Businesses and their employees can support local nonprofits working on voting rights, affordable housing, civil liberties, sustainability, LGBTQ+ rights, healthy food and farms, criminal justice reform, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Madison, WI – Community Shares of Wisconsin’s annual workplace giving campaign is going on now. Workplace giving through Community Shares allows employees of local businesses, governments, and other organizations to support the 80 local nonprofits of Community Shares of Wisconsin. These nonprofits are working on voting rights, affordable housing, civil liberties, sustainability, LGBTQ+ rights, healthy food and farms, criminal justice reform, and so much more.
Individuals choose the nonprofits they want to support and then make their gift through tax-deductible donations. 100% of their donation goes directly to the nonprofits they choose. A gift today is an investment in a tomorrow where communities are safe, healthy, and thriving.
Throughout Madison and Dane County, leading businesses and organizations choose to offer workplace giving through Community Shares because of Community Shares’ focus on local nonprofits. Participating workplaces include Boardman Clark, Community Pharmacy, Group Health Cooperative, Hiebing Group, Lake Ridge Bank, Madison Teachers Inc, MetaStar, Park Bank, State Bar of Wisconsin, Summit Credit Union, UW Credit Union, Wegner CPAs, Wells Print and Digital, Wildwood Family Clinic, Wipfli LLP, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and the Wisconsin Foundation & Alumni Association.
Community Shares’ largest workplace giving campaign continues to be the State of Wisconsin’s Partners in Giving campaign. State employees and University of Wisconsin employees, as well as City of Madison and Dane County employees, can choose to donate to Community Shares of Wisconsin and their 80 member nonprofits through the Partners in Giving campaign which begins October 12.
For businesses and organizations that do not currently offer workplace giving through Community Shares, it’s simple to start a campaign. Community Shares works alongside other fundraising federations in many workplaces, and conducting a side-by-side campaign that includes Community Shares requires little added work. Studies show that employers who offer choices in workplace giving see an increase in employee participation and total dollars raised.
For questions about workplace giving or to start a campaign at your workplace, contact Gray Miller at gmiller@communityshares.com.
More information is available at communityshares.com/workplace-giving/
Since 1971, Community Shares of Wisconsin and its member nonprofits have worked together to advance social justice and protect the environment in Wisconsin. Together they envision a future where people come together to ensure every member of our community is safe, healthy, and able to thrive.
