New Book To Help Non-Profits Struggling With Donations

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New Book to Help Non-Profits Struggling with Donations

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The coronavirus pandemic has reached every U.S. state, leading to more than 100,000 deaths across the country. While communities have begun to reopen, the outbreak has continued to strain resources, shuttering businesses and leaving millions without jobs. Here are ways to help in your community.

Center for Disaster Philanthropy Covid-19 Response Fund: Supports nonprofit organizations working in areas identified as having high numbers of affected individuals and those working with the most vulnerable populations. Areas of emphasis include helping health-care workers with purchases of masks, gowns, gloves and other protective equipment; supporting quarantined and vulnerable individuals; and hygiene promotion campaigns to limit the spread of the virus. You can donate here.

Feeding America: With a nationwide network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries, donations to its covid-19 response fund will help food banks across the country support the most vulnerable communities affected by the pandemic. You can donate here or find your local food bank here.

Lawyers for Good Government Foundation: Helps thousands of asylum seekers being held in refugee camps at the border and in U.S. detention centers. Donations help volunteer lawyers with travel to provide pro bono services to asylum seekers and families unable to practice social distancing or obtain access to proper sanitation. It has also built a nationwide coalition of law firms and nonprofit organizations to help small businesses dealing with legal issues or seeking grants and loans. You can donate here.

Ronald McDonald House Charities: Provides meals, housing and support for families who have children with serious illnesses and must be away from home for long periods. The organization is working on repurposing some of its spaces for health-care workers on the front lines of the crisis. Search for in-kind donations being accepted by your local chapter. You can donate money here.

United Way Worldwide: Supports communities struggling in the wake of the virus by supporting local United Way chapters and the 211 network, a free emergency support service helping people in crisis. Funds distributed to local United Way chapters help with everything from connecting families to food pantries to aiding those experiencing financial hardships due to lost wages. You can donate here.

Experts also recommend helping older family members stay connected to their doctors. Because of the pandemic, many people have canceled medical appointments or are skipping their regular check-ins. You can help by making sure older family members know how to set up telehealth appointments with their providers.

The coronavirus will continue impacting D.C.'s already vulnerable populations, and demand for nonprofit services will keep growing with layoffs and unemployment. Several nonprofits have ramped up efforts to help.

D.C. Central Kitchen: Offering thousands of breakfasts and lunches to D.C. youth every week at various locations throughout the city. Central Kitchen has also ramped up meal deliveries to shelters and nonprofits, working with communities disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus. D.C. Central Kitchen accepts donations online.

We Are Family Senior Outreach Network: Connects with seniors to provide services, companionship and help with grocery deliveries. The group is working to bring necessities and food to low-income, older adults in the District who need to stay home during the crisis. Information on how to get involved is available here.

Manna Food Center: One of the largest food banks serving Montgomery County, Md. The organization has been working with Montgomery County Public Schools to provide meals for children 18 and younger. It is also providing weekend food bags at multiple sites. Manna lists several ways to help here.

Unethical behavior remains a persistent problem in nonprofits and for-profits alike. To help organizations solve that problem, the authors examine the factors that influence moral conduct, the ethical issues that arise specifically in charitable organizations, and the best ways to promote ethical behavior within organizations

Founded in 1955 by school nurses and staff, the nondenominational nonprofit organization Christmas Bureau supports those in need during the holiday season. After initially collecting toys, gifts and food and distributing them, the organization now distributes checks to families in need along with seniors and homeless persons. The Christmas Bureau promises on its website that 98% of each gift reaches those in need. Those wishing to contribute can send checks made out to the "Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto" to P.O. Box 51874, Palo Alto, CA 94303. The nonprofit also accepts donations via PayPal on its website.

The Ecumenical Hunger Program provides food, clothes, household supplies and other support to people in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and surrounding communities who are going through financial or personal hardship. This year, the organization is looking for new and gently used coats to distribute to those in need as part of its Winter Coat Drive, and locals can drop off coats along with other goods at 2411 Pulgas Ave. The Ecumenical Hunger Program also helps distribute coats collected by national nonprofit organization One Warm Coat. For a list of currently accepted items, volunteer opportunities or to make a monetary donation, visit the link below.

Hope's Corner, based out of Trinity United Methodist Church in Mountain View, serves a free breakfast and bag lunch to community members at the corner of Hope and Mercy streets every Wednesday and Saturday. They also offer shower facilities. The nonprofit is currently running its 11th annual holiday toy drive, allowing families to pick out gifts for their children. Those interested in donating or volunteering to accept and sort the donated toys can visit the link below for more information and to browse a wish list. The drive will conclude with the Children's Holiday Sharing Event on Dec. 18, where Hope's Corner will distribute toys to families. Beyond the toy drive, the nonprofit also accepts monetary donations and various items, such as food and toiletries, throughout the year to support families in need.

The Menlo Park Kiwanis Club will not be holding a Christmas Tree Lot event this year. But the club is always looking for monetary donations to help fund college scholarships that will go towards graduating Menlo-Atherton High School students.

Live in Peace is an East Palo Alto nonprofit that helps youth and young adults reclaim and pursue their own visions for their futures. That includes working to academically re-engage high school students, running a gap-year project for recent high school graduates and providing scholarships and support to those in college. The group's Drop the Debt Fund helps pay off the student loans of the college graduates with whom the nonprofit works. For more information on making a donation, including to the Drop the Debt Fund, visit the link below.

The Redwood City Education Foundation supports underserved students in kindergarten through eighth grade in the Redwood City School District, where they attend campuses that don't have PTAs or PTOs. The foundation provides funds to help students with social-emotional resilience, mental health and academic performance. To make a donation online, visit the link below. Contributions by mail can be sent to RCEF, P.O. Box 3046, Redwood City, CA 94063.

The Ronald McDonald House Charities' Comfort & Joy Drive collects and distributes items to support critically ill children and their families. It has a most-needed items list that includes toys for all ages, diapers, disposable utensil kits, travel size toiletries and clothing of all sizes. Online donation wish lists are also available on Amazon and Target. During the second week of December, a holiday toy shop also will provide families with the opportunity to "free shop" for three gifts per child/patient where staff and volunteers can wrap each selected item. Unwrapped donations can be dropped off Nov. 28 through Dec. 24 at 510 Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto. 2ff7e9595c