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Founded in 1982, Community Works is a cooperative fundraising effort among community-based and community-controlled organizations. Our goal is to develop a stable and growing source of support for our member organizations, primarily through our partnership with local businesses as part of their employee giving campaigns.

• expands traditional definitions of charitable activity to include advocacy and community organizing;
• increases employee awareness of community resources;
• demonstrates alternative approaches to pressing issues;
  focuses attention on issues not previously addressed;
• and fosters the empowerment of donors as they choose where they
  will direct their contributions.

Membership in Community Works has grown to mean much more to our organizations than raising money. Community Works has provided an opportunity for member organizations to share resources among themselves and to collaborate on projects that benefit the broader community.

Currently, 52 private, public, and nonprofit employers in the greater Boston area, with over 120,000 employees, permit payroll deduction contributions to Community Works, including the city, state, and federal government campaigns. Since 1982, we have raised over $5 million for our member organizations.