African-American Leadership
The Charmaine Chapman Society is the premier philanthropic program for African-Americans in the region. It is the pinnacle of African-American leadership giving not only in our region but also nationwide, leading all other United Ways both in the number of African-Americans who are leadership givers and in the number of African-Americans who belong to the Alexis de Tocqueville Society. The first woman and first African-American to head the United Way of Greater St. Louis, Charmaine Chapman inspired us to achieve some of our greatest fundraising successes. She was president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Greater St. Louis from February 1994 until her death in 2001, during which time she led the organization toward a new focus that identified critical regional issues and organized public and private collaborations to tackle them.
African-American Leadership Campaign Cabinet
History
In 1994, Dr. Donald Suggs, president and publisher of The St. Louis American, founded the African-American Leadership Giving Initiative to enable a growing segment of the community to be visible and gain recognition for their support of health and human services through the United Way.
To honor former United Way CEO Charmaine Chapman's legacy of compassion and care, the initiative took on her name in 2002.
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