2023-2024 Key Dates
- September 12: Lead Coordinator Training
- September 13: Seed money request opens (first 10 applicants will receive a $50 gift card to support their campaign)
- September 19: Soft launch: giving site open for Lead Coordinators and executives to explore, register and make their pledge
- September - October: Lead Coordinators schedule 1:1 meeting with Stacey to plan their campaign and communications
- October 2: CCC open for pledging - start communicating to all staff!
- December 19: Last day to submit paper pledges
- December 29: CCC closes - stop communicating to all staff.
The campaign will technically remain open throughout most of 2024, specifically for new hires to participate in. We'll stop having a big communications push by December 29. The more people that create a recurring pledge before December 29, the more people that pledge for an entire year, the more funds go toward their favorite charities!
New This Year: Giving Platform, ElevateGive!
We've invested in a new giving platform called ElevateGive to make online giving easier.
Starting September 12, Lead Coordinators please login or regier on our new giving platform: elevategive.org/ccc
If you pledged to donate to the CCC last year (2022), your pledge has been transferred to the new giving website. Simply Login and click “Reset password.” If you did not pledge last year, please Register.
Starting September 12, Lead Coordinators please login or regier on our new giving platform: elevategive.org/ccc
If you pledged to donate to the CCC last year (2022), your pledge has been transferred to the new giving website. Simply Login and click “Reset password.” If you did not pledge last year, please Register.
Lead Coordinator Role Description
The Colorado Combined Campaign (CCC) is the employee giving campaign of the State of Colorado. In addition to strengthening Colorado communities through fundraising, we engage employees, develop leadership, and provide positive individual action.
Donating through the CCC is easy, efficient, and empowering. It provides state agency, college, and university employees with the ability to donate to hundreds of qualified nonprofits directly from their paycheck, at little bit at a time. This type of incremental giving is a popular and enduring way to give. Through the CCC (which runs from September/October to December each year), state employees give, care, and share. Since the first official campaign in 1988, state employees have donated more than $36.2 million to their favorite causes and Colorado charities.
It’s important to ensure that all state employees have the opportunity to learn about and (if they wish) participate in this beneficial program. Enter Lead Coordinators, the heart of the CCC, who are key volunteers within individual agencies, colleges, and universities. They organize their internal campaign by providing leadership, logistics management, creativity, and inspiration to their colleagues.
Serving as a Lead Coordinator is a great way for employees to network, develop professionally, and own an important department endeavor. Some departments have a team of volunteers rather than one Lead Coordinator, which can prove to be very effective for larger institutions. Successful Lead Coordinators will:
Specific responsibilities of Lead Coordinators are to do the following from September - December:
On a schedule they set, Lead Coordinators work with CCC staff, fellow state of Colorado employees and institutional leadership to distribute and collect pledge materials, create agency fundraising activities, set fundraising goals, and send and receive regular communications. They are invited to special CCC events including a pre-campaign kickoff and a post-campaign celebration.
To learn more, contact the CCC at 720-420-3210 or info@coloradocombinedcampaign.org.
Donating through the CCC is easy, efficient, and empowering. It provides state agency, college, and university employees with the ability to donate to hundreds of qualified nonprofits directly from their paycheck, at little bit at a time. This type of incremental giving is a popular and enduring way to give. Through the CCC (which runs from September/October to December each year), state employees give, care, and share. Since the first official campaign in 1988, state employees have donated more than $36.2 million to their favorite causes and Colorado charities.
It’s important to ensure that all state employees have the opportunity to learn about and (if they wish) participate in this beneficial program. Enter Lead Coordinators, the heart of the CCC, who are key volunteers within individual agencies, colleges, and universities. They organize their internal campaign by providing leadership, logistics management, creativity, and inspiration to their colleagues.
Serving as a Lead Coordinator is a great way for employees to network, develop professionally, and own an important department endeavor. Some departments have a team of volunteers rather than one Lead Coordinator, which can prove to be very effective for larger institutions. Successful Lead Coordinators will:
- Have the ability to implement the campaign for their entire institution and make it accessible for everyone, in part by understanding organizational structure and existing communication channels, and knowing who to ask for help.
- Be creative in developing fun opportunities that motivate their colleagues to participate through nonprofit fairs, chili cook-offs, presentations, lunches, contests, and even regular staff meetings.
- Have strong organizational skills that enable distributing CCC information digitally and in person, tracking donations online and in paper form, and turning in materials on set deadlines to CCC staff.
- Be a leader (either formal or informal) of their institution and comfortable talking to a room of colleagues about fundraising goals and needs, the campaign timeline, and the importance of giving.
- Have a passion for strengthening Colorado and an appreciation for the many nonprofit organizations and missions that accomplish this.
Specific responsibilities of Lead Coordinators are to do the following from September - December:
- Inspire a well-known, influential department head to introduce the employee giving campaign (often via email or meeting announcement)
- Coordinate 6+ communications (email, newsletter, presentation, announcements) to colleagues
- As desired, coordinate an event (such as a chili cookoff) and/or invite colleagues to a CCC-led event
On a schedule they set, Lead Coordinators work with CCC staff, fellow state of Colorado employees and institutional leadership to distribute and collect pledge materials, create agency fundraising activities, set fundraising goals, and send and receive regular communications. They are invited to special CCC events including a pre-campaign kickoff and a post-campaign celebration.
To learn more, contact the CCC at 720-420-3210 or info@coloradocombinedcampaign.org.
