CFC results

[jay]

Based on the charity poll results, these were designated under my Combined Federal Campaign payroll checkoff for next year:

Habitat for Humanity International
Planned Parenthood - World Population
Autism Society of America Foundation
NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation
America's Second Harvest
Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Additional charities, from suggestions/write-ins made:
First Book
Heifer International
Diabetes Transplant Fund
Southern Poverty Law Center

These received pledges of varying amounts up to $170, all got at least $50. I found it interesting that, say, the Cato Institute (right-wing thinktank) was eligible, while the ACLU or the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty weren't on the list... Thanks to those who provided suggestions and inputs.

Comments

[fyfer.livejournal.com]

This post caught my eye as I glanced through tshuma's friendslist, because the ACLU thing rang a bell in my head. The ACLU and some other groups don't accept donations through the Combined Federal Campaign because of this (http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=16239&c=206). (Mentioning it just as the answer to the mystery - I don't want to imply in any way that you shouldn't donate through CFC.)

Apologies for butting in on a stranger's journal - though if I'm getting my social contexts correct, I think we were introduced at a DHP once or twice as fellow MIT alumni.