Keeping Promises
In 2006, Congressman Yarmuth pledged to donate his entire Congressional salary to Louisville charities. The Congressman's post-tax salary for 2007 totaled just over $120,000, all of which he donated, in varying sums, to the over 30 local charities listed below. Congressman Yarmuth also voted against pay raises for members of Congress.
- Alzheimer's Association
- Boyshaven
- Brain Injury Association of Kentucky
- Bridgehaven
- Brooklawn
- CASA
- Cedar Lake Lodge
- Center for Women and Families
- Children's Hospital Foundation
- Christian Care Communities
- Community Health Charities of Kentucky
- Dare to Care
- Elderserve
- Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana
- Harbor House
- Historic Homes Foundation
- Home of the Innocents
- Jewish Community Center
- Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage
- Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
- Legal Aid Society
- Louisville Deaf Oral School
- Louisville Fund For the Arts
- Louisville Urban League
- Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation
- Maryhurst
- Metro United Way
- NAACP
- New Zion Community Development Foundation
- Planned Parenthood
- Simmons College
- The Bingham Clinic
- The Fairness Campaign
- The First Tee of Louisville
- The Kentucky Humane Society
- The Library Foundation
- Wellspring
- Youth Alive
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