Donating to Charities.... Made Easier

Pearlygates
A lot of people have their favorite charities and organizations that they give to all the time. But not everyone knows who or what organization that they want to donate to. If you would like to donate to a charity or organization, I have put together a list that may be of help to you. You may want to donate to a charity or organization that someone you know has been afflicted by. You may want to donate to help animals, for better education or to help the environment.

The following list has a few charities and organizations that you may want to look into. They are in alphabetical order, and not by any way of more importance than one another. They are listed just to make things a little easier if you would be looking for a charity to donate to.

Charities & Organizations...............

Aging:

American Aging Research --- www.americanagingresearch.org/

Alzheimer's Foundation of America --- http://www.alzfdn.org/

Aids:

Aids Emergency Fund --- http://aidsemergencyfund.org/

National Aids Fund --- http://www.aidsfund.org

Animals:

Animal Welfare Institute --- http://www.awionline.org/

Defenders of Wildlife --- http://www.defenders.org/index.php

Friends of the Zoo --- http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm?fonzref=index.htm

Wildlife Conservation Society --- http://www.wcs.org/

PetSave Foundation --- http://www.petsave.org/

Cancers:

American Cancer Society --- http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

American Lung Association --- http://www.lungil.org/

Breast Cancer Research Fund --- http://www.bcrfcure.org/

Cancer research Institute --- www.cancerresearch.org

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society --- http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition --- http://www.ovarian.org/

Prevent Cancer Foundation --- www.preventcancer.org

Children:

Adoption Links Worldwide --- www.alww.org

Child Find of America --- http://www.childfindofamerica.org/

Children's Organ Transplant Association --- http://www.cota.org/site/c.dqLQI3OEKpF/b.496377/k.CC4B/Home.htm

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation --- http://www.jdrf.org/

Make a Wish Foundation --- http://www.wish.org/

Ronald McDonald House Charities --- www.rmhc.org

Save the Children --- www.savethechildren.org

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital --- www.stjude.org

Diseases and Disorders:

Arthritis Foundation --- http://www.arthritis.org/index.php

Asthma and Allergy Foundation --- http://www.aafa.org/

Autism Society of America --- http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

Cerebral Palsy, Inc. --- http://www.cp-center.org/

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation --- http://www.cff.org/

Lupus Foundation of America --- http://www.lupus.org/newsite/index.html

March of Dimes --- http://www.marchofdimes.com/

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation --- http://www.msfocus.org/

Muscular Dystrophy Association --- http://www.mdausa.org/

National Kidney Foundation --- http://www.kidney.org/

National Mental Health Association --- http://www.nmha.org/

Parkinson's Disease Foundation --- http://www.pdf.org/

Education:

Alliance for Education --- http://www.alliance4ed.org/

Children's Scholarship Fund --- http://www.scholarshipfund.org/index.asp

The AAUW Educational Foundation --- http://www.aauw.org/About/ef.cfm

Homeless:

Adopt a Family --- http://www.aafpbs.org

Family Emergency Shelter Coalition --- http://www.fescofamilyshelter.org/

National Coalition for the Homeless --- http://www.nationalhomeless.org/

Others:

Alliance to Save Energy --- http://www.ase.org/

American Red Cross --- http://www.redcross.org/

Care- (poverty) --- http://www.care.org/

Clean Water Fund --- http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/

Disabled American Veterans --- http://www.dav.org/cst/

National Military Family Association --- http://www.nmfa.org/site/PageServer#

United Way --- http://www.unitedway.org/

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  • Kristie Leong M.D.1/28/2008

    Very helpful information. I've printed it out for future reference. Thank you. :-)

  • Molly Carter1/2/2008

    Wow! Great job!

  • Jasmine Starr12/31/2007

    Thanks :-)

  • Momie Tullottes12/29/2007

    Great list. I bookmarked it. :-)

  • Kassidy Emmerson12/28/2007

    Very good list!

  • E Harmon12/22/2007

    What a wonderful list! Excellent job!

  • Fabletoo12/22/2007

    Very good list - I was a professional fundraiser for charities for 15 years and always used to tell people to donate at Christmas!

  • Lolaness12/22/2007

    FANTASTIC list! Seriously a great idea and so helpful of you.

  • Lori Piper12/22/2007

    great job on this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • P. L. Ward12/21/2007

    Great list. Thanks for putting it together!

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