Community Shares in Your Workplace

"Community Shares of Illinois has not only carved out a niche for itself in the world of workplace fund-raising, it has set the gold standard." 
     The National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy

Community Shares of Illinois works closely with employers to help expand the choices available to employees in their charitable giving program. Collaborating with other charities in Illinois, Community Shares has played a central role in the development of an award-winning program - the Combined Charities Campaign.

Established in 1997, the Combined Charities Campaign is an innovative program that allows employees to choose from among hundreds of charities while reducing the administrative burden on employers and the administrative costs to charities. In addition, the Combined Charities Campaign is designed to improve accountability with detailed reporting and the tracking of each donor's contribution.

Over the years, Community Shares of Illinois has received national recognition for its efforts in revamping and revitalizing employee charitable giving programs. Today, Community Shares of Illinois manages charitable giving programs for more than 40 employers with over 170,000 employees processing nearly $6 million annually in pledges from 43,000 donors. Community Shares has established itself as one of the national leaders in managing expanded charitable giving campaigns in the workplace.

If you would like to learn more about how to add Community Shares of Illinois to the charitable giving program at your workplace contact us at .