… and donate a couple bucks (or more if you can afford it), to some really awesome organizations in your neighborhood.

I’ve been getting a lot of end of the year newsletters from non-profits that I’ve been involved with in some way and since I can’t donate to all of them, I’m hoping some folks out there can! Pass this along and make sure to donate before midnight on Saturday, December 31st to have it count for 2011. :) I’ve included a lot of Boston orgs, but there are some national ones too! 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (@afspnational) National + chapters in Ireland and Israel 

• Preventing suicide and reducing stigma through media and public education
• Make a donation online, call toll-free, mail a check or money order, or make a gift of stock

AIDS Action Committee (@AIDSaction) Boston, MA

• New England’s largest and oldest AIDS service organization
• Donate $30 to cover the cost of a HIV Rapid Test, $60 pays the utility bills for someone who’s sick, $100 provides counseling for someone struggling with diagnosis, $300 provides over 3,000 condoms, $500 provides food for at-risk youth for a month! 
• Donate online!

Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Boston, MA

• Their mission is to eliminate family violence and strengthen Asian families and communities. 
• Donate online

Autism Speaks (@AutismSpeaks) National

• Autism Speaks’ goal is to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders. 
• Donate online 

Boston Cares (@BostonCares) Boston, MA

• In 2011, Boston Cares mobilized 3,200 teams through which 25,000 volunteers served 70,000 hours in support of 300 schools and nonprofits
• For every $1 invested in BC, payroll returns at least $4 of value to the community through volunteer labor, supplies, equipment, and other services. 
• Donate online 

Back On My Feet (@backonmyfeet) Baltimore/Philly/Indianapolis/Boston/DC/Atlanta/Chicago/Dallas/NYC

• A nonprofit promoting self-sufficiency of those experiencing homelessness by engaging them in running to build confidence, strength, and self-esteem
• $30 provides a running shirt & shorts, $50 a winter running uniform, $100 member celebrations
• Donate online (and see more ways your contributions help their members)

Boston Living Center (@LivingCenter) Boston, MA

• The largest HIV/AIDS community resources center in New England
• 137 new members were welcomed in 2011
• Nearly 40,000 nutritious meals were served
• 2,105 individual peer support sessions were held between a trained Peer Leader and a member in need
• They introduced an individual-level, evidence-based health intervention - Choosing Life: Empowerment! Action! Results (C.L.E.A.R.) that offers skill development and motivation for individual behavior change. 
• You can donate online or mail in a donation to Boston Living Center, 29 Stanhope Street, Boston, MA 02116. Oh and their Dinnerfest fundraiser/raffle is on 2/26/12. Tickets are $50, and starting 1/1/12, they’ll be $60. 

Citizen Schools (@cschools) California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Texas

• Since its founding in Boston in 1995, Citizen Schools has been re-imagining the learning day to bring more time, more talented adults, and more relevant learning experiences to middle-school students in low-income neighborhoods
• They provide extended learning time for middle school students in 18 cities coast to coast
• Hands-on learning taught by AmeriCorps education and volunteer experts from all fields, from science to law to finance and community service
• Donate online!

Citymeals-On-Wheels (@citymeals) NYC

• Citymeals serves more than 16,000 homebound elderly New Yorkers with nourishing meals for frail bodies and companionship for staved souls
• 100% of your donations will be used for the preparation and delivery of meals 
• $39 provides six weekend meals, $64 donated is one Emergency Food Package providing 77 non-perishable food items, $128 donated equals twenty holiday meals
• Donate online

City of Hope (@CityofHope) Duarte, CA

• Designated as a comprehensive cancer center, City of Hope is a leading research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening diseases 
• Donate online! Any gift you make by December 31 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000.  

Cradles to Crayons (@c2cboston @c2cphiladelphia) Boston/Philly

• Helping kids-in-need feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued
• $25 helps 1 child stay warm this winter
• Donate online Boston or Philly

Community Servings (@communityserv) Jamaica Plain, MA

• CS prepares and delivers 3,340 lunches and dinners each week to the homes of almost 700 individuals and families who are homebound with an acute life-threatening illness
• $25 provides a week of food for a CS client
• Donate online

Destination ImagiNation (@idodi) National/International

• Destination ImagiNation is a non-profit organization that provides educational programs for students to learn and experience creativity, teamwork, and problem solving. 
• Every year, they reach 125,000 students across the US and in more than 30 countries
• Donate online

Friday Night Supper Club (@FNSP) Boston, MA

• Since 1984, FNP has served nutritious meals to the homeless and hungry in Boston
• FNSP serves approximately 250 meals every Friday to some of Boston’s most vulnerable citizens
• Donate online

Greater Boston Food Bank (@Gr8BosFoodBank) Boston, MA

• GBFB distributes more than 36.7 million pounds of food and grocery products to a network of 550 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in eastern Massachusetts
• For every $1 you give, GBFB can provide nearly 3 meals to those in need in eastern Massachusetts
• You can donate online and there’s even a chart that shows how much food will be given out thanks to your donation. 

The Home for Little Wanderers (@thehomeorg) Boston, MA

• The Home for Little Wanderers is the nation’s oldest child welfare agency and one of New England’s largest
• Serving children and families in at-risk circumstances
• Donate online

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (@LLSusa) - Nationwide 

• Fighting blood cancers
• Blood cancer research has always been a gateway to new therapies for all cancers. Of 39 new cancer drugs approved by the FDA in the past decade, almost half (19) were approved for patients with blood cancers. Five have already been approved and 13 are commonly used as treatments for other cancer patients. All 19 drugs are being tested for patients beyond those for whom they were first developed, including 11 that show promise for patients with solid tumors and non-malignant diseases. An investment in blood cancer research is an investment in all cancer.
• Donate online 

Lovin’ Spoonfuls, a food rescue (@lovinfoodrescue) Boston, MA

• A non-profit organization that facilitates the recovery and distribution of perishable and unserved foods that would otherwise be thrown away and wasted
• Food is delivered directly to local crisis centers, soup kitchens, and other social assistance entities
• Donate online

March for Babies (@marchforbabies) National

• Money raised goes to support programs in your community that helps moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies
• Donate online

MassChallenge (@MassChallenge) Boston, MA (although startups are from all over the world)

• The 2010 MC Finalists raised over $100MM in funding and created 500+ jobs in less than 12 months. 
• Donate online

MSPCA-Angell (@MspcaAngell) Massachusetts

• The MSPCA-Angell is a renowned leader in animal protection and veterinary medicine
• They are not funded by any national organization
• Donate online! Their most faithful donors will match gifts up to $500,000 if you donate before midnight 12/31. 

Music Drives Us (@musicdrivesus)

• A recognized 501(c)(3) charity organization that funds music education programs, supplies, instruments to schools, sponsors music therapy programs, and more
• Donate online

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (@MSsociety) National

• The Society helps people affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, and providing programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.
• Donate online

On the Rise (@OnTheRiseInc) Cambridge, MA

• A non-profit daytime treatment center that serves women in crisis and homelessness throughout the region
• Donate online or print out a donation form to mail in

New England Center for Homeless Veterans Boston, MA

• NECHV provides homeless veterans with the tools for independent living
• Learn more about the structured programs that NECHV has in place
• Donate online

Passim (@ClubPassim) Cambridge, MA

• Passim, a nonprofit arts organization, creates an interactive and inspiring music experience for all, building a vibrant community for artists, students and audience members through its legendary listening venue and school of music
• 2011 Passim Iguana Fund Recipients announced… over $33,000 was award to 20 artists in 2011
• A donation to Passim gets you discounts to tickets, access to free members-only events, special pricing on offerings thought the Passim School of Music, and enables Passim to build on its now 54-year-old tradition of unique programming

Pablove Foundation (@pablove) Silver Lake / Los Angeles

• The mission of The Pablove Foundation is to fund pediatric cancer research and advances in treatment, educate and empower cancer families, and improve the quality of life for children living with cancer through hospital play, music, and arts programs
• Donate online

Pine Street Inn (@PineStreetInn) Boston, MA

• Pine street provides permanent housing, shelter, job training, and street outreach to Boston’s homeless men and women
• Donate online

Playworks (@playworks) National

• Playworks is a nonprofit supporting the movement for play in our schools and communities with a focus on maximizing recess and play in schools
• This year they’re serving more than 300 schools in 22 cities nationwide, providing play and physical activity every day for more than 120,000 students in low-income schools
• Donate online

Project Bread (@WalkForHunger) Massachusetts

• Project Bread is dedicated to alleviating, preventing, and ultimately ending hunger in Massachusetts. 
• In 2011, they helped fund 443 emergency food programs in 129 communities, serving over 65 million meals
• They answered more than 46,000 calls on their FoodSource Hotline. 
• They expanded their Chefs in Schools program in Lawrence and Salem
• Provided nearly $130,000 to 21 communities to create new summer meal sites
• Launched a texting campaign to bring summer meals to kids
• Helped over 2,800 families and individuals apply for SNAP (food stamps)
• Raised over $3.6 million through the Walk for Hunger
• Donate online

Room to Grow (@Roomtogrow_Org) New York City/Boston 

• The mission of RTF is to enrich the lives of babies born into poverty. 
• Invest in the physical expansion of the Boston program as it becomes home to RTG’s new national headquarters
• $500+ investments will be recognized in a permanent art installation displayed in their new space
• $5,000+ investments will be recognized in a permanent art installation and unique naming opportunities
• Donate online or mail a check with your gift designation to Room to Grow National, Inc. 142 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. 

Science Club for Girls (@SCFG) Eastern MA (Cambridge, Lawrence, Boston, Newton, Fitchburg) and in Pokuase, Ghana

• Building science literacy, sisterhood, and self-confidence in girls and teens
• $25 = 3 brand new dissection kits for their marine biologists, $50 = sponsors an overnight museum trip for one 5/6th grade girl, $75 = sponsors one girl to attend a day of their Vacation Week program
• Donations allow them to deliver free programs to over 1,000 girls
• Donate online

Share Africa (@ShareAfricaOrg) based in New City, New York with an affiliate in Kisumu, Kenya, Africa

• They empower African women, children, and entire communities devastated by AIDS
• Donate online

Small Can Be Big (@SmallCanBeBig) Boston, MA

• Keeping families from falling into homelessness
• By giving over $200,000, their donors have kept nearly 200 families and 400 children from going homeless
• Donate as little as $1 online

Somerville Homeless Coalition (@SHCinc) Somerville, MA

• SHC works every day to end homelessness and near-homelessness in Somerville and Greater Boston
• Donate online

Tenacity (@TENACITYtweet) Boston, MA

• Tenacity has served over 20,000 Boston students who otherwise would lack a safe, productive, and healthy after-school and summer environment
• Their high-quality literacy and tennis programming not only builds academic skills and improves fitness, they also foster the development of strong bonds between their students and caring staff
• $50 provides SAT prep for their students, $100 supports their College Prep retreat, $250 funds a child in their summer program
• Donate online or by phone

The Theater Offensive: OUT in Your Neighborhood (@OUToffensive) Cambridge, MA

• The TO connects young people, neighbors, local businesses, and community groups to work against homophobia, bullying, and racism
• Your contribution could be the difference it takes for one more person in your neighborhood to stand up against bigotry and hate and to support a young LGBT neighbor
• Donate online. Year-end gifts are tax deductible

Women’s Lunch Place (@WLPBoston) Boston, MA

• WLP is a daytime shelter for poor and homeless women and their children that is open Monday through Saturday all year long
• 99% of their funding comes from individuals, corporations, and local foundations, which has enabled the Women’s Lunch Place to maintain its unique approach of caring for a severely marginalized population of poor and homeless women
• Donate online, by mail, or by phone

Zumix (@Zumix) Boston, MA

• Zumix is dedicated to building community through music and the arts
• A $50 donation provides a youth with a month of instrumental music lessons, $100 provides a semester of Sprouts programming for a young student, $250 sponsors a gig on their Street program’s two-week summer tour throughout New England
• Donate online

And of course, you should always support your local arts organizations and museums and whatnot! Did I miss your favorite NP? Comment below and I’ll try to add them before midnight 12/31. :) Otherwise, I’ll feature them in a #charityTuesday post slated for January.