{"value"=>"<p>This series documents the formation of the National Black United Fund (NBUF) and local, independent, affiliated Black United Funds (BUF). There is a file containing Richard E. Charles' (a consultant) comments on Walker's original proposal to establish a United Negro Fund, a precursor to the NBUF. Unfortunately, Walker's proposal is not in the collection. A paper, titled, \"An Idea in Need of Support: United Black Appeals (UBA)\", available in these files, proved to IFCO that a national fund raising organization with local independent agencies could survive. The correspondence in the files indicates that IFCO and UBA occasionally exchanged fund raising techniques.</p> <p>There is also correspondence with the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade, Inc., an organization IFCO funded to develop local BUFs. Additionally, the folder contains proposals from IFCO to other organizations to fund the NBUF, as well as correspondence and preliminary plans to organize the first NBUF training program curriculum at Atlanta University's School of Social Work. Other documents include agreements and research reports that show the development of the NBUF and local, autonomous BUFs under IFCO's auspices.</p>"}