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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Federated Giving Programs, Human Services, Philanthropy
Mission: Since 1980, America's Charities has been an important partner of many charities, doing vital work, addressing issues across the nation and around the world. Through America's Charities participation in workplace giving campaigns, Americans can make sure children are cared for, the less fortunate are fed and clothed, deserving students are able to continue their education, communities are strengthened, health is improved, Americans rights are defended, and so is the environment. America's Charities: A tradition of giving and caring.
Programs: Campaign management services - activities related to serving as a fiduciary agent for member charities and in provision of campaign management services to public and private sector clients. Ac campaign management services focused on delivering excellent customer service to meet the needs of public and private sector employers where ac manages their workplace giving programs. Services also include aggregating donor and pledge data, performing analyses of pledges and providing payment services. Ac delivered transparent, detailed, and customized reports to member charities, other charities, and public and private sector employers. In addition, ac assisted member charities' finance departments with budgeting and forecasting.
combined federal campaign - activities related to the management of our members participation in the federal government's annual campaign in which federal employees can give to support charity. In 2014, ac worked to generate unrestricted, sustainable financial support for its members through public sector workplace giving programs. Ac applied on behalf of its members and secured their participation in the nationwide cfc and over 100 state and local campaigns. Further, the organization supported member charity participation in over 500 campaign related-events to support public sector employee giving. Ac helps charities generate critcally needed unrestricted funds enabling those charities to deliver programs and services for families, children, individuals and communities nationwideac also provides symposia, webinars, events, and training for charities and employers focused on topics and issues such as employee charitable engagement, volunteer leadership development, donor relationship management and expectations, and leveraging social media.
private sector - activities related to management of private sector clients and member charity participation in client and other private sector campaigns. In 2014, ac generated unrestricted, sustainable financial support for its members in private sector workplace giving programs. Ac managed private sector workplace giving programs for 40 employers and facilitated inclusion of member charities an additional over 50 private sector workplace giving programs. Further, the organization supported member charity participation in over 150 private sector events to support private sector employee giving. Ac conducted research on trends shaping employee engagement and workplace giving. This research was fourth in a series since 2000 and designed to enhance the field of philanthropy and to grow giving. Ac shared intellectual capital and core competencies with charities and employers around social responsibility, employee engagement, workplace giving, campaign management services, fundraising and marketing communications.