Why create a company program for giving?

A National Community Foundation sub-fund can add value to your broader corporate social responsibility (CSR) program and help you address the increasing CSR expectations from stakeholders (employees, shareholders, customers, suppliers, etc).

A branded sub-fund will:

• demonstrate socially responsible practices and support your triple bottom line reporting expectations
• demonstrate and evidence your values and commitment to supporting your community
• provide integrity through using the NCF, as a community based not-for-profit foundation, operating at arms length with all contributions gifted in perpetuity to the community
• evidence your corporate culture and engage your staff in a whole of organisation approach to charitable support and giving
• provide a coherent, simple, effective and open process to manage all your charitable and community giving
• generate a regular annual income to distribute, not reliant on the peaks and troughs of company performance or cash-flow.
  

The return on your social investment can include:

• acknowledgement as an employer of choice
• improved workplace culture
• attraction and retention of quality staff
• building workplace morale and engagement
• building support from your local communities and customers
• adding value to your company’s reputation and brand.

What Next?

• Getting a wide choice of charities to support
• How does a NCF Sub-fund work?
• Building a lasting endowment
• View profiles of other Corporate Programs
• More information about the National Community Foundation
• Information about Workplace Giving Programs 
• Contacting the National Community Foundation