The Employee Giving Program’s (EGP) Annual Giving Drive is back in action, and with the recent natural disaster devastating parts of the United States and other countries, this week’s focus is on emergency and disaster relief organizations. The EGP provides prescreened nonprofit organizations to King County employees, where they can give back to their communities directly … Continue reading 2017 Annual Giving Drive: Emergency and disaster relief organizations week
Annual Giving Drive
Invite Your Favorite Nonprofit Today
Employee referred nonprofits are our favorite! It is our goal, after all, to connect Employees to the causes they are passionate about. Invite your favorite nonprofit here. As an Employee Champion, during the Annual Giving Drive you may: Share about your favorite nonprofit Invite them in or do a special event in their honor Pledge … Continue reading Invite Your Favorite Nonprofit Today
2017 Nonprofit Application Cycle and Workshops
We are excited to announce our 2017 Nonprofit Cycle! We have grown to more than 1,000 organizations participating in our program! In 2016, employees pledged $1.92 million to their favorite organizations. This doesn't include all the love and adoration. We love watching connections blossom! Each year awesome nonprofits, just like you, must apply and meet … Continue reading 2017 Nonprofit Application Cycle and Workshops
DES raises $16,133 during “Pledge for Pie” event!
This year the Department of Executive Services’ (DES) Financial Management Section (FMS) facilitated a department wide “Pledge for Pie” event. FMS ambassadors sought out volunteers throughout the department that were willing to get pied for charity. In total, we were able to sweet talk 15 volunteers into participating in our event, to include DES’s Deputy … Continue reading DES raises $16,133 during “Pledge for Pie” event!
Week 1 – Nonprofit Expos: Liftoff!
submitted by Morgan Stine Week 1 Nonprofit Expos: Liftoff! Friday, October 7th marked the close of the first week of the King County Employee Giving Program’s 2016 Annual Giving Drive. Only 6 more weeks to go! The first two Nonprofit Expos, at King Street Center and King County Courthouse, saw amazing turnouts of over 300 … Continue reading Week 1 – Nonprofit Expos: Liftoff!
2016 Ambassador Training & Rally
written by Tarin Schalow On September 14th, almost 100 new and returning ambassadors filled the meeting space in the Chinook building to get ready for the 2016 Annual Giving Drive. This was the largest turnout the program has seen for a single training and the annual rally to date. Training started out with a question … Continue reading 2016 Ambassador Training & Rally
Invite Your Favorite Nonprofit Today
Regional Animal Services of King County had a record save rate of 88% in 2015 - an impressive feat by itself - but even more so when you hear the comeback story. And King County Employees have been instrumental to this success, at RASKC, leadership, and including through the EGP. Employees have donated more … Continue reading Invite Your Favorite Nonprofit Today
Don’t Miss Out! Other Public Sector Programs
All public sectors have different eligibility requirements and processes but they are all happening around the same time. Each one is separate and we know it can be confusing. I get it, our names are pretty similar, goofy acronyms, and well... we are all the government. Let me see if can help you out, … Continue reading Don’t Miss Out! Other Public Sector Programs
Save the Date – 2016 Nonprofit Application Cycle Announced
We are excited to announce our 2016 Nonprofit Cycle! Each year nonprofits must apply and meet eligibility requirements . We have grown to more than 900 organizations participating in our program and continue to grow each year! Every nonprofit that is eligible and gets a complete application in on-time will be accepted into the program … Continue reading Save the Date – 2016 Nonprofit Application Cycle Announced
King County Employee Giving Program receives Outstanding Employee Campaign Award
The King County Employee Giving Program (EGP) has been named a winner of the United Way of King County's Outstanding Employee Campaign Award for the 2014-2015 year. The award was presented on February 4, 2016, during the EGP's Annual STAR Awards Ceremony by Cole Hardman of United Way to Leslie Arai, the 2015 EGP Committee Chair. … Continue reading King County Employee Giving Program receives Outstanding Employee Campaign Award