I hate trump but I also know the CFC is done on peoples work time so I am fine canceling. It is so easy for individuals to donate to charities and there was no matching from agencies so it seems like it is a good thing to cancel

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s CFC

Combined Federal Campaign

Allows federal employees to have money taken from their paychecks and sent to charities.

Thanks for explaining. That’s unfortunate! Don’t understand what harm this would cause.

There was a lot of work hours spent by supervisors cajoling subordinates to donate each year when the CFC rolls around.

A full month of nagging from higher ups to participate.

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Anonymous wrote:Surely you can make your own donations without the government doing it for you.

Surely you don’t care that a program was available to help people donate if they wanted. It cost the taxpayer nothing.

Celebrating this means celebrating charities getting fewer donations. If the CFC didn’t help them earn money, they wouldn’t have participated.

Sorry you hate charity, I guess.

This is only partially true. There was a surprising amount of effort put into this by agency personnel. Our mid-sized agency had dozens of key workers, a talent show, and more. It wasn’t a massive time sink, but it wasn’t zero. And now that we’ve taken a huge personnel hit, I’m somewhat relieved that it will no longer continue.

But you are right, without the pressure campaign, charities will receive fewer dollars.

It always felt weird getting solicited at work to donate to charities out of my own money so that my employer/the fed gov’t could brag about all the money they raised. Fed employees never quite seemed to get credit for their personal generosity.

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Anonymous wrote:If this happens it will be the only good thing this administration does. CFC is a relic and makes no sense in a world where anyone can make donations online to any org.

What? If you don’t like it, no one forced you to use it. The charities pay to run the CFC through participation fees on their end. They find it productive enough to pay for.

So the participating charities’ fees cover the salaries of the federal employees who are diverted from their regular duties to manage the cfc campaigns for a couple of months each year, marketing costs, etc? I genuinely didn’t realize this- it should be better publicized.

Some people disliked the pressure to give "even $5" to get their agency or group a 100% participation award. The managers and appointed "reps" competed and donating outside CFC didn't count...you were just not a team player.
Charities used to be listed...they broadened them but some I donated to on my own were not listed...radical, foreign, etc.
I was a grudging $5 giver to please my boss.
I gave thousands outside CFC.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s CFC

Combined Federal Campaign

Allows federal employees to have money taken from their paychecks and sent to charities.

Thanks for explaining. That’s unfortunate! Don’t understand what harm this would cause.

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Exactly.

I think it did encourage people to donate when they otherwise might not have thought about it

You can still give OP. Stop with fake outrage. Giving quietly makes it more meaningful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s CFC

Combined Federal Campaign

Allows federal employees to have money taken from their paychecks and sent to charities.

Fortunately there is another way for federal employees to take money from their paychecks and sent to charities! It’s called donating on their website! It’s awesome, try it!

No idea about now, but back in the 90s when I represented right-wing "charities", this was a huge fundraiser for the right and not nearly as much so for the left. Here's to hoping it hasn't changed.

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Anonymous wrote:If this happens it will be the only good thing this administration does. CFC is a relic and makes no sense in a world where anyone can make donations online to any org.

What? If you don’t like it, no one forced you to use it. The charities pay to run the CFC through participation fees on their end. They find it productive enough to pay for.

Don’t you see the irony in this? Less money is going to the intended targets if charities have to pay these administrative fees. Eliminating this and giving directly is more efficient and a better use of your charitable dollar because it isn’t going to the CFC employee salaries instead (none of that is “free”!). Yay for charities, they’ll have more cash to spend on their causes! (Surely you are still going to give, right? RIGHT?)

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Anonymous wrote:Surely you can make your own donations without the government doing it for you.

Surely you don’t care that a program was available to help people donate if they wanted. It cost the taxpayer nothing.

Celebrating this means celebrating charities getting fewer donations. If the CFC didn’t help them earn money, they wouldn’t have participated.

Sorry you hate charity, I guess.

Nah, I give quite a lot to charity. Republicans in general donate to charity at much higher rates than Dems. I don’t need a government program to help.

Anonymous wrote:What’s CFC

Combined Federal Campaign

Allows federal employees to have money taken from their paychecks and sent to charities.