The Combined Federal Campaign(CFC) is the only authorized solicitation of Federal employees in their workplace on behalf of approved charitable organizations. The CFC began in the early 1960’s to coordinate the fund-raising effort of various charitable organizations so that the Federal donor would only be solicited once, annually, in the workplace and have the opportunity to make charitable contributions through payroll deduction. Federal employees continue to make the CFC the largest and most successful workplace philanthropic fundraiser in the world. Continuing a long-standing tradition of selfless giving, in 2013, federal employees raised approximately $209.7 million dollars through the CFC for charitable causes around the world.