Facts About Last Year’s SECC

The 2007-08 State Employees’ Community Campaign (SECC) raised more than $1,176,000 that benefited 1,550 charitable organizations. That amount represents a 2.5% increase over the prior year.
More than one-fifth of state employees participated in the SECC. The per capita contribution was more than $32.00, the highest it has ever been in the history of the Campaign.
The success of the 2007-08 SECC was assured by the 1,083 men and women who made a Champion-level contribution (a half-hour's pay per check). They contributed $617,954, more than half of the total raised through the 2007-08 SECC.
Recognition is given to those state agencies where 20% or more of its donors make a contribution at the Champion-level of giving. This year, the number of state agencies being recognized with the Champion Award continued to grow, with more than one-third of state agencies being recognized with that award.
Leadership Giving: In the SECC just completed, the number of state employees making a Torchbearer Society-level contribution ($1,000 or more) grew again. In the 2007-08 SECC, 161 state employees were members of the Torchbearer Society, contributing more than $274,000, over one-fourth of the total raised.