The Combined Federal Campaign began its 2016 giving season with a simple message: “Show Some Love.”
Micone joked with the crowd that CFC\u2019s season coincided particularly well with President Obama\u2019s Aug. 31 announcement of a 1.6 percent raise for federal employees before announcing the National Capital Region\u2019s giving goal of $47 million, $1 million above its 2015 donation mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To aid in next year\u2019s campaign, CFC has partnered with GiveBack.org, 501(c)(3) donor-advised fund run by Stephen Paletta, to manage its online platform in a way that centralizes CFC giving through individual donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“[Paletta\u2019s] whole goal, his whole passion is to revolutionize how we pivot towards individual donors,” said Keith Willingham, the Office of Personnel Management \u2018s director of CFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There are a lot of folks that are really focused on large donors, corporate donors, folks who have all of the money to try and make a difference. That\u2019s important, but what\u2019s really inspiring about a workplace giving program like this is that you empower individual donors to make a difference in their community, and Stephen Paletta has committed his resources and his life to doing that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paletta,\u00a0who began his foundation after winning Oprah Winfrey\u2019s contest show, The Big Give, said\u00a0GiveBack.org is structured in a way to make it easier for individual donors \u2014 whom he calls “everyday philanthropists” \u2014 to contribute to workplace charity campaigns like CFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\u2019ve been working now with Keith\u2019s team to develop a whole new platform that will be a universal platform for CFC employees where each and every employee is a philanthropist,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paletta said the new platform will offer federal employees individual accounts to manage their donations and gives charities the chance sign up through a charity application portal, providing direct access to the federal government\u2019s 4.2 million employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hope is that with the GiveBack.org platform, employees will find it easier to make their donations during the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This is all about people getting connected to a cause that they care about,” Paletta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CFC officials said that they will also coordinate social media days on Sept. 21, Oct. 11 and Nov. 1 and 21 to remind employees to “Show Some Love” and spread awareness of the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CFC campaign begins this month and runs through December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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