SAVE THE FROGS! Is Part Of The Combined Federal Campaign – And We Need Your Help
We have important news to share with our community, especially federal employees: SAVE THE FROGS! is an approved charity in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Our CFC number is 59064.
If you’re a federal civilian, military, or postal employee, you can now support amphibian conservation through convenient payroll deduction.
But there’s an urgent issue: the Combined Federal Campaign itself is under threat of elimination, and we need your voice to help save it!
Photo of American Bullfrog by Tim Grazian, 2025 SAVE THE FROGS! Photo Contest. “After my kids and I dug a small pond in our Indiana backyard (USA), it rained all day. The pond filled with water, and three days later we saw the small yellow marbled eyes of this American Bullfrog.” Photo of Anaxyrus woodhousii atop page by Keaton Wood, 2025 SAVE THE FROGS! Contest; found on a road in Utah.
What Is the Combined Federal Campaign?
The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the workplace giving program for federal employees. Since 1964, it has been the cornerstone of federal employee philanthropy, making it easy for government workers to support the causes they care about through automatic payroll contributions.
The CFC’s Impact:
For six decades, federal employees have used the CFC to make a collective difference in communities and ecosystems worldwide—including critical amphibian conservation work.
Photo by Tim Grazian, 2025 SAVE THE FROGS! Photo Contest. “This is a photograph of our frog floating happily waiting for bugs.”
The CFC Is Under Threat
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is considering eliminating the Combined Federal Campaign entirely. This would end 60+ years of systematic federal employee philanthropy and cut off a vital funding stream for thousands of nonprofits, including conservation organizations like SAVE THE FROGS!
Take Action: Two Ways You Can Help
1. Federal Employees: Support SAVE THE FROGS! Through CFC
If you’re a federal employee, you can designate SAVE THE FROGS! to receive payroll deduction donations through the Combined Federal Campaign.
Our CFC number is: 59064
Your contributions support:
2. Everyone: Contact Congress to Save the CFC
Whether or not you’re a federal employee, you can help preserve this crucial philanthropic program. Federal employees contributed $70 million to charities in 2024 alone—these dollars support environmental conservation, disaster relief, healthcare, education, and countless other vital causes.
Take action now using this easy form to contact your Members of Congress:
Your voice matters. Tell Congress why systematic workplace giving programs like the CFC are essential for sustaining nonprofit work across America and around the world.
Photo by Tim Grazian, 2025 SAVE THE FROGS! Photo Contest. “About three days later another slightly larger frog showed up. They are good friends.”
Why Workplace Giving Matters for Conservation
Programs like the Combined Federal Campaign provide conservation organizations with steady, reliable funding that allows us to:
When federal employees can easily contribute through payroll deduction, it creates sustainable support for environmental protection efforts that might otherwise struggle with funding unpredictability.
Photo by Tim Grazian, 2025 SAVE THE FROGS! Photo Contest. Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
Join Us in This Dual Mission
We invite you to support amphibian conservation—and to help protect the philanthropic infrastructure that supports thousands of causes beyond our own.
Federal employees: Consider designating SAVE THE FROGS! (CFC #59064) in your workplace giving.
Everyone: Contact Congress today to urge preservation of the Combined Federal Campaign.
Together, we can save amphibians—and save the program that helps fund conservation work worldwide.
Share this post with any federal employees in your network, and please contact Congress using the link above.
Thank you for your support of amphibian conservation and systematic philanthropy.
Questions about the Combined Federal Campaign or SAVE THE FROGS! donations? Feel free to contact us!
