The Feeding America network is the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, working to connect people with food and end hunger. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage the country in the fight to end hunger.
Charitable Organizations
There are over 400 charitable organizations you can give to through UMACC! Search for your favorite charities by keyword, service area, or cause.
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Displaying 201 - 225 of 563Fidelco Guide Foundation breeds, raises, and trains German shepherd guide dogs for In-community Placement with individuals who are blind, providing increased mobility.
Mission:
To alleviate poverty through lasting solutions that help people build assets, create jobs and raise their standard of living.
Vision:
To build a global network of sustainable and scalable social enterprises that improve lives worldwide.
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With headquarters in Washington, DC, our goal at FINCA International is to provide low-income people around the world the tools they need to succeed. FINCA’s programs benefit millions of people across five continents. We do that by offering responsible financial services, such as small loans or savings accounts; by reaching people in remote communities using technology like mobile phones and tablets; and by providing access to life-enhancing products, like solar home systems and clean cookstoves.
We are located at the entrance to the University of Massachusetts. We are a church of diverse races, nations, cultures, generations, and backgrounds. People from 43 nations call FBC their spiritual home. We serve our neighbors through our Food Pantry, Craig’s Place Homeless Shelter, ESL Classes, and Freedom Cafe all on our church campus.
Center Church of South Hadley, MA is a progressive, vibrant, Christian community, worshiping the presence of a Living God, following the teachings of Jesus and alive in the Holy Spirit.
The Fistual Foundation is founded in 2000 to the treatment and prevention of obstetric fistual globally. The Foundation raises awareness of and funding for fistual treatment, prevention and education porgrams worldwide.
The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project is the only organization in Arizona that provides free legal and social services to detained men, women, and children under threat of deportation.
The Florence Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal service organization providing free legal and social services to adults and unaccompanied children in immigration custody in Arizona.
Although the government assists indigent criminal defendants and civil litigants through public defenders and legal aid attorneys, it does not provide attorneys for people in immigration removal
proceedings. As a result, an estimated 86 percent of the detained people go unrepresented due to poverty. The Florence Project strives to address this inequity both locally and nationally through direct service, partnerships with the community, and advocacy and outreach efforts.
Flywheel, a collectively run, not-for-profit space, aims to build community and give artists of all types the opportunity to craft, practice, and perform their work in an environment where creativity is valued over profit.
We offer help for hurting families: single parents, newlyweds, troubled teens, grandparents, and many more receive assistance from our organization dedicated to preserving the family.
To raise public awareness, provide advocacy and education, and to advance research on behalf of those affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis.
Alleviates hunger by rescuing 6 plus million pounds of surplus food annually and providing it to 400 programs serving low-income people throughout western Massachusetts.
The food pantry offers various kinds of food and clothing items that you may need. The only thing necessary to receive food from the pantry is an address and how many people are in your family.
The mission of the Fort River PGO is to enrich the work of our teachers and administrators through field trip and other curriculum enhancing activities.
Forward Together unites communities to win rights, recognition and resources for all families. "We transform culture and policy to work for all of us nationwide. Since our founding in 1989, we have continually fought to dismantle the ways our society marginalizes us based on race, sexuality, and gender. Today, we build courage and foster connection among our multi-racial community of changemakers to secure the rights, recognition and resources all families need to thrive."
The Survival Center provides free food to needy individuals and families in the Franklin County Area. There is also a thrift shop where clothing, household items, furniture and other necessities are for sale at an extremely reasonable cost.
Reduces hunger by providing nutritious meals, and access to food and household supplies free of charge to those in need.
DIAL/SELF helps young people become independent by connecting them with housing, education, employment and civic engagement opportunities.
Franklin Land Trust works with landowners to protect farms, forests, and natural resources significant to the environmental quality, economy and rural character of Western Massachusetts.
We aim to cure Fragile X, the foremost known cause of autism, by funding medical research and helping affected families get the best treatment.
Free Press fights for your rights to connect and communicate. We're working to create a world where people have the information and opportunities they need to tell their own stories, hold leaders accountable, and participate in our democracy. We fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media.
A a non-profit organization located in Cassville, NY, that provides guide dogs to blind and visually impaired people throug the distinct program called "Hometown Training."
Friends of Children mobilizes support by speaking up for vulnerable children and young people whose needs are ill-addressed by bureaucracy. We guide them to safe environments where they can thrive. We help them find their own voices and become their own advocates.
Our mission is to promote the interests of the Forbes Library so that its services, activities, and facilities may benefit the public to the greatest extent possible. The Friends provide financial support to programs, projects, events and materials whose costs cannot be met from the library’s annual operating budget.
Our mission is to provide financial and volunteer support for the Interfaith Emergency Shelter for homeless individuals and its associated programs.
Homelessness can happen to anyone at anytime. It knows no boundaries, and it effects hundreds of people right here in Hampshire County each year. Thankfully, there are many organizations in town to help the homeless, and the Friends is proud to be one of them.
Through our fundraising efforts, we ensure that the shelter doors stay open through the six coldest months of the year (November – April). Our volunteer meal teams provide warm and nutritious meals to shelter guests each evening, and our overnight volunteers provide back-up coverage to the staff. Members of the community also help by contributing monetarily and volunteering in other ways (i.e., knitting hats and gloves, donating toiletries or socks, offering vocational workshops, etc.).
The Friends of Lake Warner and the Mill River is a non-profit corporation registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We are dedicated to the preservation, improvement, and responsible use of the Mill River and Lake Warner in Hadley, Massachusetts. We love Lake Warner. Help us spread the word so we can save our wonderful lake.