Business and Workplace Giving
Workplace giving programs create the opportunity for business owners and managers to educate their employees about the services available through the American Red Cross. Workplace education and charitable giving activities may include community special events and sponsorships or the convenience of employee payroll deductions in support of year-round giving.
Historically, the workplace has provided a convenient and obvious resource to communicate the good work of charitable organizations. By hosting workplace giving programs business leaders demonstrate positive steps toward integrating their company’s identity into the community. These methods include:
Payroll Deduction (One-Time Gifts, On-Going Deductions)
Payroll deduction is a convenient way for employees to contribute financially to the Red Cross in support of disaster preparedness. If your company doesn’t have an organized employee giving program, we will work with employee organizers to customize a year-round program that could include:
- Training in a variety of preparedness areas
- Consultation in organizing and administering the company’s charitable giving program for employees
- Assistance establishing payroll deduction services, if they don’t already exist
United Way Designation
The American Red Cross Capital Region Chapter does not receive funding from United Way; however, the new role of United Way is to provide a giving tool to donors to designate a charity of their choice. If your workplace offers a United Way campaign, we ask you to include the American Red Cross Capital Region Chapter as one of the organizations allowed to makes presentations directly to your employees. Your employees can give to the Capital Region Chapter by designating their contribution to the chapter.
Matching Gifts
Nearly 75% of all major companies in the United States participate in a Matching Gifts or Dollars for Doers program. This percentage is expected to grow even higher as companies realize that individuals seek increased satisfaction from their jobs and that recognition for volunteerism increases that feeling of worthiness. While matching gfts program match donated funds, the Dollars for Doers program provides monetary donations for the time that employees work for a non-profit organization.
These programs make your dollars and volunteer hours go further to support the Red Cross. You can search to see if your company is a matching gifts company or check with your Human Resources department to see if your company participates in either matching gifts or Dollars for Doers.
Make your hours and dollars count for MORE!
For more information on business and workplace giving programs contact Matt Lingo at (916) 993-7081 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
