RESOURCES/DONATIONS
A list of places you can donate to or use resources from, compiled by the people involved in this project.
AFRICAN CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE
African Children's Initiative's mission is to educate every child, empower every woman and catalyze the
development of villages in rural Kenya
BLACK GIRLS CODE
Black Girls CODE is devoted to showing the world that black girls can code, and do so much more. By reaching out to the community through workshops and after school programs, Black Girls CODE introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities in programming languages such as Scratch or Ruby on Rails. Black Girls CODE has set out to prove to the world that girls of every color have the skills to become the programmers of tomorrow. By promoting classes and programs we hope to grow the number of women of color working in technology and give underprivileged girls a chance to become the masters of their technological worlds. Black Girls CODE's ultimate goal is to provide African-American youth with the skills to occupy some of the 1.4 million computing job openings expected to be available in the U.S. by 2020, and to train 1 million girls by 2040.
BLACK MAMAS MATTER ALLIANCE
Black Mamas Matter Alliance is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance. We center Black mamas to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice.
BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH IMPERATIVE
Black Women's Health Imperative's mission is to lead the effort to solve the most pressing health issues that affect Black women and girls in the U.S. Through investments in evidence-based strategies, we deliver bold new programs and advocate health-promoting policies.
COLOR OF CHANGE EDUCATION FUND
Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 1.7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.
DREAM DEFENDERS
Today, the Dream Defenders is organizing Black and Brown youth to build power in our communities to advance a new vision we have for the state. Our agenda is called the Freedom Papers. Through it, we are advancing our vision of safety and security – away from prisons, deportation, and war – and towards healthcare, housing, jobs and movement for all.
FUNDS FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
Candid is compiling a list of funds specifically established in the wake of coronavirus. The list focuses on funds hosted at US-based foundations that serve nonprofits, though others outside of this criteria may appear as well. To add a fund to this list, please email coronavirus@candid.org. And to view resources available to individuals and small businesses, please visit our list on GrantSpace.
GIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER KC
At Girls on the Run we inspire girls to recognize their inner strength and celebrate what makes them one of a kind. Trained coaches lead small teams through our research-based curricula which includes dynamic discussions, activities and running games. Over the course of the ten-week program, girls in 3rd-8th grade develop essential skills to help them navigate their worlds and establish a lifetime appreciation for health and fitness. The program culminates with girls positively impacting their communities through a service project and being physically and emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5K event.
THE HBCU FOUNDATION
The HBCU Foundation is a nationally focused, federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose aim is to provide scholarship aid to deserving students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We partner with 102 public and private member-schools to:
– Increase access, retention and graduation rates of all students
– Identify and adequately equip students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities who have displayed significant leadership potential
– Create a talent pipeline for hiring organizations of top-tier, well-rounded, HBCU students and alumni
– Foster a new generation of entrepreneurially and globally-minded, HBCU student and alumni leaders
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
The Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than 3 million members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR
Sign this petition to help bring justice for the wrongfully murdered Breonna Taylor by getting the officers who killed her fired, and more.
JUSTICE FOR ELIJAH MCCLAIN
Sign this petition to bring justice for Elijah McClain, after he was wrongfully killed by the police. Demand that these officers are held accountable for their actions.
KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY BAIL FUND
Through the use of a revolving fund, our mission is to provide bail for people without the resources to post their own bail while awaiting trial - giving them a higher chance of a positive outcome in their case.  We want those detained pretrial to have the ability to keep their jobs, their spot in school, their housing, and provide care for their children while maintaining their presumed innocence - rather than sitting in jail without access to resources and costing themselves and the taxpayers money. By doing so we will be advocating for the abolition of money bail, pretrial detention, and mass incarceration by example. We believe that the right to freedom should not be based on one's ability to afford bail.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMP
Our mission is to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.
LOVELAND THERAPY FUND
The Loveland Foundation was established in 2018 by Rachel Cargle in response to her widely successful birthday wish fundraiser, Therapy for Black Women and Girls. Her enthusiastic social media community raised over $250,000, which made it possible for Black women and girls nationally to receive therapy support. Black women and girls deserve access to healing, and that healing will impact generations.
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 80 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments.
NATIONAL BAIL FUND NETWORK
The National Bail Fund Network is made up of over sixty community bail and bond funds across the country. We regularly update this listing of community bail funds that are freeing people by paying bail/bond and are also fighting to abolish the money bail system and pretrial detention.
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF BLACK WOMEN - KANSAS CITY
Vision: To build a network of women of color in leadership, sustainable entrepreneurship, and civic engagement while increasing access to technology and building social enterprises that eliminate gender and racial bias.
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities.
​Founded in 1910 and headquartered in New York City, the National Urban League spearheads the efforts of its local affiliates through the development of programs, public policy research, and advocacy. Today, the National Urban League has 90 affiliates serving 300 communities in 37 states and the District of Columbia, providing direct services that impact and improve the lives of more than two million people nationwide.
PRETTY BROWN GIRL MOVEMENT
Ranked by NBC News as one of the top seven organizations dedicated to empower girls of color, our mission is to educate girls of color and encourage self-acceptance by cultivating social, emotional and intellectual well-being.
THE SENTENCING PROJECT
The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by producing groundbreaking research to promote reforms in sentencing policy, address unjust racial disparities and practices, and to advocate for alternatives to incarceration.
SHE SAFE, WE SAFE
She Safe, We Safe is a transformative movement campaign led by BYP100 to put an end to the different forms of gender violence that Black women, girls, femmes and gender non-conforming people face everyday. We are embracing a dual strategy approach, which means that we will work to both shift culture & establish new ways of keeping each other safe within our communities AND work to fight against the violence of the state, particularly the patriarchal violence of the police.
THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND
Established in 1987, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. TMCF member-schools include the publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs). Publicly-supported HBCUs enroll over 80% of all students attending HBCUs. Through scholarships, capacity building and research initiatives, innovative programs, and strategic partnerships, TMCF is a vital resource in the K-12 and higher education space. The organization is also a source for top employers seeking top talent for competitive internships and good jobs.
TOGETHER WE RISE
Together We Rise is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of motivated young adults and former foster youth. Our vision is to improve the lives of children in foster care, who often find themselves forgotten and neglected by the public. We collaborate with individuals, companies, and community partners to bring resources to foster youth and use service-learning activities to educate volunteers on issues surrounding the foster care system.