The Friendship Center
- purpose: fosters hope and dignity in Chicago’s northwest side communities through access to food and vital resources
- more info: Charity Navigator
Causes & issues
Silver State Hope Fund
- purpose: to provide dignified access to safe abortions through equitable funding
- more info: Charity Navigator, National Network of Abortion Funds
WorldFinds
- fair trade business, focus on working with women artisans, sells jewelry and accessories
- more info: Fair Trade Federation, Chicago Fair Trade, Green America, Good Market
High Rockies Harm Reduction
- purpose: combatting overdose deaths, the spread of infectious disease, economic costs and other negative consequences of substance use in rural Colorado through the expansion and provision of evidence-based harm reduction programing and peer support services for people who use drugs and their friends and family
- more info: NASEN Directory, Charity Navigator
Leader Dogs for the Blind
- purpose: empowering people who are blind or visually impaired with lifelong skills for safe and independent daily travel
- more info: International Guide Dog Federation, Assistance Dogs International, Charity Navigator
AIDS Care Ocean State
- purpose: providing quality housing, case management, medical and nursing care, and prevention to adults, families, adolescents and children who are affected by or at risk for HIV infection
- more info: Charity Navigator
Diaper Bank of Minnesota
- purpose: provide diapers to families in need in Minnesota; increase awareness about diaper need in Minnesota; advocate for changes to improve conditions for babies who need diapers
- more info: National Diaper Bank Network
FoodBank Ukraine
- purpose: to reduce food waste, support social responsibility among businesses, and implement different social projects to feed thousands of people
- more info: CAF America
Your Dog's Friend
- purpose: to improve dogs’ lives, reduce problem behaviors, and keep dogs out of shelters, by educating and supporting their humans
- more info: Charity Navigator, GreatNonprofits
Center for Hearing and Communication
- purpose: provide high-quality, comprehensive services to empower people affected by hearing loss, deafness, or listening challenges
- more info: Charity Navigator
Legal Aid Works
- purpose: provides free, high-quality, civil legal assistance to low income individuals and families
- more info: Immigration Advocates Network, Charity Navigator
Texas Legal Services Center
- purpose: to ensure equal justice for all Texans by educating, empowering, and representing vulnerable people while reshaping the greater legal system that impacts us all
- more info: Charity Navigator
Raymond Austin's Freedom Fund
- support for Raymond Austin after leaving prison
- client of Innocence Project New Orleans
Clydel Cummings' Freedom Fund
- support for Clydel Cummings after leaving prison
- client of Innocence Project New Orleans
Go With The Flow
- purpose: to bridge access to menstrual healthcare for low-income families through sanitary pad donation and distribution
- more info: CAF America
Liberty in North Korea
- purpose: working alongside the North Korean people to accelerate change
- more info: Wikipedia, Charity Navigator
WESPAC Foundation
- purpose: to provide a meeting space along with material, organizational and moral support for groups and individuals in the greater Westchester Community to organize, educate and work toward peace, justice and a sustainable environment for the planet and for all people
- more info: Charity Navigator
Other Avenues
- worker-owned cooperative grocery store
- more info: US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, Wikipedia
Black Oaks Center
- purpose: to facilitate resilience on a community level
- more info: Charity Navigator
Yuma Community Food Bank
- purpose: to relieve hunger, increase self-reliance, and improve the quality of life for children and families throughout Southwestern Arizona
- more info: Charity Navigator
Beckley Health Right
- purpose: provide quality medical services, treatment and prescription medication to the low-income and/or under-insured people in our communities
- more info: Charity Navigator
Wildflyer Coffee
- coffee shop, provides employment opportunities and support to youth experiencing homelessness, ships coffee within U.S.
- more info: REDF, Charity Navigator
Greater Killeen Community Clinic
- purpose: providing quality healthcare to a vulnerable population
- more info: Charity Navigator
One Warm Coat
- purpose: to provide free coats to children and adults in need while promoting volunteerism and environmental sustainability
- more info: Charity Navigator, GreatNonprofits
Center for Reproductive Rights
- purpose: uses the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world
- more info: Charity Navigator, CharityWatch, Media Bias/Fact Check
Safehome Systems
- purpose: to provide support and advocacy to victims and survivors of domestic, dating and sexual violence while working toward a community free of violence
- more info: Charity Navigator
Friends of the Chicago River
- purpose: to protect and restore the Chicago-Calumet River system for all people, water, and wildlife
- more info: Charity Navigator
Sarah's Circle
- purpose: provides a full continuum of services for women, including housing, life necessities, and supportive services, to help them permanently end their homelessness
- more info: Charity Navigator
Chelsea Hicks Foundation
- purpose: inspiring hope and healing to seriously-ill children through therapeutic dress up and play
- more info: Charity Navigator
Bottomless Closet
- purpose: to be the connection that inspires and guides disadvantaged New York City women to enter the workforce and achieve success
- more info: Charity Navigator