Thank you to everyone who has helped advance our advocacy fundraising efforts this year as together we’ve raised nearly $1.5 million in personal PAC and corporate Advocacy Fund contributions.
We especially thank everyone who participated in this year’s Granger Cobb Cup Competition for Excellence in Political Action. The Cobb Cup is a critical fundraising program for Argentum’s political action committee, Silver PAC, which allows us to have a voice on Capitol Hill and to support lawmakers who champion public policy and advocacy initiatives on behalf of the senior living industry and the people we proudly serve. We're pleased to share that with your support, we have raised nearly $300,000 for the PAC!
Silver PAC supported dozens of federal candidates this year, and allowed us to host an event in Washington, D.C. in September attended by nearly two-dozen members of Congress. Lawmakers and senior living stakeholders were able to share ideas on tax policies to help more Americans afford senior living with HSAs, FSAs, and other tax-advantaged savings accounts, and investing in our workforce, all of which may come into play in this next year’s tax package with the upcoming expiration of parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. These conversations are essential to promoting the needs of senior living and helping lawmakers understand our value-proposition in the long-term care sector.
So on behalf of Silver PAC, we sincerely appreciate all companies that participated in this year’s Cobb Cup Challenge to help promote the PAC and provide us with the resources to continue making an impact on senior living public policy: Benchmark Senior Living, Commonwealth, LCS, Merrill Gardens, New Perspective, Sunrise Senior Living, and Vi, and offer our congratulations to this year’s winners:
Total raised, large employer (more than 10K employees)
1st: LCS: $35,520
2nd: Sunrise Senior Living: $33,507
Total raised, small employer (less than 10K employees)
1st: New Perspective: $32,650
2nd: Merrill Gardens: $30,049
3rd: Vi: $19,565
Highest average raised per employee
1st: New Perspective: $12.09 per employee
2nd: Merrill Gardens: $7.51 per employee
3rd: Vi: $6.52 per employee
Highest number of participating employees
1st: Benchmark: 261
2nd: Sunrise: 76
3rd: Merrill Gardens: 70
Congratulations to LCS, New Perspective, and Benchmark!
For those who didn’t participate in the Cobb Cup Challenge this year and are interested in next year, please reach out to us about providing a prior authorization required to solicit funds. If you have any questions about the PAC or the Cobb Cup Challenge, please contact Cyndi Bade (cbade@argentum.org) or Meredith Bonyun (mbonyun@argentum.org).