Go to:
Charity Ratings
Charity Choice
Individual Charities
General Information
Charity Ratings
- American Institute of Philanthropy
Website of "a nationally prominent charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions."
- Charity Navigator
"Charity Navigator, America's premiere independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities."
- Give.org
"The Alliance reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations that are the subject of donor inquiries." They have a guide to hundreds of charities, telling which ones meet their standards and which don't.
- GuideStar: The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
GuideStar provides "information about the operations and finances of nonprofit organizations" and has a special section with advice and guides for prospective donors.
Click to Donate Sites:
Free Rice.com (game)
The Hunger Site
Charity Click Donation
- Bring Light
"Bring Light is a place for you to find causes you care about, dialogue with charities and the community, and collaborate to fund a specific project."
- Care2
A social networking for social action community where individuals may choose from a large range of different charitable and social action means and organizations.
- Change.org
A "central platform that connects likeminded people, whatever their interests, and enables them to exchange information, share ideas, and collectively act to address the issues they care about."
- DonorsChoose.org
"Teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals ... choose projects to fund."
- GiveMeaning
"GiveMeaning.com is an online fundraising site emphasizing creative fundraising ideas and other unique forms of charity donation." (Similiar to DonorsChoose but not limited to education-related causes.)
- GiveSpot
GiveSpot has extensive links to charity-related sites, including sites that evaluate charities, lists of charities, resources for activists, helpful information, and more.
- GoodSearch
"A search engine which donates 50-percent of its revenue to the charities and schools designated by its users."
- Idealist.org
Listings of nonprofit and community organizations, volunteer opportunities, a Nonprofit Career Center, and more. Includes a special section for Kids and Teens.
- Kiva
"Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developing world -- empowering them to life themselves out of poverty."
- NABURR
"NABUUR links you directly with people around the world who need your assistance now. All you need is a computer, a little free time, and the desire to make a difference."
- Network for Good
Website designed to make it "easier, more convenient and more compelling than ever to donate money, volunteer time and speak out on issues."
- SERVEnet
"servenet.org has enabled millions of youth volunteers to connect with local nonprofits to make a difference in communities throughout America" and the world.
- VolunteerMatch
Connects volunteers with organizations.
- Youth Service America
"YOUTH SERVICE AMERICA (YSA) is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people."
- American Red Cross
In addition to its well-known blood drives, the Red Cross provides world-wide humanitarian and disaster relief services.
- Amnesty International USA
Amnesty International works for social justice around the world.
- Catholic Charities USA
Catholic Charities is "the largest private network of social service organizations in the United States works to support families, reduce poverty, and build communities."
- Children's Defense Fund
"The mission of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is to ... ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities."
- Distributed Computing Projects
Each user's computer works on a small part of a large project.
- Habitat for Humanity
"Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action."
- National Youth Leadership Council
"The National Youth Leadership Council's mission is to build vital, just communities with young people through service-learning."
- National Council of Catholic Bishops: Social Development & World Peace
Information on social justice issues, including action needs and opportunities.
- Nothing But Nets
Help fight malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa, by supplying mosquito nets to those too poor to afford them.
- School of the Americas Watch
"SOA Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work."
- Slavery and Abolition - See Human Rights page.
- Toys For Tots
Toy for Tots is a national program which collects and distributes toys to needy children at Christmas. Site includes guide to local programs.
- The Nonprofit FAQ
"A compilation of frequently asked questions, and their answers, based on on-line communications about nonprofits (mostly in the United States of America) beginning in the early 1990s."
- Philanthropy Statistics
"The latest research and statistics on charitable giving" from the Philanthropic Trust.
- 20 Ways for Teenagers to Help Other People by Volunteering
Suggestions and links to various types of volunteers opportunities. Great ideas, easy-to-naviagate site.
- USAID.gov
"USAID is the U.S. government agency responsible for economic and humanitarian assistance around the world." Includes information on disasters and on-going needs around the world and what work is being done about them by various organizations.
