About Working Assets Working Assets Funding Service is a long distance, credit card, Internet services and broadcasting company that was created to build a world that is more just, humane and environmentally sustainable. Working Assets Funding Service donates a portion of its revenue to nonprofit groups working for peace, human rights, equality, education and the environment. The company also serves as a strong political force, dedicated to giving its customers the opportunity to speak out on critical public issues. Last year, donations went to such groups as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Campaign and the Children's Defense Fund. Every year, a percentage of Working Assets Funding Service's revenue is placed in a donations pool for annual distribution.
Customers can nominate nonprofit groups to receive funding each year.
After an independent foundation evaluates the effectiveness of hundreds of nominees, Working Assets Funding Service employees and board of directors select the nonprofit groups for the annual donations ballot. At the end of the year, members vote on how to distribute the donations among all the groups. Working Assets also makes special appeals for round-ups, addressing such urgent needs as a moratorium on capital punishment and an end to global warming. In 1991, Working Assets Funding Service created the Citizen Action program to provide customers with timely information and easy ways to speak out on important issues. Each month the company highlights two crucial national issues under debate, explaining what's at stake and whom to contact.