CHAD provides all organizations, including companies and government offices, with the opportunity to participate in workplace giving campaigns. This makes it possible for employees to contribute to their favorite Nebraska health agencies conveniently and efficiently through payroll deduction. By contributing both time and leadership through involvement in CHAD’s volunteer boards of directors and community councils, business leaders further demonstrate a commitment to good corporate citizenship and enhance their relationships with their communities.
Donors can be confident they are supporting well recognized and highly reputable, established agencies when they contribute to CHAD. CHAD’s membership standards include such criteria as providing statewide programs and services, having a broad base of volunteers, executing an effective system of fundraising, and adhering to strict financial accountability, public reporting and program requirements. Donors can also be certain their dollars are put to effective use. Your dollars support care and support programs, education and prevention programs and advocacy and medical research. In addition, CHAD collaborates with its member agencies to continuously promote public awareness through education and outreach activities.
Below are some Frequently Asked Questions about running a CHAD Campaign. If you still have questions that need to be answered, please contact us any time.
How does CHAD differ from other workplace giving programs?
Our program is unique because it not only gives employees the opportunity to support the individual health agencies that matter most to them, but it also assures them that 100% of their designations go directly to those member agencies. When your employees choose to support specific health agencies, they’re assured that their contribution is going exactly where they want it to.
But how can CHAD operate by giving so much of their incoming proceeds to the agencies?
We believe it is paramount that we represent the interests of the employees who make contributions, so we pride ourselves on maintaining the lowest possible overhead costs. These modest costs historically have been fully funded by undesignated donations to CHAD.
We already have an employee giving campaign in place. Won’t adding a CHAD campaign take funds away from our current efforts?
Actually, it’s the exact opposite – expanding employee giving choices has proven historically to increase donations across the board. We’ve learned that when employees are given more control over how they donate their hard-earned money (and more ways to do so), they are more inclined to give. So adding a CHAD campaign is likely to improve your existing employee giving efforts.
Our employees already contribute to United Way. So why should we consider CHAD?
While United Way funds a wide array of social service and welfare agencies, they do not fund most health causes and they do not fund medical research – both of which are funded by CHAD. Many of the companies we work with are long-time supporters of United Way, but they want to do more to support important health issues in their community. CHAD is the ideal way to add a health component to their employee giving efforts, while maintaining their relationship with United Way.
If we decide to include CHAD, will we have to set up a whole new campaign?
Absolutely not. Only one campaign would be run, most likely during your previously scheduled campaign season. CHAD participates with many other federations in side-by-side campaigns, which typically leads to an increase in total donations (as mentioned above). Employees appreciate being given more choice!
How much extra work is involved if we include CHAD in our campaign?
A CHAD representative will meet with you and/or your payroll department to discuss how we can enhance your existing campaign without increasing your workload or costs. Our professional staff is here to help with every aspect of your campaign – from campaign materials to training the employees who will manage the process. It is our goal to make your CHAD campaign as easy and hassle-free as possible.
Our company encourages employees to give on their own, so do we really need a CHAD campaign?
Payroll deduction is a more convenient way for your employees to make charitable contributions, enabling them to spread their donations throughout the year. In fact, a payroll deduction gift is generally four to six times greater than a one-time cash contribution! Most employees consider payroll deduction to be a valuable company benefit. It truly is the most effective and efficient way to raise needed not-for-profit dollars.