FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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What is Community Health Charities of Maine?
- Community Health
Charities of Maine
was founded by
health -related
charities to conduct
workplace fundraising.
The federation
represents 23 statewide
health agencies.
In 1999, Community
Health Charities
of Maine was formed
through a merger
between National
Voluntary Health
Agencies of Maine
and Combined Health
Appeal of Maine.
The organization
has almost 50 years
of history of working
within work place
giving campaigns.
- Employee designations support health agencies’ disease prevention, management and care and provide research, patient services and outreach in communities, bettering the lives of Maine citizens.
How
can Community Health
Charities become a part
of your Employee Giving
Campaign?
- Community
Health Charities of Maine
provides companies with
the resources to smoothly
transition to the combined
model. With careful planning
and execution, using
the tools the federation
offers, implementing
a combined campaign can
bring about great results.
What
services does Community Health
Charities of Maine provide
Employers?
- We can provide companies with a full range of campaign management services, including strategic campaign planning, campaign implementation serving as a resource on fiscal agent decisions and online giving, and facilitating charities’ involvement in campaign events. In addition, we assist companies interested in unifying their campaigns nationally.
What are the accountability standards for Community Health Charities’ member agencies?
- Community Health Charities of Maine and its member agencies have standards ensuring the highest level of charitable efficiency, ethics and public accountability. Moreover, each charity must meet the criteria mandated by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management for inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign. The accountability standards include the following: each charity must undergo an annual application and review process, be a 501(c)3, non-profit organization as certified by the IRS, have an annual audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, have an active, voluntary board of directors, have fundraising and administrative costs that are at or below industry standards and meet other specified requirements. These standards ensure that employee contributions are used properly to help others.
What are your overhead costs?
- Community
Health Charities
of Maine is proud
that its administrative
and fundraising
costs are just
11.5%. Donors may
review the IRS
Form 990 by calling
the Community Health
Charities of Maine
office at 207-799-4666.
What
is the role and value
of a charitable federation?
- A
federation ensures
that employees are
offered charitable
giving choices that
meet the highest
accountability standards.
Federations also
simplify and reduce
pledge processing
costs while providing
accurate and timely
reports to member
charities from multiple
campaigns, reducing
the number of individual
financial transactions.
Agencies appreciate
the cost efficiency
of receiving one
check from many employer
campaigns.
Is there flexibility?
- We can meet a corporation’s needs in almost any instance. We can be flexible in funds flow, agency representation, charity lists and reporting.
Can
we expand our current
Employee Giving campaign
to include other federations
of charitable partners?
- Yes.
Many companies have
decided to expand their
current Employee Giving
campaigns, either by
simply listing Community
Health Charities of
Maine in existing campaign
brochures and pledge
forms, or distributing
the federations' material
separately.
What about the impact on other
giving campaigns ?
- A
well-organized campaign
that promotes employee
involvement and giving
will increase donations
and participation,
raising additional
money for all participating
charities. Moreover,
companies are increasingly
looking at other
indicators to measure
the success of their
campaigns, including
the extent to which
the campaign is integrated
with the company’s
employee involvement
program and whether
the campaign is meeting
company’s
strategic objectives.
Is there value in a company branding its campaign?
- Yes. Many companies are taking ownership of their campaigns, integrating it with their employee involvement programs and tailoring it to meet its broader strategic objectives.
Does it cost anything for a company to conduct a Community Health Charities of Maine campaign?
- Community Health Agencies of Maine campaign development staff can show anyone how to establish an easy, convenient employee giving campaign at little or no cost to a company or organization. Contact the Community Health Agency of Maine office for more information.
How can one contact Community Health Charities of Maine?
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