From Sore to Soar
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Helping communities heal and thrive
Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines
Advocacy & Resources
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Atkinson Foundation
Website: https://atkinsonfdn.org
Description: Grants to non-profit agencies serving economically, mentally and/or physically, addiction, at-risk children youth, families, immigrants, and elderly.
CCCNP - Central City Neighborhood Partners
Website: https://laccnp.org
Description: Advancing systemic change, ensuring equal access to housing, food, health, transportation, education to benefit low-income
Colorado
Connecticut
AmeriCares
Website: americares.org
Description: Leading the charge to support accessible, reliable health care to people affected by poverty or disaster in Stamford, CT
Friends of Forgotten Children
Website: https://www.fofc-nh.org
Description: a volunteer-run provider of food, clothing and holiday gifts for low income and at-risk individuals and families
Delaware
Florida
Harvest international
Website: https://www.harvesttime.org
Description: Humanitarian organization with a mission to provide a hand up to children and families in Florida that are 200% below poverty level
The Giving Project
Website: https://givingclosetproject.org
Description: Provides basic needs for school to communities and social service agencies that work directly with homeless and low income youth and their families in Florida.
The Mustard Seed
Website: https://mustardseedfla.org
Description: Furniture and clothing bank in central Florida, furnishing an entire home for economically qualifying families and individuals
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Kansas
Hope Unlimited
Website: https://hope-unlimited.org
Description: provides emergency shelter, support groups, crisis intervention, court assistance, sexual assault advocacy, safety planning, and healthcare resources through the healthcare initiative project as well as offers a visitation center to victims in abusive and crisis situations related to family violence, sexual assault and sexual abuse in Southeast Kansas.
Illinois
Hope Unlimited Family Care Center
Website: https://hopeunlimitedfcc.org
Description: Choose hope if in crisis. Provides pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, a prenatal care clinic, parenting classes, court ordered parenting classes and student development. Learn to earn in order to access necessities from hope’s closet
One Hope United
Website: https://onehopeunited.org
Description: a nonprofit serving over 10,000 children and families. Available to assist with education centers, child and family services, counseling, and residential programs. They use evidence-based and trauma-informed practices to empower children and families to see and create a future full of potential with the goal of building skills to live life without limits
We Bloom
Website: https://www.webloom.org
Description: Empowering healthy communities adapting to the changing needs that emerge in Vietnam and Indiana.
Indiana
Kentucky
Hope Unlimited Family Care Center
Website: https://hopeunlimitedfcc.org
Description: Choose hope if in crisis. Provides pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, a prenatal care clinic, parenting classes, court ordered parenting classes and student development. Learn to earn in order to access necessities from hope’s closet
Aid for Kids
Website: https://aidforkids.org
Description: Children’s Food, Healthcare, Shelter, and education fund: Distributes new articles of clothing, dental education and Bess the Book bus program
Location: Maine, Vietnam
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Kahlert Foundation
Website: https://www.thekahlertfoundation.org
Description: Grants to non-profit organizations improving the quality of life and well-being of the community in the areas of health care, education, youth programs, veteran organizations, and human services
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
SemCAC
Website: https://www.semcac.org
Description: A community action agency in Minnesota dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New England
Annie’s Angels
Website: https://www.anniesangels.org
Description: supports local families struggling financially through a life-threatening disease, or illness. Support disability connecting neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend, and business to business in a caring fundraising network.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Website: www.jdc.org
Description: Jewish humanitarian organization, leading rescue and aid, public health emergencies, and natural disasters, New York, NY
Red Hook Initiative
Website: https://rhicenter.org
Description: RHI’s model gives young people and residents the tools, resources and opportunities they need to interrupt the systems and barriers that perpetuate historic inequities for the Red Hook community.
Rising ground
Website: https://www.risingground.org
Description: Helping New York rise above adversity
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Friends Helping Friends
Description: Kindless, love, care, no judging. Offering a little extra help for those that are too proud to ask for it or do not know how to go about finding ways to get the extra boost.
Shoes and clothes for kids
Website: https://sc4k.org
Description: In order to increase academic attendance, Cleveland kids should have the proper tools including shoes, clothing and school supplies.
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Mitvah Circle
Website: https://mitzvahcircle.org
Description: fill the gaps, to provide items that are not covered by government assistance, includes clothing, toothpaste, diapers, period items, and deodorant in Pennsylvania.
Share Food Program
https://www.sharefoodprogram.org
Description: Food is a human right, combating hunger around Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Children’s Friend
Website: https://www.cfsri.org
Description: Supports abandoned and abused children, prevention and intervention crisis intervention, education, literacy services
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Glass House Collective
Description: Founded to bring life back to Glass Street, and Glass Street back to life in East Chattanooga, with various projects and community events.
Texas
Utah
Kahlert Foundation
Website: https://www.thekahlertfoundation.org
Description: Grants to non-profit organizations improving the quality of life and well-being of the community in the areas of health care, education, youth programs, veteran organizations, and human services
Vermont
Lund
Website: https://lundvt.org
Description: Breaking the cycles of poverty, addiction, and abuse by supporting pregnant and parenting teens, young adults, and adoptive families through adoption, education, residential treatment, outpatient treatment, family support services, screening and assessment
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Global:
Restore Global
Website: https://restoreglobal.org
Description: Restore Global assists non profits in purchasing supplies at a discounts. They also collect overproduced items, often-new, excess goods from corporations, manufacturers, government organizations, and retailers.
Tides Foundation
Website: https://www.tides.org
Description: Social justice, world prosperity, equity, human rights, economic empowerment, sustainable environments, healthy communities, quality education
$ Funding Opportunities
Avery-Fuller-Welch foundation
Bothin Foundation
Chavez Family Foundation
Community fund of Chattanooga
Delaplaine Foundation
Dallas Foundation grants
Sand Hill Foundation
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