Want to mix up your donation game? Here are some cool, weird, impactful, wonderful places to put your charitable moneys that you may not have heard of:
TOP DD: donate to support much-needed research to end mental suffering. They run on a shoestring and produce amazing results.
Survivors Ink: helps victims of sexual trafficking overcome their experiences by transforming the tattoos with which their pimps marked them as “property”. Cover-up tattoos are expensive and hard to do, but life-changing.
sadly, this has been pulled: Blood Sport, the video game that donates blood! I thought this was an interesting idea, though I wouldn’t do it. However, the project’s been taken offline.
Child’s Play: We continue to love a charity started by gamers, which gives toys to kids in hospitals around the world. Most active around Christmas, it runs throughout the entire year.
Cat House on the Kings: a no-cage, no-kill cat shelter that lets ‘unadoptable’ or feral cats live happy, safe lives — and you can adopt the kitties that want human company! They have wards for FIV, kittens, quarantine, indoor/outdoor, outdoor only, etc., and they really need donations right now. They also do boarding.
The Nine Lives Foundation takes cats out of high-kill shelters and works to get them homes. They also work on TNR programs and low-cost spay and neuters. Help spay and neuter more cats before kitten season comes again!
Note that there’s probably a local shelter in your area that could use your help!
As you know, We need diverse books. Be part of the solution by supporting writing workshops for people of color!
Speak your Silence: dedicated to ending the stigma on adult survivors of sexual abuse. A small charity that’s growing and spreading a great message of awareness, acceptance, and providing counseling.
also, why not a video?:
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) 
December 22, 2014 at 7:17 am
I was really interested in your description of Survivors Ink, so I headed off to their website via your link; they are now affiliated with Gracehaven and continuing to do their good work. As the name would imply, Gracehaven is a faith-based organization, so I took a look at their statement of faith, since I’m always interested in that sort of thing. I’m really impressed with the first item in their statement of faith: “We believe that each person has the right to accept or deny the claims of Jesus, and that our obligation to meet their needs is not contingent upon their decision.” Good for them.
December 22, 2014 at 1:23 pm
Thanks for this info, it’s really helpful.
December 22, 2014 at 8:09 am
Thank you!
December 22, 2014 at 7:58 pm
Thanks cubed. We’d been looking for a more secular charity.
December 4, 2017 at 1:34 am
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