Florida's Embattled State-Worker Charity Campaign Nosedives

Florida’s annual state worker charity drive, which came under fire last year for exorbitant overhead, finished its worst campaign last week in its 36-year history.

And once again, the New Jersey company that serves as the campaign’s fiscal agent, Solix Inc., is set to get most of the money.

The Florida State Employees’ Charitable Campaign, which ran Sept. 1 through Nov. 10, raised only $282,092 in pledges, according to the Department of Management Services. Solix, under its contract with the state, would get $180,000, or nearly 64 percent. The rest—only about $102,000—would go to charities.