CFC

So on the same day I received an email from the ARRL telling me what their CFC number is, and received my copy of The American Rifleman in snail mail, in which I spotted an ad from the NRA kisting the CFC numbers for the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund and NRA Foundation are...

CFC?  Combined Federal Campaign, gives .mil personnel (and Feds, too, I guess) the opportunity to make direct contributions from their pay to the charity or charities of their choice.

Main CFC website.

Find the local CFC Campaign here.   (Does not seem to be working at the moment.)

Back when I wore a soldier suit, I usually gave to the USO, American Red Cross, and NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund. Out of curiosity, I looked up the Puget Sound/King County, WA Campaign, to see what kinds of 501(c3)s were represented these days.

Lotsa bleeding hearts, progressives/liberals, etc.  Guess that surprises no one.  Also:
(Charity Name/#)

• USO: #11381 
• USO of Puget Sound: #15348 (NOTE:  Receives almost no $ support from the national organization, has been operating a lounge for traveling GIs and their families at SeaTac Airport for over 40 years; the lounge has closed it's doors once, for two hours immediately after the 2001 Nisqually quake, waiting for safety clearance.
• Soldiers Angels: 25131  (No, project Valour-IT has no separate CFC number.) 
• Fisher House:  11453  (Provides housing for family members of wounded GIs in military hospitals.  Yes, it's "Ronald MacDonald House for GIs.")
• Fisher House of Ft Lewis:   56608.
• Washington National Guard Emergency Assistance Fund:  86017

These are a small sample of military/veteran-related charities; there are several pages.

A few others that might be of interest to readers of this blog, if you are eligible to participate:

• NRA Foundation: 11872
• NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund: 10006
• Gun Owners of America:  10042
• USA Shooting:   11094
• American Red Cross:  10266
• American Radio Relay League:  10099
• Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation:  10158