Project Ropa
- purpose: to reduce textile waste and restore dignity to individuals experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty by providing clean clothing and hygiene essentials
- more info: Charity Navigator, NBC Los Angeles (2023)
Fairfax Mutual Aid
- purpose: a collective of local volunteers organizing material resources, care-based support and companionship to unhoused and housing insecure constituents in multiple districts in Los Angeles
- more info: Charity Navigator
Operation Amani
- purpose: provides comprehensive support to individuals impacted by the criminal justice system, including those recently incarcerated or at risk of incarceration, with a focus on youth, young adults, and adults facing barriers to reentry and opportunity
- more info: Charity Navigator
Guest House of Milwaukee
- purpose: provides shelter, housing, education, and services to Milwaukee's homeless who seek to transform their lives with dignity and purpose
- more info: Charity Navigator
Integrated Family Community Services
- purpose: provides basic human services and enrichment programs to low-income people, using community resources
- more info: Charity Navigator
Abortions Welcome
- purpose: a pro-choice spiritual companion for use before, during, and after abortion
- more info: Charity Navigator
Religious Community for Reproductive Choice
- purpose: a multifaith, intersectional, and antiracist movement for reproductive freedom and dignity leading in spiritual companionship, curating frameworks for faith leaders, and training the next generation of activists
- more info: Charity Navigator
Hygiene4All
- purpose: a hygiene hub for unsheltered residents of Portland’s Central Eastside
- more info: Charity Navigator, The Columbian (2024)
Child Care Resources Inc.
- purpose: to advance opportunity for working families and their children, and to help create, sustain, and improve a system of quality early care and education for all who rely on it
- more: Charity Navigator
La Escuelita Weekday School
- purpose: to instill an abiding sense of respect for all children, their unique cultures and their individual development by providing a dual language, play-based, classroom experience
- more info: Charity Navigator
Nourish Up
- purpose: to nourish our neighbors with food and compassion
- more info: BBB Charity, Charity Navigator, Spectrum News Local (2024), Axios (2024)
Carolina Migrant Network
- purpose: to provide legal services for individuals in removal proceedings
- more info: Charity Navigator, Immigration Advocates Network
ourBRIDGE for KIDS
- purpose: offer culturally responsive, trauma-informed services to refugee and immigrant children and their families, all with the goal of helping them adjust and thrive
- more info: Charity Navigator, Immigration Advocates Network
The Relatives
- purpose: keeps kids safe, families together, and prepares youth and young adults to be healthy, productive, engaged members of the community
- more info: Charity Navigator, WCNC Charlotte (2022), UNC Charlotte Urban Institute (2023)
Partnership With Native Americans
- purpose: serving immediate needs and supporting long-term solutions for strong, self-sufficient Native American communities
- more info: BBB Charity, Charity Navigator, GreatNonprofits
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
- purpose: serves as a common solicitor, storehouse and distributor of food on behalf of its Partner Agencies which are non-profit, charitable organizations serving those in need
- more info: Charity Navigator, Feeding America
Wichita Falls Area Food Bank
- purpose: strengthening communities to fight hunger with food, education, and advocacy
- more info: Charity Navigator
We Need Books
- purpose: enrich lives and empower communities by providing free and equal access to information, knowledge and services; foster social inclusion and promote multiculturalism in a safe and welcoming environment
- more info: GlobalGiving
Operation Restoration
- purpose: support women and girls impacted by incarceration to recognize their full potential, restore their lives and discover new possibilities
- more info: Charity Navigator
Rio Grande Food Project
- purpose: to alleviate hunger and cultivate long-term food security within our communities
- more info: Charity Navigator
Communities Resist
- purpose: a community-based law office that partners with communities of color in Brooklyn and Queens to combat predatory capitalism, gentrification and structural racism
- more info: Charity Navigator
Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty
- purpose: to stop executions by working with legal teams to advocate for justice for those condemned to death and uplift the humanity of those on death row
- more info: Charity Navigator
Funders Concerned About AIDS
- purpose: informs, connects, and supports philanthropy to mobilize resources to end the global HIV pandemic and build the social, political and economic commitments necessary to attain health, human rights, and justice for all
- more info: Charity Navigator, Giving Compass
Good Cheer Food Bank & Thrift Stores
- purpose: to create a hunger-free community on South Whidbey
- more info: Charity Navigator
Ohio Sea Grant
- purpose: to protect the environment of Lake Erie and the Great Lakes
- more info: Charity Navigator
Dallas Afterschool
- purpose: to level the playing field for children of all races and economic backgrounds by informing community stakeholders, supporting afterschool and summer programs and their staff members, and coordinating community resources
- more info: Charity Navigator
Shalom Farms
- purpose: to build healthy communities by growing and sharing healthy food
- more info: Charity Navigator
Christmas In Action
- purpose: to follow God’s teachings by working together to preserve and revitalize houses and communities, assuring that low-income elderly and disabled homeowners live in warmth, safety, and independence
- more info: Charity Navigator
Fair Elections Center
- purpose: to use litigation and advocacy to remove barriers to registration and voting, particularly those disenfranchising underrepresented and marginalized communities, and to improve election administration
- more info: Charity Navigator
Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic
- purpose: to advance the rights of the immigrant population in East Los Angeles through direct legal services, education, and community empowerment while teaching law students effective immigrants’ rights lawyering skills in a real-world setting
- more info: Charity Navigator