2022 Giving Tuesday Staff Recommendations
Giving Tuesday has become one of the most popular days of the year for people to donate to non-profits. As a company that works alongside a great deal of innovative community-based organizations, we know firsthand how private funding is necessary for these organizations to fulfill their missions.
While there are many groups vying for donations today, we encourage you to remember that these groups all need year-round support to deliver the services they’re so passionate about. If you’re able, setting up a recurring monthly donation to your non-profit(s) of choice is a great way to make a commitment that helps provide stable capital for their work.
Below are a handful of recommendations from Quantified Ventures staff for organizations to support this Giving Tuesday. Perhaps you’ll find something that resonates with you in this list.
Eric Letsinger
Recovery Café DC is a healing, transformative recovery community for all who have been traumatized by addiction and other mental health challenges, homelessness and incarceration. Eric sits on the board for this group and is passionate about their mission.
Alana Podolsky
Every holiday season, Alana supports Miry’s List, which helps refugee families get the supplies and services they need during a monumental transition. In lieu of or in addition to donating directly to the organization, you can purchase items directly for families as they establish a new home base. In her homebase of Chicago, one of the organizations she supports is Market Box, a mutual aid initiative on Chicago’s South Side that provides food boxes stocked with fresh food from Midwest farms. The initiative improves food access while also supporting the local farm ecosystem – a double win!
Amie Fleming
Amie has monthly donations set up to benefit Native American Rights Fund, Equal Justice Initiative, and Earthjustice. All three organizations leverage legal expertise to focus on issues Amie feels passionately about supporting: Native American rights and sovereignty, criminal justice reform and racial justice, and environmental justice. She also added Doctors Without Borders to her giving list this year.
Alison Rein
Alison shared that of the benefits of our work is the exposure we get to amazing human service programs and organizations. Here are a few that we've gotten to know that have since made it onto Alison’s annual giving list: Volunteers of America Mid-States (Freedom House), Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolinas (Hope Has a Home), Maryland Foodbank, Neighborhood Service Organization (Detroit Healthy Housing Center), and Gracefully Mindful Wellness Institute (Pathways Program).
Matt Lindsay
This year, Matt plans to support Common Good City Farm, a DC-based farm whose mission is “to sustain and support a more equitable community through growing, learning, cooking, and sharing fresh food together.” He will also allocate donations for DC SCORES (a program that supports the physical, emotional, and mental health of DC youth through soccer and community engagement; check out America SCORES to see programs nationwide) and his kids’ school, DC Bilingual (a public charter school dedicated to “building an anti-racist community while strengthening the physical, mental, and social well-being of our community.”)
Catherine Stapleton
For a few years now, Catherine has been supporting Boston Health Care for the Homeless through care packages and financial support. This vital program provides care to more than 11,000 homeless individuals each year, from dental care to cancer treatment. This year she’ll also be supporting Pine Street Inn, a group dedicated to helping homeless individuals move from the streets and shelter to a home. They provide street outreach, emergency services, supportive housing, job training and connections to employment along with tirelessly advocating for collaborative solutions to end homelessness.
Tee Thomas
One of Tee’s favorite groups to work with is Karumbé, an environmental organization dedicated to protecting the biodiversity in Uruguay through rehabilitation, conservation, and education. The group protects endangered biodiversity (mainly sea turtles) by promoting sustainable fishing communities and developing alternatives that reduce the impact of human activities on endangered marine animals.
Erin Guidry
While her home city of New Orleans is a place bursting with culture, joy, and celebration, it is also a city with a chronically underserved population. Throughout their yearly giving, Erin and her family support a multitude of organizations. Today she’ll be donating to Anna’s Place NOLA (A Treme-based youth program working to disrupt cycles of poverty and violence through providing education/arts, workforce development, and health/wellness programs), Birthmark Doula Collective (a birth justice organization dedicated to supporting, informing and advocating for pregnant and parenting people and their families in New Orleans), LA-SPCA (a 130+ year old organization dedicated to promoting, protecting and advancing the well-being of Louisiana's companion animals), New Orleans Musicians Clinic (provides cost-efficient access to reliable, comprehensive healthcare and social services for performing artists), and Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (works at the state, local and federal levels to ensure that restoring and protecting coastal Louisiana is a top priority for our state and the nation).
Susan Donovan
Susan will be supporting Evidence Action, a group that aligns beautifully with Quantified Ventures’ commitment to outcomes-based projects. Evidence Action scales evidence-based and cost-effective programs to reduce the burden of poverty for hundreds of millions of people. The group operates in seven countries globally. She will also be supporting the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in honor of her grandmother, who passed away in 2001 as a result of the disease.