Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is an aerospace, defense, and sporting goods company with its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. The company operates in 22 states, Puerto Rico, and other countries. ATK booked about US$4.78 billion in revenue for the 2014 fiscal year.
ATK was launched as an independent company in 1990, when Honeywell Inc. spun off its defense businesses to shareholders. The former Honeywell businesses had supplied defense products and systems to the U.S. and its allies for 50 years, including the first electronic autopilot that enabled B-17 aircraft to accomplish pinpoint bombing missions during World War II.
ATK Donates Under 501C3. The Matching Gift Program was established to encourage employees to support eligible charitable non-profit organizations. This program is an important part ofthe company’s goal to “be a positive force in the communities where we live and work.”
Who is Eligible?
All active full-time and active part-time employees are eligible. Members of the board of directors also are eligible.
What Organizations Are Eligible?
• Most charitable non-profit organizations recognized by the IRS as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) located in areas where ATK employees live and work.
• Any non-profit four-year accredited college, university, technical institute, or graduate school located in the United States or other educational institutions located in the communities in which employees live and work.
• Any public radio or television station that meets the criteria established by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
• Religious organizations are eligible if the gift is for a community service (i.e., a food shelf administered by church or clergy).
How Are Gifts Matched?
Cash gifts are matched dollar for dollar. The minimum amount of each gift must be at least $50. The maximum match per employee per ATK’s fiscal year is $400.
Note: One match per charity, per employee, per fiscal year. Multiple giftsper year to the same charity are not eligible.
What Is the Procedure?
Complete Part 1 Employee section of the form.
Send the entire form along with your gift to the eligible organization.
When your gift is received, the organization will complete Part 2 and return the entire form to the ATK Matching Gift Program. Gifts to organizations will be matched quarterly. Employees can check the status of their matching gift via the Employee Solutions website, under Personal Profile.
Are There Any Restrictions?
Monies which will notbe matched include:
• Tuition, alumni association, or class dues
• Membership dues or subscription fees for publications
• Funds raised from others (such as sponsorships). We will,however, match gifts made by an employee to sponsor someone else
• Animal charities and associations
• Lotteries, raffles, auctions, pledges, etc.
• Bequests
• Insurance premium payments
• Tickets to athletic or cultural events Also excluded are gifts to general religious and political rganizations and company-sponsored campaigns (e.g., United Way and FoodShare).
ATK reserves the right to determine the suitability of an organization or activity to receive funding. Any request may be rejected if the organization is not, in ATK’s judgment, an appropriate recipient of its funds.
Elkton ATK Team Steps Up for American Cancer Society Relay for Life
After seven consecutive years, the ATK Elkton team in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life keeps getting bigger, and raising more. This year’s team was its largest ever, with 35 official members, and raised $14,580…beating last year’s record by more than $1,000 and placing second out of 40 teams for most dollars raised.
ATK employees raised money through its Flowers of Hope sale, restaurant charity nights, yard sales, and raffles. The funds raised for this month’s event will go toward the American Cancer Society’s research grants and patient services.
Each Relay for Life event begins with a survivor walk, and later honors those who’ve lost their fight against cancer. At the Elkton event lights were dimmed after dark as luminary bags, each with a name of a loved one who had cancer, were lit and ATK Tooling Engineer and bagpiper Elishabet Lato played a solemn Amazing Grace. ATK Analysis Manager, teammate and cancer survivor Tom Swauger attended his first luminary ceremony this year. “The experience was somewhat emotional for me and has increased my resolve to help where I can,” he said.
“We are incredibly proud of all that our team has accomplished this year,” said the team’s co-captain Breanne Sutton, “The team would like to thank our family, friends and coworkers who supported the event. The team could not be successful without them.”
ATK Awards the Winners of the 2014 Tom Knapp Memorial Scholarship
