There are now some 1.5 million nonprofits to choose from.
Here we share links to nonprofits we believe in, including many that our readers share with us. We urge your own due diligence of these nonprofits.
Alliance for Justice
11 Dupont Circle NW 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20036 (202) 822-6070
www.afj.org
Alliance for Justice is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, childrens, and consumer advocacy organizations. Since its inception in 1979, AFJ has worked to advance the cause of justice for all Americans, strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy, and foster the next generation of advocates.
Alternative Giving International
Mailing address: P.O. Box 3810 Wichita, KS 67201-3810
Street address: 1103 N. Topeka Wichita, KS 67214
Phone: 800-842-2243
www.altgifts.org
The global mission of AGI is to send authentic, life-giving gifts to a needy world - gifts that build a partnership with people in crisis and that protect and preserve the earth's endangered environment - to nourish and sustain a more equitable and peaceful global community.
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10003
Phone: 1.212.529.8021
www.astraea.org
Astraea is a dynamic global foundation providing critically needed financial support to lesbian-led, LGBTI and progressive organizations. Separated by continents, language and culture, Astraea grantees are seizing opportunities, and laying the groundwork necessary for women and LGBTI people to claim their humand rights. Astraea staff, board, members and grantees all share a deep committment to feminist principles, racial and economic justice and human rights.
Bioneers
Old Lamy School House
6 Cerro Circle
Lamy, NM 87540
505-986-0366 OR 1-877-246-6337 (1-877-BIONEER)
www.bioneers.org
Bioneers is inspiring a shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations. Founded in 1990, Bioneers promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring Earth's imperiled ecosystems and healing our human communities.
Bolder Giving
PO Box 1216 Arlington, MA 02474
Tel: 781-646-1705
Info@boldergiving.org
www.boldergiving.org
Bolder Giving (formerly The 50% League) inspires people to discover and act on their full giving potential. We publicize role models. By sharing the stories of extraordinary givers, we help donors think freshly about how much is prudent and possible to give. Bolder Giving promotes members' stories through presentations, media, and this website. We connect donors to philanthropic support. Our website and presentations offer a wide variety of resources to strengthen giving. We also connect Bolder Giving members with each other for mutual encouragement and advice. We help people with wealth determine their full giving potential. By taking part in our Giving Potential Program, donors receive comprehensive, personal support to seriously explore their giving potential. Our vision is that all who are concerned about the world's urgent problems will achieve a timely and strategic impact with their giving.
California Rural Legal Assistance
631 Howard Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94105-3907
415-777-2752
www.crla.org
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal services organization, seeks to ensure that California's poorest communities have access to justice.
CRLA provides California farm workers and low-income families no-cost legal representation, community outreach, and educational workshops in the areas of health, housing, civil rights, education, family security, and employment.
Catalytic Communities
Beco João José No. 7 Bairro Saúde
Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP 20081-150, Brazil
ALSO:
PO Box 42010 Washington, DC 20015
+55-21-2213-2798
www.catcomm.org
Founded in 2000, Catalytic Communities (CatComm) is a 501[c][3] not-for-profit organization with an affiliate office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our mission is to inspire and empower a global network of communities generating and sharing solutions. CatComm connects communities through spaces both physical and virtual. The "Casa," our model networking hub in Rio de Janeiro offers a space for face-to-face events and Web access for community leaders across that metro region, while our Community Solutions Database and other online tools make searchable, detailed, community-generated solutions to everyday challenges available across languages and borders.
2006 Annual Budget: $96,000
Changemakers
605 Market Street, Suite 1109
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-543-2363
www.changemakers.org
Changemakers' mission is to transform the values and practices of philanthropy, in order to assure more equitable and accountable distribution of resources for creating positive social change.
Childbirth Connection
281 Park Avenue South, 5th Floor New York, NY 10010
Main Phone: 212.777.5000
Fax: 212.777.9320
www.childbirthconnection.org
The mission of Childbirth Connection is to promote safe, effective and satisfying maternity care for all women and their families through research, education and advocacy.
EPIP
National Headquarters
666 West End Ave, Suite 1B New York NY 10025
Tel: 212.497.7547 Fax: 212.472.0508
www.epip.org
The mission of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy is to strengthen the next generation of grantmakers, in order to advance effective social justice philanthropy. EPIP works toward its mission through the following programs. We organize unique Networking opportunities for our constituents through local chapters and national meeting spaces (both virtual and in-person). We develop the Leadership skills and analysis of our members for successful engagement in the workplace and the broader philanthropic field. And we build an Advocacy voice for our generation aimed at transforming philanthropy, and strengthening the pipeline for young people into social change careers.
Faith Trust Institute
2400 N. 45th Street #101
Seattle, WA 98103
206-634-1903 ext. 10
www.faithtrustinstitute.org
FaithTrust Institute is feminist, interreligious, multi-cultural and educational in its approach to changing the prevailing beliefs and actions of both religious and secular communities. We believe that the rich resources of our diverse experiences and backgrounds will empower us to do this work effectively. We believe that the voices of sexual and domestic violence survivors are a primary source of knowledge and direction for our work to end violence. We believe that the spiritual resources of our religious traditions give us guidance and sustenance to continue our work.
Fifth Ward Enrichment Program, Inc
4014 Market Street, Suite 105 Houston, Texas 77020
713-229-8353
fwep@fwepinc.org
www.fwepinc.org
The Fifth Ward is one of Houston 's more economically distressed neighborhoods and is greatly affected by the urban problems of gang violence, drug abuse, high teen pregnancy rates, school dropout and crime. The Fifth Ward Enrichment Program attempts to help participants redirect their energies into positive goals for the future rather than falling into the destructive path taken by many youth. They are taught to value education, delay gratification, view life as sacred and set responsible priorities. Males acquire social and leadership skills through male role models, mentoring techniques, academic support and therapeutic activities. In addition, they learn the importance of respect and communication in their relationships with others, specifically women.
Global Greengrants
2840 Wilderness Place Suite A Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: 303.939.9866
www.greengrants.org
Global Greengrants Fund supports grassroots groups working for environmental justice and sustainability around the world. Our grants fund grassroots action in some of the world's most despoiled and impoverished places. Grassroots groups are key to solving intractable problems and halting cycles of poverty, powerlessness and environmental destruction. Our grants offer hope and tap the energy of communities where other sources of support are unavailable. There is no better investment than supporting passionate people with great ideas.
2006 Annual Budget: $3,859,000
Global Fund for Women
1375 Sutter Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
Phone: 415.202.7640
www.globalfundforwomen.org
The Global Fund for Women is a grantmaking foundation supporting women's human rights organizations around the world working to address critical issues such as gaining economic independence, increasing girls' access to education and stopping violence against women.
2006 Annual Budget: $13,500,000
Green For All, an Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Initiative
414 13th Street, Suite 600 Oakland, CA 94612
510.663.6500
info@greenforall.org
www.greenforall.org
Green for All has a simple but ambitious mission: to help build a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. By advocating for a national commitment to job training, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in the emerging green economy - especially for people from disadvantaged communities -- we fight both poverty and pollution at the same time. We are committed to securing one billion dollars by 2012 to create "green pathways out of poverty" for 250,000 people in the United States, by greatly expanding federal government and private sector commitments to "green-collar" jobs.
Heifer Project International
1 World Avenue Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone: 800.422.0474
www.heifer.org/
Heifer envisions a world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet. Our mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth. Our strategy is to "pass on the gift." As people share their animals' offspring with others - along with their knowledge, resources, and skills - an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around the globe.
Interfaith Worker Justice
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60660
Phone: 773-728-8400 Fax: 773-728-8409
www.iwj.org
Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the U.S. on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers.
Justice for Children
Houston Headquarters
2600 Southwest Freeway, Ste 806 Houston, Texas 77098
Main Phone: 713.225.4357 toll free 1.800.733.0059
Fax: 713.225.2818
www.justiceforchildren.org
The mission of Justice for Children is to raise the consciousness of our society about the failure of our governmental agencies to protect victims of child abuse, to provide legal advocacy for abused children and to develop and implement collaborative solutions to enhance the quality of life for these children.
MindOH!
Corporate Headquarters - Houston
2525 Robinhood, Ste 100 Houston, TX 77005
Phone: 713.533.1138 Fax: 713.533.9053
www.mindoh.org
MindOH! is a socially responsible company named for that moment when a child's belief in what is, and their belief in what can be, come together.
The Company creates character-based, interactive computer modules that teach students problem-solving techniques and communication skills, reinforcing universally held virtues such as respect and responsibility. Character education is an integral part of learning environments, particularly in light of increased incidents of bullying, violence, drugs, gangs, cheating, bigotry and substance abuse among today's youth.
Our Voices Together
1730 Rhode Island Ave NW Ste 712 Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.223.0080
www.ourvoicestogether.org
Our Voices Together seeks to re-engage the spirit of goodwill and widespread solidarity against terrorist tactics that prevailed across the globe in the early days after September 11, 2001. We are united in our commitment to honor the lives of our loved ones and build a safer, more compassionate future. We are grateful for the spontaneous outpouring of goodwill that has helped sustain us personally, and we are determined to generate even more good in the world out of our tragedy. From our personal experience we know that people do not want to sit by passively but rather look for ways to respond to terrorism. Our response is to make the change we wish to see in the world and to try to encourage others to do likewise.
Neighborhoods Centers, Inc
P.O. Box 271389 Houston, TX 77277
713-667-9400
nci.info@neighborhood-centers.org
www.neighboorhood-centers.org
Neighborhood Centers Inc. believes in the individual and invests in people. We have a fundamental respect for individuals and their dignity, regardless of their situation in life. Through our actions and words, we show others that we care about them personally, providing a vision of what they can become. Our compassion builds their self-esteem and our services fuel their self-sufficiency. We provide tools and a supportive environment so that people can grow physically, intellectually, and emotionally. We strive to understand the needs of our clients and to make a positive difference in their lives. We listen to their concerns with empathy and acknowledge that they are the sole reason we exist. Through our responsive programs, we remain steadfastly committed to the communities we serve and seek to ensure that members of those communities have a voice in all we do.
PFLAG
National Office
1726 M St NW, Ste 400 Washington, D.C. 20036
Main Phone: 202.467.8180 Fax: 202.467.8194
www.pflag.org
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Plan USA
155 Plan Way Warwick, RI 02886
Phone: 1.800.556.7918
www.planusa.org/
Plan USA is part of a unique, global alliance of caring individuals like you-a worldwide community sharing a common agenda for child-centered development, children's rights and the well-being and interests of the world's children. We strive to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of deprived children in developing countries through a process that unites people across cultures and adds meaning and value to their lives.
Project Safe Place
National Safe Place
2411 Bowman Ave Louisville, KY 40217
Phone: 502.635.3660 Toll Free: 888.290.7233
www.nationalsafeplace.org
Safe Place provides access to immediate help and supportive resources for all young people in crisis through a network of sites sustained by qualified agencies, trained volunteers and businesses. We will be universally recognized and used by youth across America as the place to go for immediate help and safety. We are a national youth outreach program that educates thousands of young people every year about the dangers of running away or trying to resolve difficult, threatening situations on their own. This easily replicated community initiative involves the whole community to provide safe havens and resources for youth in crisis.
Realizing Rights
The Ethical Globalization Initiative Headquarters
271 Madison Ave Ste 1007 New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-895-8080 Fax: 212-895-8084
info@eginitiative.org
www.realizingrights.org
Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative addresses five urgent issues required for greater human development and security:
-- fostering more equitable international trade and development;
-- strengthening efforts to realize the human right to health;
-- shaping more humane migration policies;
-- encouraging women's leadership;
-- and influencing corporate social responsibility.
Our mission is to put human rights standards at the heart of global governance and policy-making and to ensure that the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable are addressed on the global stage.
Resource Generation
24 Thorndike St., 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA 02141
Phone: 617.225.3939
www.resourcegeneration.org
Resource Generation is a national organization that works with young people with financial wealth who are supporting and challenging each other to effect progressive social change through the creative, responsible and strategic use of financial and other resources.
2006 Annual Budget: $560,000
Reuniting America
1257 Siskiyou Boulevard, #87 Ashland, Oregon 97520
Phone: 541.488.4878
reunitingamerica.org
Reuniting America convenes Americans from across the political spectrum in dialogue around areas of mutual concern to build trust and identify opportunities for collaborative action and to reunite America by engaging across the divides.
2006 Annual Budget: $400,000
Room to Read
The Presidio
87 Graham St., Suite 250 San Francisco, CA 94129
Voice: 415-561-3331 Fax: 415-561-4428
www.roomtoread.org
Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to establish schools, libraries, and other educational infrastructure. We seek to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that education is a lifelong gift that empowers people to ultimately improve socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities, countries, and future generations. Through the opportunities that only an education can provide, we strive to break the cycle of poverty, one child at a time.
2006 Annual Budget: $7 Million
Seasons Fund for Social Transformation
369 Montezuma Avenue, #507
Santa Fe, NM 87501-2626
505-983-2254
www.seasonsfund.org
The Seasons Fund For Social Transformation invests in opportunities to couple the expansive power of personal transformation with the public work of repairing societal ills in the United States.
SEVA Foundation
1786 Fifth St. Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: 510.845.7382
www.seva.org/
Seva (say-va) is the sanskrit word for service. Seva Foundation was formed in 1978 with a mission to alleviate suffering caused by disease and poverty. Our approach is to build partnerships that respond to locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions.
SisterMentors
1666 K St. NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-778-6424 Fax: 202-778-6473
www.sistermentors.org
We are a community of highly motivated women of color of different races, ethnicities and backgrounds who come together to help each other complete the dissertation and get the doctorate. Most of us are the first generation in our families to get an advanced degree or a doctorate. We are a project of EduSeed®, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes education among historically disadvantaged and underserved communities such as women and people of color.
2006 Annual Budget: 183,000
TEWA
Phone: +977.1.5572654
www.tewa.org.np/
Tewa means "support" in Nepali. It refers to the kind of support used to prop up leaning walls and buildings before they are rebuilt. Tewa's philosophy is to develop modern philanthropy, both in terms of minimizing social costs incurred in rapid transition, for self-reliant development that is not donor dependent, and for the empowerment of emerging groups of rural women in Nepal. With this philosophy in mind we do local fund-raising, give small grants to women's groups from rural Nepal, and strengthen the human resource of Nepal through various programs.
The Center for the New American Dream
6930 Carroll Avenue Suite 900 Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-891-3683
http://www.newdream.org
The Center for a New American Dream is building a powerful constituency of individuals who live consciously, buy wisely, and band together to make a difference.
The Emancipation Network
Made By Survivors
21 Crestview Dr E. Sandwich MA 02537
Phone: 800-831-6089
www.madebysurvivors.com
The mission of The Emancipation Network is to help fight and prevent slavery and human trafficking by providing jobs and economic opportunity to survivors of slavery.
The National Council for Research on Women
11 Hanover Square, 24th Floor New York, NY 10005
Phone: 212-785-7335
www.ncrw.org
The National Council for Research on Women is a network of more than 100 leading U.S. research, advocacy, and policy centers with a growing global reach. The Council harnesses the resources of its network to ensure fully informed debate, policies, and practices to build a more inclusive and equitable world for women and girls
The White House Project
434 West 33rd Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10001
212-261-4400
www.thewhitehouseproject.org
The White House Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that aims to advance women's leadership in all communities and sectors—up to the U.S. presidency—by filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women.
United for Peace
PO Box 607, Times Square Station NY, NY 10108
(212) 868-5545
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/
United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building. See the total cost of the war: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
Urgent Action Fund
1123 Spruce St. Boulder, Colorado 80302 USA
tel: 303-442-2388 fax: 303-442-2370
urgentact@urgentactionfund.org
www.urgentactionfund.org
As the only international women's fund in the world designed to respond on short notice, UAF collaborates with women activists in three primary contexts: peace building in situations of armed conflict, escalating violence, or politically volatile environments; potentially precedent-setting legal and legislative actions; and protection of women human rights defenders.UAF joins with local women to build civil societies that honor their experiences and include women at every juncture, especially in areas of armed conflict and war, where they are most at risk.
2006 Annual Budget: $1.2 Million
Women Moving Millions
1375 Sutter St. Ste 406 San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: 415.441.0706
www.womenmovingmillions.org
Women Moving Millions is a groundbreaking initiative to inspire gifts of one million dollars and above, to effect lasting social change through improving the lives of women and girls. The initiative's goal is to raise $150 million by April 2009, which will propel the collective grant- making and assets of women's foundations worldwide over the $1 billion mark; nearly $70 million has already been raised.
Yes! Leadership
6201 Bonhomme, Suite 168N Houston, TX 77036
Phone: 713-574-7600 Fax: 713-589-2502
www.yesprep.org
YES Prep exists to increase the number of low-income Houstonians who graduate from a four-year college prepared to compete in the global marketplace and committed to improving disadvantaged communities. The YES model provides an intimate environment for learning that is also big enough to offer the activities and resources that will prepare students for collegiate success. YES Prep's ultimate goal is to create a critical mass of college educated students who can then return to Houston and bring real change to our city's disadvantaged neighborhoods and communities
YES! Youth for Environmental Sanity
420 Bronco Rd. Soquel, CA 95073
831-465-1091
http://www.yesworld.org
YES! is a nonprofit organization that connects, inspires and empowers young changemakers to join forces for a thriving, just and sustainable way of life. Our three program areas are Global Leadership Jams, Leveraging Privilege for Social Change, and Supporting Aligned Movements. We work at the meeting point of internal, interpersonal, and systemic transformation. YES! has spoken to more than 650,000 students and organized more than 90 week-long gatherings for visionary young leaders from 65+ nations.
Youthgive
322 LaVerne Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941
Offices:
495 Miller Ave. Mill Valley, CA 94941
Tel: 415 388-1222
Fax: 415 236-1423
info@youthgive.org
www.youthgive.org
YouthGive helps to grow the next generation of givers and global citizens, believing that everyone can be a philanthropist. YouthGive is giving by the many, for all ages, with local and global impact. Help us create a new story for youth and families one that empowers us all as caretakers of our communities and the world. We believe that… engaging children and youth in philanthropy is critical to instilling lifelong habits of generosity and civic engagement. Young people are often not recognized or asked to participate in community and civic life, yet are a vital resource in society. Philanthropy can bring families together, build character and transmit values across generations. Philanthropy is not about how much you have to give. It's about how much you care and choose to give of yourself. Philanthropy is a personal act of caring and a public exercise of citizenship. Giving connects one to community, and is a means to change the world.