Places to consider donating
This is hardly exhaustive and should be seen as a jumping off point. Organizations are sorted into six categories: Arts, LGBTQIA+, Policing/Incarceration, Mental Health, Environmental Justice, and General/Catch-all, but these are not mutually-exclusive categories.
Arts
Promoting the elevation and preservation of Black arts and culture
Building a more equitable and inclusive creative culture by advancing a community of independent Black artists, makers and designers in creative industries
Ensuring opportunities for artists of color to have sustainable art careers with livable wages, fair work conditions, and equitable partnerships with institutions
Collaborating with a nonprofit social service provider to support the needs of 18 to 24-year-old foster youth who are transitioning into adulthood as well as providing free access to museum-curated contemporary art celebrating artists of color
Advocating and fighting for equity in the arts through collaboration, forums, and outlets that provide a voice for arts administrators and artists of color where there may not be one
Supporting women (including queer, trans, femme and non-binary) abstract artists of color by providing opportunities, resources, and programming that elevates their work and practice
Improving the quality of life of people of color through the arts and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math)
LGBTQIA+
Changing law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.
The Okra Project
Extending free, delicious, and nutritious meals to Black Trans people experiencing food insecurity
Brave Space Alliance
Empowering and elevating queer and trans voices, particularly those belonging to people of color, in the Chicago community
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Protecting and defending the human rights of Black transgender people
Abolishing the criminal punishment system and liberating LGBTQIA2S+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS who are affected by that system through advocacy, support, and organizing
Kween Culture Initiative
Empowering and celebrating the richness of Black transgender women through creating moments, spaces, and events for collective possibility
Side by Side
Creating supportive communities where Virginia's LGBTQ+ youth can define themselves, belong, and flourish
Policing/Incarceration
Seeking to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system through journalism
Last Prisoner Project
Working to redress the past and continuing harms of unjust laws and policies concerning cannabis through intervention, advocacy, and awareness campaigns
The Bail Project
Combating mass incarceration by disrupting the money bail system - one person at a time
Community Justice Exchange
Sharing and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration
Bail Funds Across America
A directory of both state-specific and nationwide bail funds
Campaign Zero
Working towards a world without police violence by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability
Equal Justice Initiative
Working to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society
National Police Accountability Project
Promoting the accountability of law enforcement officers and their employers for violations of the Constitution and the laws of the United States
Mental Health
Bringing opportunity and healing to communities of color, and especially to Black women and girls
BEAM Collective
Removing the barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing through education, training, advocacy, and the creative arts
Asian Mental Health Collective
Working to normalize and de-stigmatize mental health within the Asian community and aspiring to make mental health easily available, approachable, and accessible to Asian communities worldwide
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Providing advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.
Environmental Justice
Improving the lives of children and families harmed by pollution and vulnerable to climate change in the Gulf Coast Region through research, education, community and student engagement for policy change
Mobilizing the collective power of young people to mitigate climate change and create a just, clean energy future and resilient, thriving communities for all
Inspiring and engaging in transformative action towards the liberation and restoration of land, labor, and culture through movements led by low-income communities and communities of color committed to a Just Transition away from profit and pollution and towards healthy, resilient and life-affirming local economies
Protecting the sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining and respecting Indigenous teachings and natural laws
Advancing structural shifts toward ecological equity and climate justice in Gulf South communities of color on the frontline of climate change.
General/Catch-all
Working to lift up all Black lives, focusing on the eradication of white supremacy and building local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes
Protecting the civil liberties of all Americans, including parts of the population that have been historically denied equal rights (POC, women, LGBTQIA individuals, prisoners, immigrants, and people with disabilities)
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Empowering immigrant youth to develop their leadership, their organizing skills, and to develop their own campaigns to fight for justice and dignity for immigrants and all people
Bringing clean, hot and cold running water to families across New Mexico, Utah and Arizona
An Indigenous & Womxn-led collective, working on behalf of our global community to shift social and environmental paradigms by dismantling colonial institutions and replacing them with Indigenous practices created in synchronicity with the land
Supporting people's movements for justice and liberation, redistributing resources back to frontline communities at the forefront of change while amplifying their stories of building a better world
Providing BIPOC across the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts with a safe space to connect, share, resources, and create systemic change to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in surrounding communities
Educating girls of color and encouraging self-acceptance through the cultivation of social, emotional and intellectual well-being
Leading campaigns that build real power for Black communities and challenging injustice, holding corporate and political leaders accountable, and advancing solutions for racial justice
Organizing Black and Brown youth to build power in communities and advance a new vision across the state of Florida
Providing holistic and loving legal defense and social services for the marginalized in the community
Increasing and retaining reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting
Working to enhance the capacity of citizens to hold public institutions accountable
Advocating for essential changes in the publishing industry, with the aim to help produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people
Founded and led by Indigenous women, promoting awareness and education about the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Children, and Two-Spirit. Working to advocate, support, give voice to and stand with families whose lives have been affected by missing and murdered relatives
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