This site hosted by Free.ProHosting.com
Google

 

Charity information


return to main page  http://fire.prohosting.com/pubinfo/


Evaluating charities


Check out charities on the BBB page  http://www.bbb.org/us/charity/   This is the US site
 

givespot   http://www.givespot.com/research/evaluatecharities.htm    links to other sites that evaluate charities.
 

charity navigator   http://www.charitynavigator.org/    independent charity navigator


Tax Information for Charitable Organizations   http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/index.html    various publications


The American Institute of Philanthropy has top rated charities   http://www.charitywatch.org/toprated.html   in various categories 
   charity watch is listed here  http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/charities/investigate.html  

 
Guidestar   http://www2.guidestar.org/   look up charities.  But you need to register.
   Guidestar is listed here  http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/charities/investigate.html  


Click to donate to these charities

The hungersite:   http://www.thehungersite.com    each visit buys food for the hungry. The hunger site is listed on:
   Darfur Cookstoves, 2007 update   http://darfurstoves.lbl.gov/updates2007.html   as a partner in this project
   US DHHS Indian Health Services links page   http://www.ihs.gov/medicalprograms/mch/M/MCHlinks.cfm  
   State of Maine   http://www.maine.gov/newsletter/december2001/hunger_site.htm   newsletter

Nature Conservatory   http://rainforest.care2.com/
This site lists a bunch of click to charities   http://www.charityclickdonation.com/index.html


This page   http://gsociology.icaap.org/other.htm   lists some other click to donate.



Volunteering

Youth Service America   http://ysa.org/   "Improving communities by increasing the number and the diversity of young people, ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles."
  This organization is listed here   http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/yes/tools.html   as a bunch of handy resources
   and here   http://www.takepride.gov/documents/March%20%202005%20Newsletter.pdf   from 2005


volunteer match   http://www.volunteermatch.org/   helps match you with opportunities
   listed here   http://www.mlkday.gov/about/partners/index.asp   


idea list   http://www.idealist.org/if/as/vol     and   http://www.idealist.org/kt/volunteercenter.html    find volunteer opportunities.
   listed here   http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/   
   and here   http://www.hud.gov/kids/kidsvlta.html  


Obama's   http://www.serve.gov/   find places to volunteer.  Actually searches through networkforgood.org  and finds opportunities through volunteer match, idea list and others.


http://servenet.org/   I guess they connect volunteers to organizations or something.   Run by YSA.org and ibelongs  http://ibelongnetworks.com/  






return to main page  http://fire.prohosting.com/pubinfo/

last verified 3/4/09