Why People Give | About People Who Give | About CFC
 

•  Central Arkansas Federal employees pledged $863,527 in 2006.
  
   

•  You can designate your gift to any agency(ies) or federation(s) in the CFC Agency Resource Guide.



 

•  Your payroll deduction gift will begin in January of 2007 and will expire on December 31, 2007.



 

•  Hundreds of your Federal co-workers are being served by CFC-supported agencies right here in Arkansas.



 

•  All charities in the CFC Resource Guide have to apply each year and meet certain criteria to participate in CFC.



 

•  The average contribution of the 2005 Central Arkansas campaign was $179.



 

•  The local CFC includes over 13,000 federal, military and postal service employees.

Why do People Give to Charities?

•  Something or someone has touched their lives


 

•  They want to give back


 

•  They believe in or are involved in a cause


 

•  Others around them are giving


 

•  The climate is right


 

•  Because they were asked


 

Facts About People in the U.S. Who Give *

•  48% of charity dollars come from homes with an income under $30,000


 

•  90% of charity dollars come from individuals


 

•  75% of Americans report they give money to charities


 

•  38% of Americans say they wish they had given more to charity


 

•  14% of Americans would have donated if asked


 

•  Most people who give to charity also volunteer


 

•  Most people give between 1% and 2% of their income to charity



 

 

* Source: Survey from “The Independent Sector”                                    

This is the         official  Combined Federal Campaign website for CFC of Greater Arkansas.

This is the official Combined Federal Campaign website for CFC of Greater Arkansas.

This site has been reviewed and approved by the CFC of Greater Arkansas
Local Federal Coordinating Committee for the 2006 CFC Campaign.

For more information, contact the PCFO at (501)376-4567 or info@heartaruw.org