Verified charities

370 organisations, each linking to the filing its regulator published. No ratings, no fees, no account.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America — 1-to-1 youth mentoring — matches adult volunteers (Bigs) with children 6-18 (Littles).
• Cancer Research Institute — Pioneers immunotherapy research for cancer
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation — Saves the largest US estuary through advocacy, education and restoration
• City Year — AmeriCorps tutors and mentors in high-need US public schools
• Climate Justice Alliance — Frontline community-led just transition from extraction to regeneration
• Coalition for the Homeless (NYC) — Oldest US advocacy and direct-service org for homeless people
• Conservation International — Science-driven biodiversity conservation in 30+ countries
• Cool Effect — Verified carbon-offset marketplace — vets each project's quality before it's sold to donors.
• CURE International — Free pediatric surgery in low-income countries
• Direct Relief — Delivers donated medical aid worldwide during disasters
• Earth Island Institute — Fiscal sponsor and incubator for environmental projects
• Earthjustice — Public-interest environmental law firm — litigation only
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) — Digital civil-liberties non-profit — privacy, free speech, encryption rights litigation.
• Epilepsy Foundation — National US epilepsy charity — 24/7 helpline, research grants, seizure-first-aid training.
• Feeding America — Largest US hunger-relief organisation — 200+ food banks nationwide
• First Nations Development Institute — Native-led economic development across Native American communities
• Friends of the Earth (US) — Environmental advocacy on climate and corporate accountability
• GLSEN — Creates safer K-12 schools for LGBTQ+ students through research, policy and student-led GSAs.
• Greater Good Charities — Funds animal-welfare and humanitarian projects worldwide
• Habitat for Humanity International — Builds affordable housing in partnership with families
• Helen Keller International — Vitamin A supplements and child-nutrition programs
• Human Rights Watch — Investigates and exposes human-rights abuses worldwide
• International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) — Rescues animals and protects habitats in 40+ countries
• Innocence Project — Frees wrongly-convicted people via DNA evidence and reforms criminal-justice policy.
• International Medical Corps — Emergency medical response and health-system rebuilding in conflict and disaster zones
• JDRF (Breakthrough T1D) — World's largest funder of type 1 diabetes research
• Jewish Federations of North America — Umbrella for 146 local Jewish Federations across US and Canada — communal philanthropy, social services, Israel.
• KIPP Foundation — National network of 280+ public charter schools
• Kiva — Crowdfunded microloans to entrepreneurs in 80+ countries
• Last Mile Health — Trains community health workers in rural Liberia and beyond
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society — Largest US blood-cancer non-profit — research, patient assistance, policy.
• Mercy Corps — Humanitarian aid and development in 40+ countries
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund — Civil-rights legal arm — racial-justice litigation since Thurgood Marshall (Brown v. Board of Education).
• NatureBridge — Hands-on environmental science education in US national parks
• National Council on Aging — US senior advocacy + benefits enrolment + economic-security programs.
• Share Our Strength / No Kid Hungry — US childhood-hunger non-profit — federal SNAP / school-meal policy + emergency feeding programmes.
• Natural Resources Defense Council — Environmental law: science-grounded litigation and policy
• Ocean Conservancy — Protects oceans through science-based policy and the International Coastal Cleanup
• Operation Smile — Free cleft-lip and palate surgery for children worldwide
• Partners In Health — Builds public health systems in the world's poorest places
• The Pew Charitable Trusts — Independent research and policy nonprofit on environment and beyond
• Ploughshares Fund — Public foundation funding nuclear-weapons-elimination grants since 1981.
• ProLiteracy — Largest US membership network for adult literacy and basic education
• Reading Partners — One-on-one tutoring to help K–4 students read at grade level
• Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) — Climate-economy strategy non-profit — drives clean-energy transition via finance, industry, policy.
• Sandy Hook Promise — School-violence prevention via 'know-the-signs' training in K-12 schools.
• Sesame Workshop — Producer of Sesame Street + international children's educational TV in 150+ countries.
• Smile Train — Trains local surgeons to provide cleft care for children
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) — Free childhood-cancer care and research in Memphis
• The Climate Group — Drives climate action with business and government leaders
• The Nature Conservancy — Protects ecologically important lands and waters globally
• Trust for Public Land — Creates parks and protects public land in the US
• UNICEF USA — Funds UNICEF's global child-survival programs
• Waterkeeper Alliance — Connects 350+ local Waterkeeper groups defending clean water worldwide
• Wikimedia Foundation — Hosts Wikipedia and the free-knowledge sister projects
• WildAid — Reduces consumer demand for illegal wildlife products
• Wildlife Conservation Society — Protects wild places and wildlife in 60+ countries
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US) — Conserves nature and reduces threats to biodiversity
• Teach For America — Recruits and trains teachers for under-resourced US schools
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) — Latino civil rights legal organisation — voting rights, education access, immigrants' rights.