If you are a federal employee (including military personnel), you are eligible to participate in the Combined Federal Campaign’s (CFC) fundraising drive. The CFC allows federal employees to make tax-deductible donations to their charity of choice directly through payroll deductions.

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation is eligible to receive your donations. In order to ensure that your donation is allocated to the Meso Foundation, please mark our CFC number in your forms:

Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s CFC Number: 11856

Mesothelioma is a disease that strikes approximately 3,500 Americans per year, and that disproportionately affects military personnel. In fact, it is estimated that 30% of all mesothelioma patients served in the US Navy or worked in shipyards.

According to Wikipedia:

“the CFC is the largest workplace charity campaign in the United States and the only campaign authorized to solicit and collect contributions from federal employees in the workplace on behalf of charitable organizations. As the world’s largest and most successful annual workplace giving campaign, each year, more than 350 CFC campaigns throughout the United States and internationally help to raise millions of dollars. Nearly four million federal employees and military personnel are able to contribute to the charities of their choice during the annual charity drive, which runs from September 1 through December 15 of each year. Pledges made by Federal civilian, postal, and military donors during the campaign season support eligible non-profit organizations that provide health and human service benefits throughout the world. These contributions can be made either by cash or check, or can be automatically deducted from these employee’s paychecks.”