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 water in the Third World, environmental protection, and better lives and renewed hope for millions of people in our global community.
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. You may indicate your choice by designating in the boxes provided up to five organizations. Except for documented expenses for the operation of the local CFCs and uncollected pledges, all contributions are distributed as designated. Each Federal Executive Committee, comprised of federal employees, must approve and monitor these costs.
Please do not designate any organization not listed in the official CFC brochure. Write-ins are prohibited and cannot be accepted. If you desire, you may donate to the CFC anonymously by placing your confidential gift in a sealed envelope. For contributors who prefer not to designate a specific agency or federation, undesignated gifts will be distributed proportionately to all organizations that received designated gifts.
Payroll deduction is your key to substantial giving by letting you spread your contribution across the entire year. Last year, more than 95 percent 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 ensures your continuing role in the care and stewardship of your community and your world.
The US Office of Personnel Management makes the final decisions on all charities eligible for the National List. It also is the final administrative level for appeals on national and local applications, provides guidance and technical advice on regulations, and has the authority to conduct compliance audits on any CFC fiscal records.
The Federal Executive Association of the Greater Charleston Area is our "Board of Directors" ( top )
Every year, the FEA selects one of the voluntary organizations involved in the CFC to manage the campaign and serve as fiscal agent. OPM sets strict requirements for this role. Annual audits are required of the PCFO by an independent CPA.
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 forbidden. In order to guarantee this voluntary spirit, the Office of Personnel Management has identified several practices that are not permitted, including but not limited to: supervisory solicitation of employees supervised; setting of 100 percent 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; developing and using lists of non-contributors. Civilian employees who wish to register complaints about coercion should consult with their personnel offices; military personnel should contact their commanding officers.
Charities applied either at the national or local level. Charities with documented programs in fifteen states or a foreign country or several parts of a foreign country applied directly to the Office of Personnel Management. Only those agencies certified by OPM are listed on the CFC website in the National and International Agencies sections.
Local charities that help residents in their area or adjacent counties applied to the FEA, the "board of directors" of our campaign. The local charities listed under the heading "Local Agencies" have met OPM requirements for local eligibility. If you would like more information about the finances, services, benefits or programs an organization provides, you may call the organization directly at the telephone number provided in the Agency Listing or visit their home page, if available.
Contributions, less uncollected pledges and the FEA approved administrative costs, are remitted at regular intervals by the Principal Combined Fund Organization in accordance with CFC regulations.
The following information has been taken directly from the official Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) brochure. Charitable organizations appearing in this brochure have complied with regulations governing admission to the CFC. The one brochure is composed of a National List, approved by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and a Local List, approved by the Federal Executive Association (FEA). Charitable organizations and federations eligible for the National List have elected to appear either in the National/International section of the National List or in the International section of the National List based on the scope of their programs.
A federation is a group of voluntary charitable human health and welfare organizations established for purposes of supplying common fundraising, administrative, and management services to its members. Each federation is listed with its member organizations as the first organization. If you wish to designate all or some portion of your contribution to a federation, please record that federation's corresponding code number on your pledge card. Contributions designated to a federation will be shared in accordance with the federation's policy. If you wish to designate all or some portion of your contribution to a federation member organization, please record that organization's corresponding code number on your pledge card.
You may wish to designate to a specific organization or organizations not affiliated with a federation (unaffiliated organizations). If you wish to designate all or some portion of your contribution to an unaffiliated organization, please record that organization's corresponding code number on your pledge card.
If you wish your contribution to be distributed proportionately to all international organizations that received designated gifts, you may do so by recording the code letters identified below on your pledge card. IIII I request that my gift be shared by all international organizations listed in the "International Section" of the "Agency Listing" in the same proportion that international organizations received designations.
Even if you choose not to designate to a specific agency or federation, your contribution will still be accepted. Funds contributed to the CFC, but not designated to a specific organization or federation, will be distributed to all organizations in the CFC brochure in the same proportion as they received in designations. Organizations which receive no designated dollars cannot receive any donations
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