ABC Electric Passing It Forward

Every year ABC Electric gives each employee $1,000 to give to their favorite charity, however this year instead of just writing a check to the charity of the employees choice, ABC decided help their employees create their own We, The World (WTW) Pass It Forward (PIF) 501 (c) (3) nonprofit program. They did so by asking each of their employees to create a program that they will present back to ABC on how they can make a positive difference in another persons life.


ABC Electric is encouraging employees and their families to create their own PIF Program based upon their gift/passion. Everyone has a gift and if they don't know what it is, a ABC volunteer mentor will help. You can view sample Pass It Forward programs by going to www.aunitedworld.org/programs.asp.

As you can see, the programs can really be anything as long as the person or family or group abides by Character Counts six pillars of character and their program will appeal to 100% of people. The six pillars are trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. See http://charactercounts.org/pdf/KFC-Pledge.pdf.

ABC Electric is working with WTW who is giving grants to individuals and their families that want to make a positive difference in other people’s lives. First, an interested party is introduced to their own personal ABC volunteer mentor that will help them develop a program of their own design based upon their personality and talents.

A program can be as simple as a small act of kindness that is performed yearly and conceivably could only take a few minutes once a year. As an example, the Smart Family www.aunitedworld.org/smart.asp started their own "Be Nice To Neighbors Program".

The beauty of this "ABC Gift & Pass It Forward" program s that an individual and or their family can apply for a grant and be pre-approved by WTW first. Once they are approved by WTW to have their own WTW, PIF 501 © (3) nonprofit program, ABC Electric will send $1,000 to WTW and WTW will give the new program $900 in the form of a grant for that individual or family to implement their PIF Program. All PIF Programs must apply a minimum of 90% of their grant money directly to a cause with a maximum of 10% for administration fees.

It is now the responsibility of the grantee to open up a separate account with that money and track the funds on how that money is spent for their nonprofit program and report this information to WTW. In addition, that program will be able to place a donation form on their free website. All donations will be received by WTW and 90% of the money raised for their program will go back to the director of that program for their program.
Furthermore, WTW does not operate on 10% of the money received; they operate on 9% of the money received because the new program will also have the opportunity to recruit new individuals, families, groups and organizations to start their own PIF program. When this happens they will become the mentor and the new proposed director will be their protégé. The process then starts all over with the new volunteer mentor helping the new entity find their purpose so that they can develop their passion and put their own PIF program into action. That one percent is set aside for the mentor’s nonprofit program and paid in quarterly bonus checks from their performance.

For more information on how you can get involved, go to www.aunitedworld.org/fiscal.asp or email aunitedworld@gmail.com.