News and Announcements

• The Pacific Northwest Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is pleased to announce a very low 5.7% administrative fundraising rate (AFR) for the 2010 CFC! This is the most current campaign year for which local audit data is available. Our 2011 AFR is projected to be 6.0%; the projected slight increase is the result of a lower donation total than in 2010.

  In late 2011, the Office of CFC Operations reported 10% to be the average AFR for the past several years for around 200 campaigns across the nation. During that time, the Pacific Northwest CFC maintained one of the lowest AFRs in the country!

  The Local Federal Coordinating Committee continues to carefully monitor all campaign planning elements and reviews all proposed expenditures; while the 2012 Campaign Team develops materials and information to ensure that all Federal employees in our large campaign area are aware of the CFC and are empowered to be participants.

  Thanks for supporting the Pacific Northwest CFC!

• The 2012 application period for local organizations is now closed. It ran from Feb. 10 - Mar. 9, 2012. The 2012 application period for national organizations was Dec. 1, 2011 - Jan. 17, 2012. The next application periods, for the 2013 campaign, will occur during approximately the same time frame later this year and next year.
  
  
• A formal announcement on which charities have been accepted to participate in the 2012 Pacific NW CFC will be posted on this website, most likely in early June. We must await IRS non-profit status verification for all participants.
  
  
• Bill Abadie of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, is our 2012 Pacific NW CFC Chair.
  
  
• The most recent Combined Federal Campaign officially ran from
  September 1 - December 15, 2011.