Global Impact

Global Impact
Established	1956
President and Chief Executive Officer	Scott Jackson
Staff	Managing Director, Finance & Accounting: Christina Hadden Vice President, CFC Administration: Victoria E. Adams Vice President, Human Resources and Administration: Stephanie Scholz Managing Director, Campaign Engagement: Brittany Mattfeld ^[1]
Budget	US$166.8 Million (annually, FY2023)^[2]
Address	1199 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314
Location	HQ: Alexandria, Virginia
Website	www.charity.org

Global Impact is a non-profit organization that works with international charities based in the United States and administers four of the largest Combined Federal Campaigns (CFC), including the Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area,^[3] and the Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas. The CFC is a program to raise money from federal employees for local, national, and international charities.^[4]^[5] Global Impact affiliated charities include CARE, Heifer International, Save the Children, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and World Vision.^{[citation needed]}^[6] In 2016, Global Impact launched a counterpart organization in the United Kingdom—Global Impact UK.^[7]

Global Impact raised more than $1.8 B since inception. In FY2018 Global Impact raised more than $73 million in total contributions, generating nearly $22 million in employee giving pledges for more than 100 charity alliance partners, and helping more than 45 corporate and nonprofit partners accomplish their philanthropic goals by providing advisory and backbone services.^[8]

Programs

Global Impact provides partner-specific advisory and infrastructure services; workplace fundraising and representation; campaign design, marketing, and implementation for workplace giving campaigns; and fiscal sponsorship^[9] and technology services for nonprofit, corporate, and public sector clients.^[10]

Research

In 2014, Global Impact released "The Corporate Signature Program: A Custom Approach to Philanthropy", a white paper examining the growing practice of signature programs in corporate social investments. The white paper looked at why corporations invest in signature programs, what companies seek to achieve through their giving, what steps to take to create a signature program, and what types of models can be used for program management. It also provided examples of how some U.S. corporations have built their own successful signature programs.^[11]

In 2017, Global Impact released “Donor Advised Funds: Democratizing Philanthropy to Change the World.” The white paper examines how donor advised funds (DAFs) can democratize personal giving in and beyond the workplace, and how employers can use DAFs to tie philanthropy to corporate social responsibility programs.^[12]

In 2018, Global Impact and KPMG released the 2018 Giving Global Matrix, providing a snapshot of the complex and varied tax laws that incentivize, or disincentivize, philanthropic giving in 60 countries across North America, Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. ^[13]

References

^ "Executive Team". Global Impact.
^ Global Impact Annual Report 2023^{[dead link]}
^ "Home | Combined Federal Campaign".
^ Olson, Elizabeth (December 7, 2011). "Charity Campaigns Try Gentle Approach to Get Shoppers to Spend on Good Deeds". The New York Times.
^ "Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas Structure". Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas.
^ James, Jennifer (February 24, 2015). "Donating to Women and Girls Just Got Easier". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
^ "Global Impact UK Launched to Provide Critical Philanthropic Services in the United Kingdom – Press Releases on CSRwire.com". www.csrwire.com. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
^ "Global Impact - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
^ Sponsorship, Fiscal. "Fiscal Sponsorship".
^ "Expertise". Global Impact. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ "The Corporate Signature Program: A Custom Approach to Philanthropy". Retrieved March 31, 2017.
^ Jackson, Scott; Wheatley Canela, Ann (April 4, 2017). "Donor Advised Funds: Democratizing Philanthropy to Change the World". The Conference Board. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
^ "Global Impact and KPMG LLP Release New Report Examining Tax, Fiduciary and Philanthropic Requirements in 60 Countries". CSR Newswire. October 11, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2024.