Fundraising

The State Campaign

The State Campaign is the way that state employees give to non-profit agencies through payroll deduction and cash gifts.

It was determined by lawmakers that there was a need to provide a single, convenient channel through which State Employees could support their favorite charities with a minimum of workplace disruption and administrative cost. The state decided to create a fund raising program for their employees which uses a broad selection of charities to contribute to, and a process to supervise and evaluate those charities to ensure the absence of fraud.

The Alabama State Employee Combined Charitable Campaign (ASECCC) was established by law in 1992 to lessen the burden of the government to help those in need by allowing state employees to give to approved charities through the workplace, and offer them the option of payroll deduction for their gifts. This act assists in meeting the needs of human health, welfare, and human care services by supporting and encouraging charitable giving among the many individuals employed by the state who are not solicited by other fund-raising methods. Such an effort is accomplished annually with a kickoff of the campaign in September concluding in December.

The United Way works with the ASECCC by channeling the funds raised by the state employees to the correct agencies, and ensuring that a minimum of overhead cost is used in the fund-raising process. In addition, most of the Wiregrass United Way Member Agencies are listed in the ASECCC, and the Wiregrass United Way itself is listed, meaning that state employees can give directly to many United Way agencies, or directly to the Wiregrass United Way.

More information on the Campaign among the State Employees is availible online at the Alabama State Combined Campaign's website.

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