there were 36 such CFC zones. In 2015, OPM awarded a contract to administer the CFC to The Give Back Foundation, a charity based in Madison, Wisconsin. The Give Back Foundation subcontracted to Total Administrative Service Corporation (TASC), a for-profit corporation that runs the day-to-day operations of the CFC. OPM renewed the contract in 2021. Administrative costs The CFC spends a portion of contributions on administrative costs. The 2014 rule changes included charging each charity an annual application fee, and if the application was approved, an additional listing fee. Although OPM intended these new fees to cover the entire cost, it continued to need to deduct money from contributions to meet administrative expenses. According to the OPM, historically, campaign costs have averaged ten percent. However, costs increased and contributions decreased in the period when administration was centralized. Administrative costs for the 2017 campaign were 25%. In 2019, the CFC continued to charge application fees, listing fees, and distribution fees. The distribution fees that year were 19% of pledges. Participation Contributions to the CFC totaled $12.9 million in 1964, $82.8 million in 1979, and peaked at $282.6 million in 2009. In 2011, CFC pledges totaled $272.7 million with 24% of the federal workforce participating and an average employee pledge of $284.27. In 2012, OPM began the process restructuring the CFC, by establishing the CFC-50 commission, followed by draft rules in 2013. The vast majority of CFC stakeholders that submitted comments in the public comment period opposed key aspects of the proposed rules. The CFC donations began to decline in this period. In the last year of the historical structure with charities operating the CFC, 2016, donations to the CFC totaled $167 million with employee participation at 10.7 percent. Under the first year of OPM's new centralized structure, donations dropped 39% to $101 million and employee participation dropped to 4.3%. The number of participating charities was estimated in 2012 at more than 20,000 nonprofit organizations worldwide. Organizations wishing to participate must submit a new charity application annually. Beginning in 2017, OPM began charging charities upfront fees in order to participate in the CFC. Application and listing fees were tiered based on the size and nature of the charity. Application fees collected from charities totaled $3,498,745 and listing fees totaled $5,766,385. 8,573 charities opted to pay the upfront fees and participate in the CFC. After the 2017 CFC campaign concluded, OPM announced that,