A global donation guide

Gets fresh meals to crisis zones faster than almost anyone else, from Gaza to US hurricane response. Founded by chef José Andrés.

Independent medical teams working in active war zones, including Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, often after other NGOs have pulled out.

The most direct channel to UN relief operations for Palestine refugees: food, shelter, healthcare, and education across Gaza and the West Bank.

American Near East Refugee Aid: smaller and more regional than most, delivering medical supplies, food, and education support directly.

One of the largest relief networks, covering refugee crises from first emergency aid through long-term resettlement. Founded in 1933 at Albert Einstein's request.

Pairs emergency relief with longer-term recovery: cash assistance and rebuilding livelihoods after the news cycle moves on.

Global humanitarian response built around women and girls, who are disproportionately affected in almost every crisis it responds to.

Ships medicine directly to health workers in disaster zones, focusing on delivering medical supplies rather than cash aid.

Treats and prevents malnutrition in crisis zones, with a strong focus on children under five, as the medical emergency it actually is.

Sends unconditional cash transfers directly to households in extreme poverty, without intermediary programs.

Pairs hunger and disaster response with policy advocacy aimed at the systems that keep poverty in place.

Grassroots, community-led programs aimed at ending hunger for good, deliberately slower than repeat emergency aid.

Supports the UN's food-assistance operation, the largest on Earth, reaching people in famine and near-famine conditions.

The largest domestic hunger-relief network in the US: local food banks that move food where it's actually needed.

Gives families livestock, training, and market access to generate their own income, aiming to end the need for aid.

Works in the hardest-to-reach places experiencing extreme hunger, often where few large organizations operate.

An advocacy operation, not a service org, pushing US policy toward ending hunger.

Runs volunteer meal-packaging events shipped to schools and crisis regions. The most hands-on option here, you can pack the boxes yourself.

Supports vaccines, nutrition, primary health care, and disease prevention for children worldwide, in both emergency and everyday settings.

Protects children's health, education, and safety worldwide, spanning emergency response and long-term development programs.

Researches and treats childhood cancer while expanding access to pediatric cancer care worldwide. Families never receive a bill for treatment.

Combines nutrition and vision programs for children and families across 20 countries, from vitamin A supplementation to preventing and treating blindness.

Brings primary and behavioral health care to underserved children across the US through a network of mobile clinics.

Delivers micronutrients and nutrition programs to pregnant women and children under five in underserved communities worldwide.

Provides free cleft lip and palate surgery and trains local healthcare providers to expand surgical access worldwide.

Runs a global network of children's hospitals providing free surgery for treatable disabilities, in an explicitly faith-based, gospel-centered model.

Anti-cruelty investigations, disaster rescue, and shelter support from one of the oldest and most active animal welfare groups in the US.

Runs field conservation programs worldwide alongside the Bronx Zoo, one of the oldest conservation organizations in the country.

Fights in court and Congress for native US wildlife, focused on the legal and policy battles that determine endangered species protections.

Broad-spectrum animal protection: disaster rescue, cruelty investigations, and legislative campaigns against puppy mills and factory farming.

Habitat and species conservation at a global scale, from anti-poaching work to protecting the ecosystems endangered animals depend on.

International animal welfare spanning disaster response, wildlife protection, and farm animal welfare, covering animals most charities skip.

Leads the no-kill shelter movement in the US: direct rescue work plus the policy push to end animal homelessness nationwide.

Rescues farm animals from cruelty and neglect and gives them a real home, paired with advocacy against factory farming.

Investigates and campaigns against factory farming cruelty, going undercover inside the operations most others can't see.

The largest organization focused solely on ocean conservation: overfishing, marine habitat, and the animals that live entirely underwater.