Giving Assistant is shining a light on Caitlin’s Smiles, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit inspired by a little girl who, throughout a 3 ½-year-long battle with brain cancer, found joy in creating art.

With roughly 70,000 new diagnoses per year, cancer is the most aggressive, disease-related cause of death in young adults today. Imagine for a moment what it must feel like to be in your prime and receive the most devastating news…    That's what...

Dirty water is the culprit behind the diseases that kill more people every year than all forms of violence put together, including war. What's more disheartening is that 43 percent of those deaths are children under the age of five. One child dies every two minutes...

Generations Against Bullying is a nonprofit whose mission is to combat bullying by transforming “bystanders” into Upstanders. Their teams bring education and training directly into community school systems that help teach children and teenagers how to identify bullies, and support their peers using nonthreatening tactics and communication skills.

The Salvation Army is focused on ways to connect with the community, whether that’s creating new opportunities to meet the specific needs of your hometown or finding new ways for people to volunteer or give online.

Drawn from Valor is a nonprofit animation studio that uses the power of animation to educate and empower children and families who are facing life changing physical or mental health issues.

Each week, approximately 1.9 million children around the world benefit from Right To Play programs. Right to Play connects more children to quality education and peaceful communities.

Fundraising plays an integral role in expanding programs to include more people. Working with organizations, such as Giving Assistant, Best Day Foundation is able to make it possible for more special-needs youths to ride a wave, conquer a snow hill, or stand on the “back of a flying dragon,” like Best Day Foundation ambassador, Amy Hansen.

Marine Conservation Institute wants to make everyone aware that, in spite of increasing numbers of MPA announcements, only about 3% of the world’s oceans are protected today. Read about their overall mission is to protect the ocean and find out how you can help.

Everyone knows that Big Bird and his pals on Sesame Street have been helping kids learn their ABCs and 123s for decades, but did you know they are also helping children here and around the world with even tougher challenges? Think back to your childhood. Chances are,...

In December of 2016, something incredible happened in West Africa—something Tostan founder, Molly Melching could have only dreamed about. Imagine finding yourself in a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people from over 300 different communities. “Overwhelmed” might be...

You'll never look at a #2 pencil the same way again… When a small boy's answer to "What do you want most in the world?" was a mere pencil, the future founder of Pencils of Promise (PoP) was utterly touched. For Pencils of Promise, something as simple as a yellow #2...

"We are so grateful for our partnership with Giving Assistant and their impactful support of children touched by a parent's cancer. The need for Kesem's services is far-reaching and touches every corner of our country."-Jane Saccaro, CEO, Kesem Giving Assistant...

Picture it: It's early October 2016… Haiti had just been devastated by Hurricane Matthew. Over the next several days, the death toll increased to 900. By the end of the month, over 1.2 million Haitians were in desperate need of food assistance. Less than 24 hours...

“We had been trying so hard to raise donations from individuals and foundations. It was surprising how easy, and how big of an impact Giving Assistant has had on us.”-Julia Kurnia, Founder, Zidisha Giving Assistant members are changing lives—even as far away as...

For many of us, making your bed on a Monday morning and heading off to work can feel like quite the taxing chore. When you think about the 500,000 individuals who face homelessness on any given night, you might start to reconsider that chore as a privilege. There is a...