Resources & Media Coverage
Background information you might find useful in working with your Board and others.
- Coalition’s Federal Register Submission May 21, 2013 – Signed by America’s Charities, Christian Service Charities, Community Health Charities of America, EarthShare, Global Impact, Independent Sector, National Black United Fund, Inc., United Way Worldwide, and YMCA of the USA
- America’s Charities’ Letter to OPM May 3, 2013
- America’s Charities’ Submission Summary to Federal Register Response May 3, 2013
- America’s Charities’ Official Federal Register Submission May 3, 2013
- America’s Charities Executive Summary April 23, 2013
- Backgrounder & Details April 23, 2013
- Audio Link to America’s Charities Member Session April 18, 2013
- OPM’s Official Document with Proposed CFC Changes April 8, 2013
- Connect with the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform
- Connect with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs
- Connect with Members of Congress from your local area
Links and Resources
- Center for NonProfit Advancement – http://www.nonprofitadvancement.org/blog/combined-federal-campaign-teleconference-alert
- Charity Choices’ Rule Analysis
- Bill Huddleston, the CFC Coach, “Back to the Drawing Board”
- Independent Sector – http://www.independentsector.org/combined_federal_campaign
- The Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington – http://nonprofitroundtable.org/blog/810-cfc-action-alert
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, “They’re Monkeying with CFC Qualification Rules”
Media Coverage:
- New CFC Rules Lay a Path to Expanding Giving and Cutting Costs
- Far Fewer Federal Employees Donated to Charity Campaign Last Year
- New CFC Regulations Are a Blueprint for a Charitable Future
- Controversial CFC Regs Approved by OPM; Both Parties Protest
- CFC Will Centralize, Charge Application Fees to Charities
- Charities, Lawmakers Voice Concerns Over OPM’s Rewrite of CFC Rules
- Could Overhaul to Federal Giving Drive Do More Harm Than Good?
- United Way Plans to Ask Congress to Strike New Rules to Govern Federal Charity Drive
- Charities Hit OPM’s Federal Workplace Giving Rules, But Welcome Invitation to Discuss Them
- Charities Critical of New Federal Giving Rules
- Making CFC Giving Count
- Charities Will Now Have to Pay a Fee to Participate in Annual Federal Giving Drive
- The Combined Federal Campaign is an Unrealized Asset
- America’s Charities Press Release: “Charity Coalition Testifies Against Proposed CFC Changes”
- Committee On Oversight & Government Reform: Video of Hearing and Written Testimony
- Federal News Radio: “Charities Bristle at OPM’s Proposed Changes to CFC Program”
- Nonprofit Quarterly Article: “Questionable CFC Reforms from the OPM”
- The Washington Post: ” Federal Diary: Proposed Changes to Employee Giving Campaign Challenged”
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: “Charities Urge Congress to Scrap Changes to Federal Charity Drive”
- Federal Times: “Lawmakers Question Proposed CFC Changes”
- Government Executive: “Federal Charity Drive Overhaul Proposals Draw Criticism”