America’s Charities CEO Jim Starr on the CFC’s Uncertain Future, $1B Milestone, and Emergency Assistance Funds

Interview with Jim Starr, President and CEO of America’s Charities, about the organization’s mission to “mobilize the power of giving” through workplace giving, corporate volunteering programs, emergency assistance funds, and scholarships. They explain the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)—founded in 1961, once raising $280M in 2009 but down to $68M from about 70,000 donors in 2024—its shift from…