State Employee Charitable Campaign

• provides a child with complete, basic childhood immunization against six diseases, supporting a healthy start
• provides vital cancer survivorship information and support to 80 cancer survivors
• provides seeds for one community or school garden, allowing families to grow nutritious, affordable food for themselves
• provides prescription glasses for five people in a Third World country
• covers the cost of planting 100 tree saplings
• provides meals for a homebound senior citizen for two weeks

• sponsors eyes exams for two children in need
• provides 12 students with an interactive CD on college-age depression and suicide
• covers the registration fee for one patient or family member to attend the National Organization for Rare Disorders Patient/Family Conference
• underwrites equipment and supplies for five people to spend a morning cleaning a beach or river bank

• underwrites free museum admission for 30 students
• pays for a veteran’s occupational certification to find employment
• will help a family in crisis with their monthly utility or grocery bills
• provides lifesaving medicines to 7,200+ children and families around the world
• sponsors two local health advocates to attend a National Pesticide Forum and learn the skills needed to make positive changes in the community
• screens one uninsured woman for breast cancer

• provides a full year of groceries for a homebound AIDS patient
• provides food for one guide dog in advanced training
• buys six cases of non-latex gloves to keep volunteers safe during beach cleanups
• supports training in an environmental career for a person with a disability
• provides scholarship assistance for inner-city children to attend a nature camp

• installs a water distribution system to provide a reliable communal tap, delivering safe, clean water to communities in need
• offers transitional housing to a homeless veteran. • provides a $500 matching scholarship award for college tuition
• ensures safety from cholera for 50 people
• provides two high schools with science curriculum materials about the proper handling of chemicals found in the home
• furnishes a back brace to prevent further spine curvature to a patient with scoliosis

The State Employee Charitable Campaign is the only statutorily-authorized workplace campaign for state agency and higher education employees throughout Texas. Thanks to legislation that created the SECC in 1993, employees of state agencies, junior and community colleges, universities, and retirees throughout Texas enjoy the benefit of giving to many of their favorite charities through an annual workplace giving campaign which features the convenience of payroll deduction.

Each fall, we get the opportunity to learn about the charities in the SECC, choose which ones we want to help, and then fill out a pledge form to indicate how much we wish to donate to which groups. We can make a one-time gift by cash or check. Or, even better, our gift can be deducted from each paycheck beginning at the first of next year. The campaign runs annually: September through October. During this time period, you can expect to attend an informational meeting or be approached by a co-worker with information and a pledge form. This directory provides information on all the charities in the campaign — a great resource not only for helping you make your choices, but also for finding help if you need it yourself.

Contributions made by state agency employees are distributed by the State Comptroller to participating federations, who then send the funds along to their members. Each university distributes funds to federations through its own payroll system. At the local level, the Local Campaign Managers distribute the funds the same way. But because it is almost impossible to account for donations lost through such things as an employee leaving or transferring, a percentage method is used to distribute funds. At the end of each year’s campaign, the percent of funds pledged to each charity is calculated. Each charity then receives that percentage of what is eventually collected. Undesignated pledges are shared with all participating charities using the same percentage. Each charity also pays its share of the cost of running the campaign (printed materials, etc.) based on the same percentage.