Why Donate
You Accomplish So Much With Your CFC Gift
This year, many local, national, and international voluntary agencies will benefit from your thoughtfulness and generosity. A few minutes of your time today can mean meals for hungry children, relief for families in need of counseling, further work on cures for diseases, comfort for the dying, access to clean water in the Third World, environmental protection, and better lives and renewed hope for millions of people in our global community. The Combined Federal Campaign represents over 2200 different charities. You can donate to just one or as many as you like. The minimum donation is one dollar cash or one dollar per pay period per charity.
Payroll Deduction Lets You Help All Year Long
Payroll deduction makes it convenient for you to give by letting you spread your contribution across the entire year. Last year, more than 90% of all CFC funds raised were given through payroll deduction. Payments on payroll deduction pledges begin on the first pay period in January. Because there is no simpler way for you to make good things happen for so many people, payroll deduction helps you care for your community and your world.
You Control Where Your Gift Will Go
All Federal employees have the right to contribute or not to contribute to the CFC. The choice is yours. Through your designation, you ensure that your donation goes to meet those needs that you feel are most important.
Please do not designate to an organization that is not listed in this brochure. Adding organizations not listed, or write-in, is prohibited and donations to such organizations cannot be accepted. If you prefer, you may donate to the CFC anonymously by placing your confidential gift in a sealed envelope. All funds contributed through the CFC that are not designated to a specific organization or federation will be distributed to the organizations listed in the CFC brochure in the same proportion as the contributions designated to them. If an organization receives five percent of the overall donations, then that organization will receive five percent of the undesignated funds. If an organization receives none of the overall donations, then that organization will no receive any of the undesignated funds.
CFC Operating Costs are Low
The Metropolitan Atlanta Combined Federal Campaign does not employ any of its staff. All of the Loaned Executives and other staff members were loaned to the campaign by their Federal agencies, which continue to pay their salaries. The only costs associated with the campaign are for printing materials, purchasing incentive items, purchasing supplies, and contracting with a local charity to do the accounting and distribution of the funds that are collected. All of these expenses total less than eight percent of the money collected.
The Voluntary Spirit of Giving is Guaranteed
Remember, any contribution you make should be freely given. You have the right not to be improperly influenced in making your decision regarding the making or withholding of contributions in the CFC. Coercion is strictly forbidden.
In order to guarantee this voluntary spirit, OPM has identified several practices that are not permitted, including but not limited to: supervisory solicitation of employees supervised, setting of 100% participation goals, providing and using contributor lists for purposes other than the routine collection and forwarding of contributions and installment pledges, establishing personal dollar goals and quotas, and developing and using lists of non-contributors.
Civilian employees who wish to register complaints about coercion should contact their personnel offices; military personnel should consult with their commanding officers.
The Local Federal Coordinating Committee (LFCC) is Your “Board of Directors”
The Local Federal Coordinating Committee (LFCC) approved local and statewide charities that help residents in this area or in adjacent counties as having met the eligibility standards established by the CFC regulations. The LFCC is composed of Federal employees and representatives of labor unions with Federal employees as members. Decisions regarding the inclusion of charities in your local campaigns are made by the LFCC. LFCCs are also responsible for the oversight of your local CFC in conformance with the CFC regulations and policies established by OPM.
Special Notice Regarding Donations of $250 or More
A Federal employee who makes a one-time (cash, check, or money order) contribution of $250 or more and those who make a payroll deduction contribution of $250 or more per pay period to a single organization in the CFC should consult a tax adviser to determine if additional verification of the donation is required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Such verification can be obtained by contacting the Metropolitan Atlanta Combined Federal Campaign at 404-562-3349.
