Featured Nonprofits

Abe’s Garden® is establishing a model of residential, day, and community-based programs for those with Alzheimer’s disease. The goal is to transform care for those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias throughout the United States by providing an unprecedented level of care for individuals diagnosed with these disorders. Equally important, it is a site of research and teaching, setting a new standard for other programs and residential communities devoted to caring for our nation’s rapidly expanding senior population.

Aquarium of the Bay is a non-profit organization with a mission to enable conversations on climate resilience and ocean conservation globally, while inspiring actionable change locally by protection and preservation of the San Francisco Bay and its ecosystems, from Sierra to the Sea™. Located on the historic San Francisco waterfront at PIER 39, the Aquarium is home to more than 23,000 marine animals including sleek sharks and rays, secretive octopus, hypnotic jellyfish, sparkling anchovies, frolicking river otters, and many more. A variety of San Francisco Bay living habitats house the diverse animal collection, including walk-through tunnel exhibits, and transparent touchpools. Nature enthusiasts have the opportunity to learn about the most important environmental challenges of the day like climate change, plastic pollution in the oceans, and habitat loss. The Aquarium is a Smithsonian Affiliate, accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) and certified as a Green Business by the city of San Francisco.

The Austin Angels mission is to walk alongside children in the foster care system, as well as their caretakers, by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building and mentorship. Our dream is to see every child in the foster care system supported by a Love Box group and every youth supported by a Dare to Dream mentor. We serve just under 200 children in central Texas through our Love Box program. There are currently over 5,600 children in foster homes or substitute care services in central Texas alone. Our vision is to open chapters in every major metropolitan city in the nation, so every single child in foster care in the United States will be supported and empowered to succeed.

Bad Dog Arts is a Nonprofit Organization located in Salt Lake City and is dedicated to serving kids, teens, and adults in the creative arts.

C.A.R.S. Ministry provides cars and car repairs to single mothers, parents of special needs children, veterans wives, widows and other members of the community in need. We believe that we are the Hands and Feet of Jesus.

Our mission is to incorporate progressive changes and promote positive impact within the community and throughout the lives of others!

Community LINC is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that aims to end homelessness for this generation and the next. In the past 30 years, Community LINC has served over 4,000 families with 12,000 individuals, including 9000 children with housing or programming. Community LINC offers interim housing for families experiencing homelessness. Families we serve, live in our apartment complex for about four months while we provide services that give them a hand up and enable them to become self-sufficient. Over the last 5 years, 84% of our graduates have not become homeless again.

Compass Housing Alliance provides housing, shelter and support services to people experiencing homelessness and poverty in the Puget Sound Region.

COTS assists families in reaching their housing, economic, health, education and career goals as they strive to overcome homelessness and break the cycle of poverty for the next generation and beyond.

EATS is dedicated to ensuring every student has opportunities to develop lifelong healthy habits and access to fresh, nutritious appealing food.

Eliana's Light supports families with children who have complex medical conditions by focusing on their whole health and well-being. We connect directly with families through customized gift bags, learning events, and online communications; advocate for and raise awareness on whole health, integrative, and integrated approaches to care; and exchange information and resources with caregivers, practitioners, and researchers. We help children and their caregivers feel better while we contribute to a whole health and family-centered approach to pediatrics. This Is How We C.A.R.E.: Connect: We connect families to resources, specialists, other organizations, and information that can help reduce their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and/or financial stress. We also connect with them, building trusting, compassionate relationships through our shared humanity while we develop a new community. Advocate: We advocate for Integrative Medicine and integrative care services within pediatric medical facilities and as part of standard medical care, therapy programming and research initiatives. For example, we collaborate with hospital staff and with physical, occupational, feeding, and speech/language therapists on ways to incorporate mindfulness and integrative care services into their programming. Reach: We reach children and caregivers (i.e., parents; grandparents; guardians; and medical, complementary, and integrative care providers) where they are through our Eliana’s Light Constellation Kits, learning events, tip sheets, and communications channels. Exchange: We serve on various advisory committees and manage one directly in order to exchange information and resources with local specialists in areas relevant to our mission. We also raise awareness within these groups and via others’ support groups on whole health and IM-related programming and integrative care services as they pertain to individuals and families. We C.A.R.E. alongside collaborators, together forming Constellations of CA.R.E. in a community for families with children who have a complex medical condition. We stay with a family in friendship for as long as they'd like to stay connected to Eliana's Light. When the family's needs change, we help guide them to other support services that are relevant to their new needs. We do not provide technical expertise directly; we instead help connect caregivers to experts who are part of Constellations of C.A.R.E. within our communities.

The mission of Family Gateway is to provide stability and life-changing supportive services to children and families affected by homelessness.

First Star improves the lives of foster youth by partnering with child welfare agencies, universities, and school districts to ensure foster youth have the academic, life skills, and adult supports needed to successfully transition to higher education and adulthood. We pursue our mission through innovative college-preparatory programs, providing technical assistance to stakeholders, and advocating for policy change.

Parks and Recreation non-profit with the mission to enhance the quality of life for local residents of all ages through various social and recreational programs.

Our mission is to offer a place of hope and new beginnings. We do this by providing, coordinating and delivering an efficient system of care of people experiencing homelessness in Bexar County.

IA has a mission of "Finding solutions to life's most difficult people problems through mediation, counseling and training, since 1989!" Relational Health: Family Reconciliation & Intervention Mediation is saving family relationships--marriages, parent/child, generational disputes, etc. Eldercare & Guardianship Mediation assists adult siblings determine care needs of parents or parents determine the care of disabled adult children. When one or both parties do not wish to reconcile or can't find a way to do so after trying, peaceable divorce and good planning for the children is possible through IA's Divorce & Custody Mediation & Parental Planning Mediation. Mental Health: People have no idea of the pain that families suffer when a loved one struggles with mental health issues. Severe mood disorders, personality disorders, thought-altering diagnoses, all cause pain in the individual and all those who love them. IA's Victim Assistance Program serves any crime victim, regardless of when that crime happened and whether or not it was ever reported. This allows us to assist the child who grew up in domestic violence, but is now an adult and wants his or her family to function differently, but had no good models of marriage or parenting. We serve ages 4 years old to the elderly. Sexual and physical abuse, kidnappings, human trafficking, surviving family members of homicide victims. Each person gets up to 6 months of free counseling services--individual, group, advocacy, and/or psycho-educational skills training--such as 'Building Better Relationships in the Family.' IA has been serving the community of Santa Fe since the day of the shooting at Santa Fe High School. Behavioral Health: Workplace Mediation between individuals who cannot get along or within or between departments or work groups in conflict. IA has more multi-party mediation experience and has saved many businesses that may have otherwise broken apart. IA also offers violence prevention programs for schools called Project SAVE--Students Against Violence in Education. Peer Mediation Programs, Bully-Proofing Programs and Communication & Conflict Resolution skills training.

The mission of Love-A-Bull is to promote responsible guardianship and improve the image and lives of pit bull type dogs through community support, education, advocacy, and rescue.

Founded in 1989, the New Orleans Mission provided Shelter, Food and Spiritual guidance to a growing number of homeless men who were living on the streets of our city. Today, the Mission is the largest faith-based private service provider to the homeless population of the greater New Orleans area and the economically disadvantaged residents of Central City. Our core value is about changing lives and leading people to a loving relationship with Jesus Christ. We do this through a variety of programs and services that are designed to holistically meet the mental, physical, social, and spiritual needs of the individuals we serve. Our strategy is to RESCUE people from homelessness, strengthen the RECOVERY efforts of the people seeking our support, and fostering their successful RE-ENGAGEMENT into society as healthy, disciplined skilled people ready to lead a sustainable productive purpose-driven life

Prestige Learning Institute exists to foster community development and open doors of opportunity for adult immigrants and refugees. We accomplish this by providing culturally appropriate and affordable education initiatives, including English as a Second Language classes and career development services, that empower our students and mentees to advance personally, academically and economically.

Project Joy and Hope (PJH), a 501(c)3 Texas-based nonprofit organization, provides both practical and financial support to children living with life-limiting conditions and their families. PJH aims to provide a strong support system, thereby helping families remain stable and intact at this challenging time in their lives. Project Joy and Hope provides temporary housing to families who live some distance from tertiary care centers when a child needs to access palliative care, attend hospital for outpatient treatment, or await (or recover) an organ transplant. Local families at risk of homelessness due to the medical condition of a child are also eligible for services. While using more than 90% of funds for direct services, PJH has developed many important programs for medically fragile children and their families, including: HOPE housing shelter and utility support; a Parent-to-Parent Support Line; Family Assistance Grants for family expenses beyond the hospital or hospice budgets; HOPE Scholarship program for high school seniors who have experienced the death of a sibling or parent; and Pedi-Hope educational conferences to train medical providers specializing in pediatric palliative care. Using the power of collaborations, partnerships and volunteers, PJH accomplishes much with modest resources. Texas Children’s Hospital, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, MD Anderson Pediatric Cancer Center, and Houston Hospice refer families for assistance through their social work departments. PJH clientele are primarily low income (approximately 80%) and ethnicity of benefiting families closely mirrors that of the Texas population. These families are in the midst of life' most challenging time, when all their resources--mental and physical--are depleted as they focus on their child's care and day-to-day existence. The staff & volunteers at Project Joy and Hope understand and support such families in these challenging circumstances-when a child is seriously ill. Volunteerism is an intrinsic part of the supportive care services provided by PJH. Project Joy and Hope utilizes community volunteers to provide support to families in the program, helping with chores, running errands, or making friendly visits. Project Joy and Hope’s goal is to keep families intact when facing crisis, providing solutions for challenges experienced by all members of the family.

Revolution Thrift is a nonprofit dedicated to generating high impact, life altering change to those who need it most in the San Antonio area. Every donation or purchase goes directly towards benefiting the community. We do this by donating all our profits to a different local charity each month.

RightGift is the easiest way to give to people in times of need. The RightGift platform allows non-profit organizations and individuals to create wishlists of specific items and services to meet their critical needs.

The SAFE Alliance is a merger of Austin Children’s Shelter and SafePlace, both long-standing and respected human service agencies in Austin serving the survivors of child abuse, sexual assault and exploitation, and domestic violence. Our Mission is to lead in ending sexual assault and exploitation, child abuse, and domestic violence through prevention, intervention, and advocacy for change.

For 85 years, Seattle's Union Gospel Mission has provided emergency care and long-term recovery services to hurting and homeless people in our community. We're dedicated to serving, rescuing and transforming those in greatest need.

Mission:Inspired by Gospel values, we grow spiritually through person to person service to all in need in our community. Our actions promote the dignity of the person and alleviate suffering and distress, while addressing the conditions that cause them through systemic change.

Since 1985, South Oakland Shelter (SOS) has been at the forefront of addressing the myriad needs of homeless and displaced persons throughout Metro Detroit. SOS implements housing-first programming, operates an emergency shelter, and provides various supportive services that move people from homelessness to long-term stability. SOS also owns and operates Spero Housing Group, a subsidiary non-profit dedicated specifically to developing and operating high-quality affordable and supportive housing for persons of low and moderate income, as well as HandUp, a community and crowdfunding platform serving 100+ homeless service agencies and their clients across the United States. SOS is building communities that end homelessness. For more information visit: southoaklandshelter.org

The Campus Kitchens Project builds student-run social incubators to empower young leaders nationwide to use food as a tool to make change in their communities. All our programs have one thing in common: they recover would be wasted food, transform it into meals and deliver them to members in their community facing food insecurity. But at CKP we know that this food recovery and transformation alone will not end hunger or food waste. That's why all our programs Go Beyond the Meal and develop high-impact programming to tackle social structures and barriers that create food insecurity and food waste in the first place. From nutrition education to health and wellness classes, environmental awareness campaigns and civics workshops, our students are on the front lines of social justice.

The Mission of Yahweh is a faith-based shelter that empowers, enriches and restores the lives of homeless women and children and provides outreach serviceds to low-income communmities.

It is the mission of the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) to create total, healthy living environments for vulnerable children, youth and families, and the quality of life which empowers their ability to thrive and demonstrate responsibility.

The Woods Project (TWP) offers underserved students the kind of access to outdoor spaces and recreational activities that are more common among their higher-income peers. By challenging students to spend time outside, rely on their peers, step up to leadership roles, spend days or weeks away from their families and mobile devices, understand and care for the natural environment, and undertake the physical and mental challenges of outdoor recreation, TWP helps students develop important character traits (independence, distress tolerance, critical thinking, social competence/ adaptability, perseverance, curiosity and environmental awareness) that correlate strongly with success in school, in the workplace and in life. Beginning in 2006 with 11 students, TWP now serves nearly 700 students each year. The Woods Project’s year-round educational program is comprised of:
 • Weekly after-school club programs, hosted at a majority of our Houston school partners. Club lessons, led by TWP staff, focus on outdoor themes and skills as well as leadership development. They encourage the development of communication skills, teamwork and critical thinking through a focused curriculum and introduce concepts of wilderness education, camping skills, conservation and environmental awareness. • Weekend overnight camping trips, led by staff, teachers and volunteers, include environmental service projects, hiking, backpacking, canoeing and kayaking in the national forests and park areas near Houston. These activities are intended to improve confidence, self-reliance, and leadership skills while giving the students a preview of the challenges they will encounter during the summer session. • Two-week summer immersion programs in wilderness areas such as: Yosemite National Park, Glacier National Forest, Donner Pass/Desolation Wilderness and most recently the Apostle Island region of Lake Superior. Each trip includes eight days of guided, place-based field education, as well as, an intensive six-day, extended wilderness backpacking or sea kayaking adventure led by trained volunteers. Students participate in wilderness recreation experiences including hiking, paddling, camping, rock climbing, team building exercises, and are taught essential camping skills such as: how to use and care for their gear, survival skills and "Leave No Trace" principles. They also learn about the history of the area, engage in hands- on forest ecology and carbon lessons and have several opportunities to reflect upon and share their experience. Through these experiences, students establish a strong connection with nature, develop relationships with mature, stable adults outside of the family structure and emerge from the program with a stronger sense of the wider world, their ability to function effectively in it, and a renewed drive to succeed against all odds. TWP partners with Houston high schools that serve high percentages of low income students which provides access to those students who are most likely to benefit from the experience. Participants are from economically disadvantaged households and range from 14 to 18 years of age. On average, 73% of participants are Latino, 18% African American, and the remainder are of mixed race or other ethnicities. Utilizing trained volunteers and teachers as trip leaders, allows for an extremely dynamic and efficient program that provides student participants with positive role models and expose them to a larger perspective. Trip leaders come from diverse backgrounds and experiences including demographics similar to that of TWP participants. Recognized experts in the area of program evaluation work with TWP to measure behavioral changes as a result of program participation. This is facilitated through pre and post summer surveys that included a project-specific scale that utilizes student’s written responses to open ended survey questions to determine quantitative data.

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United Way of Salt Lake no longer reports on the programmatic results of the past. Together, with committed partners and donors, we are working toward large-scale change that lasts. We build powerful collective impact partnerships in schools, communities, and across our region and innovate the way people, organizations, and systems work together.

WISH for OUR HEROES (W4OH) is a national 501(c)(3), dedicated to assisting the men and women of the United States active-duty military, and in some cases, Veterans. Military life is difficult – men and women selflessly serve our nation, while working for little pay, putting their lives on the line, and dealing with the secondary affects that can tear families apart. WISH for OUR HEROES wanted to provide resources to the “average” military member, in order to make their deployments a little easier, and to improve the quality of their family lives while home or during deployment. WISH for OUR HEROES started with the goal of providing one wish for every deserving military member. There are no requirements – military members simply had to be on active-duty at the time the wish is submitted. The priority is to always grant basic needs or emergencies first – anything from putting food on the table to assisting with car repairs, home repairs, baby supplies, clothing, etc. When basic needs are met, W4OH also enjoys providing fun things like sending the troops to athletic events, sending them on vacation to get re-acquainted after deployments, meeting celebrities and more.

Youth Oasis provides emergency and transitional housing, care, support and advocacy for vulnerable youth in the Baton Rouge area who have been pushed to the margins. Fully and proudly inclusive, we’re Louisiana’s first LGBT-affirming shelter for youth. We stand for: Diversity We’re here for youth and young adults, no matter their race, orientation or identity. Because a category or label should never define the care and opportunities they deserve. Opportunity Our youth come to us from situations where their inherent worth is questioned, unconditional love taken away, and basic opportunities withheld. We work to return wholeness by providing a safe space, educational opportunities, mental health services, skills training, and unconditional compassion. Resiliency “Able to spring back after being compressed” – it’s what we strive for when caring for youth. It’s never, “Look at those poor children,” but always, “Look at all of the potential they possess.”

Founded in 1908, YWCA of San Diego County empowers women, men, and children to break the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness, and achieve self-sufficiency. Serving more than 9,100 people annually, our gender-inclusive programs and services include safe housing, case management, mental health counseling, housing coordination and rental assistance, legal support, employment assistance, financial literacy training, and children’s and youth services. YWCA is committed to helping individuals and families recover from trauma, improve their economic status, obtain permanent housing, and secure lasting independence.