Workplace Facts and Trends

• Workplace giving is one of the greatest resources employers can offer to address social concerns.
  
• Employees, growing accustomed to increased workplace and consumer options, want more freedom to control their charitable contribution activities.
  
• More companies are taking ownership of and designing programs to meet their unique needs in response to their employees' interests.
  
• Current research indicates that employees believe their current campaign dos not support issues relevant to them.
  
• Companies are becoming increasingly concerned with the cost and time involved in conducting an effective workplace giving program.
  
• Employee interest and participation in workplace giving campaigns is declining. Only 35 percent of employees at companies with campaigns now give, compared to 47 percent a decade ago.
  
• Research shows that younger employees are not as likely to give through the traditional campaign.
  
• More than 60 percent of the Fortune 500 companies now include organizations in addition to United Way as part of their workplace giving program.