Community Health Charities FAQ

What is Community Health Charities?

Community Health Charities was founded by health charities to conduct workplace fundraising. The national federation represents America’s top 50 nationwide health agencies and nearly 2,000 of their local chapters have joined together to raise contributions in the work place. The organization has almost 40 years of history in working within work place giving campaigns.

Employee designations support health agencies disease prevention, management, and care and to provide research, patient services and outreach in communities across the country, bettering the lives of all Americans.

What are the accountability standards of Community Health Charities’ member agencies?

Community Health Charities and its national 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 the 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.

In addition, Community Health Charities is a member of the Better Business Bureau. Community Health Charities also retains a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, the only source in America that provides in-depth, objective analysis of the financial health of more than 1,700 of America’s largest charities.

These standards ensure that employee contributions are used properly to help others.

What are your overhead costs?

The administrative expenses of these charities are significantly lower than in the past.  For instance, through a special agreement with NSHE, the United Way and Community Health Charities makes sure that 95 cents of every dollar goes directly back out to the community. 

What is the role and value of a charitable federation?

“One stop shopping” is provided for companies, enhancing campaign efficiency and effectiveness. 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.

How are donations distributed?

Charity payments flow through the nationwide network local affiliate offices to assure local delivery of funds.

How can one contact Community Health Charities?

Call Community Health Charities at (800) 654-0845. Another option is to write Community Health Charities at 200 North Glebe Road, Suite 801, Arlington, VA 22203 to receive a packet of information regarding member agencies. You may also visit the Community Health Charities web site at www.healthcharities.org or E-mail to: info@healthcharities.org.

Community Health Charities What a $ Buys Statements

  • $1 provides an educational booklet for a person newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
  • $1 per two-week pay period sends a child with epilepsy to a morning of summer camp.
  • $1 per two-week pay period provides one unit of a cryoprecipitate blood transfusion for a woman suffering from a rare blood disorder.
  • $2 per pay period will purchase a session of speech language pathology service to help restore a stroke survivor’s ability to communicate independently.
  • $2.50 per two-week pay period, the price of a Starbuck’s latte, provides a patient with aplatelet count.
  • $2.50 pays for one hour for a child with diabetes at camp.
  • $3.75 sends a diabetes information kit to a newly diagnosed individual.
  • $10 pays for one hour of a Diabetes Advocate’s visit to Washington.
  • $10 provides diabetes risk tests to 500 individuals.
  • $15 Provides transportation for a dialysis patient to get to and from the dialysis center or hospital for 1 day.
  • $21 pays for one minute of diabetes research.
  • $25 Enables a diabetic kidney patient to purchase a 2-3 month supply of syringes.
  • $50 Enables a hypertensive kidney patient to purchase a blood pressure cuff.
  • $61 pays for one day for a child with diabetes at camp.
  • $75 Buys nutritional supplements to help nourish a frail adult or pediatric dialysis patient.
  • $150 Buys immunosuppressive medication for a transplant recipient for 1 week.
  • $200 Buys medication for a dialysis patient for 1 month.
  • $200 pays for one month of call center assistance to people living with lung disease.
  • $300 Provides wheelchair van transportation to take a disabled dialysis patient to and from treatments for 1 week.
  • $500 Provides airfare for a patient or a kidney donor to travel for an out-of-area transplant.
  • $400 provides a child with asthma a scholarship to attend Champ Camp.
  • $500 improves a school’s indoor air quality through Tools for Schools with American Lung Association.
  • $700 sends a Diabetes Advocate to Washington for three days.
  • $1,000 helps one school teach children to manage their asthma by supporting Open Airways for Schools.
  • $10,000 sponsors approximately 80 teens who want to stop smoking.