Nonprofit Lore

Researching America’s strangest, smartest, and most surprising nonprofits.

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@daisychainfield @oliviarodrigo Seven of the ten groups have 2024 filings. Together they spent $427.8 million and put 88.5% of it into programs. The smallest, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, ran $2.7 million in revenue and still spent 83% on programs.

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When Chucky aged out of school at 21, his family built the support they could not find: a 55-acre farm.

Friday’s gala marks ten growing seasons. Homesteads for Hope serves 2,500+ people. Its 2024 filing shows 35% of revenue came from job training, memberships and events.

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Clear the Shelters puts adoption in the spotlight. Its fundraising partner, @greatergoodorg, also runs a national supply chain for shelters.

Its latest filing reports $135 million in animal-welfare grants. GOODS moves donated food, vaccines, litter and other supplies.

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Wednesday’s free @lod_foundation concert in Woodbridge supports Parkinson’s, PSP and ALS work.

The foundation does more than make grants. Its latest filing shows $262,000 in grants and $236,000 spent directly on programs. Three itemized grants funded research toward a cure.

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@yourrightscamp @Kaepernick7 It started with one camp in Oakland. In 2025, KYRC served 943 young people at three camps. Its app now explains protest, traffic-stop and immigration rights in all 50 states, in English, Spanish and French.

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@c_lene97 @DollyParton That’s what gets me. Those books will keep showing up at children’s doors every month.

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@B7Album Beyoncé chose two groups that know how to move food fast. In 2024, World Central Kitchen served more than 121 million meals. Food For The Poor supported about 208 million. This money is going to people who already know how to get help where it needs to go.

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@people One way to see what she built: her foundation mailed 34 million books in 2024. That is about 93,000 books a day. It now mails 3.5 million a month. She did not just give money away. She made generosity repeat.

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@gracecamille_ The scale is hard to picture: 325 million books, with 3.5 million more mailed each month. That is more than one book every second. She turned a tribute to her father, who could not read, into something millions of families can keep counting on.

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@CalltoActivism The book program in this story kept growing. It has now sent 325 million books and mails 3.5 million every month. Her foundation’s 2024 filing says 34 million went out that year alone. One county’s idea became something millions of children could count on.

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National park entrance fees are waived for U.S. residents today, the Park Service’s 110th birthday.

Its official charity turns private donations into public work. The latest filing lists 409 grants: $41.1M to park agencies and $39.9M to nonprofit partners.

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Today, a golf tournament in Concord will help keep soccer free for 1,500 young people across Boston.

Soccer Unity Project charges no fees. Its filing says $409,000 covered fields, uniforms, equipment, coaches, referees, travel and league and tournament costs.

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@dreamrideexp began with 12 motorcycles. This weekend it will welcome Dream Riders from around the world.

Sponsoring one participant and a chaperone ranges from $500 in Connecticut to $15,000 internationally. It covers travel, lodging, meals and every weekend activity.

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This Saturday, 50 people can pay $1,000 each to swim in Hearst Castle’s Neptune Pool.

The same amount can sponsor a whole class’s STEAM trip. Qualifying schools get the castle tour, coastal study, lunch and a bus when needed. One swim. One class.

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One useful idea for Fentanyl Prevention Day: teach the people who will carry the message.

In July, @stoptheVOID launched a program for teens to teach peers. Its filing reports training sheriff’s recruits and two county probation departments. Its classroom curriculum is free.

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When Delma Genji had a pregnancy emergency in a remote Papua New Guinea village, @SamaritanAv flew her to a hospital in time. She safely delivered a baby boy.

Its 2024 filing reports 320 emergency patients flown and 18,411 pounds of medical supplies delivered.

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@TheJimmyFund @DanaFarber @WEEI @ArbellaIns @NESN @dunkindonuts Dana-Farber gets about 75% of its revenue from patient care. Jimmy Fund donations help fund social workers and nurse navigators that insurance may not cover, plus rides, utility help, cooling caps and research pilot studies.

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Yesterday, a sold-out golf outing in Illinois raised money for mosquito nets in rural Nigeria.

Last year's event and an added Clarke donation supplied 27,450 nets, enough to protect up to 50,000 people. The small foundation uses @CarterCenter's local network to reach families.

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Two good ways to help Hawaiʻi after Lala do different jobs.

Hawaiʻi Community Foundation made $151 million in grants last year. Vibrant Hawaiʻi already had neighborhood hubs and trusted leaders across the island.

One funds local groups. The other organizes local response.