Assistance Dogs of Hawaii
- purpose: provides children and adults with disabilities professionally trained dogs that will increase their independence and enhance the quality of their lives
- more info: Assistance Dogs International, Charity Navigator
Causes & issues
Pets for the Elderly
- purpose: to provide companionship to senior individuals through pet ownership, while saving the lives of companion animals in shelters; animals which might otherwise be destroyed due to lack of appropriate homes, and space limitations
- more info: Charity Navigator
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project
- purpose: ensures that financially-disadvantaged individuals of all ages, ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientations can access abortion care and emergency contraception
- more info: CAF America, Charity Navigator
House of Ruth Maryland
- purpose: to end violence against women and their children by confronting the attitudes, behaviors and systems that perpetuate it, and by providing victims with the services necessary to rebuild their lives safely and free of fear
- more info: Charity Navigator, Wikipedia
SisterLove
- purpose: to eradicate the adverse impact of HIV, sexual and reproductive health rights and justice challenges impacting women and their families through education, prevention, support, research and human rights advocacy in the United States and around the world
- more info: Charity Navigator
Mwatana
- purpose: advocates for human rights through the verification and documentation of violations, provision of legal support to victims, lobbying, as well as awareness raising and capacity building
- more info: GlobalGiving
Energy Resource Center
- purpose: to improve home energy efficiency, conserve energy, promote health, increase comfort and expand Coloradans’ quality of life
- more info: Charity Navigator
Orleans Conservation Trust
- purpose: protects and restores natural lands — for people and wildlife, the health of our waters, and the character of our community
- more info: Charity Navigator
Santa Barbara Zoo
- purpose: dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and enhancement of the natural world and its living treasures through education, research, and recreation
- more info: AZA Accredited, Charity Navigator
Texas Conservation Alliance
- purpose: protects and preserves wildlife and wild habitats for the future benefit of all Texans
- more info: Charity Navigator
1951 Coffee Company
- provides job training/employment for refugees, sells coffee
- more info: Charity Navigator, REDF
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
- purpose: dedicated to nurturing the human and ecological benefits of clean water, while continuously working to revitalize our community’s waterways
- more info: Charity Navigator
Mass Audubon
- purpose: to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and for wildlife
- more info: Charity Navigator, Land Trust Alliance, SourceWatch
Rogue Climate
- purpose: to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change, including low-income, rural, youth, seniors, and communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs, and a healthy environment
- more info: Charity Navigator
The Dawes Arboretum
- purpose: dedicated to enriching lives through the conservation of trees, nature and history
- more info: American Public Gardens Association, ArbNet, Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Redding Land Trust
- purpose: dedicated to protecting Redding’s woods, meadows, wetlands, and vistas for the benefit of our town’s residents and visitors, our wildlife and natural resources, and for future generations
- more info: Land Trust Alliance, Charity Navigator
Arab-American Family Support Center
- purpose: empowers immigrants and refugees with the tools they need to successfully acclimate to the world around them and become active participants in their communities
- more info: BBB Charity, Charity Navigator
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- purpose: empowers students and parents with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete a higher education, while providing support services and scholarships to as many exceptional students, HSF Scholars, and Alumni as possible
- more info: Charity Navigator, CharityWatch
Latino Community Foundation
- purpose: to unleash the civic and economic power of Latinos in California
- more info: Charity Navigator
Amazon Frontlines
- purpose: to support the struggles of indigenous peoples to defend their rights to land, life and cultural survival in the Amazon Rainforest
- more info: Charity Navigator
Venezuelan Association in Missouri
- purpose: supporting education scholarships for Hispanic/Latino students, promoting Venezuela’s vibrant culture by providing social activities for its members and their guests, giving back to the community, and to serve as a means of support for Venezuelans that have immigrated to Missouri
- more info: CAF America
Lung Cancer Research Foundation
- purpose: to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer
- more info: BBB Charity, Charity Navigator
Medical Students for Choice
- purpose: to support future abortion care providers and advocate for reproductive justice globally
- more info: Charity Navigator
Friends of Refugees
- purpose: empowering refugees through opportunities for well-being, education, and employment
- more info: Charity Navigator
Native Land Conservancy
- purpose: to preserve and restore healthy landscapes for all living things wherever possible
- more info: Charity Navigator
Wabanaki REACH
- purpose: support the self-determination of Wabanaki people through education, truth-telling, restorative justice, and restorative practices in Wabanaki and Maine communities
- more info: Charity Navigator
Out Youth
- purpose: promotes the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of sexual and gender minority youth so that they can openly and safely explore and affirm their identities
- more info: Best of the CFC, Charity Navigator
Refugee Rescue
- purpose: offers skilled emergency assistance to migrants in distress in the Mediterranean Sea
- more info: GlobalGiving
Voices for a Second Chance
- purpose: to provide the support and services that men and women who have been incarcerated need to rebuild their lives
- more info: Spur Local
We Don't Waste
- purpose: increase food access and protect the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste
- more info: Charity Navigator