and one felt obliged to so, partly to keep management off our backs and so as not to jeopardize a potential promotion. Now that I'm retired, I can conveniently shred any promotional material that still get from UW via my former employer, knowing that my old  management can't do anything about it.