Local Independent Charities of America (LICA) is an IRS-recognized tax-exempt federated group representing charitable organizations that specialize in areas such as feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, protecting children, healing the sick, and defending animals, as well as helping to inform, educate, and empower people across the nation.
LICA's history and mission is to organize and prepare our member charities for effective participation in at-work employee charitable fund drives, to screen and certify these charities to ensure they meet the eligibility criteria to participate in these fund drives, to help educate contributors about the work of these worthy causes, and to provide for the secure, accurate, and timely transmission of contributions from the fund drives to the recipient charities; and to do all the above as cost-effectively as possible consistent with delivering quality service.
Originally established to help charities participate more effectively in the U.S. Government's annual employee fund drive, the Combined Federal Campaign, Local Independent Charities of America has in recent years expanded into fund drives conducted by state and municipal governments, United Ways, and corporations, either by representing its members directly or by cooperating with other federated groups.
Contact your employer to see if they participate in this program.
