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Children's Charities of America is an association of national charities serving children. Our purpose is to represent charities that meet the highest standards of public accountability and program effectiveness to prospective givers in fund drives conducted at work. Members are presented to more than 10 million workplace givers annually.

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AND BENEFITS - Campaigns reaching an estimated 10,000,000 employees, depending on your local presence eligibility and state charitable solicitation registration.

  • Access to the Combined Federal Campaign, 28 state employee campaigns, scores of municipal, county and university campaigns, United Way campaigns in Washington DC and San Francisco, and various independent corporate campaigns.
  • Automated "sign & go" applications (after first year of participation) including electronic processing and receipt.
  • Application assistance for campaigns where you can qualify directly, e.g. the Philadelphia, PA, and Dayton, OH, United Way campaigns.
  • Donor names & addresses keypunched and forwarded electronically, pre-formatted for download to your contributor database.
  • Monthly electronic funds transfer of gifts directly to your bank account.
  • Members share in "undesignated" funds and gifts made to the federation, as available.
  • Private, workplace campaign online portfolio, where members can check the status of their gifts and distributions at any time, review a three year history of workplace campaign giving, keep up to date on individual marketing programs, and download exclusive workplace training and education materials.
  • Inclusion on our federation's web site, which features "search" capability to help donors find you and information to motivate them to give to you once they do.
  • Automatic notification of campaign speaking opportunities, kickoff events, "agency fairs", and other opportunities to promote your agency directly to donors.
  • Complete workplace campaign marketing support, including but not limited to: campaign marketing packet, annual training conferences, copy writing and consulting service for campaign brochure statements and other campaign marketing materials, and assistance with custom workplace development plans and (optional) mass media display advertising.
  • Vehicle Donations: Through a partnership with VDAC (Vehicle Donations to Any Charity), we offer you a zero liability vehicle donation system. You can accept vehicles from anywhere in the country. We handle the towing, issue a charitable receipt to the donor, auction the vehicle, handle the transfer of title, etc. All you have to do is receive the money. Donations can be accepted online, or via a toll free number.

HOW TO JOIN - A charity may apply for membership in CCA if it is incorporated in the United States, is an IRS-certified 501(c)(3) organization, has programs which serve or affect children in at least 15 states or one or more foreign countries, and commissions an annual independent financial audit conducted by a certified public accountant. Acceptance is subject to additional review and documentation.

To be considered for membership, we must pre-screen your organization for financial and program effectiveness. If you are interested in applying, please mail us the following documents:

  • Your most recent IRS Form 990
  • Your most recent audit
  • Your most recent annual report, or the past four quarterly newsletters

Please mail these documents to:

Children's Charities of America
Attn: Carri Harte
1100 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 340
Larkspur, CA 94939

Please also enclose your contact information in the package and reference that the materials are for membership pre-screening purposes. Once we are in receipt of the documents, we will contact you directly. If you have any questions about the pre-screening process in order to participate in workplace fund drives with CCA, please call Ms. Carri Harte at 1-800-374-1578.

LOCAL CHARITIES - If your charity is a local charity or does not yet work in 15 states, then please connect to the web site of our sister federation, Local Independent Charities of America. Their URL is http://www.lic.org. They perform the same services for local charities as CCA does for national charities. Questions for Local Independent Charities of America may be directed to Mr. Bill Broughan, Director, by calling 1-800-876-0413.