Valuation Guidance

Question II.F: Priority Focus Areas

Enter four brief descriptors for the giving priorities that were most important to your company during the giving year of the CGS survey. List them in order of most-to-less important.

o To facilitate reporting across companies, CECP suggests that you choose your focus areas from the following categories: Civic & Public Affairs; Community & Economic Development; Culture & Arts; Disaster Relief; Education: Higher; Education: K-12; Environment; and Health & Social Services. For explanations of what is included in each category, please visit the “Program Areas” section in the CGS Valuation Guide.

o If the list is not adequate, you may enter your own descriptions, but please limit them to just one or two words (e.g., Youth Development, Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, Employee Skill Development, Diversity, Teen Self-Esteem, Reading, Public Safety, Nutrition, Environment, Domestic Violence, Africa, Water Purification, Community Building, etc.)

Please note: The focus area that you list first will be shared within the CGS system; it will appear next to your company’s name in the “Peer Group Matrix” on the CGS reports home page. Your preference as indicated in response to the “Willing to Share?” question will apply to the focus areas listed in items 2-4.