Hard work and generosity.
These two strong threads in the American character intersect in charitable fundraising drives at workplaces throughout the United States. Through annual campaigns, hard-working people of ordinary means express their generosity. The payroll deduction, which characterizes most of workplace giving, allows even people with modest resources to become philanthropists.
Donors who participate in workplace giving campaigns – people we like to call Payroll Philanthropists – are stunningly generous. In fact, workplace giving programs are so convenient that people who earn less typically give proportionately more.
This site is sponsored by the Workplace Giving Alliance, a consortium of federations participating in workplace campaigns in the public sector. Foremost is the Combined Federal Campaign, the largest workplace fund drive in the world. Each year, more than a million federal employees donate more than a quarter billion dollars to thousands of eligible organizations. State and municipal employees donate tens of millions of dollars more.
We invite you to learn more about workplace giving, our Alliance federations and their member charities by reviewing this site or visiting the sites listed to the right.
To learn more about how the CFC operates and the financial support donated by federal employees, we invite you to browse our Million Donors Choose report, which is an ongoing research effort to examine the Combined Federal Campaign.
To join the discussion about the CFC and the mechanism of payroll philanthropy, we welcome you to visit our blog: www.payrollphilanthropy.org.
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