Charities

FIT for Charity is dedicated to supporting non-profit community organisations serving important, but not necessarily well-recognised needs, with limited fundraising capabilities. Supported charities that represent this principle are chosen from organisations in the greater Tokyo area. Funds are divided equally among them. In 2007, six community organisations received proceeds from the FIT for Charity event. This number is likely to increase as the size and scale of the event grows. As a non-standing organisation, FIT prefers to support community organisations on a one-year basis. By doing so, FIT can vary the organisations to which it can offer support, thereby increasing the chances for a wider range of causes to receive funding help.

Because all members of the FIT For Charity Organising Committee are themselves unpaid volunteers, and because almost all of the elements needed to stage the FIT event are donated by companies and their employees, the community organisations supported by FIT receive 100% of all donations and participation fees, and over 90% of the total funds collected (91.4% in 2007).

2008 Schedule:

• End of June: completion of list of nominees to support
• End of July: completion of final selection process
• August: announcement of selected non-profit community organisations