| Nonprofit |
#GivingTuesdayCLT Goal |
Impact of reaching their goal |
Who they could bring to the interview |
| Angel in Disguise Inc. |
Raise $10K, gain social media followers, secure new volunteers |
200 rides for cancer patients to help eliminate transportation barriers in the metro Charlotte area. |
A cancer patient who is able to get treatment because transportation services were provided |
| Anne Springs Close Greenway |
Raise $10K, gain social media followers |
In support of a $25 for 25 years campaign, which is raising money for the Greenway. |
A recipient of our Bridge Program |
| Beds for Kids |
Raise $303K to purchase 2,020 twin bed sets ($150 dollars each) |
Will allow us to increase our deliveries heading into 2021 to match the rising need for our service. |
We keep our clients anonymous but one of our social workers would be happy to share a testimony on the impact of a bed for her clients. |
| Bright Side Youth Ranch |
Raise $2500, gain social media followers, secure new volunteers |
$2500 will complete a matching gift to pay for a badly needed tractor to help maintain the 15-acre equine property |
We have several families who would be willing to share their stories. |
| Cakeable Charlotte |
Raise $7,200 |
Pay for one year’s worth of rent in a commercial kitchen ($4,200), plus supplies and ingredients for baking classes in order to enhance the employability of our students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. |
One of our current students, an adult who has Down syndrome, has just received an offer to package cookie boxes for the Sweet Spot Cookie Club. After a trial period with training, she has the opportunity to hold her first paying job. |
| Carolina Breast Friends |
Raise $25K |
Carolina Breast Friends is the only organization meeting the care-and-support needs of Charlotte’s breast cancer community with free wigs, bras and prostheses, and our stock is depleted. |
Yes! Lots of women! |
| Changed Choices |
Raise $7500 |
Cover remaining operating expense for reentry home |
Possibly a reentry client |
| Charlotte Bilingual Preschool |
Secure 25 new volunteers |
Securing 25 new volunteers will enable us to ensure the health and safety of our children and families. Having volunteers fill the following positions, would free up our staff to be able to do their jobs. Volunteers needed include Temperature Checkers and Traffic Directors. |
Yes |
| Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center |
Raise awareness of their mission and general funds |
Provide the gift of speech and hearing to all those in need in the Charlotte community |
We have several individuals who have received hearing aids through our organization who are able to continue working and enjoying life thanks to the gift of hearing. |
| Dottie Rose Foundation |
Raise $20K |
Provide for a dedicated space to accommodate recent growth,for gatherings and programming |
Yes, you can speak with any of our girls. |
| E2D |
Raise $7,500 |
Purchase 100 computers at $75/each (looking specifically for smaller donors!) |
Principal Daniel Gray of Hidden Valley Elementary |
| Faith in Action Community and Educational Transition Services |
We’d like to raise funds and/or materials for 50 transition kits |
The need for cleaning and bed/bath products for transitioning families is the greatest need identified by Salvation Army Center of Hope, our partner agency. |
Yes – we can make available multiple women who have been helped by FACET Services over the past 13 years upon request. Some of them have testimonies of flourishing in their new homes as a direct result of the support we provided |
| Families Forward Charlotte |
Raise $10K |
Grow our program to serve more families. |
Yes, we have a few families we could choose from that would be willing to share. |
| First Gen Success |
Raise $20K gain gain social media followers, secure new volunteers, get 4 laptops and printers donated |
Provide college financial assistance to each of our 4 graduating seniors. |
Yes, scholars who are currently enrolled in our program. |
| First Responders 1st |
Goods purchased from their Amazon Wish List |
Help create 50 Kids Activity Kits that local first responders can give to kids when on calls |
I could get some local first responders |
| Foster Village Charlotte |
Raise $60K by Giving Tuesday! |
Funds will help:
Equip – Provide individualized support for families
Hire a highly skilled Caregiver Support Coordinator
Connect – Build our Village Guides program
Mentor new and struggling families directly
Advocate – Enable Foster Village to be the voice of foster families
Focus on change in the system to better serve foster children
Get ahead of foster care burnout |
Yes- a foster family |
| GardHouse |
Raise $12,500. |
This $12,500 will provide 10 paid workforce development opportunities to students graduating from high school entering college in Fall 2021 (in addition to a $5K gift from the Duke Energy Foundation) |
We have two students who were recently offered employment due to GardHouse’s efforts in a year of operation. |
| Girl Talk Foundation, Inc. |
Raise $7,500 |
To support ‘’Tailoring Teens for Success’’ program which enriches and empowers our girls to become leaders |
Yes, we have a woman who is willing to share her testimony. |
| Hands for Holly Memorial Fund |
Raise $3K, gain social media followers |
Part of the annual Hope for the Holly-Days campaign which provides families who have children fighting cancer with financial needs such as paying for gifts, housing, utilities and groceries. |
We have a number of families who have given consent to share their story |
| Healing Vine Harbor |
Raise $3K, gain social media followers |
Will bring us closer to the goal of having a living facility for homeless, single women in the greater Charlotte area. |
We have at least 3 people who would be willing to share their story of overcoming homelessness with the help of Healing Vine Harbor. |
| Heart Math Tutoring |
Raise $2K |
Will provide 1:1 math tutoring to two students in the 2021/22 school year. |
Yes – volunteers |
| Holy Angels |
$25K |
Will help upgrade, repair and refurbish our fleet of golf carts that our staff and residents use for safe transport around our campus. They’re critically important for emergencies, maintenance in our homes and facilities and daily operations. This fleet is not only cost effective, but allows us to limit traffic on our roads which is safer and more efficient. |
Absolutely. We have a family in Charlotte who would LOVE to share their story. |
| House of Mercy |
Raise $3500 (#GivingTuesdayCLT is also World Aids Day this year) |
Provides one full month of care for a resident with HIV who comes to us in an acute crisis situation with no source of funding. That $3500 of care is often the difference between life and death for an individual in crisis |
Maybe – due to the stigma that still surrounds an HIV diagnosis, our residents generally prefer to stay anonymous. |
| Humane Society of Charlotte |
Raise $10K (have a $10K matching donor!) |
Additional funds means we’re able to secure resources we need to help save more animals lives, more frequently. Some of these funds could help us to hire additional team members to aid in animal transport or to pay for the intake costs of animals so that we can take in more at a time. |
Several of our adopters, fosters, or volunteers would be willing to share their stories. |
| JazzArts Charlotte |
Raise $5K (have a $5K matching donor!) |
To keep the music playing. Since the pandemic began devastating the local arts community, JazzArts Charlotte has actually doubled the performance and educational opportunities we offer, employing musicians and educators, while providing the healing power of music online free. This goal allows us to keep filling that gap until the community is finally able to be in person again. |
We have educators and musicians who could speak to the impact of the pandemic and what JazzArts Charlotte is doing to bridge the gaps. |
| Life Connections of the Carolinas, Inc. |
Raise $5K |
Help fund our administrative team and training initiatives for staff |
Yes, parents of program participants who are now members of the Board of Directors. |
| Loaves & Fishes |
Raise $20K |
To expand our new home grocery delivery program. Are currently delivering to 250 people, two days a week. $20,000 will help us with funding for a staff position to further expand this program as well as make healthy food available to more people in need. |
A recipient of a week’s worth of groceries delivered directly to their door who would otherwise would not have been able to get to a pick up location due to illness or transportation issues. |
| MeckEd |
Raise $10K |
Will support the MeckEd Learning Lab ensuring students have a safe learning environment when one is not available at home. |
Students who have utilized the lab will be able to share their story! |
| Mind Body Baby NC |
Raise $10K |
To support the Community Care Fund, which bridges the gap for new & expectant mothers, who are struggling with perinatal mood disorders and traumatic births, when money, transportation, childcare or access to the internet is the obstacle to getting needed maternal mental health services and support. |
About our support groups, yes. One of Fund cases, possibly. |
| Para Guide Foundation |
Raise $2,500 |
Provide indoor stationary bicycle equipment for at least 5 additional individuals who are blind/visually impaired. |
Yes – two visually impaired people received indoor cycling equipment from Para Guide in September and can speak to their experience |
| PrettyPonytails |
Shop our Amazon Wish List and buy pajamas, socks, and hair care essentials to impact 100 underserved girls in need. |
Help boost young girls’ self-esteem and confidence! |
Yes, I was able to provide haircare kits to girls apart of Safe Families Clt that were place with a host family. |
| Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte |
Secure at least 25 donations of $100 or more |
Can build and donate 25 student desks and fund critical repair programs. |
Yes, a single mother who worried about losing her home until we provided extensive repairs to keep her family safe and healthy and her home preserved. |
| Shining Hope Farms |
Raise $36,192 |
Feeding our horses is one our biggest and most challenging expenses and it is not covered by insurance reimbursements from our therapy services. Raising enough money to feed our whole herd for the next year would ensure that our patients can go on receiving their awesome benefits!
If donors would give $24 each (the cost to feed one horse for one week), 1500 donations could feed all 29 of our horses for one year! |
Yes |
| Teaching Fellows Institute |
Raise $1800 |
Fund our January virtual series of workshops with Dr. Bryan Harris, a thought leader in the K-12 education arena and creates custom sessions for our Fellows based on their input. |
Yes |
| The DeAngelo Williams Foundation |
Raise $15K |
Provide mammograms as part of “53 Strong for Sandra” program |
Possibly |
| The Nest Academy |
Raise $50K |
Help cover COVID re-opening costs and continue to provide the “gift” of a private school education to refugees, immigrants, and underprivileged students along with extracurricular activities to equip each student with the tools they need to make a difference in their world! |
Yes, one of our students was able to graduate and get a full ride to college and accomplish her dreams. |
| The Relatives |
Raise $5K |
Provide back rent for 5 young adults facing eviction, keeping them stably housed. |
Possibly – we have many young adults who have received housing, but would need to check with their comfort level on sharing their story. |
| Thrive Global Project |
Raise $11,500 |
Provide 23 low income, first-generation college students in Charlotte with a $500 relief package to help students afford vital, basic needs due to COVID. Without assistance, students may not have access to vital, basic needs, decreasing capacity to graduate, impacting long term earning potential. |
Yes, we have constituents who would be able to share their story |
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