Charitable Giving Campaign History
Each year during Fall term the college conducts a “Charitable Giving Campaign” to allow employees to select charities to which they may make contributions through payroll deduction for the following calendar year.
In the past and over a number of years, we had numerous requests from various charities and/or non-profit organizations asking to be included in this campaign. To limit the administrative burden on payroll staff, in 2002 the cabinet established a process to select a maximum of six charities (in addition to the PCC Foundation) to be on the “eligible list” beginning in 2003. Once the charities were selected, the process was handed off to HR for implementation.
PCC uses a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process to select agencies for the Charitable Giving Campaign. In 2003, 2006 and again in 2011, PCC solicited proposals from the charity and foundation community and the selections were made based on those proposals. Criteria for selection included:
- the percentage of funds received that actually go to charity,
- the service of the charity within the PCC District, and
- the charity’s “fit” with our desire to provide a range of giving opportunities.
The charities with the highest scores are recommended and sent for approval to the PCC Board of Directors. The process calls for us to review/renew the list every three to five years. Employees have pledged $399,562 to the charities over the past 11 years!