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MEMBER BENEFITS
Educate
America! is an association of national charities working in the
area of education. Our purpose is to represent charities that meet the
highest standards of public accountability and program effectiveness
to prospective givers in fund drives conducted at work. Members
are presented to more than 10 million workplace givers annually.
MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AND BENEFITS
- Campaigns reaching an estimated 10,000,000 employees, depending on
your local presence eligibility and state charitable solicitation
registration.
- Access to the Combined Federal Campaign, 28 state employee
campaigns, scores of municipal, county and university campaigns,
United Way campaigns in Washington DC and San Francisco, and
various independent corporate campaigns.
- Automated "sign & go" applications (after first year of
participation) including electronic processing and receipt.
- Application assistance for campaigns where you can qualify
directly, e.g. the Philadelphia, PA, and Dayton, OH, United Way
campaigns.
- Donor names & addresses keypunched and forwarded electronically,
pre-formatted for download to your contributor database.
- Monthly electronic funds transfer of gifts directly to your bank
account.
- Members share in "undesignated" funds and gifts made to the
federation, as available.
-
Private, workplace campaign online portfolio, where members can check
the status of their gifts and distributions at any time, review a
three year history of workplace campaign giving, keep up to date
on individual marketing programs, and download exclusive workplace
training and education materials.
- Inclusion on our federation's web site, which features "search"
capability to help donors find you and information to motivate them
to give to you once they do.
- Automatic notification of campaign speaking opportunities, kickoff
events, "agency fairs", and other opportunities to promote your agency
directly to donors.
- Complete workplace campaign marketing support, including but not
limited to: campaign marketing packet, annual training conferences,
copy writing and consulting service for campaign brochure statements
and other campaign marketing materials, and assistance with custom
workplace development plans and (optional) mass media display
advertising.
- E-Commerce Giving: This is an optional service available to our
members. It is an online donation form that goes on
your web site and allows donors to make credit card gifts to you via
a secure server. Visa and MasterCard donations are processed free
of charge and American Express donations are assessed a low
transaction fee of 2.85%. It's a great service if you don't have
your own on-line credit card processing system. (
Click here
to see an example of the form)
- Vehicle Donations: Through a partnership with VDAC (Vehicle
Donations to Any Charity), we offer you a zero liability vehicle donation
system. You can accept vehicles from anywhere in the country. We handle the
towing, issue a charitable receipt to the donor, auction the vehicle, handle
the transfer of title, etc. All you have to do is receive the money. Donations
can be accepted online, or via a toll free number.
HOW TO JOIN
- A charity may apply for membership in EA if it is incorporated
in the United States, is an IRS-certified 501(c)(3) organization,
has programs or services in the area of education in at least 15 states
or one or more foreign countries, and commissions an annual independent
financial audit conducted by a certified public accountant. Acceptance
is subject to additional review and documentation.
To be considered for membership, we must pre-screen your organization
for financial and program effectiveness. If you are interested
in applying, please mail us the following documents:
- Your most
recent IRS Form 990
- Your most
recent audit
- Your most
recent annual report, or the past four quarterly newsletters
Please mail
these documents to:
Educate America!
Attn: Carri Harte
1100 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 340
Larkspur, CA 94939
Please
also enclose your contact information in the package and reference
that the materials are for membership pre-screening purposes.
Once we are in receipt of the documents, we will contact you directly.
If you have any questions about the pre-screening process in order
to participate in workplace fund drives with EA, please call
Ms. Carri Harte at 1-800-626-7094.
LOCAL
CHARITIES - If your charity is a local charity or does not
yet work in 15 states, then please connect to the web site of our
sister federation, Local Independent Charities of America. Their
URL is http://www.lic.org. They
perform the same services for local charities as EA! does for national
charities. Questions
for Local Independent Charities of America may be directed to Mr. Bill
Broughan, Director, by calling 1-800-876-0413.
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