Give back this holiday season: Sign up by Dec. 6 to donate to a cause of your choice through the 2025 SEFA Campaign

Employees who are interested in making charitable donations through payroll deduction can now enroll in the New York State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) Campaign for the 2024 season. The deadline to pledge for the 2025 SEFA Campaign is Monday, Dec. 6. 

Through SEFA, New York State employees can arrange for convenient, automatic donations to their choice of more than 2,000 nonprofit organizations, from the local to the global. 

There are two ways to sign up: 

Digital option: Use this link to sign in or create a new account via SEFA’s secure online portal. 

Paper option: Download the SEFA Pledge Form, fill it out and return it to Gerry Torrone or Maria Cathcart in the Office of Student Accounts, Wooster Hall Room 123. 

Please note: The digital option only accepts payroll deduction pledges. If you prefer to donate by check, please use the paper pledge form to choose that option. 

Participating organizations (all of which have 501c3 charitable status) represent causes as diverse as animal welfare, children’s welfare, environment and climate, health and medical research, human and civil rights, and social services, among others. 

Contributors have the option to distribute their gift across many charities, which can save time for those who choose to support multiple causes. 

Giving through SEFA also provides extra privacy protection: Because donations are made in lump sums through the Appeal, individual donors’ personal information is never shared with receiving organizations. 

More information from the SUNY New Paltz SEFA Committee is available here.