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approved or endorsed in any way. If you are unfamiliar with a charity's work or reputation,
check it out before contributing to it. The organization names that
appear in this color were
identified in 2000 or 2001 by SmartMoney Magazine as some of the most efficiently run among
the 100 largest charities. For information on thousands of charities, the following
organizations can help.
Checking Out Charities
Just Tzedakah - The web resource for donors to Jewish charities. Features guidelines for
giving, excerpts from Jewish sources that discuss the philosophy and law behind tzedakah,
reports on charities, link to Electronic Tzedakah
Box (see next listing). Just Tzedakah
Electronic Tzedakah Box - Comprehensive online directory of giving opportunities with
reports on all charities. Sells gift certificates.
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Guidestar.org - National database of nonprofit organizations. Gives summaries of
activities and financial reports. Look Now
Charity Navigator - works to guide intelligent giving by providing information on more
than twenty-one hundred charities and evaluating the financial health of each.
Charity Navigator
Smartmoney Magazine - Two years of rankings of most efficiently run among the 100 largest
US based charities. Look Now
Jewish Charities
Just Tzedakah Check out comprehensive listings and reports on charities here.
Peace Charities
Interfaith Voices for Peach and Justice Maintains directory of
more than 700 organizations actively seeking peace and justice.
International Peace Bureau also has peace ideas and links.
Volunteers for Peace Online directory of workcamp opportunities.
Charities That Help Children
United States Fund for unicef. Promotes the survival, protection, and
development of all children worldwide. UNICEF USA
Save the Children. Work to bring lasting positive change to children
in need both in the U.S. and around the world.Save the Children
Christian Children's Fund. Creates an environment of hope and
respect for needy children of all cultures and beliefs in which they have opportunities to
achieve their full potential, and provides practical tools for positive change - to children,
families and communities. Christian Children's Fund
(Kids Can) Free the Children. International youth organization that
empowers young people through representation, leadership and action. Free the Children
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Look Now
Environmental Charities
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life Go here and click on "Take Action"
for comprehensive directory of organizations worldwide that work for the environment.
www.Kids for a Clean Environment helps kids take environmental action.
Youth for Environmental Sanity Motto is "informing, inspiring & empowering
young people to join forces for social justice & environmental sanity."
Hadassah. Published Judaism and Ecology. Many local chapters are active on
environmental issues. Hadassah
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Treats the environment as a key social
action focus through "Project E.A.R.T.H." (Everyone has A Responsibility To our Home).
The Shalom Center promotes study and activism around Jewish environmentalism.
Hunger Charities and Relief Organizations
www.secondharvest.org America's Second Harvest. The nation's largest hunger-relief organization
with a network of more than 200 food banks and food-rescue programs.
www.theirc.org International Rescue Committee. Founded at the request of Albert Einstein to assist
opponents of Hitler, the IRC helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well
as those uprooted by war and violence.
www.redcross.org The American Red Cross.
www.armdi.org ARMDI: American Red Magen David for Israel. Israel's "Red Cross."
www.care.org CARE. Humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.
www.feedthechildren.org Feed the Children. Christian-based international relief and development
organization.
www.projecthope.org Project Hope. Brings healthcare, education, and humanitarian assistance to
underdeveloped countries and promotes social and economic development.
www.map.org MAP International. A Christian non-profit relief and development organization
promoting the total health of people living in the world's poorest communities.
www.habitat.org Habitat for Humanity. A Christian organization that welcomes volunteers
of all faiths in bringing families and communities in need together with resources to
build decent affordable housing.
www.worldvision.org World Vision. Christian humanitarian organization serving the world's
poorest children and families in nearly 100 countries.
www.giftsinkind.org Gifts in Kind International. World's leading charity in product
philanthropy - they gather corporate donations of material goods and give them to people in need.
AIDS Charities
Meal Programs for These Cities
New York - God's Love We Deliver www.godslovewedeliver.org
Philadelphia - Manna www.mannapa.org
Minneapolis - Aliveness Project www.aliveness.org
Vancouver - A Loving Spoonful www.alovingspoonful.org
Washington, D.C. - Food & Friends www.foodandfriends.org
Columbus, OH - Project OpenHand www.outincolumbus.com/pohc/
Los Angeles - Project Angel Food www.angelfood.org
Charities That Help Animals
www.nwf.org National Wildlife Federation. The nation's largest member-supported conservation
group, uniting individuals, organizations, businesses and government to protect wildlife,
wild places, and the environment.
www.wcs.org Wildlife Conservation Society. Saves wildlife and wild lands through careful
science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world's largest system
of urban wildlife parks.
www.coejl.org Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life. Go here and click on "Take Action"
for comprehensive directory of organizations worldwide that work to help animals and the environment.
www.aspca.org The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
www.jewishveg.com Jewish Vegetarians of North America
www.birds-of-prey.org Birds of Prey Foundation. Lets you Adopt a Raptor.
www.audubon.org National Audubon Society. Concerned with ecology, habitat preservation, and
individual species of birds and other wildlife.
www.tnc.org The Nature Conservancy. Preserves habitat by purchasing it. Has an Adopt-an-Acre
and Adopt-a-Reef programs.
www.ran.org Rainforest Action Network
Tolerance and Human Rights
www.freethechildren.org (Kids Can) Free the Children. International youth organization that
empowers young people through representation, leadership and action.
www.ujc.org United Jewish Communities. A vibrant, bold, sometimes daring community that
pursues social justice and human rights.
www.amnesty.org Amnesty International
www.ushmm.org The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
www.wiesenthal.com Simon Wiesenthal Center. International Jewish human rights organization
dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding
through community involvement, educational outreach and social action.
www.hrw.org Human Rights Watch. Nonprofit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to the
protection of human rights worldwide.
Other
www.eldridgestreet.org The Eldridge Street Project. Restoring the landmark Eldridge Street
Synagogue as the focal point of a Jewish heritage center for the 21st century.
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