GRANT RECIPIENTS
We are grateful that we can give back to so many amazing organizations both locally and globally! Check out the nonprofits who have received a grant from Impact Giving.
If you’re working for or with a nonprofit looking to apply for grant funds, learn about our grant process here.
MOST RECENT GRANT RECIPIENTS
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Council on Aging
Council on Aging will use its $50,000 Impact Giving Grant to sustain the core operations of FAST (Financial Abuse Specialist Team), ensuring rapid response, volunteer training, and critical support services for seniors facing financial abuse in Orange County.
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ElderHelp of San Diego
ElderHelp of San Diego will use its $15,000 Impact Giving Grant to support its “Preventing Falls, Preserving Independence” program, helping low-income seniors live safely and independently through home safety modifications, volunteer support, and access to essential resources.
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![A woman wearing medical attire, including gloves, a face mask, and a hair cover, sitting outside at a table while speaking with a young girl in a white shirt. The background features green grass and plants, indicating an outdoor setting.]()
EverFree
EverFree will use its $30,000 Impact Giving Grant to expand the Freedom Lifemap program in Orange County, doubling survivor participation and onboarding additional partner organizations to better support survivors of human trafficking through real-time data and coordinated care.
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Mary’s Path
Mary’s Path will use its $31,000 Impact Giving Grant to modernize and improve ADA access to bathroom facilities for pregnant and parenting teens in foster care, creating a safer and more nurturing environment for young mothers and their babies.
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Mountain States Detection Dogs
Mountain States Detection Dogs will use its $25,000 Impact Giving Grant to help build a new training facility in Idaho for canine handlers and search-and-rescue dogs, increasing the number of certified teams available for emergency response efforts.
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![A promotional flyer for International Orphan Care featuring smiling children in a classroom and text about creating a nurturing environment for Afghan orphans.]()
With My Own Two Hands
With My Own Two Hands will use its $30,000 Impact Giving Grant to help build a women-led water and health center in Eastern Kenya, providing clean water, medical services, and economic opportunities to more than 3,000 people.
PAST GRANT RECIPIENTS
The green stars on this map represent an area of the world where Impact Giving has awarded nonprofits with funds to complete local projects.
“Impact Giving gave us our first “big grant” in 2019, and we are extremely grateful for their investment in us, the Dragon Kim Foundation. But even more importantly, we’ve loved getting to know the generous and big-hearted Impact Giving partners who have volunteered with us and have shared their contacts and resources with our organization. This is a well-connected group of women (and men) who are making a difference in our community!”
Use drop down menus below to learn more about each of our grant recipients. If you’re looking for something specific, we suggest using our search bar.
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AccessOC's mission is to improve the health of the underserved by coordinating and providing access to high quality specialty care. Since May 2007, we have been mobilizing medical volunteers to provide free low-risk surgeries to low-income uninsured patients.
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Provides direct assistance to survivors of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Eastern Congo through entrepreneurial training and education projects rooted in peace and equality.
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Alzheimer’s Orange County (AlzOC®) provides support to Orange County families and individuals through brain health and dementia education, care consultations, community resource connections, Adult Day Health Services, residential memory care services, and more.
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ASCRS empowers anterior segment surgeons to improve the vision, outcomes, and quality of life of their patients through innovative approaches to Education, Advocacy, and Philanthropy.
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Be Well OC brings together a robust, community-based, cross-sector strategy--public, private, academic, faith and others—to create a community-wide, coordinated ecosystem to support optimal mental health.
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Beyond Blindness’ mission is to prepare children with visual impairments for a life of independence through early intervention, education, and family support.
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Our mission is to empower people through affordable and transformative mobility.
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Lights for Literacy works to provide the most basic needs to those most in need. First and foremost, we believe in sustainability and long term solutions. From solar powered lights to well construction projects, our programs are based on sustainability.
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Through food rescue, culinary training and our community feeding program we are committed to rescuing, re-purposing and restoring both food and lives.
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CASA provides a powerful voice for youth in the child welfare system through a unique one-on-one relationship with trained and supervised court appointed volunteer advocates.
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Chhahari ("shelter" in Nepali) financially supports the health, safety, and educational needs of poor and underserved children of Nepal, with an emphasis on education.
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The Council on Aging – Southern California has been a trusted nonprofit organization since 1973. We provide unbiased information, programs, and services to more than 100,000 seniors and disabled adults annually across Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Inyo and Mono counties.
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Concern America’s vision has been to build health care, clean water, education, and economic opportunity with communities worldwide
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To inspire our youth to impact their communities while discovering and pursuing their passions.
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The ELDR Center fills the justice gap through free and low-cost services to low-income seniors and people with disabilities
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Our mission is to provide personalized services and information that help seniors live independently and age with dignity in their own homes.
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The Ethiopian Family Fund is a non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of Ethiopians through educational opportunities and access to healthcare, while respecting their cultural integrity.
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Everfree works to end human trafficking and help survivors heal and thrive. Their mission is to: Empower survivors and communities, Ensure survivor-centered freedom, Provide quality survivor aftercare and prevention, Free communities from exploitation, and Create a world free of exploitation.
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Families Forward exists to help families in need achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through housing, food, counseling, education, and other support services.
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The mission of Family Promise of Orange County is to help families experiencing homelessness achieve housing stability.
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Food Finders rescues surplus food and redistributes it daily to nonprofits, combating hunger and reducing environmental waste across Southern California.
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Free Wheelchair Mission is a humanitarian, faith-based nonprofit that designs and manufactures cost-efficient, durable wheelchairs for developing countries around the world.
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Girls Inc. of Orange County serves girls ages 5-18 with programs that help them succeed in school, develop safe and healthy habits, gain self-confidence and resilience, and master the life skills they will need to become independent.
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GCL works with the community to bring food,education and light to the children of Nairobi.
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Giving Children Hope is a community driven nonprofit that equips front line partners with resources to serve vulnerable children and families.
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Hart Community Homes was founded in 1996 to assist Orange County youth who are placed in the foster care system. We operate two state-licensed residential treatment homes in Orange, CA for boys ages 13-18.
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Helping Hand Worldwide’s mission is to relieve hunger on a daily basis and to improve the health and quality of life for our recipients by offering free access to wholesome, nutritious food. We build strong communities through volunteerism to decrease social isolation and depression among our recipients.
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Inspiring and transforming the lives of young people through the power of dance and access to higher education.
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Human Rights USA is dedicated to preventing torture and other major human rights abuses through bold and innovative litigation in U.S. courts.
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IOC’s mission is to Help Orphans in war ravaged Afghanistan be Productive and Educated (HOPE) by providing a multi-step comprehensive program which includes financial, educational, vocational and technical assistance, allowing orphans and their families to ultimately maintain financial freedom and independence.
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Just in Time for Foster Youth’s mission is to provide critical resources to help transition foster youth ages 18-26 to achieve self-sufficiency and well-being.
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Since 1993, KidWorks has grown into a vibrant community development non-profit that serves central Santa Ana students and families through a fully licensed preschool, after-school programs, tutoring, mentoring, and adult services in the areas of health, parenting classes, and support groups.
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Our mission is to empower vulnerable women and children living in poverty.
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Mary’s Path is a nationally accredited Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program facility for pregnant and parenting youth, ages 12-21 from the foster care system.
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We help families with food, clothing, shelter and more—so they can focus on the care their child needs.
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Mountain States Detection Dogs provides certified canine search-and-rescue teams throughout Western Idaho, Eastern Oregon, and Southeastern Washington, helping families and agencies locate missing persons and find answers during critical situations.
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New Directions for Women transforms the lives of women battling addiction through compassionate, holistic treatment in a safe and empowering recovery environment.
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Orangewood helps prevent former foster youth from becoming homeless. Orangewood Foundation provides transitional housing along with supportive services, housing referrals, and other housing assistance to support youth as they transition from foster care into independent adulthood.
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Orkeeswa School provides high-quality academics, robust co-curricular programs, student wellness services, and community-based leadership through a holistic secondary school experience.
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Transforming the lives of disadvantaged single young women through education, therapy, mentoring, housing, and healthcare, to break the cycle of poverty and abuse.
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Our mission is to deliver life-changing programs to assist people in crisis by giving them the tools and support necessary to end the generational cycle of trauma- including prevention of child abuse and neglect, through early intervention and mental health services and advocacy.
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R Star Foundation serves and educates the isolated and disempowered women and children of Nepal. We connect resources to the neediest people in one of the most remote areas on earth and helping to bring about peace.
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At ReWritten, we work to equip fatherless and underserved youth with the tools needed to become thriving adults by offering personalized programming.
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Empowers the youth of Newport Mesa to make positive decisions in life through a variety of programs including academic, dance, art/music, health/fitness, and student empowerment.
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SightLife takes a health systems approach to addressing the inequities that contribute to and perpetuate corneal blindness worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
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Solutions from Urban Ag offers a unique opportunity to re-imagine what is possible for agriculture in a rapidly changing landscape and society. They offer innovative solutions and educational programming for management of resources and creative adaptation to issues of sustainability and resiliency within their food system.
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StandUp for Kids has a single focus: To end the cycle of youth homelessness in our community. We work to provide basic needs, housing, mentoring support, care, and love to at-risk and homeless youth ages 12-24.
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Sudara provides skills training and job opportunities for women at high risk of trafficking. Revenue generated from sales is reinvested in training for more women in their chosen vocation, leading to more economic independence and gender equity. With mission-aligned partners, Sudara trains approximately 1,200 women per year across 11 vocations with a 90% job placement rate.
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Surf & Turf Therapy delivers transformative therapy through surfing, horseback riding, and inclusive community-based activities to improve daily living skills for individuals of all ages and abilities.
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We are a global, non-profit, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. Our mission is to end hunger and poverty by pioneering sustainable, grassroots, women-centered strategies and advocating for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the world.
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Our mission is to provide access to clean water and continue to support well communities with initiatives that promote health, education, women’s empowerment and general well-being.
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The Wooden Floor’s mission is to empower low-income youth to strengthen self-esteem, self-discipline, and their sense of accomplishment through dance, academic, and family programs.
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Voices for Children is a private, nonprofit organization that recruits, trains, and supports Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers who speak up for the needs and well-being of children in foster care.
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Warrior Foundation Freedom Station’s mission is to be the leading force in assisting, honoring and supporting the military men and women who have so bravely served and sacrificed for our country. We are committed to providing our warriors with quality-of-life items, support services and transitional housing designed to assist them and their families during recovery.
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WISEPlace serves Orange County's unaccompanied homeless women through emergency and transitional shelter and rapid rehousing
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With My Own 2 Hands addresses systemic poverty and gender inequality by eliminating the financial and time burden of sourcing clean water.
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Women Helping Women has impacted the lives of thousands of women, men and youth through education, training and resources designed to empower job seekers to be successful in their job search.