Giving Tuesday occurs on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving to create an international day of charitable giving.
If you plan to give this holiday season, Giving Tuesday might be a good date to donate as many charitable organizations have partnerships enabling your donation to be matched. Check out some wonderful charities that are participating in matched fundraisers.
CAUSE: Women
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: National Women's Law Center
OFFER: Donation matched on Giving Tuesday thanks to Advisory Committee
DESCRIPTION: The National Women's Law Center is a champion of policies and laws that help women and girls achieve their potential throughout their lives — at school, at work, at home, and in their communities.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: NWLC
CAUSE: Children
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: UNICEF USA
OFFER: Donation matched up to three times on Giving Tuesday
DESCRIPTION: Unicef USA humanitarian aid efforts assist children in crisis. UNICEF helps save children’s lives by providing children with health care, immunizations, safe water, sanitation, nutrition, education and emergency relief.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: UNICEF
CAUSE: Environment
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: Earth Justice
OFFER: Donation matched on Giving Tuesday thanks to the Sandler Foundation
DESCRIPTION: Our nation’s laws protect the magnificent natural spaces and wildlife we have inherited from previous generations. Earthjustice enforces laws to protect wildlife and wild places. They also focus on clean air for a healthier planet.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: Earth Justice
CAUSE: Hunger
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: Feeding America
OFFER: Donation matched on Giving Tuesday thanks to Kroger Co. Foundation
DESCRIPTION: Feeding America helps provide food to those most in need. For every dollar, Feeding America feeds 10 meals to families in need.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: Feeding America
CAUSE: Animals
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION:: Best Friends Animal Society
OFFER: Donation matched on Giving Tuesday
DESCRIPTION: Best Friends leads a nationwide movement to end the killing of dogs and cats in the USA’s animal shelters by 2025. Best Friends is the nation’s largest no-kill sanctuary.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: Best Friends
CAUSE: Health
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: American Diabetes Association
OFFER: Donation tripled on Giving Tuesday thanks to iHEAR® Medical, Inc.
DESCRIPTION: 30 million Americans suffer from Diabetes. The American Diabetes Association leads the battle against diabetes to fund research for prevention, cure and management of the disease.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: American Diabetes Association
CAUSE: General
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: Your Choice
OFFER: Donation tripled on Giving Tuesday thanks to Facebook + Paypal
DESCRIPTION: On Facebook, select a charitable organization to which you’d like to donate, or create a fundraiser yourself and donate between 8a ET to 11:59p PT. Matched donations are on a first come, first serve basis until $7million has been reached.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: Facebook Fundraisers
And last, but not least, a cause that is not participating in a matching program, but seem to be especially important this year:
CAUSE: Disaster Relief
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: Edison Global
OFFER: No match offering on Giving Tuesday
DESCRIPTION: Edison Global is committed to providing food, water, clothing to California residents impacted by wild fires. Edison Global is working to restore residential homes, commercial buildings and trees of course.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: Edison Global
If you are still unsure of a charitable organization or cause to which you'd like to donate, visit Charity Navigator which is the leading organization to evaluate charities as well as require transparency and accountability from nonprofits and charitable organizations.
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