Step 4 (continued). Combined Federal Campaign

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)

The federal government's Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the largest workplace giving campaign. To be eligible to participate in the CFC, each charity must:

• Be a tax-exempt nonprofit organization as designated under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• Provide specific information about their auditing, governance and program functions.
• Provide a completed and signed copy of their IRS Form 990 for their most recent fiscal year.

Charities may apply to participate in the CFC individually (as an unaffiliated organization), or they may be represented by a federation or social action fund. If a federation or social action fund to which a charity belongs is approved for CFC participation, the member charity need not apply individually. However, it will likely still need to meet these criteria because they are used by most federations and social action funds.