FAQs

The annual employees campaign is an easy opportunity for all employees at UB to make donations to charitable community organizations of their choosing. The campaign takes place each fall and is a State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) campaign. It began in 1976 at UB and over the past 45 years, UB employees have donated more than $18 million. 

The UB Employees Campaign for the Community typically kicks off near the end of September each year. Employees are asked to make their donations before the end of the calendar year.

You can make a donation either online or with a paper pledge form. See the donate page for more information on making a gift.

For assistance in making your gift online or questions about your contribution, please contact the United Way here.

Individuals and famlies from across our community seeking a variety of health and human services are helped through the campaign. Beneficiary organizations represent hundreds of agencies and programs serving a diverse population throughout the WNY region and beyond.

While this varies slightly throughout the different SEFA regions, a minimum of 88 cents of each dollar you contribute goes to fund services. SEFA prides itself in keeping administrative costs to a minimum through the use of state employee volunteers and careful budgeting.

Absolutely! We encourage you to make a contribution to a particular organization that has made a meaningful impact on your life, or that you wish to directly support. You may have your gift sent to one, two, three or more specific organizations--the choice is yours.

You can not make a contribution to agencies not listed in the directory through the payroll deduction option, but you may be able to make a one-time donation. Please contact April Lucey (716-480-0944) at the United Way for assistance with this. 

For state employees, undesignated gifts are distributed proportionally to all agencies that receive designated gifts from all contributions in the New York State SEFA campaign.

Example: if agency X received five percent of the designated gifts from all state SEFA contributions, they will also receive five percent of “undesignated” dollars accumulated. Agencies who receive no designations are not eligible.

Please note:  Undesignated dollars do not go to the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County.  SEFA regulations do not stipulate an automatic transfer of undesignated dollars to any specific agency. If you would like your contribution to go to the United Way of Buffalo & Erie, you must use the SEFA code - 57-00172 or the “write-in” option specifying the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County.

The UB Employees Campaign is the most efficient way to give. Your contribution helps fund a multitude of programs and services. With this campaign, you don't have to write multiple checks to multiple organizations throughout the year. You don't have to remember when to give or to whom. The advantage of payroll deduction makes giving easy and secure.

Your User ID is your UBIT email address. Each year the e-plege system requires you to reset your password by clicking the "Forgot User ID or Password" button and following the prompts. A link will be emailed to your UB email to create a new password of your choosing. 

All checks can be made out to SEFA and should be mailed with a copy of the electronic pledge form to:

Employees Campaign for the Community

UB Foundation

Center for Tomorrow

North Campus

All paper pledge forms can be mailed to: 

Employees Campaign for the Community

UB Foundation

Center for Tomorrow

North Campus