https://www.acnetmhc.org/support-our-work

https://www.acnetmhc.org/contact-us-1

https://www.acnetmhc.org/copy-of-about-us-1

Downtown Streets Team

https://streetsteam.networkforgood.com/.../25595-everyday...

https://www.streetsteam.org/get-involved

https://www.streetsteam.org/our-work

https://www.atwellness.org/take-action

https://www.atwellness.org/contact

https://www.atwellness.org/who-we-are#OurMissionandValues

https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/donate

https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/get-involved

https://www.berkeleyfoodpantry.org/aboutus

https://edenhousing.org/get-involved/volunteer/

https://edenhousing.org/about-us/our-values/

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) believes that all people have a right to a clean and healthy environment in which their communities can live, work, learn, play and thrive. Towards this vision, APEN brings together a collective voice to develop an alternative agenda for environmental, social and economic justice. Through building an organized movement, APEN strives to bring fundamental changes to economic and social institutions that will prioritize public good over profits and promote the right of every person to a decent, safe, affordable quality of life, and the right to participate in decisions affecting our lives. APEN holds this vision of environmental justice for all people. Their work focuses on Asian immigrant and refugee communities. Check the links below to learn more.

https://donate.apen4ej.org/give/165939/...

https://apen4ej.org/get-involved/#Volunteer

https://apen4ej.org/who-is-apen/

The mission of Axis Community Health is to provide quality, affordable, accessible and compassionate health care services that promote the well-being of all members of the community. Axis provides primary care medical services that include pediatrics, adult health and women’s health care. Axis also provides mental health services, dental care, acupuncture and chiropractic care. A WIC nutrition program is available for eligible women and children. Axis also provides urgent care mental health services in its innovative Axis Bridge program. Axis has been an important part of the community’s response to the COVID pandemic, and they continue to provide testing and vaccination services for all members of the community. Check out the links below to learn more!

https://axishealth.org/donations

https://axishealth.org/jobs-volunteering

https://axishealth.org/about-us

The AC Dsal mission is to create thriving communities, with authentic opportunities for all, through a revolutionary approach to public safety. They seek to build an equitable, safe and thriving Alameda County by strategically investing in natural, human, social, economic, built, political, and cultural community capitals. Ashland and Cherryland are part of the 'Eden Area', a formerly working-class community that began to change in the 1970s-80s as jobs left the area, marking the start of decades of disinvestment that have left the neighborhoods without family-supporting jobs, recreational health and fitness spaces, vital infrastructure, music and arts venues, and educational opportunities, yielding extremely high rates of crime, unemployment, poverty, chronic disease, teen pregnancy, and mental health issues. DSAL’s vision and mission addresses the challenges facing Ashland, Cherryland and other unincorporated neighborhoods through Community Capitals Policing, which focuses on social equity, community-led economic empowerment and the creation of a revolutionary model of public safety. Check out the links below to learn more!

https://www.acdsal.org/donate

https://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe...

https://www.acdsal.org/about

Civicorps’ mission is to re-engage young adults, age 18-26, to earn their high school diplomas, gain job skills, pursue college, and embark on family sustaining careers. Civicorps is the only program in the East Bay that combines paid job training for in-demand careers with a rigorous, classroom-based high school diploma education for youth ages 18-26. Youth at Civicorps have the ambition, talent, and perseverance to succeed; what they deserve is personalized mentoring and support as they develop a plan to achieve their goals. Their participants have experienced failures of multiple systems — the traditional school system, the justice system, and the child welfare system. Against a larger Bay Area backdrop of accelerating income inequality, neighborhood displacement, food and housing insecurity, Civicorps’ programs and support services are more vital than ever. Based in West Oakland, Civicorps has been transforming lives and landscapes since 1983. Civicorps’ program model has been developed and refined over nearly four decades. Their program provides young adults with the tools and supports they need to launch careers that pay a sustainable wage. Because about one-third of their students are parents, their achievements also benefit the next generation and disrupt the cycle of poverty. Through the unique mix of personalized academics, paid job training, trauma-informed counseling, and pathways to college and careers, Civicorps helps resilient youth overcome barriers, cultivate their talents, and unleash their potential. Check out the links below to learn more.

https://www.cvcorps.org/donate/

https://www.cvcorps.org/join-us/volunteer/

https://www.cvcorps.org/who-we-are/mission-and-history/

Richmond Community Foundation (now known as RCF Connects) is a leading motivator in Contra Costa County in the field of philanthropy and community change. Their mission is to mobilize the power of connection to build healthy, thriving communities. Their focus is on impacting the five areas of community building: Restoring Neighborhoods, Health, Community Growth, Quality Education and Public Safety. RCF brings together key community stakeholders to address issues critical to Richmond and Contra Costa County through Collective Impact. RCF convenes critical stakeholders in order to focus time, talent and resources on a single set of goals, measured in the same way. Collective Impact work requires a backbone organization to hold the vision and lead the process. Check out the links below to learn more!

https://www.rcfconnects.org/ways-to-give/

https://www.rcfconnects.org/.../join-our.../join-our-staff/

https://www.rcfconnects.org/about-us/

Since 1965, Youth Homes has supported underserved youth and young adults with complex mental health and behavioral challenges. They provide a broad scope of services designed to empower young people and their families to create positive, sustainable change.

https://youthhomes.org/about?form=donate

https://youthhomes.org/volunteer

Since its founding in 2001, City Slicker Farms has been at the forefront of the 21st-century sustainable urban farming and food justice movement, gaining national recognition as a leader in supporting low-income communities of color to grow food in the city. In the past 20 years, they have built over 400 backyard and community gardens, produced 300,000 pounds of nutrient rich food, and trained thousands of community members in organic gardening methods and environmental stewardship. Launched in June 2016 after deep community involvement in the planning and design process, the West Oakland Farm Park is now a hub for sustainable agriculture, environmental awareness and action, and health education. Nowhere else in the Bay Area has an organization demonstrated the permanence of urban agriculture in the way that the West Oakland Farm Park proves possible, nor are there any similar parks in the city that integrate environmental and agricultural learning opportunities as fully as this site.

https://www.cityslickerfarms.org/donate/

https://www.cityslickerfarms.org/volunteer/

https://www.cityslickerfarms.org/#

Founded in 1969, Centro Legal de la Raza is a legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income, immigrant, Black, and Latinx communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy. By combining quality legal services with know-your-rights education and youth development, Centro Legal de la Raza ensures access to justice for thousands of individuals throughout Northern and Central California. Centro Legal’s multifaceted approach to legal advocacy on behalf of the most vulnerable amongst us is purposefully designed to ensure access to justice. To this end, they pride themselves in the three key components of their work: creating leadership, empowerment, and equity in the community.

https://app.mobilecause.com/form/1AyrbA?vid=s0cd2

https://www.centrolegal.org/volunteers

https://www.centrolegal.org/our-values/

The mission at BOSS is to help homeless, poor, and disabled people achieve health and self-sufficiency, and to fight against the root causes of poverty and homelessness. BOSS was created in 1971 to help individuals with severe and persistent mental illness who had become displaced because of public hospital closures. Programs and services expanded over the past five decades to include services for unhoused, disabled, and low-income individuals, families, and neighborhoods in Alameda County. In 2013, executive leadership expanded the mission and began developing solutions for mass incarceration and violence in the community as unaddressed crises stemming from racially biased policies and systemic inequities. Today, BOSS is recognized as a social justice leader with housing, reentry, violence prevention, along with innovative service delivery methodologies.

https://www.self-sufficiency.org/donate

https://www.self-sufficiency.org/volunteer

https://www.self-sufficiency.org/mission

East Bay Agency for Children - EBAC’s transformational programs help children, youth, and families recover from trauma; build upon existing resilience to protect against long-term harm from past or future exposure to adversity; and when possible, prevent exposure to adverse childhood experiences.

https://ebac.ejoinme.org/donate

https://www.ebac.org/get-involved/volunteer.asp

https://www.ebac.org/services/services.asp

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. They pass stronger gun laws and work to close the loopholes that jeopardize the safety of families. They also work in their own communities and with business leaders to encourage a culture of responsible gun ownership. Gun violence is preventable, so they are committed to doing what it takes to keep families safe. Moms Demand Action was founded by Shannon Watts, a mother of five. The day after the Sandy Hook tragedy, Shannon started a Facebook group with the message that all Americans can and should do more to reduce gun violence. The online conversation turned into a movement of moms, dads, students, families, concerned citizens, and survivors working together with partners in the gun violence prevention movement to end this uniquely American crisis.

ttps://secure.actblue.com/donate/mda-web-2022...

https://momsdemandaction.org/act/

https://momsdemandaction.org/about/

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund is a 501(c)(3) organization, which focuses on awareness and educational work related to gun violence prevention. Donations to the Support Fund are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Gun violence touches every town in America. For too long, life-saving laws have been thwarted by the gun lobby and by leaders who refuse to take common-sense steps that will save lives. But something is changing. More than 8 million mayors, moms, teachers, survivors, gun owners, students, and everyday Americans have come together to make their own communities safer. Everytown starts with you, and it starts in your neighborhood. By introducing evidence-based solutions in every town, Everytown believes that we can end gun violence.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/match-may22...

https://www.everytown.org/join/

https://www.everytown.org/about-everytown/

Bay Area Community Land Trust (BACLT) is a democratic community organization founded in 2006 whose mission is to create permanently affordable and sustainable communities of cooperative homeowners, to take land and housing out of the speculative market, and to stabilize our neighborhoods. BACLT advances housing as a human right by creating permanently affordable, resident-controlled housing cooperatives. BACLT combats inequitable housing outcomes by acquiring, converting, and preserving unsubsidized affordable rental housing in low-income neighborhoods facing displacement. Through grassroots partnerships, BACLT also revives vacant buildings that are under-utilized, offers interactive training on cooperative property management and democratic governance, and supports the intersectional housing justice efforts of tenant rights, faith, and community organizations. BACLT is governed by its low-income residents and members whose wisdom and experience direct our work for a more equitable, sustainable, and community-controlled future.

https://www.bayareaclt.org/donate

https://www.bayareaclt.org/partner

https://www.bayareaclt.org/our-story-values

Bay Area Community Services (BACS) provides innovative behavioral health and housing services for teens, adults, older adults, and their families across the Bay Area. They envision a world where all people are healthy, safe, and engaged in community wellness, with access to quality housing. Every year, BACS makes a difference in the lives of more than 12,500 people.

https://bayareacs.org/donate/

https://www.bayareacs.org/ways-to-give/

https://www.bayareacs.org/who-we-are/

STAND! For Families Free of Violence is committed to promoting safe and strong families. Their approach to eliminating family violence is well-rounded and community-wide. In addition to providing a complete spectrum of prevention, intervention, and treatment programs, they also enlist the efforts of local residents, partners, and institutions, all of whom are striving to stop domestic violence and child abuse. In an effort to reach – as early as possible – individuals impacted by domestic violence and child abuse, STAND! delivers children’s therapy, childcare, and children’s educational programs to abused children and those affected by domestic violence. STAND! also trains legal and law enforcement personnel, human services professionals, educators and health care providers.

https://www.standffov.org/donate/

https://www.standffov.org/volunteer/

https://www.standffov.org/mission-history/

The Child Abuse Prevention Council’s mission is “to eliminate child abuse and neglect throughout San Joaquin County through prevention, intervention and education“. The Child Abuse Prevention Council protects children and strengthens families through awareness and outcome driven programs delivered with compassion. These programs include center-based childcare for families in need or at risk of child abuse or neglect, multi-faced programs targeting families at-risk of abuse and domestic violence, clinical services for children, teens and families from 0-18 years old who have full scope medi-cal, and programs creating awareness and education with resources and helpful tips.

https://nochildabuse.org/donate/

https://nochildabuse.org/give/

https://nochildabuse.org/history/

Founded in 1928, East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) is one of the nation’s oldest community foundations, serving people across Alameda and Contra Costa counties. They partner with donors, fundholders, social movements, and the wider community to eliminate structural barriers, advance racial equity, and transform political, social, and economic outcomes for all East Bay residents. Over the past several years, the East Bay Community Foundation has started implementing new ways of partnering with donors, social movements, and the community at large. Their grantmaking approach begins with their mission to support Black-, Indigenous-, and people of color-led (BIPOC-led) efforts to transform lives, communities, organizations, and systems in order to advance social, racial, and economic justice in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

https://www.ebcf.org/donate/...

https://www.ebcf.org/about-us/careers/

https://www.ebcf.org/about-us/

https://rabbit.org/donate/

https://rabbit.org/about-us/volunteering/

https://rabbit.org/about-us/

https://breadproject.org/donate/

https://breadproject.org/job-opportunities/

https://breadproject.org/about-us/

Founded in 1973, Youth Employment Partnership - YEP operates one of the highest-performing youth workforce development programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, having served more than 34,500 low-income, high-risk young people in Oakland, with more than 85% completing their training and 78% placed in employment and/or advanced education.

https://www.yep.org/how-you-join/donate/

https://www.yep.org/how-you-join/volunteer/

https://www.yep.org/who-we-are/

Oakland Bloom’s mission is to advance economic equity in the food industry. It aims to support poor and working-class refugee, immigrant, and BIPOC chefs to launch their own food businesses, and to reenvision and reshape what a healthy and just food service industry could look like. It pursues these aims through its Open Test Kitchen food incubator program, and its Detoxify the Industry program, developing people powered cooperative food business models that embody community principles and values. One of Oakland Bloom’s main goals as an organization is to reimagine and reshape what a healthy and just food service industry could look like. They aim to work towards advancing equity, accessibility, and worker rights through the development of cooperatively owned food businesses that embody community principles and values, and operate in ways that hold space for BIPOC and traditionally marginalized communities.

https://oaklandbloom.org/get-involved/

https://oaklandbloom.org/get-involved/

https://oaklandbloom.org/about/

The Richmond Main Street Initiative, Inc. is a community-based nonprofit corporation dedicated to revitalizing historic Downtown Richmond as a pedestrian-friendly urban village, offering products, services, arts, and entertainment that reflect the community’s rich and diverse heritage.
Historic Downtown Richmond is a safe, vibrant, thriving destination for arts, entertainment, businesses, and residents with an easily accessible transit center.
The Main Street Approach is a time-tested framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization. Every community and commercial district is different, with its own distinctive assets and sense of place. The Main Street Approach meets the needs of the community, focusing on community bonding, economic vitality, appreciation of music and art, and maintaining a clean and safe environment.

https://www.richmondmainstreet.org/donate/

https://www.richmondmainstreet.org/volunteer/

https://www.richmondmainstreet.org/about-us/

Soccer Without Borders first began programming in 2006. Through thousands of hours, conversations, successes, and failures in 12 countries with youth from more than 75 nations, they have built an adaptable program framework that deliberately addresses the most pressing needs of their target audience, while leaving space for authentic local adaptation. The Soccer Without Borders mission is to use soccer as a vehicle for positive change, providing under-served youth with a toolkit to overcome obstacles to growth, inclusion, and personal success.

https://donate.soccerwithoutborders.org/

https://www.soccerwithoutborders.org/get-involved

https://www.soccerwithoutborders.org/about

Playworks is a national 501(c)3 nonprofit respected for their evidence-informed services and strategic approach to scale. Now, they are looking beyond the schools that they serve to help 3.5 million students in 7,000 schools experience safe and healthy play every day. Playworks helps schools and districts make the most of recess through on-site staffing, consultative support, professional development, free resources, and more. Playworks has served 2,174,400 kids through 3,259 school partnerships, out-of-school providers, and community organizations through on-site services, professional development, and digital support. Hundreds of AmeriCorps Members and staff had improved the well-being of children through play.

https://donate.playworks.org/give/46209/#!/donation/checkout

https://www.playworks.org/get-involved/

https://www.playworks.org/about/

Earth Team is committed to delivering quality service-learning projects by partnering with the strongest educational, environmental and government organizations. The students will think globally by using the vast amount of information offered, connect regionally by working with students from other communities, whether on joint projects, at special events, or on the website, and act locally in community based projects.
Earth Team’s first year was very successful. In the first six months, twenty-four groups or classes signed up and 170 students received Presidential Environmental Youth Certificates for their environmental work.

https://www.earthteam.net/volunteer/

https://www.earthteam.net/volunteer/

https://www.earthteam.net/mission/

SOAR for Youth, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was established in 2009 to provide high quality Support, Opportunities, And Rapport to San Francisco Bay Area foster youth beginning in middle school and continuing through their second year of college. They continue to pursue that mission; today their graduates return to give back and their younger peers are soaring to success.
The SOAR program aims to help young people graduate from high school, attend college, and succeed in life with purpose. In community partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, Bay Area County Children Services, and community foster youth servicing organizations, SOAR helps foster youth move through adolescence and into their adult lives with confidence and independence. Through a four-year summer residential pre-collegiate program and additional years of sustained support, SOAR teaches, coaches, and counsels young people in academics, life skills, leadership, emotional intelligence, and career development. They provide challenging, safe, yet fun outdoor experiences that build trust, create teamwork, and enhance self-esteem.

https://www.soarforyouth.org/get-involved/donate/

https://www.soarforyouth.org/get.../volunteer-with-soar/

https://www.soarforyouth.org/about-us/

We Are Richmond Inc. is a violence prevention and child empowerment organization whose purpose is to eliminate the negative culture and vicious cycle of gang recruitment that preys on our city’s youth. Their mission is to provide early intervention by focusing on at-risk children ages 9 to 12 from the most difficult areas of Richmond to unite them in play and education.
We Are Richmond promotes early relations for friendships between adolescent children living in Richmond California’s toughest neighborhoods in order to create future peace between them and help make Richmond a safer place to live for the whole community. In the current environment, children are susceptible to being influenced to participate in negative and gang cultural activities, as well as becoming a victim of gang violence themselves for things such as casual associations with the wrong person, or just being a resident from a particular neighborhood.

https://wearerichmondinc.org/how-to-help/

https://wearerichmondinc.org/how-to-help/

https://wearerichmondinc.org/

Mosaic Project works toward a peaceful future by uniting children of diverse backgrounds, providing them with essential community building skills, and empowering them to become peacemakers.
Their complementary work with youth and adults not only supports their youngest peacemakers, but also enables them to reach wider communities through schools, community-based organizations, and the workplace.
Together, they create microcosms of the just, diverse, inclusive world we envision, demonstrate that peace is possible, and inspire action. Mosaic Project envisions peace: a just, diverse, and inclusive world where individuality and community are both core values and where listening, empathy, and assertiveness guide our interactions.

https://mosaicproject.org/donate/

https://mosaicproject.org/about/contact/

https://mosaicproject.org/about/mission/

Back in 1983, drastic budget cuts, voter decisions, and a recession threatened Walnut Creek public schools. In response, a group of concerned parents and extraordinary volunteers formed The Walnut Creek Education Foundation (WCEF TK-12) as a nonprofit to fundraise for their schools.​
Led by passionate (and compassionate) volunteers, the WCEF board is comprised of parents, educators, and community members who continue the fight to uphold the quality of Walnut Creek public schools.
They have representatives from all schools in the Walnut Creek School District and Las Lomas High School. More than 90 percent of the funds they raise go directly to the schools they serve. WCEF is a 501(c)(3) organization.

https://www.sundayfriends.org/donate

https://www.wcefk12.org/team.html

https://www.wcefk12.org/team.html

The purpose of the Hercules Education Foundation is to assist and enhance educational opportunities for students in Hercules public schools. They raise funds through contributions from individuals, organizations, businesses, and institutions. The funds raised are donated to the expressed needs of the city’s public schools to enhance the quality of the classroom experience. Hercules Education Foundation grants help support projects that support the youth, teachers and schools grades K-12 in Hercules, California.
Some of the types of projects HEF helps fund include:
Engineering Program
Document Reader
Support for Field Trip
The Titans Times (Newspaper)
Art Supply
The Little Red School House (Lupine Workshop Shed)
Health and Nutrition (SPARK)
Enriched Vocabulary and Comprehension Skill Program

https://www.herculeseducationfoundation.org/donate/

https://www.herculeseducationfoundation.org/donate/

https://www.herculeseducationfoundation.org/about-us/

Read Aloud Volunteer program is a San Pablo non profit with the following mission: Read consistently with kids (K-2nd) in schools, one-on-one, to support their reading goals and expose them to rich language. The kids choose a book to take home ~every other week, expanding their home library by 15+ books a school year. Additionally, another mission of theirs is to read in a small group setting to kids at a summer camp or summer school program, to reduce summer learning loss. Every week the kids take a book home, expanding their home library by 7+ books.

https://read-aloud.org/donate

https://read-aloud.org/volunteer

https://read-aloud.org/what-we-do

Community Education Partnerships mission is to increase learning opportunities and enhance the academic achievement of students experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. Community Education Partnerships raises awareness about the experiences of youth facing homelessness and housing insecurity, and offers them individualized tutoring and mentoring, backpacks, school supplies, books, and learning resources, opportunities to participate in extracurricular enrichment activities, and enrollment assistance.

https://www.cep.ngo/donate.html

https://www.cep.ngo/volunteer.html

https://www.cep.ngo/about.html

The Orinda Association, started in 1946, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and improving the quality of life in Orinda, promoting awareness and encouraging dialogue among Orinda residents on issues of importance to the community, and mobilizing volunteer efforts to enhance the beauty, character and security of Orinda.

The Orinda News, another long standing tradition of the Orinda Association, has always printed news of special interest to the community and is still delivered free to every household and business in Orinda.

Signature Programs and Events
include:

Orinda Volunteer Center: coordinates community based volunteering, donor drop-offs, ticket sales, advertising, information center.

The Orinda News: a community centered monthly newspaper.

The Orinda Classic Car Show

Seniors Around Town: a door-to-door, on-demand transportation program for Orinda Seniors.

Orinda Annual 4th of July Parade

William Penn Mott, Jr. Environmental Award

Public Forums: coordinates meetings about topics impacting the community.

https://orindaassociation.org/giving

https://orindaassociation.org/giving

https://orindaassociation.org/about

CyArk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to empowering connections with historic places. Founded in 2003, CyArk pioneered the application of 3D recording technologies to the preservation and celebration of cultural heritage and has worked with local partners at over 200 sites in more than 40 countries. CyArk strives to connect new audiences to heritage through digital documentation and the creation of place-based web, mobile and immersive experiences that inspire reflection, conversation and imagination.

https://www.cyark.org/donate

https://www.cyark.org/whoweare/contact/

https://www.cyark.org/whoweare/

Joni & Friends is a non profit that looks to provide people with disabilities the resources they need to thrive. Their project Wheels for the World provides life-changing mobility and the hope of the Gospel to people impacted by disability worldwide. Volunteers, known as "Chair Corps," collect used, manual wheelchairs across the United States. Wheelchairs are restored at 11 federal, state, and private correctional facilities across the United States - Inmates are trained to restore wheelchairs to like-new condition. Transportation of the wheelchairs to restoration shops and shipping ports then connect those in need with this resource, with over 10,000 wheelchairs collected and distributed each year.

https://secure.joniandfriends.org/site/Donation2...

https://www.joniandfriends.org/support-us/volunteer/

https://www.joniandfriends.org/

Reach Fellowship is a non-profit organization that was incorporated in July of 2007 and received it 501c status in October of 2009. And, for the past 10 years, Reach has been under contract with Contra Costa’s Probation & Sheriff Department as they have been providing post, pre-release transition services and evidence-based research as it relates to the female population, housed at the West County Detention Facility and those that are being supervised under the local county correctional division. Reach Fellowship International is only gender-responsive and gender-equity agency in the county of Contra Costa that has a mission to provide evidence-based services to incarcerated women and women at risk of incarceration so that they can live a more productive and stable life.

https://reachfi.org/contact-us

https://reachfi.org/contact-us

https://reachfi.org/about-us

The Arhoolie Foundation is a 501c3 non profit organization dedicated to the documentation, preservation, and celebration of regional roots music and its makers. By their activities, they seek to broaden public awareness of their diverse music history, support the vitality of living traditions, and reinforce the value and sustainability of community-based cultures.

https://arhoolie.org/

https://arhoolie.org/

The Milo Foundation is an established 501(c)(3) non-profit, no-kill organization providing a second chance for homeless pets throughout California.
They rescue dogs and cats from high-kill animal shelters and adopt them to loving homes best suited to provide lifetime care. They offer sanctuary to those pets that are not ready for adoption and educate the public about responsible pet guardianship, including spay/neuter.

https://www.milofoundation.org/donate/

https://www.milofoundation.org/volunteer-program/

ttps://www.milofoundation.org/about-us/

Animal Fix Clinic is dedicated to making high-quality veterinary care accessible to all. They offer all their services at sliding-scale pricing. With the support of donors and grantors, they also offer no-cost options when financially necessary. In addition to spay and neuter surgeries, they provide other essential surgical procedures (wound repair, amputation, removal of swallowed objects, and more) as well as vaccines and microchips at the time of surgery. They are a Fear Free Certified® practice, and their staff is specially trained to care for the physical and emotional health of clients, ensuring every animal has a safe and secure visit. Check out the links below to learn more.

https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/animalfixclinic

https://animalfixclinic.org/volunteer/

https://animalfixclinic.org/about/

Pioneers In Engineering (PiE)

Pioneers In Engineering (PiE) Promotes STEM Education Through A Mentorship-Based Process. They Strongly Believe That No Student Should Be Denied A Quality STEM Education Experience.
PiE runs a decal which trains a group of dedicated mentors consisting of current and past Berkeley students who are ready and willing to help the students
Low Cost For Schools

https://donorbox.org/pioneers-in-engineering

https://pioneers.berkeley.edu/getInvolved/Forms

https://pioneers.berkeley.edu/About#mission

The Seismological Society of America (SSA) was born in the aftershocks of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as engineers, mathematicians and geologists united to learn more about the devastating event. From these earliest days, SSA has been committed to advancing seismology and sharing research with the public to help build an earthquake-aware world. While the home base for our nonprofit organization remains in California, more than 40 percent of our nearly 2,500 members live and work outside the U.S.

https://www.seismosoc.org/membership/contribute/

https://www.seismosoc.org/membership/individual-membership/

https://www.seismosoc.org/inside/

Rosie the Riveter Trust celebrates the stories of sacrifice, opportunity, and profound social change that took place in America during World War II. As the official nonprofit partner of Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park located in Richmond, California, [they] help honor the strong work ethic of people from all backgrounds who worked on the home front. Through historic preservation and educational programming, [they] also inspire people to learn from history and apply those lessons in today's world.” One of their most popular programs is the “Rosie’s Career Preparedness Program, which focuses on career education and awareness, as well as an introduction to the trades, power tools, and learning power skills. Students participate in “We Can Do It: SMART Goal Setting” and “Power Tools for Building a Resume”, as well as Financial Literacy. Students have the opportunity to meet guest speakers from the trades and non-traditional work opportunities, attend field trips, and participate in career fairs.

https://rosietheriveter.org/pages/support-us

https://rosietheriveter.org/pages/support-us

https://rosietheriveter.org/pages/mission

Started in 2014 as a grassroots movement, East Bay Lights is a group of youth, parents, friends and neighbors in San Pablo and Richmond who are interested in the material and spiritual advancement of their world and neighborhood. East Bay Lights has co-created empowerment programs for youth, children, junior youth and families who are interested in their own development and the betterment of their communities. These programs are part of a global training program and movement of communities who take ownership of their own development. Their members come from different backgrounds, races and religions and are all invested in how to build a more peaceful and just world, through unity in diversity, equality of man and women, and the moral and material education of children.

https://www.eastbaylights.us/

“The Oakland Public Education Fund is a nonprofit that leads the development of community resources in Oakland public schools so that all students can learn, grow, and thrive. [They] have helped raise over $200M for Oakland kids, placed 10,000 volunteers in local classrooms, and fiscally sponsored more than 150 education-related projects. The Oakland Public Education Fund leads the development and investment of community resources in Oakland public schools so that all students can learn, grow, and thrive. The Ed Fund is the only organization raising money for all Oakland public schools. [They] put the right tools in students’ hands to give all kids the excellent education they deserve. [They] support all Oakland public schools with a focus on those furthest from opportunity, because kids who come to school with less need more.”

https://www.oaklandedfund.org/give/ways-to-donate/

https://www.oaklandedfund.org/programs/volunteer/

https://www.oaklandedfund.org/about-us/mission-vision/

Bay Area Rescue Mission is a Richmond non profit that “starts with the basic essentials of homeless services: a meal, a clean bed, warm clothing and any other critical care they need to begin recovering from homelessness, addiction and poverty. Once their basic needs are met, [they] focus on their long-term recovery. [Their] Life Transformation programs give men and women the practical tools and training, and spiritual guidance, to overcome their struggles for a stable, independent tomorrow.” Bay Area Rescue Mission supports the needy through the following: Emergency Shelter, Meals and Food Distribution, Distribution of Clothing, Furniture, and Miscellaneous Items, Long-term Residential Discipleship Programs, Education, Job Skills Training, Life Skills Training, Job Placement, Family Reconciliation, Overcoming Financial and Legal Issues, Transitional Living,Medical Assistance, Youth Outreach Programs, Collaborative Relationships with Others, Informing and Involvement of the General Population, Spiritual Programs and Counseling, and Bible Classes.

https://www.bayarearescue.org/get-involved/volunteer/

https://give.bayarearescue.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?FormId=d666f326-c6f1-4912-bc63-07498419e014&utm_source=website&utm_medium=preheader

https://www.bayarearescue.org/who-we-are/

“The Prisoners Literature Project is an inclusive, all-volunteer, grassroots nonprofit whose purpose is to encourage reading, the pursuit of knowledge, and self-determination among incarcerated people. By sending free reading materials to those behind bars, PLP aims to foster learning and critical thinking and help prepare people to lead successful lives after incarceration. We believe that all people have a right to read. We recognize that many incarcerated people lack formal education, and the PLP strives to remedy that by providing books that impart knowledge. We also provide genre fiction because we understand that incarcerated people need to pass the time. Through the books that we send, we demonstrate that there are many possibilities for how to live. In operation for more than 30 years, our U.S. prison books program has gotten (literally) tons of free books into the American prison system, while staying entirely grassroots. We have no paid employees and 100% of donations go to postage, rent, office supplies and purchase of discount copies of frequently requested books such as dictionaries and vocational materials.”

https://www.prisonlit.org/donate/

https://www.prisonlit.org/volunteer/

https://www.prisonlit.org/about/

“The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is dedicated to sustaining, restoring and enhancing the nation’s fish, wildlife, plants and habitats for current and future generations. NFWF builds partnerships between leading U.S. corporations and the federal agencies, nonprofits and individuals who drive conservation efforts across the United States. We leverage public funds to raise private dollars, and award those funds to projects that will do the most good across a wide range of landscapes. Since its founding by Congress in 1984, NFWF has supported more than 21,600 projects and enhanced wildlife populations and natural habitats in all 50 states and U.S. territories.”

https://www.nfwf.org/what-we-do/donate

https://www.nfwf.org/what-we-do/contact-nfwf

Pogo Park wants to create an impact by “Creating safe, green, and vibrant city parks in the heart of one of America’s toughest inner-city neighborhoods makes a positive impact on the community in multiple ways” They want to achieve several goals including transforming “Iron Triangle parks and streets into safe, beautiful, green oases that provide 5,000 at-risk children with a safe place to play and the community with a place to gather. To provide high-quality play opportunities at the park as a vehicle to spark and foster a child’s healthy social/emotional, cognitive, physical, linguistic, and creative development. To hire, train, and empower community residents – those who know their neighborhood best – to plan, design, build, and manage these reimagined and rebuilt “Pogo Parks” themselves as a vehicle of workforce and community development. To restore blighted and environmentally degraded parks and streets into vibrant green oases that provide an opportunity for the community to connect with the natural world and natural systems.”

https://pogopark.org/get-involved/

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=AJ6DG99CSH8VJ

https://pogopark.org/what-we-do/goals-strategies/

La Peña was established in Berkeley, California in 1975 as a community space inspired by the “peñas” of Chile, which are community gatherings centered around music, food, drink, and culture where community members are in dialogue with each other around current issues. Rooted in the Latin American and Caribbean diaspora, La Peña Cultural Center collaborates with and unites communities by preserving and celebrating cultural traditions; producing creative new works; and nurturing global grassroots social justice movements with artists, activists and allies. With the community’s support, La Peña presents over 100 special events per year, including concerts, community gatherings, panel discussions, theatre performances, film screenings, art exhibits, fundraisers and more. La Peña also commissions and produces special projects by local artists, and presents internationally renowned artists. La Peña also holds space for daily classes and workshops for children and adults, such as Mexican son jarocho; Afro Peruvian cajon and dance; Brazilian Capoeira Angola; Puerto Rican bomba & plena; Cuban salsa, timba, and danzon; as well as community yoga.”

https://lapena.org/donate/

https://lapena.org/volunteers/

https://lapena.org/about-lapena/

In 1996 Youth Together was formed by youth, community members, parents, and school officials in Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond, California concerned about inter-racial violence and inadequate school conditions. With the impact of the organization’s youth leadership programming, student centers, and campaigns, Youth Together continues to develop positive, long-term solutions to fight social, political, community, and educational inequities, serving as a model for empowering change in other communities. The vision of Youth Together is to reclaim public education. We seek to create public educational systems that are just, community based, supportive and people centric. We aim to empower, mobilize, and build self-determination among students and their communities. Youth Together envisions students who think critically, are social change agents, and who challenge internalized, interpersonal, and institutional oppression in their schools and communities. Specifically, we envision public schools as spaces where youth, their families, and community members are key decision makers in their educational experience. We envision an educational system that is both the center of the community and a tool for creating community. When local educational institutions are designed to meet the needs of students, a strong community is created.”

https://www.youthtogether.net/checkout/donate?donatePageId=630650579be39052e2cd1d7e

https://www.youthtogether.net/contact

https://www.youthtogether.net/about

Our social justice mission is to bring mind-body healing through the expressive arts to any community in need, with a focus on women and children. We generate change within communities from the inside-out and the ground up. WE BELIEVE HAPPINESS is a birthright and a human right and the expressive arts are the sparks that lights the wildfire of powerful, positive and peaceful change in individuals, communities and the world. We serve anyone who is oppressed due to mental, physical, economic, ethnic, cultural, gender, or religious reasons. Healing Arts Peace Projects International (or HAPPI) is a collaboration among mental health providers, including expressive arts therapists, artists and educators, and individuals, institutions, organizations and communities who primarily serve women and children in humanitarian crises, refugee communities and others. We engage the arts such as MUSIC, DRAMA, VISUAL ARTS, MOVEMENT and SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGAUGE as mediums to help people express their voices. Expression in itself is healing, but also education and witnessing as communication exchange is a powerful tool of transformation in for communities

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/happiorg

https://healingartspeaceprojects.org/contribute/

https://healingartspeaceprojects.org/about/

The Black Organizing Project (BOP) was founded in 2009 in response to the lack of prioritization of Black people in organizing spaces. We started to build Black community power, and develop leaders in Oakland and across the Bay Area. Before this recent increase of mass organizing of Black people captured the hearts and minds of the world, BOP and other grassroots organizations dared to dream, and push for change that to many felt out of reach. In the spirit of our ancestors, and the many lives and leaders that made sacrifices before us, BOP emerged as a vehicle for change. In 2009, Black communities across the country were experiencing intense highs and lows — mourning the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina, celebrating our first Black president and witnessing the tragic killing of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Transit (BART) Police. BOP took to the streets and listened to our community to hear what issues were most important, and to ensure that the most impacted were truly driving the work. What started as a project soon became a place of refuge for many, a place where Black people came together to learn, organize, work, and love on each other. Our story is one of resilience and, one that if not told by us, might never be told. For centuries, Black folks have told stories as a way to stay connected, pass down traditions and lessons, and to heal. There is power in our stories, and power in taking the narrative back from the many false stories that are used to manipulate minds and dehumanize us. Telling our story is a way that we reclaim our power, push against old frameworks, and create real change. Telling our stories free us, inspire others, and give us determination to win.

https://blackorganizingproject.org/donate/

https://blackorganizingproject.org/membership/

https://blackorganizingproject.org/our-story/

As a world-known musician, Michael Franti, has been spreading his message of love, peace and social justice for decades. As a Registered Nurse, Sara Agah Franti, has witnessed firsthand the toll that life-threatening medical conditions have on both patients and their loved ones. Michael and Sara created a project that bridges their passions and expertise – Do It For The Love. The mission of Do It For The Love is to inspire hope and healing through the power of music by supporting clinical and community-based music therapy, evidence-based research, and providing live music experiences. Their vision is to advance the use of music as an accepted form of therapy in treating and healing individuals.

https://www.doitforthelove.org/ways-to-give

https://www.doitforthelove.org/mission

Beats Rhymes and Life is a leader in the emerging field of Hip Hop Therapy. BRL is committed to eliminating health disparities by partnering with youth and young adults to make mental health services more accessible and useful to diverse populations. BRL is the only non-profit in the country utilizing teams of trained clinicians, teaching artists and peer mentors to deliver Hip Hop Therapy in major urban settings. BRL also provides training and technical assistance to youth-serving individuals, organizations and systems that want to ensure that all youth has access to quality and culturally relevant therapeutic care. Research suggests that ethnic minorities tend to experience better treatment outcomes when paired with clinicians of a similar race and background. However, most mental heath providers do not reflect the populations they serve. The BRL Academy is a career pipeline program that trains young adults between the ages of 18-26 to become helpers, healers and leaders in their community and beyond. The vision of the Academy is that its members will serve as key players to mental health and other systems seeking to provide culturally responsive care to diverse communities and adopt a community empowerment model. The BRL Academy prepares young adults (from the community) to be peer mentors in the delivery of culturally responsive therapeutic care.

https://brl-inc.networkforgood.com/projects/56861-beats-rhymes-and-life-general-operating-support

Children's Fairyland is dedicated to maintaining its original vision of providing a captivating and enchanting environment for young children to engage in imaginative play, learning, and growth. The organization firmly believes that by garnering support from families, businesses, and community groups who share in their mission and recognize the limitless capabilities of young children, Children's Fairyland will continue to thrive for years to come, ensuring a "happily ever after" for all involved. The park's emphasis lies in facilitating education through play and exploration, with four key pillars: literacy, science, social/emotional development, and creativity.

https://www.fairyland.org/get-involved/support-fairyland/

https://www.fairyland.org/get-involved/volunteer/

https://www.fairyland.org/