America's Charities is a 501(c)(3) membership-based nonprofit, representing more than 130

charitable organizations A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a ...

in workplace giving campaigns for employers in public and private sectors: the Combined Federal Campaign, the

federal government A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governin ...

’s workplace giving campaign,

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and

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, and nonprofits. In its 40 years, America's Charities has raised more than $750 million for more than 20,000 nonprofits addressing causes including education, human rights, hunger, poverty, research, animal welfare, veteran assistance, disaster relief, and health services. It is based in

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Background

Historically, most workplace giving campaigns in the United States were managed by a different group of charitable federations under the

United Way United Way is an international network of over 1,800 local nonprofit fundraising affiliates. United Way was the largest nonprofit organization in the United States by donations from the public, prior to 2016. United Way organizations raise funds ...

name. Since 1980, America's Charities has represented such charities as

Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of children with a critical illness between the ages of and 18 years old. Make-A-Wish was founded in 1980 and headqua ...

of America,

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Special Contributions Fund,

Ronald McDonald House Charities Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is an independent American nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. RMHC has a global network of c ...

, and The

Humane Society of the United States The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is an American nonprofit organization that focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope. It uses strategies that are beyond the abilities of local organizations. ...

in workplace giving campaigns. In 2002, after a scandal at United Way of the National Capital Area (Washington, D.C.), America's Charities was selected by numerous major employers to help them administer their workplace giving campaigns. These employers included Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil, AARP, National Geographic and some 15 others. In 2004, the United Way of the National Capital Area suspended America's Charities from that fall's United Way campaign, stating that America's Charities had "violated the terms of agreement". By 2008, America's Charities was raising more than $34 million for its members and more than 5,000 other charities in the U.S. from workplace giving campaigns. America's Charities offered clients a state-of-the art web-based system for employer use in conducting workplace campaigns. This system, PledgeFirst, was used by leading employers such as

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AARP AARP (formerly called the American Association of Retired Persons) is an interest group in the United States focusing on issues affecting those over the age of fifty. The organization said it had more than 38 million members in 2018. The magazin ...

, the City of Orlando, and

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. PledgeFirst was phased out beginning in 2015. Today, America's Charities partners with various technology providers to offer employers a suite of workplace giving tools. In late July 2019, America's Charities acquired the Causecast giving platform, which "expands America’s Charities suite of giving and engagement solutions."{{Cite web, url=https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news/causecast-acquired-by-americas-charities/, title=Causecast Acquired By America's Charities, website=The NonProfit Times, language=en, access-date=2019-08-06

External links

America's Charities
Official site.
Charity Giving

References

Charities based in the United States Social welfare charities based in the United States 501(c)(3) organizations Non-profit organizations based in Virginia

Background

See also

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