As we know, Giving Tuesday takes place in December. This year scheduled for December 1, Giving Tuesday makes you think twice about your holiday shopping to focus what the holidays are really about, and to give to those who aren't as fortunate during the season of giving. In addition to the annual December Giving Tuesday, this year there is a Giving Tuesday Now: today! When things get hard, we must all come together to help pull each other through to the finish line. Keep doing the little things, buying gift cards from local restaurants and donating supplies to hospitals. Donate whatever you feel comfortable, whether that is money, time, or supplies. Make a casserole and donate it to a homeless shelter, or gather old graduation robes and send them to Gowns for Good for healthcare workers! Take a look at local Maryland nonprofits this Give Tuesday Now and use #GiveTuesdayNow to help spread the word and expand the unity.
21st Century Education, Inc.: Match the needs of the public schools of Anne Arundel County and the resources of surrounding businesses, industry, and community.
100 Women Who Care Annapolis: A giving circle of local women who want to support Annapolis area nonprofits by pooling donations to create a larger impact.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: Engages individuals, groups, businesses, and other environmental organizations and not-for-profit groups to develop collaborative solutions to improve, preserve, and protect the Chesapeake Bay and all its resources.
American Diabetes Association: Funds research to prevent, cure, and manage diabetes as well as educate the public about diabetes.
American Heart Association: Mission to create a world free of heart disease and stroke—a world where everyone can achieve the best possible health.
American Red Cross of Anne Arundel County/ Central Maryland: Respond to disasters, assist members of the military, teach lifesaving skills, and serve as one of the largest blood suppliers in the United States.
Annapolis Community Foundation: ACF serves the community by raising, managing, and distributing funds for the charitable purposes designated by its donors.
Annapolis Green: Annapolis Green brings everyone together to create a healthy, thriving community and planet. Rather than focus on a single issue, Annapolis Green tackles a variety of challenges plaguing communities, motivating people to stand up for nature with programs that connect, inform, inspire and incite meaningful change.
Annapolis Immigration Justice Network: All-volunteer organization with the mission of building relationships with our immigrant neighbors in the greater Annapolis area.
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park: Acquire, preserve, interpret, and exhibit artifacts, and photographic and archival collections that are part of the maritime history of the Chesapeake region.
Annapolis Opera Company: Foster singer development and opera education in our community.
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra: Produce, present, and promote memorable symphonic music that increases awareness, enjoyment, and appreciation of music for all ages throughout the region.
Anne Arundel Community College Foundation: Solicits, receives, and administers private gifts, bequests, and donations to benefit students and to enhance the quality of teaching and learning at the college.
Anne Arundel County CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates’ mission is to advocate for and support abused and neglected children to ensure their right to safe, stable, and permanent homes.
Anne Arundel County Community Action Agency: Working in partnership with various governmental and non- public organizations to alleviate the difficulties that beset households with low-to-moderate incomes.
Anne Arundel County Food and Resource Bank: Assist those in need. It is a free resource bank and no fees are required for its assistance.
Anne Arundel County Library Foundation: Provide a margin of excellence and innovation in library services, above and beyond what core government funding can provide.
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council: Provide free one-on-one tutoring in basic literacy and English as a Second Language (ESL) to adult residents of Anne Arundel County.
Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency: Coordinate a comprehensive array of services in the Public Mental Health System for Anne Arundel County residents.
Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation: Enhance the health status of the people they serve by providing patients with compassionate, high quality services that will help alleviate pain, preserve health, and extend life.
Anne Arundel County Historical Society: Provide leadership in the preservation and exploration of shared history.
Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy Let's rally together to for clean water in Anne Arundel County.
The Arc Central Chesapeake Region, Inc: Advocate for the rights and respect of all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Anne Arundel, Calvert, and all Eastern Shore counties.
The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County: Encourage and invest in the visual arts, performing arts, and historic preservation for the people of our county; as well as well as create a financial support system for arts organizations.
Arundel Bay Area Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc: Membership organization of mothers with children ages 2–19, dedicated to nurturing future African American leaders through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving, and civic duty.
Arundel House of Hope: To provide emergency, transitional, and permanent housing with supportive services for the homeless of Anne Arundel County.
Arundel Lodge: Provide psychiatric rehabilitation services to Anne Arundel County adults with severe and persistent mental illness.
Arundel Rivers Federation: Uses science, restoration, and community action to make the South, West, and Rhode Rivers cleaner and healthier.
Assistance League of the Chesapeake: This volunteer organization is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults through community-based philanthropic programs.
Baltimore Washington Medical Center Foundation: Provide the highest quality health care service to the community they serve.
Banneker-Douglass Museum: The museum, named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, is dedicated to preserving Maryland’s African American heritage and serves as the state’s official repository of African American material culture.
Bello Machre: Dedicated to providing loving care, support, and services to children and adults with development disabilities either in the family’s own home or in a safe and caring Bello Machre home.
The Bernie House: Single family transitional home for the non-offending parent and children who have left an abusive situation.
Box of Rain Foundation, Inc: Teach life-building skills through maritime/boat building experiences for local youth-at-risk, targeting kids 9 to 14 years old, in honor of the memory of Lee Griffin.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County: Enable all young people, especially those who need the most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
Burrows Hill Foundation to Fight Friedreich’s Ataxia: Established to raise public awareness, money for research, find a cure, and assist those affected by FA.
Casey Cares Foundation: Provides uplifting programs with a special touch for critically ill children and their families in eight states and D.C.
Charting Careers: Ends the cycle of poverty in Annapolis by working individually with youth and their families while also addressing the systemic issues leading to poverty and inequities.
Chesapeake Arts Center: Provides entertainment and education for adults and children including classes and workshops in visual and performing arts in dance, theatre, visual arts, and music.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc: Dedicated to the protection, restoration, and management of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Chesapeake Bay Trust: Provides grants to nonprofit organizations, community associations, civic groups, schools, and public agencies for citizen involvement projects relating to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Chesapeake Children’s Museum: Provides educational activities for children of all ages and income levels.
Chesapeake Environmental Protection Association: Promotes good environmental practices through education and advocacy.
Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (C.R.A.B.): Provides sailing opportunities for persons who traditionally have not had that option because of disability or economic circumstance.
Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra: Provides young musicians with comprehensive musical and orchestral training for elementary through college-age students.
Children’s Theatre of Annapolis, Inc: Provides arts education for 5-to 18-year-olds through performances, workshops, technical stage training, internships, and apprenticeships in the theatrical arts.
Chrysalis House: Offers substance use and mental health treatment to women around the state.
Colonial Players: Provide entertainment, education, training, and encouragement to all members of the community interested in participating in the dramatic arts.
Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County: Connects donors, nonprofits, and community leaders to strengthen our county through philanthropy, creating a healthier community today and for generations to come.
The Coordinating Center: Helps those with complex medical needs achieve a high-quality life.
Don & Sandy Pyle Charity Foundation: Raises money for local Maryland charities to carry on Don and Sandy Pyle’s legacy of charitable giving.
Downtown Annapolis Partnership: Strengthen and sustain local businesses, recognizing that a vibrant and healthy business community is essential to the economic success of the city.
Ellie’s Bus: Spread awareness of mental health issues and suicide prevention to teenagers across Maryland and across the country.
Foundation for Community Betterment: Network of generous individuals who believe a simple gesture that touches just one life can positively impact an entire community
Four Rivers Heritage Area: Protects and strengthens the natural, historic, and cultural resources of the Heritage Area.
Friends Foundation: Raises funds through group activities and events, which are distributed to local charities.
Friends of the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: Provides support and awareness of the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Gigi’s Playhouse: Offers therapeutic, educational programs and tutoring for free, to support all ages, from families with a prenatal diagnosis through adult individuals with Down syndrome.
Giving Back Linda’s Legacy: Dedicated to helping the homeless and inspiring everyone to get more involved with volunteering.
Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake: Works in partnership with families in need of housing to build simple, decent, and affordable homes.
Haley’s Helping Hands of Maryland: Works with individuals in need of assistance by providing gently used clothing, shoes, and sports equipment.
Hammond-Harwood House: To preserve for public education and enjoyment the architecturally significant Hammond-Harwood House museum and its collection of decorative and fine arts.
The Harbour School: Provides supportive, individualized education to students with learning disabilities, autism, speech impairments, and other disabilities.
Historic Annapolis: Preserves the city’s architectural legacy and unique historic character for future generations—and for residents and visitors today.
Hope for All: Provides basic human necessities (i.e. furniture, housewares, clothing, and personal items) to families and individuals without sufficient economic resources.
Hope House Treatment Center: Dedicated to providing men and women who are battling alcohol and drug addictions with the means to become healthy and productive citizens.
Hospice of the Chesapeake: Provides physical, psycho-social, and spiritual support services to individuals living with and affected by advanced illness.
Impact 100 Greater Chesapeake: Giving circle of women committed to making a lasting impact by collectively funding transformational grants and raising awareness of local charitable organizations.
Isabel’s Gift: Assist families with children in the neonatal intensive care unit, providing them with comfort and supportive services.
James’ Place, Inc.: Raises funds to provide services to those with substance addiction and educates on the complex issues of substances.
Junior League of Annapolis: This organization of women is committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community.
Kunta Kinte- Alex Haley Foundation: Spreads Alex Haley’s vision of a world that celebrates ethnic diversity while honoring humankind’s common, universal experiences.
Langton Green: Helps people with developmental disabilities to live with the highest possible degree of independence and quality of life.
Leadership of Anne Arundel, Inc: Provides people of diverse backgrounds with the education, resources, and networks necessary to become successful, proactive leaders.
Leadership Maryland: A uniquely talented network of informed leaders representing business, nonprofits, government, unions, and education to be a catalyst for positive change in Maryland.
Leslie’s Week: Provides vacations away from cancer for Stage 4 Breast Cancer women and their families.
The Lighthouse: Helps rebuild lives with compassion by providing shelter and services to prevent homelessness and empower people as they transition toward self-sufficiency.
Live Arts Maryland: Enhances community life through performing a wide variety of music and to provide education programs for musicians of all ages. Programs include Annapolis Chorale, Annapolis Chamber Orchestra, Annapolis Youth Chorus, and St. Anne’s Concert Series.
Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education (MCIE): Promotes inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classrooms and neighborhood schools.
Maryland Federation of Art: Provides emerging and established artists with opportunities and enriches awareness of visual arts in communities across Maryland.
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts: Provides entertainment and education for adults and children including classes and workshops in visual and performing arts in dance, theatre, visual arts, music, and health.
Maryland Theatre for the Performing Arts: Creates a world-class performing arts center in our state capital to confirm Maryland’s commitment and support of the importance of the arts in our society.
Maryland Therapeutic Riding: Provides therapy to special needs individuals with a range of physical, mental, and emotional disabilities using high quality therapeutic riding program.
Monarch Academy: Tuition-free, public charter school that educates students to be self-motivated, creative, critical thinkers and life-long learners who are productive contributors to the global community in the 21st century.
NAMI Anne Arundel County: NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Olivia Constants Foundation: Supports and encourages individuals and organizations in their efforts to enhance the positive quality of individual, family, and community life.
Omni House: Comprehensive psychiatric rehabilitation services and outpatient mental health clinic services for adults with severe and persistent mental illness.
Opportunity Builders, Inc.: Provides adults with developmental disabilities a motivational environment offering vocational training, employment services, recreational activities, and support services.
Oyster Recovery Partnership, Inc.: Coordinates the Maryland effort to restore the oyster community of the Chesapeake Bay.
Parents Place of Maryland: Resource center for families with children who have disabilities or special health care needs.
Partners in Care, Inc.: Assists older and disabled adults to remain independent in their own homes by helping with transportation, handyman chores, and other neighborly tasks.
Patuxent Riverkeeper: Protects, restores, and advocates for clean water in the Patuxent River and its connected ecosystem.
Providence Center: Provides day programs for nearly 500 adults with developmental disabilities.
Robert A. Pascal Youth and Family Services: Provides exceptional, comprehensive psychiatric and psychological care for children, adolescents, adults, and families in Anne Arundel County.
Sarah’s House: Provides safe shelter, daily meals, personal, as well as professional casework support for those in need.
Seeds 4 Success: Provides children from low income communities with the skills and support to achieve success in school and life.
Senior Dog Sanctuary: Providing a permanent safe haven for senior dogs who are unable to be cared for by their owners, who are abandoned or abused, or face euthanasia.
Services from the Heart: Provides children in need with weekly food backpacks over the weekend and holidays.
Severn Riverkeeper: To protect and restore the Severn River for our families and future generations.
SPCA of Anne Arundel County: The SPCA exists to protect animals in Anne Arundel County from acts of cruelty and neglect.
Special Olympics Maryland: Provides year-round sports training and competitions to children and adults with intellectual disabilities and other closely related developmental disabilities.
Starts the Adventure in Reading Annapolis (STAIR): Works with second-grade readers in Anne Arundel County Public Schools to help children improve critical early literacy skills.
The Summit School: Educates children with unique learning styles to their full potential. Serving bright students with dyslexia and other learning differences.
Vision Workshops: Provides innovative, dynamic, educational, and life-changing experiences for youth from underserved communities using the tools of photojournalism.
Walk the Walk Foundation: Faith-centered organization working to help children with fundamental needs.
We Care and Friends: Supports the building blocks to create strong families and communities in areas affected by drugs, poverty, and crime in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
Wellness House: Provides strength and support for people and families living and coping with cancer.
YMCA Camp Letts: Offers Traditional and Specialty Day Camps, Resident Camps, and a year-round Retreat Center.
Yumi C.A.R.E.S. Foundation: Therapeutic art program for pediatric hospital patients founded by Maryland’s First Lady, Yumi Hogan.
YWCA Annapolis and Anne Arundel County: Provides environments where women and girls can thrive.
