Three Washington-area charities were left off the list of eligible recipients for this year’s Combined Federal Campaign due to an error by the region’s United Way chapter, according to The Washington Post.

The affected groups — the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, the animal-rescue service Animal Allies, and the Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons — took in a combined $70,000 to $80,000 in payroll deductions from government employees last year.

Bill Hanbury, chief executive of the United Way of the National Capital Area, said the three organizations fell through the cracks of a paperwork pile-up stemming from new, more stringent submission procedures for participating charities. He said the United Way would make up their expected losses out of its own budget.

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