TOPIC: CHARITY (86)

The Charity Commission

http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk

The Charity Commission registers and regulates charities in England and Wales. We offer them advice and provide a wide range of services and guidance to help them run as effectively as possible. We also keep the online Register of Charities, which provides information about each of the thousands of registered charities in England and Wales.

Your City Sports

http://www.yourcitysports.com

The idea for Your City Sports was born in 2013 - while volunteering at an event for the homeless we learned that socks were the #1 need for people on the streets. Our vision is to create a brand of high quality athletic socks that are fun to wear. With every pair of socks sold, we donate a new pair of socks to a homeless charity in your community.  

Good St.

http://goodst.org

Good St. is a subscription charity program making charitable giving easy and meaningful. Users select a daily donation starting at 25¢, and then receive an email every morning with an overview of two charities addressing the 'Cause of the Day' in different ways. By clicking, partipants direct a donation to the charity of choice. Every day is something different! Whether it's medical, economic, social, environmental, and more, Good St. gives to important causes around the world.

UniversalGiving

http://www.universalgiving.org

UniversalGiving™ is an award-winning nonprofit that helps people give and volunteer with vetted, quality opportunities all over the world.  All projects are vetted through UniversalGiving's trademarked, proprietary Quality Model.™  100% of each donation goes directly to the cause.  UniversalGiving Corporate handles the strategy, operations and NGO vetting for corporations, to ensure the success of their international giving and volunteering programs.

Tuning Happiness

http://tuninghappiness.org

Tuning Happiness is a non-profit Organization that connects talented volunteers to cancer patients to change the way the world tackles cancer. We match up musicians (Tuners) to patients who ask for our services. We provide the instrument of choice and lessons, free of charge. 

Orange Sky Laundry

http://www.orangeskylaundry.com.au

We are Australia’s first mobile laundry service providing homeless people with access to free washing/drying facilities. We are a new not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers. 

feedONE

http://feedone.com

feedONE is an initiative of Convoy of Hope and is aimed at combating hunger across the globe. Based on Mother Theresa’s quote “If you can’t feed 100 people then just feed one,” feedONE works to provide nutritious food, clean water, and education to communities in need.

BRAC

http://www.brac.net

BRAC is a development success story, spreading solutions born in Bangladesh to 10 other countries around the world – a global leader in creating opportunity for the world’s poor. What started out as a limited relief operation in 1972 in a remote village of Bangladesh, has turned into the largest development organization in the world. Organizing the poor using communities’ own human and material resources, it catalyzes lasting change, creating an ecosystem in which the poor have the chance to seize control of their own lives. We do this with a holistic development approach geared toward inclusion, using tools like microfinance, education, healthcare, legal services, community empowerment and more. Our work now touches the lives of an estimated 126 million people, with staff and BRAC-trained entrepreneurs numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

80,000 Hours

http://80000hours.org

We aim to be the world’s number one source for advice on pursuing a career that makes a difference in an effective way. We will do this by providing in-depth, evidence-based and personalised advice, and by fostering the growth of a global network of thousands of dedicated and successful people, who are working together to make the world as good a place as it can be.

Charity Miles

http://www.charitymiles.org

Charity Miles is a free iPhone and Android app that enables people to earn corporate sponsorships for charity while walking, running or biking. We are supported by awesome companies like Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Timex Sports and Kenneth Cole.

CharitySub

https://www.charitysub.org

CharitySub is short for charity subscription — your subscription for giving! Each month you learn about a new cause along with 3 charities doing great work to make a difference. With your $5 monthly subscription as a member, you decide each month which charity will receive your $5 donation, and will soon thereafter hear from the charity about the good you and the CharitySub community helped enable.