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Charity Listing
To review the 2011 Central Ohio and West Virginia CFC Charity Listing, click here.
Pledge Card Instructions
Print legibly and in all capital letters on the lines provided with black ball-point pen.
Required Fields:
First Name, Last Name, SSN/Employee Number (depending on your payroll office's requirements), Federal Employer, Employer Address, Donor Work Phone Number, Allotment Source information (payroll, cash or check), and Annual Contribution Total, Designation codes and amounts (if specifying an agency/agencies to receive your contribution), Acknowledgement information or Anonymous box checked, Date and Signature.
**If the Acknowledgement fields are left blank, we will assume you wish your pledge to remain anonymous.**
Frequently Asked Donor Questions
1. How is the CFC Structured? |
1. How is the CFC Structured?
The CFC is made up of local campaigns that raise funds in Federal workplaces across the country and around the world. Federal agencies within 33 counties in Central/Southern Ohio and West Virginia are eligible to participate in the Central Ohio and West Virginia CFC.
2. Who decides where/how my donation is spent?
You! Each donor designates their dollars to meet their interests. You may pick a single cause - or several causes - and apportion you contribution among them in any way you like. By designating where your CFC contributions will go, you ensure that your donation goes to meet the needs that you feel are most important. You may designate the organizations of your choice where indicated on your pledge card. Additional designations must be completed on a second pledge card. With the exception of documented expenses for the operation of the local CFCs and uncollected pledges, all contributions are distributed as designated.
3. Who decides which charities can participate in the CFC?
The LFCC reviews all local charity applications and makes decisions regarding inclusion of charities in the local campaign in compliance with CFC regulations. The Local Federal Coordinating Committee (LFCC) is composed of federal employees and serves as a "Board of Directors" for the local CFC. In order to participate in the CFC, organizations must demonstrate that they meet the eligibility and public accountability standards set forth in CFC regulations at 5 CFR Part 950.
4. What types of organizations are listed?
Organizations listed in the CFC brochure are either affiliated with a federation or are "unaffiliated". Federations are established for purposes of supplying common fundraising, administrative, and management services to its member organizations. Charitable organizations participating in the CFC as a member of a federation may pay dues or fees to that federation as a service charge. For additional information on a particular federation and any dues/fees paid by its members, either contact the federation, its members, or review the federation's annual report. If you would like more information about the finances, services, benefits or programs an organization provides, you may contact the organization directly using the information provided with their listing.
5. What is the payroll deduction option?
Payroll deduction makes it convenient for you to give by letting you spread your contribution across the entire year. In 2007, more than 90% of all CFC funds raised were given through payroll deduction. Payments on payroll deduction pledges begin on the first pay period beginning in January and conclude with the last pay period beginning in December. 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.
6. Can I contribute to an agency through the CFC that is not listed in the current charity brochure?
No, you cannot designate an organization that is not listed in the brochure. Adding organizations not listed, or "write-ins", is prohibited by CFC regulations and donations to such organizations will be treated as undesignated funds.
If your favorite organization is not listed, please forward their name, mailing and email address to:
Central Ohio and West Virginia CFC
360 S. Third St.
Columbus, OH 43215
7. How do I designate my donation to a specific charity or federation of charities?
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. The federation name will be listed at the top of the list of the federation's member organizations. 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.
8. How do I choose an unaffiliated/independent agency to receive my contribution?
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.
9. What if I do not choose to specify a charity to receive my donation?
All funds contributed to the CFC that are not designated to a specific organization or federation will be distributed to all organizations listed in the CFC brochure in the same proportion as they received designations. Organizations that do not receive designated dollars cannot receive any donations.
10. How do I designate my contribution to an International General Designation?
If you wish to have your contribution distributed proportionately among all international organizations that received designated gifts, you may do so by recording the letters numbers 11111 on your pledge card.
11. How much of my gift goes directly to these organizations?
Our local CFC has one of the highest rates of return and efficiency among all charitable campaigns. Approximately 91 cents of each dollar goes directly to the organizations to which you designate.
12. As a federal employee, do I have to give through the CFC?
No. Participation in the CFC is strictly voluntary. Coercion is forbidden. You have the right not to be improperly influenced regarding your decision to give or not to give through the CFC. Practices not permitted include, but are 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. If you prefer, you may donate to the CFC anonymously by placing your confidential gift in a sealed envelope. Civilian employees may register complaints about coercion with the LFCC and contact their personnel offices; military personnel should contact their commanding officers.
13. Will I receive a receipt for my contribution?
Donors may keep a copy of their pledge card as a receipt of their pledge. 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 IRS. Such verification can be obtained by contacting the local CFC office.