stacey stewart knows this. she is the u.s. president of the united way, the national organization overseeing more than 1200 local organizations. let's first talk about the giving side - high unemployment, the recession that we're still recovering from. what has that done to charitable giving in this country? > > in many cases it has devastated some parts of the charitable sector. we saw giving decline as much as 10% or more - some organizations experienced even greater declines. and we haven't seen a complete recovery from the worst of the economy in 2008. > i assume exacerbating all of this is the fact that there have been cuts in state budgets and in the federal budget as well. > > we are all living through a disaster of a federal fiscal situation, and that is also showing up at the state and local levels. not only is that impacting some nonprofit organizations that rely on government funding, but it has also put additional pressure on social services, and that is the whole reason why so many charitable organizations are fee