Partner Charities
Located below are a list of charities that we have partnered with at past “Chais” selected by our following criteria:
Locally based
2. Serve their local community
3. Small Non-profit with a Lean Team
4. Accepts donations in goods/time/talent
Feel free to select the image of a charity you want to learn more about. Then, consider giving to these deserving charities to make an impact on communities near or far. (CO, CA, TX, FL, USA & Ireland)
Colorado, USA - Based Charities:
A Precious Child (Broomfield)
Assists children and families facing difficult life challenges such as abuse and neglect, crisis situations and poverty.
Tags: Homelessness, Children, Families, Education
The Gathering Place (Denver)
Serves women, transgender individuals, and their children who are experiencing poverty, many of whom are also experiencing homelessness.
Tags: Homelessness, Children, Women, LGBTQ+
Growing Home (Westminster)
Provides relief & dual-generation services to families with children, working alongside our community to break the cycle of generational poverty.
Tags: Homelessness, Families
Stemblazers (Highlands Ranch)
Inspires girls to visualize themselves in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math careers and empowers them to pursue STEM professions.
Tags: Girls, STEM, Education
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Hope Lives (Fort Collins)
Adds quality of life to breast cancer patients by offering integrative, support services and products that help manage the physical, emotional, social and financial side effects of breast cancer treatment.
Tags: Women, Women’s Health
Mother House (Boulder)
Helps mothers in crisis and their babies receive the care, support, and resources they need to navigate pregnancy and their new role as mothers. Beyond basic needs, the program offers women the ability to develop the skills to be successful, responsible, and confident citizens and parents.
Tags: Women, Single Mothers
Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center (Boulder)
Provides accessible, confidential and comprehensive gynecological and reproductive healthcare, including sexual health services and education.
Tags: Women, Women’s Health
SAVA (Fort Collins)
The Sexual Assault Victim Advocate (SAVA) Center provides crisis intervention, advocacy and counseling for all those affected by sexual violence in Northern Colorado while also providing prevention programs through community outreach and education.
Tags: Women, Women’s Health
Healing Warriors Program (Fort Collins)
Serves the veteran community and their families by providing care therapies that integrate with a service member’s standard medical care in order to achieve the individual’s wellness goals and restore quality of life.
Tags: Veterans
Defy Colorado (Denver)
Harnesses the entrepreneurial talents of people with criminal histories and redirects them toward the creation of legal businesses and careers.
Tags: Career Development, Formerly incarcerated
Impact on Education (Louisville)
Support students in Boulder Valley public schools with supplemental funding and resources to address critical needs and opportunity gaps
Tags: Children, Education
Cobalt (Denver)
Provides direct financial assistance to individuals seeking abortion care and advocates for local and state policies.
Tags: Abortion care, Women’s health
The Cottonwood Institute (Denver)
Connects Colorado Front Range students to the outdoors and empowers them to take action to improve their schools, the community, and the environment for future generations.
Tags: Experiential education, youth, outdoors
Period Kits (Thornton)
Provides period kits to low income or homeless people who have periods through community partnerships.
Tags: Homelessness, Women
Reciprocity Collective (Denver)
Seeks and fosters partnerships between the business and nonprofit communities to respectfully and effectively guide individuals from communities of Poverty and Homelessness forward in sustainable employment, purpose and health to realize their potential of fully enriched lives for themselves and their families.
Tags: Homelessness, Community Organizing
The Boulder Shelter for the Homeless (Boulder)
Provides opportunities for housing solutions, safe shelter, food and support services for up to 160 adults a year in Boulder County.
Tags: Homelessness
Texas, USA - Based Charities:
Final Frontier Rescue Project (Georgetown)
Improves animal sheltering and welfare through research, education, rescue, and rehabilitation.
Tags: Animals
Home Street Music (Austin)
Offers a music program to build community, restore confidence, reclaim dignity, and empower individuals who have experienced homelessness.
Tags: Homelessness, Music & Arts
Coats for Canines (Austin)
Gathers and distributes coats and food to furry companions of the homeless.
Tags: Homlessness, Animals
California, USA - Based Charities:
The Grateful Garment (San Jose)
Provides new clothing, food, grooming supplies and other vital resources to Sexual Assault Service Providers throughout the State of California.
Tags: Women, Women’s Health
Girls to Women (East Palo Alto)
Partners with Mid-Peninsula families, other local youth development agencies, and local schools to provide year-round programming for local girls, supporting healthy development. At the core of our youth development approach is respect for the abilities, knowledge and potential of each girl we serve.
Tags: Girls, Education
SF WAR (San Francisco)
The San Francisco Women Against Rape supports and advocates for those helping to stop the sexual assault epidemic and provides resources to those healing from sexual assault.
Tags: Women, Women’s Health
Wanda (Richmond)
The Woman’s Achievement Network and Development Alliance helps single moms overcome poverty through financial education, mentorship and matched savings programs.
Tags: Women, Single Mothers
Sunnyvale Community Services (Sunnyvale)
Helps prevent homelessness and hunger in the community.
Tags: Homelessness, Food Insecurity
Oasis for Girls (San Francisco)
Partners with young girls of color, aged 14-18, from under-resourced communities in San Francisco to cultivate the skills, knowledge, and confidence to discover their dreams and build strong futures.
Tags: GIrls, People of Color, Education
Move Up (Mountain View)
Empowers under-served women by helping them find jobs, succeed in careers, and start small businesses.
Tags: Women, Employment
Breakthrough Silicon Valley (San Jose)
Empowers young people from underserved communities to reach their full potential. Our multi-faceted six-year program launches low-income students on the path to college through personalized academic advising and support, college counseling, and leadership development.
Tags: Children, Low-income, Education
Cake 4 Kids (Sunnyvale)
Bakes cakes for at-risk and underprivileged youth who are in foster care, group homes, homeless shelters, transitional and low income housing, domestic violence and human trafficking shelters, substance abuse programs.
Tags: Children, Homelessness, At-risk youth
East West Players (Los Angeles)
Raises the visibility of the Asian American experience by presenting inventive world-class theatrical productions, developing artists of color, and providing impactful youth education programs.
Tags: Arts, Theater, Education
Artists at Play (Lost Angeles)
#LAthtr-producing collective telling stories of underrepresented communities with a focus on the Asian American experience
Tags: Arts, Theater
APAFT (Los Angeles)
Works to increase the presence of Asian Pacific Americans onstage, in theater production teams and through audience development.
Tags: Arts, Theater
Ireland - Based Charities:
Spinal Injuries Ireland (Dublin)
Provides on-going personalized support services for people with a spinal cord injury and their families empowering them to live an independent and fulfilling life at home.
Tags: Healthcare
Capuchin Day Centre (Dublin)
Provides food, clothing, showers, and other services to those experiencing food insecurity and homelessness.
Tags: Homelessness
Laura Lynn (Dublin)
Provides a Community of Care that delivers evidence-based, personalized services to children with palliative care needs, complex care needs and complex disabilities, while also providing family support services and a home to our residents where quality-of-life is paramount.
Tags: Children, Healthcare
Florida, USA - Based Charities:
HOPE South Florida (Ft. Lauderdale)
Provides crisis and rapid re-housing assistance, and support services to thousands of homeless families, veterans and individuals.
Tags: Homelessness, Veterans
Deliver the Dream (Ft. Lauderdale)
Provides healing retreats that enable families living with serious illness or crisis to build bonds and form relationships with other families who are experiencing the same thing in order to regain strength in mind, spirit, and family…one retreat at a time.
Tags: Families
Love our Nation (Ft. Lauderdale)
Educates and empowers youth with life skills that will enable them to be healthy and productive contributors in creating a more prosperous and loving community. The key initiatives of Love Our Nation are focused on the areas of Health, Education and Preservation of the Environment.
Tags: Children, Education, Environment