Workplace Giving

What is the American Heart Association's Workplace Giving Campaign?

The Workplace Giving Campaign is a unique workplace giving program designed to empower your employees by offering them a choice in the nonprofits they can support. Employees want to be able to choose what charities they will support and are more satisfied with a workplace campaign that gives them this option. Such campaigns achieve greater participation, satisfaction and overall contributions. Giving also allows your company to brand the campaign as your own.

Why Should my company participate?

By offering a choice of nonprofits, the American Heart Association’s Workplace Giving Campaign helps you empower your employees, increasing their satisfaction and boosting your campaign’s success.

Employee Benefits:

• Increased morale. Providing choices enhances employee morale, commitment and retention.
• Satisfaction. Allowing employees to choose increases their satisfaction and participation in company giving.
• Involvement. Including employees is a powerful way to link their own and your company's interests.
• Ease. Making payroll deductions to support charities that employees care about is simple.

Company Benefits:

• Demonstrated commitment. Company-branded campaigns demonstrate to employees and customers that community leadership is a company priority.
• Increased giving. Case after case shows that when employees are given options, participation rates increase.
• Improved morale. When donors can make a difference to a cause they care about, everyone wins.
• Greater efficiency. A giving campaign allows for a payroll deduction program. That's easy for your employees and allows more money to go to the nonprofits and less to campaign administration.

Charity Benefits:

• Education. Participating nonprofits can more effectively deliver workplace education and assistance to your employees.
• Lowest fundraising cost. Company-owned campaigns let more money go to the organizations and less to administer the campaign.

We can help!

The American Heart Association will:

• Provide an employee survey to determine interest areas and gain feedback.
• Supply a coordinator's guide to plan and implement your campaign.
• Consult with company leaders to facilitate expanding giving options.
• Arrange speakers to educate employees.
• Provide ideas and support in creating campaign materials.

Your Role in the Campaign:

• Decide to offer a choice in workplace giving options.
• Develop a campaign goal and implementation plan.
• Communicate the change and benefits to all employees.
• Kick off the campaign with enthusiasm.
• Thank all who participate.

To learn more, please contact the Workplace Giving Affiliate Lead for your Area or email Justin Jones.