My employer does not provide me with a choice as to whom I may give my donation. . . A federation is a group of voluntary charitable human health and welfare organizations established for purposes of supplying common fundraising, administrative, and management services to its members. EFO coordinates workplace giving campaigns, across the State of Ohio, with the revenues benefiting the participating members' organizations. Established in 1995, we were formerly known as The Ohio Fund for the Environment . Employees are usually provided with the choice of giving a cash donation at the time of the campaign activity, pledging to give a one time payroll donation at a future predetermined date, or pledging that their gift be paid through the employer's regular deduction from their paychecks over a period of time.
Progressive employers provide their employees with multiple choices of federations to select from.
Each federation represents a unique topical area of charities. For instance, one federation represents the community's human services organizations, another health agencies, another social justice groups, and the like. In Ohio, EFO represents environmental and conservation organizations. There are Community Shares federations in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo, representing organizations focussed on social justice and women's issues. There are federations that address the interest areas on a national basis, such as Earth Share , an environmental federation with a focus on organizations that provide services in multiple states.