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Season of Giving: Where to donate this holiday season

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- ABC7's Season of Giving is all about giving back and shining a light on people and organizations in need of help across our Bay Area communities. If you're able to help-- give what you can this holiday season, and donate to your favorite local charities.
If you need ideas for ways to help- we've created a list of vetted local organizations that make a big impact in helping to build a better Bay Area.

BAY AREA-WIDE CHARITIES
  • United Way Bay Area -- Donate Here

  • Help a Mother Out -- Donate Here

  • Cultural Conservancy --
    Donate Here

  • Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area --
    Donate Here

  • El/La Para TransLatinas --
    Donate Here

  • Family Bridges --
    Donate Here

  • Inner City Bliss --
    Donate Here

  • LifeLong Medical Care --
    Donate Here

  • There With Care - Bay Area --
    Donate Here

  • Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area --
    Donate Here

  • Self Help for the Elderly --
    Donate Here

  • Center for Elders' Independence --
    Donate Here

  • La Clinica - A California Health Center --
    Donate Here

  • The Job Forum --
    Donate Here

  • Bay Area Food Banks --
    Donate Here

  • Wender Weis Foundation for Children --
    Donate Here

  • Alzheimer's Association of Northern California --
    Donate Here

  • Students Rising Above --
    Donate Here

  • Multicultural Institute --
    Donate Here

  • Girls, Inc. --
    Donate Here

  • Latino Community Foundation --
    Donate Here

  • Philanthropy Together --
    Donate Here

  • Junior Achievement Northern California --
    Donate Here

  • Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN) --
    Donate Here

  • Reading Partners --
    Donate Here

  • Foodwise (formerly CUESA Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture) --
    Donate Here

  • Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area --
    Donate Here


    • ALAMEDA COUNTY

  • LifeLong Medical Care --
    Donate Here

  • African American Wellness Project --
    Donate Here

  • Asian Health Services --
    Donate Here

  • Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce --
    Donate Here

  • Center for Elder Independence --
    Donate Here

  • Regional Parks Foundations --
    Donate Here

  • The Street Smarts Academy --
    Donate Here

  • Acta Non Verba Youth Farm --
    Donate Here


  • Peralta College Foundation --
    Donate Here

  • East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation --
    Donate Here

  • Taylor Family Foundation --
    Donate Here

  • The Unity Council --
    Donate Here

  • Mulatto Meadows, Urgan Cowgirl Ranch --
    Donate Here


    • CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

  • Monument Crisis Center - Concord --
    Donate Here

  • LifeLong Medical Care --
    Donate Here

  • East Bay Sanctuary --
    Donate Here

  • Bay Area Rescue Mission - Richmond --
    Donate Here

  • GRIP - Richmond --
    Donate Here

  • West Contra Costa Youth Services Bureau --
    Donate Here

  • Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services --
    Donate Here

  • Richmond Main Street --
    Donate Here

  • Rubicon Programs - Richmond --
    Donate Here

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Contra Costa --
    Donate Here

  • White Pony Express --
    Donate Here

  • CASA of Contra Costa County --
    Donate Here

  • Sonrise Equestrian Foundation --
    Donate Here


    • MARIN COUNTY

  • Ritter Center - San Rafael --
    Donate Here

  • Canal Alliance - Marin --
    Donate Here

  • Next Generation Scholars - Marin --
    Donate Here

  • Huckleberry Youth Programs - Marin --
    Donate Here

  • Marin Center for Independent Living --
    Donate Here

  • The North Bay Children's Center --
    Donate Here

  • Marin Humane Society's Pet Safety Net --
    Donate Here


    • NAPA COUNTY

  • Community Health Initiative Napa County --
    Donate Here

  • Napa Valley Education Foundation --
    Donate Here

  • OLE Health --
    Donate Here

  • UpValley Family Centers --
    Donate Here

  • Voices Youth Services --
    Donate Here

  • On the Move --
    Donate Here

  • Puertas Abiertas --
    Donate Here


    • SAN FRANCISCO

  • Boys and Girls Clubs of SF - Giving Tuesday Trivia Night: Contact Carter Ashforth atcashforth@kidsclub.orgor 415-445-5482 --
    Donate Here

  • GLIDE --
    Donate Here


  • The Transgender District --
    Donate Here

  • Raphael House --
    Donate Here

  • SF Neighborhood Housing Development Corporation --
    Donate Here

  • Foundation of City College of SF --
    Donate Here

  • On Lok --
    Contact Them Here

  • Mission Economic Development Corporation --
    Donate Here

  • NAMI SF --
    Donate Here

  • Mission Food Hub --
    Donate Here

  • San Francisco Community Health Center --
    Donate Here

    • SAN MATEO COUNTY

  • Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS) --
    Donate Here

  • Samaritan House San Mateo --
    Donate Here

  • San Mateo Community College Foundation --
    Donate Here

  • Youth Leadership Institute --
    Donate Here

  • San Mateo County Health --
    Contact Them Here

  • NAMI San Mateo County --
    Donate Here

  • Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto --
    Donate Here


    • SANTA CLARA COUNTY

  • African American Community Service Agency (AACSA) --
    Donate Here

  • Humane Society Silicon Valley --
    Donate Here

  • Wender Weis Foundation for Children: Holiday Heroes --
    Donate Here

  • Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley --
    Donate Here

  • Heart of the Valley Senior Services --
    Donate Here

  • NAMI Silicon Valley --
    Donate Here

  • Streetcode Academy --
    Donate Here


    • SOLANO COUNTY

  • Solano Community Foundation --
    Donate Here

  • Florence Douglass Senior Center --
    Donate Here

  • NAMI Solano County --
    Donate Here


    • SONOMA COUNTY

  • Sonoma Ecology Center --
    Donate Here

  • Community Foundation Sonoma --
    Donate Here

  • Corazón Healdsburg --
    Donate Here

  • Teen Services Sonoma --
    Donate Here

  • NAMI Sonoma County --
    Donate Here

  • UndocuFund --
    Donate Here


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