We’re proud to see several of our members recognized on this year’s list for their outstanding fundraising success and continued dedication to their missions:

• Feeding America (#24)
• Wounded Warrior Project (#32)
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation (#54)
• The Obama Foundation (#61)
• Humane World for Animals (#73)
• Best Friends Animal Society (#89)
• WETA (#96)

Congratulations to these organizations for their leadership, innovation, and impact. Their achievements remind us of the power of generosity to drive meaningful change.

Read more from The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s special report on: https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Top-Fundraising-Charities-2025/

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This article will address four current corporate giving trends and how your nonprofit can adapt to take advantage of these opportunities. That way, you can maximize support for your cause and build lasting partnerships with charitable businesses.

The Growth of Corporate Volunteering

The Corporate Trend

Offering volunteer time off (VTO) and organizing team-wide volunteer days are some of the most popular ways for companies to support their corporate social responsibility efforts and build morale, and volunteerism is only getting more popular. More and more companies are offering VTO, in addition to sick time and paid time off, as part of their benefits packages.

Volunteerism has a lot of benefits for companies, even beyond the impact that they have for nonprofits in their communities:

• Promoting volunteer opportunities improves retention rates.
• Volunteering can help staff develop their skills in new ways.
• Supporting volunteer efforts deepens company loyalty.

Because employees increasingly want to work for companies that align with their values, volunteerism is going to continue to grow in popularity.

Your Nonprofit’s Response

Strengthen and expand your volunteer program to make it easier for companies to build relationships with your organization and for their employees to have fulfilling experiences.

Consider reaching out proactively to companies in your region with missions aligned with yours to see if you can build long-term relationships. You can also work with them to create volunteer opportunities that work for their schedules, such as one-day projects or weekend options.

Kindful’s volunteer management guide suggests gathering and implementing feedback from volunteers to strengthen your relationships with them. Consider automating regular surveys to collect suggestions from companies or their staff and improve their experiences over time.

Additionally, since companies are interested in volunteerism that strengthens their employees’ skill sets, match volunteers to projects that allow them to use or develop the skills most valuable to them. Leverage your volunteer management system to organize people by skills or interests and allow them to select their own activities.

Building Long-Term Partnerships

The Corporate Trend

Companies in 2025 aren’t looking for one-off donation recipients. Corporations are thinking about the long-term sustainability of their employee workplace giving efforts and are using their corporate purpose to guide their philanthropic efforts.

Employees are also getting more involved with their employers’ actions—they want to know how their donations and volunteering efforts are impacting their communities or the causes they care about. To meet this need and understand their own impact, companies are looking for nonprofits that they can support over a longer period of time.

Your Nonprofit’s Response

Your nonprofit can respond to this desire by being proactive in pursuing these relationships. First, think about the status of your sponsorship program. Do you have a clear understanding of the value that your organization can provide to a corporation? Then, once you have a firm grasp on the benefits your nonprofit can offer, reach out directly to those aligned with your mission, values, or goals. For example, an environmental conservation nonprofit might partner with a gardening supply or landscaping company.

Additionally, consider ongoing opportunities for companies to lend their support long-term. For instance, let’s say you host a fundraising 5K each year. After a company successfully sponsors your event for the first time, you may develop a sponsorship contract in which they support that specific event for years to come.

Increasing Matching Gifts

The Corporate Trend

Matching gifts are one of the most underutilized but potentially powerful donation mechanisms for corporations. In response to an increased desire from their employees for transparency, flexibility, and accountability, corporations are expanding their matching gifts programs.

More Russell 1000 companies offer matching gifts programs—an increase of 12% over the last three years. Other companies are lowering minimum donation and increasing maximum donation amounts, which makes it easier for employees to donate at the size that’s right for them.

Additionally, the One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law on July 4, 2025, includes a provision, effective after 2025, allowing non-itemizers to take a charitable deduction of $1,000 for single filers and $2,000 for taxpayers who are married and filing jointly. This new law adds some motivation for donors to participate in their company’s workplace giving and matching gift programs, whether they itemize or not.

Your Nonprofit’s Response

In response to this trend, your nonprofit should make it as easy as possible for any individual donor to see if they’re eligible for matching gifts and complete the process. For instance, you may add a matching gift tool directly to your donation page so donors can check their eligibility and send the appropriate forms directly after contributing.

You can also promote matching gifts in your donor stewardship and cultivation efforts. People who have donated to your nonprofit before will appreciate the opportunity to increase their impact on your organization without reaching back into their wallets. However, donors frequently only have until the end of the calendar year to submit their match requests, so make sure you reach out in advance.

Responding to Disaster and Crisis

The Corporate Trend

Many companies are prioritizing disaster relief efforts in response to unpredictable and catastrophic events such as hurricanes or wildfires. This type of philanthropy allows companies to give money to causes that are directly related to the audiences they serve or the regions in which they work. It also supports the mitigation and recovery efforts after these events, which is helpful for both the communities they serve and the company’s public image.

Employees appreciate this type of philanthropy because it allows them to see the values of the company they work for in action and gives them a way to help others in the face of adversity.

Your Nonprofit’s Response

If your nonprofit is involved in disaster response or recovery efforts, proactively include companies in your fundraising or volunteer efforts when disaster strikes. Strategies like creating supporter segments based on how they prefer to participate (financial support, manpower, in-kind donations of food, shelter, or other necessities) and regions of interest can help you leap into action when the time arises.

You can also plan how to best reach out to supporters when time is of the essence. William Paton, the author of Philanthropic Grantmaking for Disasters, stated that, “Over a third of private giving is done in less than the first four weeks of a sudden disaster… and two-thirds within two months.” To take advantage of this narrow window of immediate support, preparation and immediate action are critical.

Consider investing in text-to-give software that allows you to reach donors or volunteers quickly so you’re prepared to facilitate these donations when the worst occurs, or co-creating your disaster response plan with your corporate partners. 

Though philanthropy is changing, your nonprofit can prepare for a bright future by anticipating corporate trends and proactively responding to them. Building new partnerships and meeting companies where they are can help you to co-create a healthy ecosystem of organizations all working towards your shared goals.

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Their free, virtual session — “Workplace Volunteering Strategies for Nonprofits: Insights from the Corporate World” — takes place October 30th at 1:00 PM ET.

Learn how nonprofits can tap into corporate volunteer programs, engage employees, and drive greater impact through workplace giving.

Register free: https://doublethedonation.com/workplace-fundraising-summit/

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In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, America’s Charities is celebrating the following members who are making a difference in the fight to end breast cancer.

One of the most cost-efficient ways you can support these nonprofits is to donate to them via payroll deduction through your employer’s workplace giving program (Don’t have a program? Click here to have your employer contact our team.) Click on each charity’s name below to learn more about their work, and to make a donation now!

Breast Cancer Coalition – Since its inception in 1991, The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) has had a mission to end breast cancer through the power of grassroots action and advocacy. NBCC links hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of individuals into a dynamic, diverse coalition that gives breast cancer a meaningful voice in Washington, DC, and state capitals, in laboratories and health care institutions, and in local communities everywhere. NBCC’s member organizations range from small support groups to statewide and regional nonprofits to organizations with a national reach. They come together under NBCC’s umbrella for public policy, education and training, and new models of science.

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1. To create a national, state and local focus on the arts and humanities through the media,
2. To encourage the participation of individuals, as well as arts, humanities and other organizations nationwide,
3. To provide an opportunity for federal, state and local business, government and civic leaders to declare their support for the arts and humanities,
4. To establish a highly visible vehicle for raising public awareness about the arts and humanities.

In recognition of National Arts & Humanities Month, America’s Charities is celebrating the following agents of change who we are proud to call our members. These nonprofits’ programs inspire, educate, entertain, and enlighten youth, veterans, and individuals of all ages in local communities throughout the country.

One of the most cost-efficient ways you can support these nonprofits is to donate to them via payroll deduction through your employer’s workplace giving program (Don’t have a program? Click here to have your employer contact our team.) Click on each charity’s name below to learn more about their work, and to make a donation now!

Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Founded in 1974 in Washington, D.C., the Duke Ellington School of the Arts’ mission is to nurture and inspire passion for arts and learning in talented students who might not otherwise have an opportunity to develop their artistic skills. They ensure that students are prepared for post-secondary education and/or careers in the arts by offering an intensive arts-based program. They prepare students to become productive citizens in our global society through a strong focus on academics and community service. Learn more.        

Signature Theatre, Inc.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and Managing Director Maggie Boland, Signature produces contemporary musicals and plays, reinvents classic musicals, develops new work and provides meaningful education and outreach programs for the community. The Theatre is the premiere venue for musical theater in the Washington region and is known for producing large-scale musicals in its intimate spaces and for its premieres of new work, especially new musicals. Learn more.

WETA (Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association)

WETA Television/Classical WETA FM public broadcasting serves Greater Washington. Productions include PBS NewsHour, Washington Week and documentaries by Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  WETA’s mission is to produce and distribute content of intellectual integrity and cultural merit using a broad range of media to reach audiences both in our community and nationwide. WETA leverages its collective resources to extend our impact. WETA will be true to its values; and respects diversity of views, culture, and heritage. Learn more.

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In recognition of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, America’s Charities is celebrating the following agents of change who we are proud to call our members. These nonprofits focus on public policy, awareness, health promotion, resources, employment, community outreach and support for people with Down Syndrome.

One of the most cost-efficient ways you can support these nonprofits is to donate to them via payroll deduction through your employer’s workplace giving program (Don’t have a program? Click here to have your employer contact our team.) Click on each charity’s name below to learn more about their work, and to make a donation now!

National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)

The National Down Syndrome Society envisions a world in which all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to enhance their quality of life, realize their life aspirations and become valued members of welcoming communities. A donation of $100 to the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) helps them continue to advocate for the rights of those with Down syndrome and provide adult caregiver services and resources to the individuals currently caring for an adult with Down syndrome. Learn more.

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• They believe their partner really is sorry and does care about them
• Their low self esteem leads them to believe that no one else would want to be with them
• It’s dangerous to leave, so they are too afraid to take action
• They feel responsible for the way their loved one acts
• Between shared kids, pets, and finances, they feel they can’t leave

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October each year) is a time to remember and honor loved ones who have lost their lives at the hands of a person they once loved and trusted. And it’s a time to raise awareness about the crime of domestic violence and recognize our collective efforts to end violence.

In recognition of #DomesticViolenceAwareness Month, America’s Charities is recognizing the following agents of change who we are proud to call our members. These nonprofits are dedicated to raising awareness about domestic violence, preventing gun violence, and providing victims with a safe place they can go to escape abuse and gain independence for a fresh start at a healthy, safe, and happy life.

One of the most cost-efficient ways you can support these nonprofits is to donate to them via payroll deduction through your employer’s workplace giving program (Don’t have a program? Click here to have your employer contact our team.) Click on each charity’s name below to learn more about their work, and to make a donation now!

House of Ruth

Founded in 1976 as America’s first women’s shelter, House of Ruth’s mission is to help women, children and families in greatest need and with very limited resources build safe, stable lives and achieve their highest potential. At eleven residential locations, a developmental day care facility, and a free domestic violence counseling center, they serve more than 1,000 women and children every year. Learn more.

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV)

PCADV, a collaborative membership organization, joins with 59 local programs to deliver a continuum of services, support and systems change to help nearly 90,000 victims and survivors annually find safety, obtain justice and build lives free of abuse. While local domestic violence programs offer direct service to those in need, PCADV provides the infrastructure, support, expertise, and training to make their work effective. Learn more.

WOMEN’S WAY

WOMEN’S WAY inspires and mobilizes the community to invest in organizations and leaders that will advance the rights of, and opportunities for, women and girls, and achieve gender equity for all. A community foundation focused on grant-making, research, and education benefiting women and girls in the Greater Philadelphia region, WOMEN’S WAY identifies needs, shares knowledge, convenes the community, and builds awareness to challenge social inequities. Learn more.

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

For more than 40 years, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence has been the leading national voice in the prevention of gun violence, effecting meaningful change through policy, legal action, and increased public awareness of the risks and dangers of having guns in the home. The mission of the Brady Center is to reduce gun violence by 25% by 2025 through a tripartite strategy that incorporates litigation, legislation, and education. Their strategy focuses on the common ground shared by most Americans: we need to keep guns out of the hands of those who would use them to harm themselves or others. Learn more.

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In recognition of #ChildHealthDay on October 6, 2025, America’s Charities is celebrating the following agents of change who we are proud to call our members. Supporting children facing life-threatening diseases, providing preventative healthcare to underserved youth, ensuring children have access to nutritious food, and more, these nonprofits are dedicated to providing a range of programs that address children’s health.

One of the most cost-efficient ways you can support these nonprofits is to donate to them via payroll deduction through your employer’s workplace giving program (Don’t have a program? Click here to have your employer contact our team.) Click on each charity’s name below to learn more about their work, and to make a donation now!

Grant Wishes and Fun Experiences to Children with Critical Illnesses:

• Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic 
• The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

Give Children Medical Care, Access to Specialized Medical Services and Resources, and Fund Research for New Treatments and Cures:

• Caring for Children Foundation of Texas, Inc.
• Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
• National Down Syndrome Society
• The Marfan Foundation
• Montgomery Hospice
• CureSearch

Provide Hospital and Housing Services for Families While Their Children Seek Medical Treatment:

• The Children’s Inn at NIH 
• Ronald McDonald House Charities®

Ensure Children Receive Nutritious Meals and Warm Coats:

• Feeding America
• Feed the Children
• No Kid Hungry (Share Our Strength)

Foster the Spiritual, Mental and Physical Development of Children and Their Families:

• YMCA of Metropolitan Washington 
• Youth For Tomorrow – New Life Center, Inc. 

Support Advocacy and Research Efforts Designed to Keep Kids Safe and Healthy:

• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
• First Candle, Inc.

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Why Employee Giving Matters During the Holidays

The holidays are one of the busiest charitable giving periods of the year. Employees are already looking for ways to support causes close to their hearts. By offering a centralized, user-friendly donation platform, you empower your workforce to:

• Give with ease –ACH and credit card options make donating simple.
• Double their impact – Matching gift features help employees’ contributions go further.
• Support what matters to them – A wide selection of vetted charities ensures employees can contribute to causes they’re passionate about.

When you make giving seamless, you’re not just facilitating generosity—you’re fostering a culture of purpose and connection within your organization.

The Business Benefits of Holiday Giving Programs

Employee giving isn’t just good for the community; it’s good for business. Companies that integrate donation technology into their holiday initiatives see:

• Higher employee engagement and retention – Employees want to work where their values align.
• Stronger employer brand – Socially responsible companies attract top talent and strengthen customer loyalty.
• A more connected workforce – Giving together creates a sense of unity and shared accomplishment.

The Technology That Makes It Simple

Modern donation platforms take the heavy lifting out of workplace giving programs. With customizable holiday-themed sites, real-time reporting, and built-in matching gift capabilities, employers can launch a program in weeks—not months.

This means you can meet your employees where they are this season: ready to give, eager to make an impact, and looking to connect their work with a greater purpose.

Make This Holiday Season Count

Don’t miss the opportunity to turn holiday generosity into lasting engagement. By investing in donation technology now, you can create an experience that not only makes giving simple for your employees, but also strengthens your company culture well into the new year.

Ready to spark generosity this holiday season? Contact us today to launch your employee donation site in time for the holidays: https://impact.charities.org/holidaygiving

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Give employees a simple, meaningful way to make an impact this holiday season with an America’s Charities Engage donation site — ready to go with everything you need:

• Convenient and Secure – Employees can log in via SSO or with username and password to donate by ACH or credit card
• Vetted Charities and Funds Distribution – Have peace of mind that each donation reaches its destination with our thoroughly vetted list and charity funds distribution service
• Amplify Impact – Offer matching gifts to boost generosity
• Branded, Holiday-Themed Design – We’ll handle navigation, setup, and design; just provide your logo and brand colors
• Donor Dashboard & Tax Receipts – Each donor can track their giving history, including date, amount, charity supported, and payment method, and has access to download a receipt for tax purposes
• Admin Reporting – Access reports to view donor participation and top-supported charities

Contact us to get started at https://impact.charities.org/holidaygiving

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As the plight of animals came into focus, with thousands of them trapped in homes and stranded in New Orleans and other communities, we moved as quickly as we could to meet the demands of the crisis. One of the things I remember most about Katrina is that it was all hands on deck across our entire organization. It didn’t matter if you were a wildlife scientist, a lobbyist, a graphic designer, an IT specialist, a state director or an accountant. For weeks and in some instance months, you were a responder.  

Virtually overnight, as the extent of the disaster became evident, we turned ourselves into a full-scale, round-the-clock animal rescue operation. We sent dozens of staff members—wave after wave—into the field in Louisiana and Mississippi, and reassigned dozens of others at our headquarters to related response work. 

My daughter was a toddler then, so I wasn’t able to deploy. Instead, I worked long hours at a center where we took calls from people desperate to tell us about the animals they were forced to leave behind, to let us know where their pets could be found and to plead for our help. Those calls were heartrending. 

Two decades have not dimmed my memory of an older man who reached out to us. He had left his dog in the house with food and a bathtub full of water. Like others who were ordered to evacuate New Orleans, he thought he would be permitted to return to save her. But he wasn’t because government officials subsequently restricted access to the area in which his home was located. He was broken, sad, full of guilt and, like countless others subject to a mandatory evacuation order, helpless.  

I’ll never forget the elation I felt after hearing that our responders on the ground, who were authorized to carry out rescues in restricted areas, went in and got his dog, and eventually the two were reunited.  

We will never know how many animals perished. But we know that because of our efforts, the efforts of an army of skilled and devoted people from local animal shelters, animal rescue groups and other organizations and our donors’ support, we were able to bring thousands of animals to safety at an events center in Gonzales, Louisiana, and other locations in the region. Many were reunited with their families, and many others went out to shelters across the country for placement in new homes. Ultimately, it became one of the largest animal rescue deployments in history. 

All too often, it takes a disaster of great magnitude to spur needed change. Long before Katrina, for years and years, we had been making the case for the inclusion of animals in preparedness planning, with only limited success. After Katrina, we had no trouble making the point. There were a lot more people, and a lot more decision-makers, ready to listen and ready to act. The storm and its aftermath had shown dramatically how the fates of people and the animals they love are intertwined. 

Twenty years later, this single disaster remains emblematic of government failure, environmental injustice and a fateful lack of appreciation for the centrality of animals in our lives. The forced abandonment of thousands of them in New Orleans and the inability of most disaster response entities to grasp the importance of animal-related preparedness strategies compounded the tragedy.  

Still, Katrina was a true catalyst of change. Within two years, we had helped to secure passage of legislation in the U.S. Congress, the PETS (Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards) Act, which incentivized the inclusion of animals in disaster preparedness planning by linking it to disaster funding. On several occasions, the bill’s primary sponsor, the late Rep. Tom Lantos, stated that the image of a child being separated from his dog outside of the Superdome in New Orleans was the driving factor: “The dog was taken away from this little boy, and to watch his face was a singularly revealing and tragic experience. This legislation was born at that moment.”  

The PETS Act carries with it an implicit recognition that pets are not just part of our families but a part of society and deserving of civil protection in their own right. However, the PETS Act was not the end of anything. It was the beginning of something. Namely, it kickstarted the drive to embed awareness of animals and concern for their welfare into all facets of disaster planning, at all levels, in both the private and public sector, worldwide. Helping communities to prepare for animals’ needs in disaster is a signature element of our global outreach work today. 

The outpouring of generosity from supporters enabled us to help to rebuild the animal protection infrastructure in the Gulf Coast region, providing millions of dollars for construction of new animal shelters and the establishment of shelter medicine programs at two veterinary schools, among other commitments. 

Over the decades, we have built one of the strongest disaster response teams in the world, ready to deploy at a moment’s notice to help animals and the people trying to care for and protect them in moments of crisis. We’re witnessing the adoption of more enlightened disaster response and preparedness policies, not just in the United States but worldwide. Today, the whole world knows that animal rescue is a crucial component of effective response, not a sideshow distraction in a disaster scenario.  

Without question, Katrina exposed some weaknesses in our field which we’re still trying to address. In its aftermath, we carried out a series of spay and neuter initiatives with local partners, using advanced research concerning public attitudes that helped us to sharpen our approach to increasing access to veterinary care and other pet services in underserved communities. This was the seedbed of today’s access-to-care movement, including our Pets for Life program and our More Than a Pet campaign. 

So many years later, the images we associate with Katrina still produce an inevitable sadness. Failing levees and floodwalls. Whole neighborhoods submerged. Markings spray-painted on homes to indicate the presence of animals in need of rescue, and the presence of victims, human and animal. Panicked animals stranded on the streets of so many communities, in the sweltering heat of a Gulf Coast summer. All the tears and heartbreak.  

But we did not stand by as the crisis unfolded and neither did our supporters and donors, Together, we stood up for animals, just as we stood up for the people who loved them and were trying to help them. And today, we’re standing by them still, in community after community, in country after country, changing the conversation about animals in distress, changing the approaches taken to their plight and changing the outcomes for more animals and people than we could ever count. 

This is the true legacy of Katrina, the one we guard so carefully and the one we keep close to heart. 

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In recognition of World Alzheimer’s Day America’s Charities is celebrating the following agents of change who we are proud to call our members.

One of the most cost-efficient ways you can support these nonprofits is to donate to them via payroll deduction through your employer’s workplace giving program (Don’t have a program? Click here to have your employer contact our team.) Click on each charity’s name below to learn more about their work, and to make a donation now!

Alzheimer’s Disease Research (a program of BrightFocus Foundation): 

Alzheimer’s Disease Research is a leader in funding innovative science that is the key to unlocking the mysteries of this disease. Many scientists get their first grant from Alzheimer’s Disease Research, which validates their work and opens the door for more grants from other sources. Click here to learn more. 

Insight Memory Care Center (IMCC)

Serving Northern Virginia since 1984, Insight Memory Care Center is a nonprofit adult day health and resource center providing specialized care, support, and education for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory impairments, their families, caregivers, and the community.  IMCC offers a spectrum of holistic care, with a vision of a community where those affected by memory impairments can achieve the highest quality of life. Click here to learn more about their work.

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