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Social Work-Related Organizations

Political Social Work Initiative

View federal, state and local social work related organizations below.

Federal Organizations

  • Active Minds
    • Active Minds is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting mental health, especially among young adults, via peer-to-peer dialogue and interaction.
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
    • The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.
  • American Psychiatric Association
    • The mission of the American Psychiatric Association is to promote universal and equitable access to the highest quality care for all people affected by mental disorders, including substance use disorders; promote psychiatric education and research; advance and represent the profession of psychiatry; and serve the professional needs of its membership.
  • American Psychological Association (APA)
    •  APA is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 146,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students as its members.
  • Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
    • ADAA’s promise is to find new treatments and one day prevent and cure anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and co-occurring disorders. ADAA improves the quality of life for those who suffer through evidence-based educational resources, professional practice, and scientific research. ADAA brings together mental health professionals who lend their time and expertise to improve patient care by promoting the implementation of best practices and treatments across disciplines through continuing education and training and accelerating dissemination of research into practice.
  • Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
    • Since 1972, the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has advocated for the civil rights, full inclusion and equality of adults and children with mental disabilities. It was pivotal in expanding the civil rights movement to include fighting discrimination against, and segregation of, people with mental disabilities. Today, the Bazelon Center accomplishes its goals through a unique combination of litigation, public policy advocacy, coalition building and leadership, public education, media outreach and technical assistance—a comprehensive approach that ensures it achieves the greatest impact.
  • Black Virtual Wellness Directory (BEAM)
    • Find a virtual Black therapist, doula, yoga teacher, mediator, and much more. 
  • Mental Health America (MHA)
    • MHA is the nation's leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all.
  • Mental Health Hotlines & Crisis Lines
  • Mental Illness Policy Organization
    • Mental Illness Policy Org. was founded by DJ Jaffe in 2011 to provide unbiased and easy-to-access information for the media and policy makers about the care and treatment of people with serious and persistent mental illness. The issues facing the seriously mentally ill differ from the problems that affect the much broader population of people who have issues like anxiety and mild depression. The needs of the seriously ill often get lost in the larger dialogue about mental health. Being honest about this population requires addressing difficult issues like violence and involuntary treatment, issues many organizations prefer to avoid.
  • National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
    • The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest professional association of social workers in the world. As the only organization dedicated to advocating for the entire profession of social work, NASW strengthens the social work profession and gives social workers and clients a stronger voice. 
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
    • The National Institute of Mental Health is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. 
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
    • NAMI provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.
  • National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH)
    • NABH advocates for behavioral healthcare and represents provider systems that are committed to the delivery of responsive, accountable, and clinically effective prevention, treatment and care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with mental and substance use disorders.
  • National Association for Children’s Behavioral Health (NACBH)
    • NACBH is actively working to advance the field of children’s behavioral health by advocating for effective public policy and creating a collegial community for forward-thinking leaders of mission-driven children's behavioral health systems. NACBH provides expert support and resources to drive new advancements, promote industry best practices, and create educational and networking opportunities for fellow members to engage and learn alongside each other.
  • National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH)
    • The National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH) is a professional organization that serves the field of rural behavioral health. NARMH’s membership includes the entire spectrum of the rural mental health community, including consumers, family members, practitioners, administrators, educators, researchers, and policy makers. A unifying force for NARMH has been a focus on rural concerns, which includes a commitment to rural people and those that serve them. This belief that rural comes first has allowed NARMH to concentrate its efforts to improve access, availability, acceptability of behavioral health and substance abuse services and research in rural and frontier areas.
  • National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
    • NASMHPD will work with states, federal partners, and stakeholders to promote wellness, recovery, and resiliency for individuals with mental health conditions or co-occurring mental health and substance related disorders across all ages and cultural groups, including: youth, older persons, veterans and their families, and people under the jurisdiction of the court.
  • National Federation of Families (NFF)
    • The National Federation of Families is a national family-run organization linking more than 120 state and local affiliates and national partners focused on the issues of children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs and substance use challenges and their families. It was conceived in Arlington, Virginia in February, 1989 by a group of 18 people determined to make a difference in the way the system works
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
    • SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
  • The Center for Workplace Mental Health
    • The Center for Workplace Mental Health provides employers with the tools, resources and information needed to promote and support the mental health of employees and their families.
  • Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
    • The Administration for Children and Families funds state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
    • Composed of pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
  • Annie E. Casey Foundation
    • The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF®) is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children and young people with respect to their educational, economic, social and health outcomes.
  • Center for Children and Youth Justice
    • The Center for Children & Youth Justice (CCYJ) is changing the way young people experience the child welfare and juvenile justice systems—for the better. By listening to young people and working with partners across Washington State, they are helping to redesign child welfare and juvenile justice systems to meet children and youth’s unique needs. Every year the CCYJ helps improve the lives of 50,000 young people.
  • Children's Advocacy Alliance
    • The Children’s Advocacy Alliance is committed to ensuring that all children live in safe and nurturing environments, free from abuse, neglect, violence and other hazards.
  • Children's Bureau
    • The Children’s Bureau, an agency within the Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seeks to improve the safety, permanency, and well-being of children through leadership, support for necessary services, and productive partnerships with states, tribes, and communities.
  • Children's Rights
    • Children’s Rights holds government systems accountable for protecting kids and keeping families together.
  • Child Trends
    • Child Trends promotes the well-being of all children and youth through applied research that informs public policies, builds the evidence base for what works, and mines data to identify young people who are overlooked or ill served by public systems. Their research is known for its rigor and objectivity, making Child Trends a uniquely powerful and respected voice for children and youth.
  • Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
    • CWLA is a powerful coalition of hundreds of private and public agencies that since 1920 has worked to serve children and families who are vulnerable. Its expertise, leadership and innovation on policies, programs, and practices help improve the lives of millions of children across the country. Its impact is felt worldwide.
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
    • Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more.
  • First Five Action
    • First Five Action is was founded in 2020 to increase awareness of and advocacy for federal investments in early learning and child care. First Five Action mobilizes and supports ongoing efforts to ensure all children from birth through age five have equal access to affordable, comprehensive, high-quality care and education. 
  • Girls Inc.
    • In partnership with schools and at Girls Inc. centers, they focus on the development of the whole girl. She learns to value herself, take risks, and discover and develop her inherent strengths. The combination of long-lasting mentoring relationships, a pro-girl environment, and evidence-based programming equips girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers, and grow up healthy, educated, and independent. Informed by girls and their families, Girls Inc. also advocates for legislation and policies to increase opportunities and rights for all girls.
  • National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC)
    • The National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC), located in Huntsville, Alabama, revolutionized the United States’ response to child sexual abuse. Since its creation in 1985, the NCAC has served as a model for the 1,100+ Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) now operating in the United States and in more than 41 countries throughout the world.
  • National Children's Alliance (NCA)
    • National Children’s Alliance (NCA) is a professional membership organization on a mission to make one big difference, one child at a time. Reaching everyone with a voice in eradicating abuse—families, advocates, partner agencies, communities, researchers, and all the way to Capitol Hill—NCA's members power a national movement to keep children safe. Featuring the largest network of care centers supporting child abuse victims in the country, NCA is a model in outcome-driven collaboration.
  • Prevent Child Abuse America
    • Prevent Child Abuse America is the nation’s oldest and largest organization committed to preventing child abuse and neglect before it happens. ​Prevent Child Abuse America promotes programs and resources informed by science that enable kids, families, and entire communities to thrive—today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.
  • UNICEF-USA
    • UNICEF works nonstop to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths by scaling up essential care services, increasing immunization coverage and strengthening health systems to better respond to outbreaks.
  • Zero to Three 
    • ZERO TO THREE envisions a society that has the knowledge and will to support all infants and toddlers in reaching their full potential. Since 1977, it has translated our expertise in the science of early childhood development into pioneering programs, field-leading training and resources, and responsive policy solutions. As a membership-based organization, ZERO TO THREE provides a vibrant, connected community for professionals in diverse disciplines focused on child development who are committed to advancing their knowledge and skills. Its work creates lasting, transformative change for children, their families and our future.
  • All Rise
    • All Rise is the training, membership, and advocacy organization for justice system innovation addressing substance use and mental health at every intercept point. Through its four divisions—the Treatment Court Institute, Impaired Driving Solutions, Justice for Vets, and the Center for Advancing Justice—All Rise provides training and technical assistance at the local, state, and national level, advocates for federal and state funding, and collaborates with public and private entities. All Rise works in every U.S. state and territory and in countries throughout the world.
  • Bail Project
    • The Bail Project strives for a more perfect justice system, one that works for all people no matter their race or wealth.
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
    • BJS is the primary statistical agency of the Department of Justice. It is one of the thirteen principal federal statistical agencies throughout the Executive Branch, agencies whose activities are predominantly focused on the collection, compilation, processing, or analysis of information for statistical purposes.
  • Council of State Governments- Justice Center
  • Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
    • EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the U.S., challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. 
  • Innocence Project
    • The Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone.
  • Justice Policy Institute
    • Founded in 1997, the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) is a national nonprofit organization developing workable solutions to problems plaguing juvenile and criminal justice systems. Our research and analyses identify effective programs and policies and we disseminate our findings to the media, policymakers and advocates, and provide training and technical assistance to people working for justice reform
  • Justice Roundtable
    • The Justice Roundtable is a broad-based coalition of more than 100 organizations working to reform federal criminal justice laws and policies. Founded in 2002, the Roundtable’s mission is to bring value to the Justice Movement by coordinating the federal legislative and advocacy efforts of the Washington criminal justice advocacy community.
  • Marshall Project
    • The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. We have an impact on the system through journalism, rendering it more fair, effective, transparent and humane.
  • Nation Inside
    • Nation Inside is a platform that connects and supports people who are building a movement to systematically challenge mass incarceration in the United States
  • National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR)
    • The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) works to reduce incarceration and violence, improve the outcomes of system-involved youth and adults, and increase the capacity and expertise of the organizations that serve these individuals. NICJR provides technical assistance, consulting, research, organizational development, and advocacy in the fields of juvenile and criminal justice, youth development, and violence prevention. NICJR works with an array of organizations, including government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropic foundations.
  • Prison Policy Initiative
    • The non-profit, non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then sparks advocacy campaigns to create a more just society.
  • Sentencing Project
    • The Sentencing Project promotes effective and humane responses to crime that minimize imprisonment and criminalization of youth and adults by promoting racial, ethnic, economic, and gender justice.
  • Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
    • The SPLC is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.
  • Vera Institute of Justice
    • Vera is powered by hundreds of researchers and advocates working to transform the criminal legal and immigration systems until they’re fair for all. We develop just, antiracist solutions so that money doesn’t determine freedom; fewer people are in jails, prisons, and immigration detention; and everyone in the system is treated with dignity.
  • Advancement Project
    • Advancement Project is a next generation, multi-racial civil rights organization. Rooted in the great human rights struggles for equality and justice, we exist to fulfill America’s promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy. We use innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements and achieve high-impact policy change.
  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
    • The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Its mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.
  • Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
    • The Anti-Defamation League is a nonprofit civil rights and advocacy organization dedicated to “fight[ing] anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry in the U.S. and abroad through information, education, legislation, and advocacy.”  The ADL has a variety of resources geared for a law enforcement audience.
  • Black Lives Matter
    • Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
  • Black Youth Project (BYP)
    • The Black Youth Project will examine the attitudes, resources, and culture of the young, urban black millennial, exploring how these factors and others influence their decision-making, norms, and behavior in critical domains such as sex, health, and politics. Arguably more than any other subgroup of Americans, African American youth reflect the challenges of inclusion and empowerment in the post–civil rights period. At the core of this project will be an exploration of what young black Americans think about the political, cultural, and sexual choices and challenges confronting them and their peer group. The BYP is especially interested in understanding what new factors help to shape or contribute to the social and political attitudes and behaviors of African American youth.
  • Campaign Zero
    • Campaign Zero was launched in August 2015 as a research-based platform to move to an understanding of public safety beyond policing. Since its inception, Campaign Zero has designed and launched research and advocacy projects that have defined their respective field and there are more to come.
  • Color Of Change
    • The Color Of Change helps people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 7 million members, it moves decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.
  • Forward Justice
    • Forward justice is a nonpartisan law, policy, and strategy center dedicated to advancing racial, social, and economic justice in the U.S. South.
  • Kairos Center
    • The Kairos Center, housed at Union Theological Seminary, is a national organization committed to building a movement to end poverty, led by the poor. Drawing on the power of religions and human rights, we are a center for movement strategy, coordination, and education among the poor across all lines of division. Among other projects, we co-anchor the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. 
  • MDC
    • MDC equips leaders, institutions, and communities with the necessary tools and strategies to advance equity—particularly racial and gender equity—and economic mobility. For over 50 years, institutions, communities, foundations, and others across the South have turned to MDC for deep knowledge and proven tools to design, demonstrate, and sustain what works to boost everyone, particularly those who’ve been left behind, to higher rungs on the economic ladder
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
    • The NAACP is the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. They advocate, agitate, and litigate for the civil rights due to Black America.
  • National Coalition of Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition)
    • The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation is a 501(c)3 non-partisan civic engagement organization that strives to cultivate institutional base-building capacity and intergenerational leadership models at the local, state and national levels.
  • National Urban League
    • The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities.
  • Racial Equity Institute (REI)
    • REI is an alliance of trainers, organizers, and institutional leaders who have devoted ourselves
  • 1619 Project
    • The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
  • Achieve
    • Achieve is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit education reform organization dedicated to working with states to raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability.
  • Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed)
    • All4Ed is a national nonprofit advocacy organization committed to expanding equitable educational opportunities for students of color, students from low-income families, and other marginalized groups. We advance transformation from the classroom to Congress by advocating for federal, state, and local policies and practices that ensure all students graduate high school prepared for college, work, and life.
  • American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF)
    • The American Youth Policy Forum is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, professional development organization that provides learning opportunities for policy leaders, practitioners, and researchers working on education, youth, and workforce policy at the national, state, and local levels.
  • Center for Racial Justice in Education
    • The Center for Racial Justice in Education’s mission is to train and empower educators to dismantle patterns of racism and injustice in our schools and communities. At CRJE, we envision a world where all young people learn and thrive in racially equitable, liberating, and empowering educational spaces.
  • Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
    • At the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, we envision all children and adults as self-aware, caring, responsible, engaged, and lifelong learners who work together to achieve their goals and create a more inclusive, just world. How? Through a commitment to SEL.
  • Education Reform Now (ERN)
    • Education Reform Now is a non-partisan, nonprofit think tank and advocacy organization that promotes increased resources and innovative reforms in K-16 public education, particularly for students of color and students from low-income families. ERN seeks forward progress in public education—at the federal, state, and local level—developing and advocating for new, bold ideas and mutually reinforcing policies in elementary, secondary and post-secondary education.
  • Education Trust
    • Committed to advancing policies and practices to dismantle the racial and economic barriers embedded in the American education system
  • Lumina Foundation
    • Lumina Foundation invests in today’s students by creating clearer paths to learning beyond high school. Lumina Foundation works in partnership with education and business leaders, civil rights organizations, policymakers, and individuals who want to reimagine how and where learning occurs.
  • National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
    • The NASDSE's mission and vision are to improve individual and organizational success for state leaders of special education by providing relevant services that guide positive systemic change and results thereby ensuring students with disabilities will live, learn, work and participate in their communities.
  • National Education Association (NEA)
    • NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States. They bring the expertise, drive, and dedication of 3 million educators and allies to advancing justice and excellence in public education.
  • Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network
    • The PIE Network connects advocates across the country, strengthening, supporting, and promoting each other’s efforts. The power of these connections grows, exponentially. Organizations strengthen. The movement accelerates. So that the greatest impact can be realized, and every student, in every community, has the educational opportunities and experiences necessary to achieve a future without limits.
  • YouthBuild (YB)
    • With love and respect, YouthBuild partners with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. At more than 280 YouthBuild programs across the United States and around the world, students reclaim their education, gain job skills, and become leaders in their communities.
  • Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment (CRPE)
    • The CRPE's work sits at the intersection of environmental and health issues, and centers low income communities and communities of color. We are rooted in the San Joaquin Valley which faces some of the greatest environmental challenges in the country including oil and gas drilling, air pollution, contaminated water, agricultural and toxic waste.
  • Climate Justice Alliance​ (CJA)
    • Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) formed in 2013 to create a new center of gravity in the climate movement by uniting frontline communities and organizations into a formidable force. Their translocal organizing strategy and mobilizing capacity is building a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. CJA believes that the process of transition must place race, gender and class at the center of the solutions equation in order to make it a truly Just Transition.
  • Environmental Defense Fund
    • Guided by science and economics, and committed to climate justice, the Environmental Defense Fund works in the places, on the projects and with the people that can make the biggest difference.
  • Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
    • IEN is an alliance of Indigenous Peoples whose Shared Mission is to Protect the Sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination & exploitation by Respecting and Adhering to Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Law.
  • 350.org 
    • 350.org believes in a safe climate and a better future — a just, prosperous, and equitable world built with the power of ordinary people. 
  • AdoptUSKids
    • AdoptUSKids educates families about foster care and adoption and gives child welfare professionals information and support to help them improve their services. They also maintain the nation’s only federally funded photolisting service that connects waiting children with families.
  • Casey Family Programs
    • Casey Family Programs (based in Seattle, WA) is the nation’s largest operating foundation focused entirely on foster care and improving the child welfare system. They provide nonpartisan research and technical expertise to child welfare system leaders, members of Congress and state legislators so that they can craft laws and policies to better the lives of children in foster care, children at risk of entering the system, and their families. Since their founding in 1966, Casey Family Programs has invested more than $1.6 billion in programs and services to benefit children and families in the child welfare system.
  • National Foster Parent Association (NFPA)
    • The National Foster Parent Association is a non-profit, volunteer organization established in 1972 as a result of the concerns of several independent groups that felt the country needed a national organization to meet the needs of foster families in the United States.
  • American Public Health Association (APHA)
    • APHA, in coordination with its members and state and regional Affiliates, works with key decisionmakers to shape public policy to address today's ongoing public health concerns. Those include ensuring access to care, protecting funding for core public health programs and services and eliminating health disparities. APHA is also working on other critical public health issues including public health and emergency preparedness, food safety, hunger and nutrition, climate change and other environmental health issues, public health infrastructure, disease control, international health and tobacco control.
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    • CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same. CDC increases the health security of our nation. As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
  • Commonwealth Fund
    • Today, the mission of the Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing, equitable health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including people of color, people with low income, and those who are uninsured.
  • Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
    • KFF is the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism. Our mission is to serve as a nonpartisan source of information for policymakers, the media, the health policy community, and the public.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    • The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
  • National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF)
    • NPAF is dedicated to amplifying the voices of patients and advocating for better access to affordable, equitable, quality care. As the advocacy affiliate of the Patient Advocate Foundation, NPAF provides educational resources to help patients advocate for themselves and make informed, personalized health care decisions.
  • National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
    • The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit membership organization that brings together thousands of members across the United States.
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
    • The World Health Organization leads and champions global efforts to achieve better health for all. By connecting countries, people and partners, we strive to give everyone, everywhere an equal chance at a safe and healthy life.
  • Housing Assistance Council (HAC)
    • The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is a national nonprofit that supports affordable housing efforts throughout rural America. Since 1971, HAC has provided below-market financing for affordable housing and community development, technical assistance and training, research and information, and policy formulation to enable solutions for rural communities.
  • National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH)
    • The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.
  • National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH)
    • NCHH's mission is to ensure that everyone has a safe and healthy home. With more than six million families living in substandard housing, they equip leaders across the public health, housing, and environmental sectors with the data, tools, policies, and best practices needed to improve housing quality in their communities. NCHH channels the powerful energy and deep-rooted interests of the healthy housing movement into a force for change.
  • National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH)
    • The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists, and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To end and prevent homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights are respected and protected.
  • National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)
    • NFHA works to eliminate housing discrimination and to ensure equal housing opportunity for all people through leadership, education, outreach, membership services, public policy initiatives, community development, advocacy, and enforcement.
  • National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC)
    • NHLC is the only national legal group dedicated to ending and preventing homelessness. They expand access to affordable housing, meet the immediate and long-term needs of those who are homeless or at risk, and strengthen the social safety-net.
  • National Housing Conference (NHC)
    • The National Housing Conference is a diverse continuum of affordable housing stakeholders that convene and collaborate through dialogue, advocacy, research, and education, to develop equitable solutions that serve our common interest.
  • National Housing Law Project (NHLP)
    • How the NHLP accomplishes their mission: advocacy and litigation, technical assistance and resources, presentations and trainings, initiatives. 
  • National Housing Trust
    • The National Housing Trust's mission is to create and preserve affordable homes to provide opportunity, advance racial equity, reduce economic disparities and strengthen community resilience through practice and policy.
  • National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
    • Together, the NLIHC will advance anti-racist policies and achieve the large-scale, sustained investments and reforms necessary to ensure that renters with the lowest incomes have an affordable and accessible place to call home.
  • American Immigration Council
    • The American Immigration Council works to strengthen America by shaping how America thinks about and acts towards immigrants and immigration and by working toward a more fair and just immigration system that opens its doors to those in need of protection and unleashes the energy and skills that immigrants bring.
  • Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP)
    • The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) believes that asylum seekers can make great change by standing together. We provide our membership of asylum seekers with legal and community support. And we work with our members — over 350,000 asylum seekers — to build a more welcoming United States. ASAP members come from more than 175 countries and live in every US state and territory.
  • Immigration Advocates Network (IAN)
    • The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), a program of Pro Bono Net, is dedicated to expanding access to immigration legal resources and information through collaboration and technology. IAN was created in 2007 by leading immigrants' rights organizations, to increase access to justice for low-income immigrants and strengthen the capacity of organizations serving them. We create our own tools, build platforms for others, and work with partners to harness the power of technology and collective action to better support immigrants and their advocates.
  • Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
    • KIND intentionally developed a comprehensive approach within their work to address the multi-faceted needs of unaccompanied migrant children once they are in the U.S. Not only do children come in need of legal services, but also often with deep traumas caused by the violence and fear experienced during their forced migration. 
  • National Immigration Forum
    • The Forum helps Americans advocate for the nation they seek for their children: a nation of laws and a nation of grace.
  • National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
    • Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants with low income.
  • National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
    • Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
  • National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
    • The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) works to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status. Since its founding in 1986, the organization has drawn membership from diverse immigrant communities, and actively builds alliances with social and economic justice partners around the country. As part of a global movement for social and economic justice, NNIRR is committed to human rights as essential to securing healthy, safe and peaceful lives for all.
  • United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
    • Working with nearly 200 affiliates, we provide legal, social, and health services to refugees, unaccompanied migrating children, trafficking survivors, and other immigrants in all 50 states, El Salvador, Honduras, Kenya and Mexico.
  • Amnesty International
    • Through their detailed research and determined campaigning, Amnesty International helps fight abuses of human rights worldwide. They bring torturers to justice. Change oppressive laws. And free people jailed just for voicing their opinion.
  • CARE
    • CARE is a global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. They are known everywhere for our unshakeable commitment to the dignity of people.
  • Global Fund for Women
    • The Global Fund for Women funds bold, ambitious, and expansive gender justice movements to create meaningful change that will last beyond our lifetimes.
  • Greenpeace Environmental Justice Campaign
    • Greenpeace is a global network of independent campaigning organizations that use peaceful protest and creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green, just, and joyful future.
  • Equality Now
    • Equality Now is a feminist organization using the law to protect and promote the human rights of all women and girls. They create, reform, challenge, and apply the law to establish enduring equality for women and girls everywhere.
  • Hunger Project
    • The Hunger Project is a global movement of individuals and organizations worldwide working in authentic partnership for the sustainable end of hunger.
  • International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
    • The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) has set the global agenda for gender equity, inclusion, and shared prosperity with action-oriented research and solutions. Their Research and Programs, Advocacy and Policy, and Private Sector teams focus on economic opportunity and security, health and reproductive rights, gender norms, and climate action.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
    • The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives. Our goal is to shape policies that foster prosperity, equality, opportunity and well-being for all. They draw on 60 years of experience and insights to better prepare the world of tomorrow.
  • Together Women Rise
    • Together Women Rise is a powerful community of women and allies dedicated to achieving global gender equality. We have hundreds of local chapters across the U.S. where members learn about and advocate for gender equality issues, give grants to organizations that empower women and girls in low-income countries, and build community to forge meaningful connections that increase our strength and collective impact.
  • UNICEF
    • UNICEF works in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we do whatever it takes to help children survive, thrive and fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
  • United Nations (UN) Women
    • All human development and human rights issues have gender dimensions. UN Women focuses on priority areas that are fundamental to women’s equality, and that can unlock progress across the board.
  • World Bank
    • The World Bank Group is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.
  • World Food Programme (WFP)
    • The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change 
  • Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (CFSY)
    • The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (CFSY) is a national nonprofit that leads efforts to ban life without parole and other extreme sentences for children. The CFSY is an equity-driven organization that explicitly works to dismantle the racial disparities, social injustices, and residual harms caused by the legal system. Through partnerships with advocacy organizations, businesses, and other stakeholders, the CFSY supports survivors of youth violence, those incarcerated as children who are still serving or have been released, and their respective families and communities.
  • Center for Children's Law and Policy (CCLP)
    • The Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP) is a public interest law and policy organization focused on reform of juvenile justice and other systems that affect troubled and at-risk children, and protection of the rights of children in those systems. Our staff members include lawyers and former juvenile justice professionals with extensive expertise in creating a more equitable and effective juvenile justice system
  • Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ)
    • The Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) is a nationwide coalition of State Advisory Groups (SAGs), organizations, individuals, youth, and allies dedicated to preventing children and youth from becoming involved in the courts and upholding the highest standards of care when youth are charged with wrongdoing and enter the justice system. CJJ envisions a nation where fewer children are at risk of delinquency; and if they are at risk or involved with the justice system, they and their families receive every possible opportunity to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives. 
  • Juvenile Law Center
    • Juvenile Law Center fights for rights, dignity, equity, and opportunity for youth. We work to reduce the harm of the child welfare and justice systems, limit their reach, and ultimately abolish them so all young people can thrive.
  • National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ)
    • The National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ), located in Pittsburgh, PA. is the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and is the oldest juvenile justice research group in the United States, having conducted national and sub national studies on crime and delinquency since 1973. 
  • National Center for Youth Law
    • National Center for Youth Law believes in the incredible power, agency and wisdom of youth. Driven by their voices and experiences, we have worked for more than 50 years to transform government agencies and public systems, so that they Center Youth with equity, dignity and care. 
  • National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN)
    • The National Juvenile Justice Network leads a membership community of 60 state-based organizations and numerous individuals across 42 states and D.C. They all seek to shrink our youth justice systems and transform the remainder into systems that treat youth and families with dignity and humanity.
  • Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
    • COLAGE unites people with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and/or asexual parent into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities.
  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
    • As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change.
  • Human Rights Campaign
    • The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. We empower our 3 million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in our community.
  • National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)
    • Since 2003, the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) has been America’s leading national civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS through coalition building, federal policy change, research, and education. Their mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ+/SGL bias and stigma. NBJC supports Black individuals, families, and communities in strengthening the bonds and bridging the gaps between the movements for racial justice and LGBTQ+/SGL equity.
  • National Center for Transgender Equality
    • The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.
  • National LGBTQ Task Force
    • The National LGBTQ Task Force fights for justice, advances liberation, promotes equity, and is working towards a world where you are free to be you.
  • National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)
    • National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) is a healing justice organization actively working to transform mental health for queer and trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC).
  • Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
    • No voice is more powerful or persuasive than that of a PFLAG member or supporter. As people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+), their parents, families, friends, and allies, we know firsthand the impact that discriminatory laws have on ourselves and our loved ones.Our voices have helped move equality forward on important issues like workplace fairness, marriage equality, advocating for family acceptance, safer schools, and trans rights. It is essential that we continue to educate key decision-makers about the issues that affect our loved ones and families. 
  • Right to Be
    • Our work focuses on turning the care we have for each other into simple, creative, effective action. We want to build a world that’s free of harassment and filled with humanity. Every day, we train hundreds of people to respond to, intervene in, and heal from harassment. We hold space for people experiencing harassment to share their stories for affirmation and support. And we prepare new leaders to create workplaces, schools, and communities around the world that are filled with humanity.
  • SAGE - Advocacy & Services for LGBTQ+ Elders
    • SAGE stands proudly with the LGBTQ+ pioneers across the country who’ve been fighting for decades for their right to live with dignity and respect. We are excited to work with the current administration and key staff in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco, plus our nationwide network of affiliates, to advocate for LGBTQ+ older people at the federal, state, and local levels. 
  • Southerners on New Ground
    • SONG believes that social movements are one of our main hopes for liberation. Organizations are one of the key building blocks of social movements. Organizations are made up of people—leaders. We build membership (or our base) as a way to build the skills, connection and leadership of thousands of Southern rural LGBTQ people of color, immigrant people and working class people – united together in the struggle for dignity and justice for all people. In order to transform the South we must build our collective power, our people power, which comes from thousands and thousands of us uniting to make the South the home our communities need it to be.
  • Trevor Project
    • Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
  • ADvancing States
    • ADvancing States supports visionary leadership, the advancement of systems innovation and the articulation of national policies that support long-term services and supports for older adults and people with disabilities.
  • Alliance for Retired Americans
    • The Alliance’s retiree activists are from all walks of life. They are former teachers, auto workers, state and federal government workers, construction workers, and community leaders united in the belief that every American deserves a secure and dignified retirement after a lifetime of hard work.
  • American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
    • AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people to choose how they live as they age. With nearly 38 million members and offices in every state, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, AARP works to strengthen communities and advocate for what matters most to families—with a focus on health security, financial stability, and personal fulfillment. We also work for individuals in the marketplace by sparking new solutions and allowing carefully chosen products and services to carry the AARP Name.
  • American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
    • Founded in 1942, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a nationwide, not-for-profit society of geriatrics healthcare professionals dedicated to improving the health, independence, and quality of life of older people.
  • American Society on Aging
    • ASA has become the go-to source to cultivate leadership, advance knowledge and strengthen the skills of its members and others who work with and on behalf of older adults.
  • Gerontological Society of America
    • GSA is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging
  • Justice in Aging
    • Justice in Aging is focused on three legislative priorities for the reconciliation bill that are critical for ensuring low income older adults can access the health care and economic resources they need and advance equity for those who suffered the most during the pandemic due to systemic inequities: Expanding access to home and community-based services, adding a dental benefit to Medicare, and improving the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. 
  • Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO)
    • The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) is a coalition of national nonprofit organizations concerned with the well-being of America’s older population and committed to representing their interests in the policy-making arena.
  • National Council on Aging (NCOA)
    • The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a nonprofit advocacy and service organization that focuses on joining the efforts of government, businesses and nonprofit organizations to improve the lives of our older adults.
  • National Institute on Aging, NIH
    • NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. NIA is the primary federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease research.
  • Southern Gerontological Society
    • SGS is an inclusive membership association of diverse individuals and organizations with interests in gerontology. Members seek to improve the quality of life for older adults through education, research and practice
  • USAging
    • USAging is the national association representing and supporting the network of Area Agencies on Aging and advocating for the Title VI Native American Aging Programs. Its members help older adults and people with disabilities throughout the United States live with optimal health, well-being, independence and dignity in their homes and communities.
  • Action for Healthy Kids
    • Action for Healthy Kids brings together parents and educators and equip them with the tools and resources they need to support happier, healthier kids.
  • Alliance to End Hunger
    • The Alliance to End Hunger is a coalition of corporations, non-profits, faith-based organizations, universities, foundations, international organizations, and individuals. While driving factors may vary among membership, there is a shared conviction that ending hunger is both essential and possible.
  • American Society for Nutrition
    • To navigate the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, the ASN has developed a strategic plan that will serve as a roadmap for priorities and investment over the next 10 years.
  • Center for Science in the Public Interest
    • Founded in 1971, the Center for Science in the Public Interest is an independent, science-based consumer advocacy organization with an impressive record of accomplishments and a clear and ambitious agenda for improving the food system to support healthy eating.
  • Feed the Children
    • From food and household essentials, community gardens to school supplies, nutrition training and clean water programs, school meals, disaster relief and more, Feed the Children connects people with the critical resources they need to thrive. And it all starts with food.
  • Feeding America
    • Feeding America is the largest charity working to end hunger in the United States. We partner with food banks, food pantries, and local food programs to bring food to people facing hunger. We advocate for policies that create long-term solutions to hunger.
  • Food First
    • The Institute for Food and Development Policy, better known as Food First, envisions a world in which all people have access to healthy, ecologically produced, and culturally appropriate food. 
  • Food Trust
    • The Food Trust works with neighborhoods, institutions, retailers, farmers, and policymakers across the country to ensure delicious, nutritious food for all. Backed by three decades of research and evaluation, their holistic community-centered approach to nutrition security weaves together three core programming elements — access, affordability and education — as well as a focus on advocating for public policy solutions.
  • HEAL Food Alliance
    • By working together, we can build a system that is healthy for our families, accessible and affordable for all communities, and fair to the people who grow, distribute, prepare, and serve our food. To transform our food system is to heal our bodies, transform our economy, and protect our environment.
  • Meals on Wheels America
    • Meals on Wheels America is the leadership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior hunger and isolation. Powered by a trusted volunteer workforce, this network delivers a comprehensive solution that begins with a meal and is proven to enable independence and well-being through the additional benefits of tailored nutrition, social connection, safety and much more. By providing funding, programming, education, research and advocacy, Meals on Wheels America empowers its local member programs to strengthen their communities, one senior at a time.
  • National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity
    • The Center for Science in the Public Interest is an independent, science-based consumer advocacy organization with an impressive record of accomplishments and a clear and ambitious agenda for improving the food system to support healthy eating.
  • No Kid Hungry
    • No Kid Hungry is a national campaign run by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. After 25 years of successfully investing in local nonprofits and helping find the best approaches to eradicating poverty and hunger, Share Our Strength launched No Kid Hungry in 2010.
  • American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
    • The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power of people with disabilities. As a national cross-disability rights organization, AAPD advocates for full civil rights for the over 60 million Americans with disabilities by promoting equal opportunity, economic power, independent living, and political participation.
  • American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
    • AAIDD promotes progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
  • American Council of the Blind (ACB)
    • Guided by its members, ACB advocates for equality of people who are blind and low vision, inspires community, and connects you with education, resources, and each other to support your independence.
  • American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT)
    • ADAPT is a national grassroots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
  • American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
    • Since 1921, AFB has been a leader in addressing the most pressing needs of people with visual impairments and their families, breaking down societal barriers, and promoting broad systemic change. Publisher of the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness for over a century and counting, AFB is also proud to steward the accessible Helen Keller Archive, honoring the legacy of our most famous ambassador. AFB’s mission is to expand pathways to leadership, education, inclusive technology, and career opportunities to create a world of no limits for people who are blind, deafblind, or have low vision.
  • The ARC
    • Promoting and protecting the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supporting their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
  • Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
    • Through its members, AUCD is a resource for local, state, national, and international agencies, organizations, and policy makers concerned about people living with developmental and other disabilities and their families.
  • Autism Society
    • Everyone deserves to live fully. At the core of the Autism Society’s work is a goal to influence meaningful change in support of the Autism community
  • Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
    • The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people. ASAN is a national grassroots disability rights organization for the autistic community. ASAN fights for disability rights. We work to make sure autistic people are included in policy-making, so that laws and policies meet our community’s needs. They work to support all forms of self-advocacy and to change the way people think about autism. Its members and supporters include autistic adults and youth, cross-disability advocates, and non-autistic family members, professionals, educators, and friends.
  • Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD)
    • The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities, headquartered in Washington DC, is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. Since 1973, CCD has advocated on behalf of people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities and their families. CCD has worked to achieve federal legislation and regulations that assure that the millions of children and adults with disabilities are fully integrated into the mainstream of society.
  • Easterseals
    • Through its national network of affiliates, Easterseals provides essential services and on-the-ground supports to more than 1.5 million people each year — from early childhood programs for the critical first five years, to autism services, to medical rehabilitation and employment programs, to veterans’ services, and more. Easterseals's public education, policy, and advocacy initiatives positively shape perceptions and address the urgent and evolving needs of the one in four Americans living with disabilities today.
  • National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
    • NACDD is the national association for the 56 Councils on Developmental Disabilities (DD Councils) across the United States and its territories. The DD Councils receive federal funding to support programs that promote self-determination, integration and inclusion for all people in the United States with developmental disabilities.
  • National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD)
    • Through education, policy analysis, and advocacy, NACBHDD brings the unique perspective of our members to Congress and the Executive Branch and promotes national policies that recognize and support the critical role counties play in caring for people affected by mental illness, addiction, and developmental disabilities.
  • National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
    • The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation’s premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America. Established in 1880, the NAD was shaped by deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to have its interests represented at the national level. These beliefs remain true to this day, with American Sign Language as a core value. The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering a lifetime and impacting future generations in the areas of early intervention, education, employment, health care, technology, telecommunications, youth leadership, and more – improving the lives of millions of deaf and hard of hearing Americans. 
  • National Autism Center (NAC)
    • The National Autism Center (NAC) is May Institute’s center for the promotion of evidence-based practice. It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by providing reliable information promoting best practices, and offering comprehensive resources for families, practitioners, and communities. The National Standards Project, completed by the NAC, reviewed and summarized information about effective, research-validated programming for children with ASD.
  • National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
    • The mission of NCLD is to improve the lives of the 1 in 5 children and adults nationwide with learning and attention issues – by empowering parents and young adults, transforming schools and advocating for equal rights and opportunities.
  • National Council on Disability (NCD)
    • NCD is an independent federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal agencies regarding policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities.
  • National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
    • The National Council on Independent Living is the longest-running national cross-disability, grassroots organization run by and for people with disabilities. Founded in 1982, NCIL represents thousands of organizations and individuals including: individuals with disabilities, Centers for Independent Living (CILs), Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs), and other organizations that advocate for the human and civil rights of people with disabilities throughout the United States.
  • National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
    • The Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Network help people living with mental illness navigate the mental health system, defend against discrimination, and get the services and treatment they need to live independent lives in the community. NDRN advocates for strong mental health laws on behalf of people with mental illness who rely on the P&A network to protect their rights and to keep them safe from abuse and neglect.
  • National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
    • NDSS empowers individuals with Down syndrome and their families by driving policy change, providing resources, engaging with local communities, and shifting public perceptions.
  • National Organization on Disability (NOD)
    • The National Organization on Disability (NOD) increases employment opportunities for Americans with disabilities. Our programs and services enable companies to realize the competitive advantages of hiring people with disabilities.
  • TASH
    • TASH advances equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with disabilities, with a focus on those with the most significant support needs, in the areas of education, employment and community living through advocacy, research and practice.
  • National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
    • NCCP aims to improve the lives of low-income children and their families by delivering our research to advocates and policymakers seeking to craft effective policies that promote healthy child development, and strong, nurturing families that are economically secure.
  • Oxfam America
    • Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. It offers lifesaving support in times of crisis and advocate for economic justice, gender equality, and climate action. Oxfam demands equal rights and equal treatment so that everyone can thrive, not just survive.
  • Abortion Care Network
    • Abortion Care Network (ACN) is the national association for independent community-based, abortion care providers and their allies. Together we work to ensure the rights of all people to experience respectful, dignified abortion care.
  • All* Above All
    • All* Above All is a catalyst for abortion justice. It envisions a world where abortion care is affordable, available, and supported for everyone who needs it.
  • American Association of University Women
    • Though we are nonpartisan, we are not values-neutral: We fight to remove the barriers and biases that stand in the way of gender equity. We train women to negotiate for pay and benefits and to pursue leadership roles. And we advocate for federal, state and local laws and policies to ensure equity and end discrimination.
  • Center for Reproductive Rights
    • The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization of lawyers and advocates who ensure reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights for the dignity, equality, health, and well-being of every person.
  • EMILYs List
    • EMILYs List works to elect Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot and across the country with a goal of fighting for our rights and our communities.
  • Equal Pay Today
    • The mission of Equal Pay Today, a project at Equal Rights Advocates, is to eradicate the long-standing gender wage gap impacting the economic security of women, families, and communities of color. Through strategies involving policy reform, litigation, education and outreach, its innovative collaboration of national, regional, and state-based women's legal advocacy, worker justice groups, and social justice organizations are changing conversations about equal pay at every opportunity.
  • Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI)
    • GEPI conducts and publishes research on the best practices for advancing gender equity. It assesses public policies and business practices to identify the effects on people of all genders, with particular attention to the impacts on groups, such as women, people of color, and LGBTQ people, who have been systematically disadvantaged by discrimination, bias, and structural inequality.
  • League of Women Voters (LWV)
    • The League is a political grassroots network and membership organization that believes the freedom to vote is a nonpartisan issue. For more than a century, it has worked to empower voters and defend democracy. As a women-led organization, LWV encourages everyone to take part in our democracy.
  • Marie Stopes International (MSI) United States
    • WRRAP helps bridge the financial gap for women who seek an abortion or emergency contraceptives.
  • National Abortion Federation (NAF)
    • The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is the professional association of abortion providers. NAF unites, represents, serves, and supports abortion providers in delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care.
  • National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda
    • National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda is a national-state partnership focused on lifting up the voices of Black women leaders at the national and regional levels in our fight to secure Reproductive Justice for all women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals. Its eight strategic partners are Black Women for Wellness, Black Women’s Health Imperative, New Voices for Reproductive Justice, SisterLove, Inc. SisterReach, SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW, The Afiya Center and Women With A Vision. Together, it deliver proactive advocacy and policy solutions to address issues at the intersections of race, gender, class, sexual orientation and gender identity within the situational impacts of economics, politics and culture that make up the lived experience of Black women in the United States.
  • National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
    • The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is the leading nonprofit in providing information and tools to prevent and respond to sexual violence. NSVRC translates research and trends into best practices that help individuals, communities and service providers achieve real and lasting change. 
  • National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
    • The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)'s mission is to lead, mobilize and raise our voices to support efforts that demand a change of conditions that lead to domestic violence such as patriarchy, privilege, racism, sexism, and classism. It is dedicated to supporting survivors and holding offenders accountable and supporting advocates.
  • National Committee on Pay Equity
    • The National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE), founded in 1979, is a coalition of women's and civil rights organizations; labor unions; religious, professional, legal, and educational associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions and individuals working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to achieve pay equity.
  • National Organization for Women (NOW)
    • As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States. NOW has hundreds of chapters and hundreds of thousands of members and activists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since our founding in 1966, NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.
  • National Partnership for Women and Families
    • National Partnership for Women and Families strives to support those who face the greatest barriers to equity and opportunity, and we seek to amplify the leadership of grassroots groups and women of color who are fighting for social justice.
  • National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
    • NRCDV focuses on working through comprehensive technical assistance, training, resource development. Together these three strategies and its key initiatives help the NRCDV to facilitate a deeper focus on a particular issue or population. NRCDV’s project goals, objectives, approaches and activities are developed in response to feedback from the field and analysis of over 60,000 requests for assistance.
  • National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
    • NSVRC provides research and tools to advocates working on the frontlines to end sexual harassment, assault, and abuse with the understanding that ending sexual violence also means ending racism, sexism, and all forms of oppression.
  • National Women's Law Center (NWLC)
    • The National Women’s Law Center fights for gender justice—in the courts, in public policy, and in our society—working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls. It uses the law in all its forms to change culture and drive solutions to the gender inequity that shapes our society and to break down the barriers that harm all of us—especially women of color, LGBTQ people, and low-income women and families. For 50 years, NWLC has been on the leading edge of every major legal and policy victory for women.
  • Planned Parenthood
    • Planned Parenthood's mission is to ensure all people have access to the care and resources they need to make informed decisions about their bodies, their lives, and their futures. Founded in 1916, Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, educator, and passionate advocate here in the U.S. as well as a strong partner to health and rights organizations around the world. Each year, Planned Parenthood delivers vital sexual and reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people.
  • Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
    • RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
  • Reproductive Freedom For All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America)
    • The 2.5 million members of NARAL Pro-Choice America fight for reproductive freedom for everybody. Each day, ythey organize and mobilize to protect that freedom by fighting for access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental leave, and protections from pregnancy discrimination. 
  • Women’s Law Project (WLP)
    • Founded in 1974, Women’s Law Project is a nonprofit public interest legal organization working to defend and advance the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in Pennsylvania and beyond.
  • Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP)
    • WRRAP helps bridge the financial gap for women who seek an abortion or emergency contraceptives.
  • Ultraviolet
    • UltraViolet is a powerful and rapidly growing community of people mobilized to fight sexism and create a more inclusive world that accurately represents all women, from politics and government to media and pop culture.
  • Alliance for Justice
    • Alliance for Justice is a national association of more than 150 organizations, representing a broad array of groups committed to progressive values and the creation of an equitable, just, and free society. Since 1979, AFJ has been the leader in advocating for a fair and independent justice system, preserving access to the courts, and empowering others to stand up and fight for their causes.
  • Brennan Center for Justice
    • The Brennan Center for Justice strives to uphold the values of democracy. It stands for equal justice and the rule of law. It works to craft and advance reforms that will make American democracy work, for all.
  • Economic Policy Institute
    • The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions. EPI believes every working person deserves a good job with fair pay, affordable health care, and retirement security. To achieve this goal, EPI conducts research and analysis on the economic status of working America. EPI proposes public policies that protect and improve the economic conditions of low- and middle-income workers and assesses policies with respect to how they affect those workers.
  • Media Justice
    • MediaJustice (formerly Center for Media Justice) is building a powerful grassroots movement for a more just and participatory media —fighting for racial, economic, and gender justice in a digital age. 
  • Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
    • Since 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has provided legal assistance to Native American tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide who might otherwise have gone without adequate representation. NARF has successfully asserted and defended the most important rights of Indians and tribes in hundreds of major cases, and has achieved significant results in such critical areas as tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, natural resource protection, voting rights, and Indian education.
  • TIDES
    • Through social impact investing and fiscal sponsorship for nonprofits, we work in deep partnership with doers and donors to center the leadership of changemakers from these communities, connecting them to services, capacity building, and resources to amplify their impact.
  • Gold Star Wives of America
    • Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. works to preserve and enhance benefits to surviving United States military spouses and their children; to help our members and their children face the future with courage and determination, and to honor the memory of our military spouses who made the ultimate sacrifice. 
  • National Organization of Veterans Advocates (NOVA)
    • The National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Inc. (NOVA) is a not-for-profit educational membership organization incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1993. NOVA is a national organization of attorneys and other qualified members who act as advocates for disabled veterans.
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
    • To fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s Veterans.
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
    • Since its founding in 1899, the VFW has enacted many programs and services geared to meet  the current needs of America's service members, veterans and military families, as well to meet community needs worldwide. VA claims assistance, legislative advocacy, troop support programs, youth activities, community service and scholarship are a few of the ways we work to give back to those who've given so much for all of us. 
  • Wounded Warrior Project (WWP)
    • The WWP mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors who incurred a physical or mental injury, illnesses, or wound, co-incident to your military service on or after September 11, 2001
  • All on the Line
    • All On The Line is on a mission to end gerrymandering because it contributes to the polarization and dysfunction in our political system.
  • Black Voters Matter
    • Black Voters Matter goal is to increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities. It believes that effective voting allows a community to determine its own destiny.
  • Bolder Advocacy
    • Bolder Advocacy equips nonprofits with the knowledge they need to be confident and powerful advocates. Our staff attorneys conduct workshops and trainings around the country and one-on-one technical assistance by phone and email. Its coaching helps nonprofit leaders become stronger advocates for their missions and empowers them to speak up.
  • Common Cause
    • Common Cause has been working to hold power accountable through lobbying, litigation, and grassroots organizing. Its non-partisan, pro-democracy work has helped pass hundreds of reforms at the federal, state, and local levels. Its more than 1 million members and more than 30 state organizations around the country work to strengthen our democracy by empowering the voices of everyday Americans in government.
  • Democracy Works
    • Democracy Works is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that collaborates with election officials, leading tech platforms, and world-class partners to drive voter access and participation.
  • Fair Fight
    • Fair Fight promotes fair elections around the country, encourage voter participation in elections, and educate voters about elections and their voting rights. Fair Fight Action brings awareness to the public on election reform, advocates for election reform at all levels, and engages in other voter education programs and communications. 
  • Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP)
    • The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) works to ensure Service members, their eligible family members, and overseas citizens are aware of their right to vote and have the tools and resources to successfully do so - from anywhere in the world.
  • Rock the Vote
    • Rock the Vote is the most trusted and effective 501(c)3 nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building the political power of young people.
  • Vote.gov
    • Vote.gov is your authoritative, trusted source for voting information. Because voter registration happens at the state level, Vote.gov directs Americans to registration rules for their own states.
  • Vote.org
    • Vote.org exists to remove the barriers that keep voters from making their voices heard at the ballot box. It built a platform for voters to register, verify their registration, request an mail-in ballot, sign up for election reminders, find their polling location and stay up to date on the laws or policies that affect their ability to vote.
  • Vote 411
    • Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) in October of 2006, VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information on the following aspects of the election process.
  • Vo+ER
    • Vot-ER develops nonpartisan civic engagement tools and programs for every corner of the healthcare system—from private practitioners to medical schools to hospitals.
  • Voting is Social Work
    • The National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign began in 2016 with the first launch of the VotingIsSocialWork.org website crafted by Influencing Social Policy, the Nancy A Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work and the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy with funding by the Fund for Social Policy Education and Practice.  The new website and current leadership team includes the Humphreys Institute, the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research with many people involved in the larger task force.
  • Voting Rights Alliance
    • The Voting Rights Alliance is a growing non-partisan network of organizations, activists, and legislators working to restore and protect voting rights from concerted attacks that undermine our access to the polls, and to have our votes fairly counted.
  • You Can Vote
    • You Can Vote (YCV) trains and mobilizes volunteers to educate, register, and empower all North Carolina citizens to successfully cast their ballot. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, YCV is an organized and effective non-partisan campaign to increase voter registration and voter turnout for people facing barriers to full civic participation. It is a campaign without a candidate. This means that You Can Vote does NOT work for a candidate or a party. And it does NOT mobilize around specific issues (e.g. environment, education). You Can Vote is an ongoing, non-partisan effort to increase voter registration and voter turnout.

North Carolina Organizations

  • NC 2-1-1
    • NC 211 is an information and referral service provided by United Way of North Carolina. Families and individuals can call 2-1-1 or 1-888-892-1162 to receive free and confidential information on health and human services within their community.
  • Common Cause North Carolina
    • Common Cause North Carolina is a nonpartisan grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process.
  • Democracy North Carolina
    • Democracy North Carolina is a nonpartisan organization that uses research, organizing, and advocacy to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.
  • NASW-NC
    • The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest professional association of social workers in the world. As the only organization dedicated to advocating for the entire profession of social work, NASW strengthens the social work profession and gives social workers and clients a stronger voice.
  • NC for the People Action
    • NC for the People Action seeks to improve the vitality of democracy in North Carolina by fighting for transparent, voter-owned elections and combating the destructive influence of special interests that would seek to compromise the independence of the executive, legislative and judicial branches in North Carolina.
  • New North Carolina Project
    • The New North Carolina Project’s mission is to make politics represent the needs of North Carolinians by investing in communities of color, expanding the engaged electorate and creating #LifelongVoters.
  • North Carolina Justice Center
    • The North Carolina Justice Center's mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.
  • Young People's Alliance
    • Young People's Alliance is a student-led movement advocating for change on issues that affect young people and getting our generation out to vote.
  • Alcohol/Drug Council of NC
    • Since 1989, the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina has become a provider for advocacy, information, referral services, and public education for the state on ways to reduce the human suffering and economic cost of alcoholism and other abuse and addiction.
  • Empower East
    • Empower East believes in a community where people can be seen, be heard, and be valued. Its mission is to support and foster our local region by advocating for Equality and Justice, Mental Health and Wellness, and Civic Empowerment. Through partnerships with local, like-minded organizations, Empower East amplifies the impacts being made in our communities.
  • Mental Health America of the Central Carolinas
    • MHA regularly holds advocacy town halls and other forums to increase the public’s and policy maker’s knowledge of needed mental health legislation. This includes an annual legislative breakfast, organized visits to the State Capital, as well as a virtual Town Hall Series designed to encourage citizen engagement in the legislative process related to mental health. These trainings are intended to empower individuals diagnosed with a mental health disorder to initiate regular contact with key elected officials. 
  • Monarch NC
    • Monarch provides high-quality and trauma-informed care in a nurturing environment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders across North Carolina. The care provided is based on each individual’s needs and is delivered through a customized treatment plan, designed to help each person Monarch supports achieve what is most important in his or her life.
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness North Carolina (NAMI-NC)
    • For over 30 years, NAMI North Carolina has worked with dedicated community volunteer leaders to raise awareness and provide essential education, advocacy, and support so people affected by mental illness can build better lives.
  • NC-PAL
    • NC-PAL provides mental health consultation and education to North Carolina clinical and social service providers—building their mental health knowledge and capacity.
  • North Carolina Coalition 
    • North Carolina Coalition is a group of mental health, developmental disabilities and substance use disorder advocates that seek adequate funding for the mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse system. It engages in advocacy efforts with legislators and state leaders. The group has three subgroups: Mental Health Coalition, I/DD Consortium, and Substance Use Disorder Federation that meet separately. 
  • North Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association (NCIMHA)
    • The North Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association (NCIMHA) is a statewide, interdisciplinary non-profit organization established to promote and support the optimal development of infants, toddlers, young children, and families through relationship-focused workforce development and advocacy efforts.
  • Psychology Today
    • Psychology Today is the world’s largest mental health and behavioral science destination online. It is the original and largest publishing enterprise that is exclusively dedicated to human behavior. Its motto is “Here to Help,” and the resources you’re accessing right now are the worldwide destination of choice for expert-authored information about psychology and mental health.
  • Trillium Health Resources
    • Trillium Health Resources is a leading specialty care manager (LME/MCO) for individuals with serious substance use, mental illness and intellectual/developmental disabilities in eastern North Carolina.
  • Vaya Health
    • Vaya is a public managed care organization (MCO) that prioritizes whole-person health. It manages Medicaid, federal, state, and local funding to connect the people we serve to health care services and supports. Its specialty is helping individuals with needs related to mental health, substance use disorders, intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD), and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Vaya Health strives for members to receive the right care, in the right amount, at the right time.
  • Action for Children NC
    • Action for Children NC is a statewide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocates for the improvement in child well being by using highly-credible research, data collection, and education. Main focuses are: child health and safety, early care and education, child maltreatment, and juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
  • Benchmarks
    • Benchmarks provides a unified and expert voice on seeking quality services for child welfare, mental health, substance use, intellectual and developmental disabilities. Benchmarks' staff understand behavioral health and what is necessary to effectively influence the various aspects of the human services network including the local, legislative and state entities, private and public provider and funding sources that are a part of this system
  • Center for Child and Family Health
    • CCFH strives to define, practice, and teach the highest standards of care in treating and preventing childhood trauma. Explore the programs and evidence-based practices that support families and improve outcomes for other agencies.
  • Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina (CACNC)
    • Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina became incorporated in 1997 to provide leadership and support to the growing movement of CACs across the state of North Carolina. As more communities opened CACs, the need for support from CACNC has also grown from one staff member in 2004 when it was officially recognized as a 501(c)3 to a robust group of 12 staff members representing different communities across the state in 2022.
  • Children's Hope Alliance
    • Children’s Hope Alliance is committed to helping families of all shapes, sizes, and definitions through a vast array of community-based services. Our comprehensive programs give hope to North Carolina’s children and families by providing hope for a safe home, a pathway to healing, and a healthy start.
  • Council for Children's Rights
    • Council for Children’s Rights protects and advances the legal rights and development of children through individual representation, community education, and by addressing community-wide issues through systems advocacy, research, and policy work.
  • Family Preservation Services of North Carolina
    • Family Preservation Services of North Carolina, LLC offers an array of community, home, and school-based services designed to respond to identified state and local needs. It provides a trauma-specific approach to working with medical, behavioral and the social needs of an individual.
  • Family Support Network of North Carolina
    • The Family Support Program (FSP) fosters innovation in systems, services, and supports so that families with children who have special needs lead the full lives that they envision. FSP services include Information and Referral, Education and Training, Model Program Development and Implementation, Consultation and Technical Assistance, Research and Program Evaluation, and Policy Development.
  • Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina
    • Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina educates, advocates, supports and promotes partnerships that lead to positive outcomes for children, youth, and resource families of NC.
  • NC Child
    • NC Child advances strategies and policies to ensure all NC children grow up in a state that truly invests in their potential.
  • NC Families United
    • NC Families United supports and unites the voices of children, youth, and families with mental health concerns to educate, support and advocate for improved services and lives.
  • NC Family Policy Council
    • Founded in 1991, the North Carolina Family Policy Council is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to the preservation of the family and traditional family values
  • North Carolina Pediatric Society (NCPEDS)
    • NCPEDS exists to advance and distinguish the role of pediatric medicine as a healthcare destination and support the ongoing success of our membership through education, advocacy, community awareness, benchmarking and promoting standards of excellence.
  • Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina (PCANC)
    • Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina is leading the effort to prevent abuse before it happens by developing family-oriented, community-based prevention, awareness, education, and training programs.
  • Thompson
    • Thompson is a human services leader transforming lives through early childhood, family stability, and mental health services. As a solutions-driven organization committed to rewriting narratives for the most vulnerable in our community; Thompson achieves this by providing comprehensive, evidence-based services, and trauma-informed care, for children (ages 0-18) and their families, virtually and in-person.
  • Carolina Justice Policy Center
    • The Carolina Justice Policy Center has been fighting for criminal justice reform in North Carolina since the 1970s. Many dedicated individuals have been part of this organization over the years, serving in paid and volunteer roles
  • Children's Law Center of Central North Carolina
    • Children’s Law Center of Central North Carolina advocates for what is in the best interest of children. By bringing to bear a deep understanding of legal and educational systems and partnering within those systems and community, CLC elevates children’s voices and rights. Whether serving as Guardian ad Litem in domestic violence or high conflict custody cases or advocating for children’s educational rights, Children’s Law Center provides pathways and supports that lead to better outcomes and safer, brighter futures for children.
  • Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center-North Carolina
    • The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that combines the power of a membership association, serving state officials in all three branches of government, with policy and research expertise to develop strategies that increase public safety and strengthen communities.
  • Criminal Justice Information Network Governing Board of North Carolina
    • The North Carolina Criminal Justice Information Network (CJIN), is a statewide infrastructure allowing for the sharing of criminal justice information between state and local agencies. Nationally, North Carolina is a leader in developing a statewide criminal justice information network.
  • Emancipate North Carolina
    • Through community education, narrative shift, and litigation, Emancipate NC supports North Carolina’s people as they free themselves from mass incarceration and structural racism.
  • Families Against Mandatory Minimums NC
    • Families Against Mandatory Minimums' mission is to challenge inflexible and excessive penalties required by mandatory sentencing laws, by promoting sentencing policies that give judges the discretion to distinguish between defendants and sentence them according to their role in the offense, seriousness of the offense and potential for rehabilitation.
  • Justice Matters Inc.
    • Justice Matters Inc. provides trauma-informed legal services and promote just policies and practices throughout North Carolina.
  • LawHelpNC
    • LawHelpNC.org is a joint project of Legal Aid of North Carolina, the North Carolina Equal Justice Alliance, the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation and Probono.net. Its goal is to provide our users with helpful, easy-to-understand legal resources and information in North Carolina.
  • Legal Aid of North Carolina
    • Legal Aid of North Carolina's advocates help thousands of victims of abuse, families on the brink of homelessness and others in crisis get the justice that they deserve, with access to housing, education, healthcare, employment, safety from abuse and other life-changing benefits.
  • NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
    • A non-partisan network of organizations and citizens across the state who work cooperatively to reform North Carolina’s capital punishment system.
  • NC Fines and Fees Coalition
    • The primary goal of the NC Fines and Fees Coalition campaign is to end the practice of funding court systems off  the backs of those least able to pay. Its current funding system is inefficient and harmful to society. Courts are a public function, and traditionally they have been funded as such. Taxpayers pay for municipal government, law enforcement, and libraries. For centuries the judicial system was funded in the same way, and it should be funded that way again.
  • NC Second Chance Alliance
    • The NC Second Chance Alliance is a statewide alliance of people with criminal records, their family members, service providers, congregations, community leaders and concerned citizens that have come together to address the causes of criminal records and the barriers they create to successful reentry.
  • North Carolina Advocates for Justice
    • The North Carolina Advocates for Justice is a nonpartisan association of legal professionals dedicated to empowering a strong community of trial lawyers by protecting people, preventing injustice and promoting fairness.
  • North Carolina Citizens United for Restorative Effectiveness (NC-CURE)
    • NC-CURE is a non-profit 501(c)(3) grassroots prison advocacy organization established in 2007, and staffed by volunteers. Its primary purpose is to advocate against all forms of inhumane treatment of incarcerated people. People in prison often lack basic human needs such as sanitary living conditions, basic medical care and medications, access to fresh air and exercise, and communication with loved ones. NC-CURE calls attention to inhumane conditions one person and one prison at a time.
  • North Carolina Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC CRED)
    • NC CRED is a nonpartisan organization that works across professional, political and ideological lines to identify, document, and develop strategies to reduce racial disparities in North Carolina’s juvenile and criminal justice systems. NC CRED brings together a diverse group of criminal justice leaders and stakeholders who share a commitment to building a more equitable, effective, and humane criminal justice system throughout the state. Represented on the Commission are judges, Chiefs of Police and other law enforcement leaders; District Attorneys, Public Defenders, community advocates, law professors, and scholars. NC CRED is pursuing innovative, empirically-based solutions to reform the criminal justice system. The Commission envisions a criminal and juvenile justice system that is fair, humane, and effective.
  • North Carolina Criminal Justice Association
    • The North Carolina Criminal Justice Association was founded in 1971 with the mission of keeping members informed on current issues and serving as a voice for those involved in the criminal justice field. The organization continues this tradition by organizing conferences on contemporary issues for members, including students, faculty and practicing professionals.
  • North Carolina Justice Center-Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project
    • The Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project partners with impacted people, congregations, concerned community members, advocacy organizations, and decision-makers to change local and states policies and practices to make the criminal justice system more fair from arrest to reentry.
  • North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center
    • North Carolina legal services providers directory created to assist lawyers in fulfilling their professional responsibility to provide pro bono legal services. 
  • North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Committee
    • Formed after frequent deaths of mentally ill inmates at Central Prison, the group first met with Governor Perdue's staff before starting a formal committee. The group discusses best practices, hiring and staffing needs, behavior patterns, and more in all of North Carolina's facilities.
  • Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice (TREC)
    • The Task Force’s work focuses on addressing existing policies and procedures that disproportionately affect communities of color and developing solutions to ensure racial equity in North Carolina’s criminal justice system.
  • Youth Justice Project of NC
    • Youth Justice Project (YJP), a project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), works to ensure equity, fairness, and justice for youth in high-quality education, juvenile, and criminal systems.  YJP’s current focus is on dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline — a system of laws, policies, and practices that push students out of school and into the juvenile and criminal systems — through collaboration, community education, communication, and resource development.
  • Arts North Carolina
    • Arts North Carolina is a North Carolina’s statewide advocacy organization for the arts; a 501(c)(3) organization governed by a statewide Board of Directors. ARTS North Carolina calls for equity and access to the arts for all North Carolinians, unifies and connects North Carolina’s arts communities, and fosters arts leadership. It speaks for the arts wherever there is need.
  • Business for Educational Success and Transformation (BEST NC)
    • BEST NC is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition of business leaders committed to improving North Carolina’s education system through policy and advocacy.
  • Carolina Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Carolina TESOL)
    • Carolina TESOL is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to improve the quality of education for English language learners and to promote effective intercultural communication and understanding.
  • Classroom Teachers Association of North Carolina (CTA)
    • CTA was founded in 1945 to provide educators a viable alternative in professional organizations. It is the only proactive voice for teachers in North Carolina. This means that its members have an organization which is engaged daily at the grass roots level. Together, we can make a difference! 
  • College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC)
    • College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) is a free service of the State of North Carolina provided by a collaboration of the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority, Pathways (the University of North Carolina System, the N.C. Community College System, the N.C. Independent Colleges and Universities, and the N.C. Department of Public Instruction) and College Foundation, Inc. CFNC promotes access to N.C. higher education and assists students with education planning, career planning and applying and paying for college.
  • Communities in Schools NC
    • CISNC is an independently incorporated not-for-profit organization whose mission is: To champion the connection of needed community resources with schools and other sites to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
  • Every Child NC
    • Every Child NC is a community-led, statewide coalition of organizations, parents, teachers, and students who advocate for every child’s constitutional right to a sound, basic education.
  • GEAR UP North Carolina
    • GEAR UP stands for “Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs” and is a national college access initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The grant program is designed to increase the number of low-income students enrolled and succeeding in postsecondary education. By 2026, GEAR UP North Carolina will provide academic preparation and college access services to nearly 35,000 students and their families
  • Helping Education
    • Helping Education offers multiple evidence-based programs and services that are designed to support educators, families, and community organizations to meaningfully advance learning outcomes for students of all ages.
  • NC Council for Exceptional Children (NCCEC)
    • The Council for Exceptional Children is a professional association of educators dedicated to advancing the success of children with exceptionalities. It accomplishes its mission through advocacy, standards, and professional development.
  • NC Early Childhood Foundation
    • NC Early Childhood Foundation promotes policies and programs grounded in research. It uses data and research to pinpoint problems, identify promising solutions and engage in continuous quality improvement. NC Early Childhood Foundation is accountable for making measurable progress and aligning their work with other efforts to improve third grade outcomes.
  • North Carolina Art Education Association (NCAEA)
    • To promote and improve the quality of visual arts education in the state of North Carolina. The North Carolina Art Education Association will focus on three broad categories to accomplish its goals: leadership, service and advocacy.
  • North Carolina Association of Educators
    • Association of more than 70,000 active and retired educators whose mission is: maximize the effectiveness of the public school system in educating all children.
  • North Carolina Association of Elementary Educators (NCAEE)
    • The North Carolina Association of Elementary Educators (NCAEE), founded in fall 2005, is the only professional organization in North Carolina—and one of two in the nation—established expressly to advocate for and serve elementary educators and elementary level children.
  • North Carolina Education Corps
    • North Carolina Education Corps partners with local public school units (PSUs) to recruit, train, and support literacy tutors to support K-5 students and accelerate learning. It has also instituted a pilot program for math tutoring.
  • North Carolina Parent Teacher Association
    • The overall purpose of PTA is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.
  • North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA)
    • The mission of the North Carolina School Boards Association, as an advocate for public school education, is to provide leadership and services that enable local boards of education to govern effectively.
  • North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA)
    • NCSEAA helps North Carolina pay for education. It is the State agency that promotes access to education by administering financial aid and savings programs, informing students and families about paying for education, teaching educators about financial aid administration, and advocating for resources to support students.
  • Professional Educators of North Carolina (PENC)
    • PENC's mission is to promote education reform for the benefit of all North Carolina children while ensuring the recruitment, development and retention of qualified educators.
  • Public School Forum of North Carolina
    • The Public School Forum of North Carolina brings together individuals and institutions from business, education and government to study education issues, develop ideas, seek consensus, and ultimately inform and shape education policy.
  • Public Schools First NC
    • Public Schools First NC is a statewide nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focused solely on pre-K–12 public education issues. It collaborates with parents, educators, business and civic leaders, and communities across North Carolina to advocate for one unified system of public education that prepares every child for productive citizenship.
  •  School Nutrition Association of North Carolina
    • Educate, empower, and advocate for the school nutrition professionals to advance the integrity, the accessibility, and quality of school nutrition programs 
  • 350.org NC
    • 350 Triangle is a local affiliate of 350.org, a global grassroots network of local groups in over 188 countries working to solve the climate crisis since 2008.
  • Conservation Trust for North Carolina
    • The Conservation Trust for North Carolina is a non-profit statewide conservation organization whose mission is to protect our state’s land and water through statewide conservation and cooperative work with land trusts to preserve our natural resources as a legacy for future generations.
  • Land for Tomorrow
    • Land for Tomorrow is a diverse partnership of businesses, conservationists, farmers, environmental groups, health professionals and community groups committed to securing support from the public and General Assembly for protecting land, water and historic places.
  • NC Sustainable Energy Association
    • Founded in 1978, the purpose of this non-profit association is to participate in creating a sustainable energy future in North Carolina through the promotion of renewable energy technologies including solar, wind, micro-hydro, geothermal, biofuels and energy efficiency. 
  • North Carolina Climate Justice Collective
    • The North Carolina Climate Justice Collective is shifting the cultural paradigm: turning our society away from destruction and toward equitable, Earth-honoring, inclusive community building. It builds grassroots power, develop movement infrastructure, and align frontline struggles.
  • North Carolina Coastal Federation
    • The North Carolina Coastal Federation works to protect and restore coastal water quality and habitats throughout the North Carolina coast by collaborating with and engaging people from all walks of life who are committed to preserving the coast for current and future generations.
  • North Carolina Conservation Network
    • The North Carolina Conservation Network is a statewide network of environmental, community and environmental justice organizations focused on protecting North Carolina’s environment and public health.
  • North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJ)
    • North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) is a grassroots, people of color-led coalition of community organizations and their supporters who work with low income communities and people of color on issues of climate, environmental, racial, and social injustice.
  • North Carolina Inclusive Disaster Recovery Network
    • The North Carolina Inclusive Disaster Recovery Network (NCIDR) is a collaborative of public, private, non-profit, and faith organizations seeking avenues for community voice and equitable access to resources in a disaster recovery system. Working with the network is a way for statewide organizations to be good allies for community-based organizations engaged in on-the-ground disaster recovery. MDC Rural Forward serves as the convener and facilitator for NCIDR.
  • North Carolina Waste Awareness Reduction Network (NCWARN)
    • NC WARN is a 35-year-old 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization tackling the accelerating crisis posed by climate change by building people power for a swift North Carolina transition to clean power, and by promoting energy and climate justice.
  • Partners for Environmental Justice (PEJ)
    • The mission of PEJ is to promote understanding and protection of urban wetlands, enhance community pride, and encourage economic development.
  • Toxic Free NC
    • Toxic Free NC's mission is to engage North Carolina in initiatives that advance environmental health and justice by advocating for safe alternatives to harmful pesticides and chemicals.
  • Western North Carolina Alliance (WNCA)
    • WNCA brings a focus to safeguarding our public forests, including an array of wildlife, old growth stands, and rare ecosystems. Home of the French Broad and Watauga Riverkeepers, WNCA works through advocacy, research, and collaboration to monitor and protect our water. 
  • Children's Home Society of North Carolina
    • Children's Home Society of North Carolina's goal is to be a compassionate advocate for families. It specializes in education and prevention programs, family preservation, and adoption and foster care. 
  • Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina
    • Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina educates, advocates, supports, and promotes partnerships that lead to positive outcomes for children, youth, and resource families of NC.
  • Fostering Families
    • Fostering Families serves Durham, Wake and Orange Counties in North Carolina. Our association provides: monthly Support Groups to provide training and emotional support to foster parents in a private and encouraging space; annual events that allow parents, kids and social workers spend time together in a social space; sponsorship/financial support to entities that provide valuable resources to foster youth; one-on-one assistance to parents with questions, resource needs or emotional support; and other opportunities for parents and children to build stronger networks through local park play dates, potlucks and a variety of social events in the community.
  • Fostering NC
    • A learning site for North Carolina foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers.
  • North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
    • The NCDHHS provides resources for independent living services for foster children and youth up to 21 years old.
  • Seven Homes
    • Seven Homes is a faith-based agency whose mission is to serve the five primary needs of the whole child (physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual) in order to promote healing. Seven Homes trains families, using the Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) model, to care for kids from trauma. 
  • 24 Foundation
    • 24 Foundation’s mission is to inspire and engage communities to make an immediate impact on the lives of those affected by cancer. It is committed to investing in services that untangle the maze of appointments, tests, and treatments after diagnosis, and funding programs to increase the quality of life for survivors decades into the future.
  • Affordable Healthcare Coalition of North Carolina
    • The Affordable Healthcare Coalition of North Carolina is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, statewide grassroots organization committed to lowering the cost of quality healthcare for businesses, workers and their families.
  • Atrium Health
    • Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. A recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine is its academic core. 
  • Care 4 Carolina
    • Care4Carolina believes that access to quality, affordable health care helps build a healthier, stronger North Carolina. Covering the uninsured means better premium value for North Carolinians with private health insurance by lowering costs for everyone. Providing health insurance coverage will help people gain access to the care they need, which improves health outcomes.
  • Community Care of North Carolina
    • As the largest North Carolina-based independent primary care practice partner, Community Care of North Carolina’s commitment to community-based healthcare in this state runs deep and strong. CCNC wants to ensure independent practices continue to control how they operate and ultimately impact their communities now and in the future
  • Community Health Coalition
    • Since 1989, North Carolina's Community Health Coalition (CHC) has connected passionate leaders and doers in the fields of medicine, education, mental health, faith organizations, law, finance, the military, and social advocacy to achieve one united goal; health equity for EVERYONE, beyond today's racial and socioeconomic barriers. 
  • Foundation for Health Leadership and Innovation (FHLI)
    • FHLI is a nonprofit organization that envisions healthy communities across North Carolina where everyone can flourish. FHLI develops and supports innovative partnerships that build a healthier North Carolina through collaboration and respect.
  • Healthcare for All North Carolina (HCFANC)
    • HCFANC advocates for universal, comprehensive single-payer national health insurance. HCFANC believes that all people have the right to high-quality healthcare. Instead of being bought and sold as a commodity, healthcare should be a public good available to everyone. The mission of HCFANC is to inform and educate North Carolinians about the benefits of Improved and Expanded Medicare for All and to help mobilize grassroots pressure for its immediate passage.
  • NCCARE360
    • NCCARE360 is the first statewide network that unites health care and human services organizations with a shared technology that enables a coordinated, community-oriented, person-centered approach for delivering care in North Carolina. NCCARE360 helps providers electronically connect those with identified needs to community resources and allow for feedback and follow up. This solution ensures accountability for services delivered, provides a “no wrong door” approach, closes the loop on every referral made, and reports outcomes of that connection. NCCARE360 is available in all 100 counties across North Carolina.
  • North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP)
    • The North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP) is the Old North state's largest specialty medical association, with a membership of over 4,200 family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students. The purpose and mission of the NCAFP is to advance the specialty of family medicine to improve the health of patients, families, and communities in North Carolina. The Academy works toward this vision most principally through its ongoing professional advocacy and medical education efforts, and also through its affiliated philanthropic organization, the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.
  • North Carolina AIDS Action Network
    • The North Carolina AIDS Action Network works to create a North Carolina that is free from stigma and discrimination and provide mutual support for people living with HIV/AIDS in North Carolina through education, advocacy and community.
  • North Carolina Alliance for Health
    • North Carolina Alliance for Health is an independent, statewide, nonpartisan coalition of individuals and organizations. Its mission is to convene, mobilize, support, and empower partners to advance equitable policies that reduce health disparities, prevent chronic disease, and promote health.
  • North Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (NC Shape)
    • NCAAHPERD-SM (also doing business as NC SHAPE) is a 501(C)(3) not for profit organization of athletics, health, physical education, recreation, dance and sport management professionals. An independent state affiliate of SHAPE America, NCAAHPERD-SM is an alliance of six state associations designed to provide members with a comprehensive and coordinated array of resources, support, and programs to help practitioners and professionals improve their skills and so further the health and well-being of North Carolinians.
  • North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC)
    • NC AHEC’s mission is to provide and support educational activities and services with a focus on primary care in rural communities and those with less access to resources to recruit, train, and retain the workforce needed to create a healthy North Carolina. We envision a state where every North Carolinian is healthy and supported by an appropriate and well-trained health workforce that reflects the communities it serves.
  • North Carolina Association for Healthcare Quality (NCAHQ)
    • The North Carolina Association for Healthcare Quality was founded in 1979 as a professional organization to provide continuing education to those working in the quality arena.
  • North Carolina Community Health Center Association
    • The North Carolina Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA) was formed in 1978 by the leadership of community health centers, NCCHCA is comprised of membership from 39 health center grantees (including one migrant voucher program) and 4 Look-Alike organizations. NCCHCA is singularly focused on the success of health centers.
  • North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association (NCHCFA)
    • NCHCFA represents and advocates for North Carolina’s skilled nursing and post-acute care facilities and the residents and families they serve. Its members, who make up 90% of these facilities, are dedicated to providing quality care to those in their care.
  • North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA)
    • NCHA is a united voice for hospitals, health systems and care providers to ensure they can offer high quality, lower-cost care to all.
  • North Carolina Healthcare Quality Alliance (NCHQA)
    • NCHQA has brought together healthcare leadership from across North Carolina – including physicians, hospitals, insurers, laboratories, pharmacists, nurses, government, and philanthropies – all working together to improve the quality of health care and the health of all North Carolinians. 
  • North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM)
    • The North Carolina Institute of Medicine is an independent, non-profit organization that serves as a non-political source of health policy analysis and advice in North Carolina.
  • North Carolina Justice Center — Health Advocacy Project
    • The Health Advocacy Project works to ensure all North Carolinians, including individuals and families with low incomes, racial and ethnic minorities, and rural communities, have meaningful access to high quality, affordable, equitable, and comprehensive health care so that children, adults, and families have better health outcomes and productive lives.
  • North Carolina Medical Society
    • The primary mission of the North Carolina Medical Society is to promote the highest standards of medical practice and improve the health of the citizens of North Carolina. The society achieves this mission through various activities, including advocacy, education, leadership development, and physician support.
  • North Carolina Pediatric Society (NCPeds)
    • NCPeds accomplishes its work through collaborative partnership with a variety of health and medical organizations and child advocacy organizations. Its members lend their expertise in many ways including service on public and private boards, councils, committees, and planning groups. NCPeds is a leader in advocacy at the regional, state and federal level. Its principal office is located in the capital city of Raleigh, NC.
  • North Carolina Physicians Advisory Group (NCPAG)
    • The North Carolina Physician Advisory Group (NCPAG) is a charitable, nonprofit organization that was created for the purpose of advising the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) on ways to improve the health of the state’s Medicaid beneficiaries. The primary function of the NCPAG Board of Directors is to provide medical and clinical policy advice to the North Carolina Medicaid program.
  • North Carolina Public Health Association
    • The NC Public Health Association was formed in 1909 by a group of concerned county superintendents of health in an effort to promote public health in North Carolina. Over 100 years later, its Association of individuals and organizations continues working to improve the public's health through political advocacy, public awareness, professional development, and serving as an interface between research and practice.
  • North Carolina State Nutrition Action Coalition
    • North Carolina’s State Nutrition Action Coalition (SNAC) is a state-level collaborative with active representation from state agencies and nonprofits that implement the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) programs. Together, the SNAC partnering organizations reach people throughout their life span, providing food benefits, nutrition education, healthy community changes, and obesity prevention services to reduce food insecurity and improve the quality of life of North Carolinians.
  • Novant Health
    • Novant Health is an integrated network of hospitals, physician clinics, outpatient facilities and more. All are united by a shared cause to create a healthier future and bring remarkable experiences to life.
  • RHA Health Services
    • RHA Health Services offers comprehensive services and supports for adults and children living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across the state of North Carolina. Its IDD services are committed to the dignity, independence and equitable treatment of people with intellectual disabilities, as well as their full inclusion into the communities around them.
  • Rural Health Information Hub-North Carolina (RHI Hub NC)
    • The RHIhub is a guide to improving health for rural residents. It provide access to current and reliable resources and tools to help you learn about rural health needs and organizations that work to address them.
  • Trillium
    • Trillium Health Resources is a Managed Care Organization (MCO) that manages serious mental health, substance use, and intellectual/developmental disability services in eastern North Carolina. 
  • CASA
    • CASA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing in Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and other surrounding communities. CASA offers family housing, veterans’ housing, workforce housing solutions, and disability housing programs and solutions.
  • Community Link
    • Community Link assists everyone across the housing spectrum, from people dealing with housing insecurity to people interested in becoming a first-time homeowner, with support every step of the way.
  • Disaster Response Network
    • Committee of representatives from Red Cross, Division of MH/DD/SAS and all the behavioral health licensed professions. This group discusses training and recruitment of licensed clinicians in response to natural disasters.
  • Fair Housing NC
    • The Fair Housing Project provides services to members of all protected classes, with special emphasis on underserved areas and populations including immigrants, residents who are non-English speaking or have limited English proficiency, rural residents, persons with disabilities, homeless individuals, and persons residing in areas with large concentrations of people of color.
  • Homeless Information: North Carolina (US HUD-NC)
    • The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. This site has information for those experiencing homelessness (or those attempting to help) in North Carolina. 
  • NC Coalition to End Homelessness (NCCEH)
    • NCCEH upholds human dignity by pursuing justice and engaging innovative partnerships to end homelessness in North Carolina.
  • NCHousingSearch.org
    • NCHousingSearch.org is a free, online housing search service that links people who need housing with the housing they need. 
  • North Carolina Housing Coalition
    • North Carolina Housing Coalition is a private, non-profit membership organization working for decent, safe, and affordable housing that promotes self-determination and stable communities for low-income North Carolinians.
  • North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
    • The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency is a self-supporting public agency. NCHFA’s mission is to create affordable housing opportunities for North Carolinians whose needs are not met by the market.
  • North Carolina Housing Foundation
    • The North Carolina Housing Foundation's mission is to develop safe, affordable housing with services for low- and moderate-income persons in North Carolina. NCHF has created over 2,500 units of quality housing for the elderly, disabled, and low-income families across the states of North and South Carolina.
  • North Carolina Low Income Housing Apartments
    • Find low income apartments in North Carolina. HUD, Section 8, Public Housing, Senior low income housing, income based housing listings provided.
  • Rental Help: North Carolina (US HUD-NC)
    • HUD helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income tenants. To apply, contact or visit the management office of each apartment building that interests you.
  • AdelanteNC
    • Adelante focuses on education issues affecting Latino and migrant students and their families in North Carolina. The coalition is a collaboration among nonprofit organizations that focus on advocacy and public policy, community organizing, and grassroots support. Adelante works to ensure that North Carolina has a high-quality K-12 and post-secondary public education system where students will succeed and excel without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, language, culture, socioeconomic or immigration status.
  • Carolina Migrant Network (CMN)
    • CMN bridges the gap between legal services and advocacy efforts. Its goal is to mobilize the significant resources and talent that exists in the Carolinas to create a true offensive front to ICE operations in the state. CMN put out a call to action for attorneys in the region to take on pro bono immigration bond cases under the supervision of experienced immigration attorneys. This initial call was answered by over 80 attorneys, paralegals, certified interpreters, and others who want to provide meaningful support to individuals in detention, and CMN is committed to further building upon this network.
  • Center for New North Carolinians (CNNC)
    • The CNNC promotes access and integration for immigrants and refugees in North Carolina by bridging newcomer populations with existing communities through direct service provision, research, and training. 
  • Immigration Advocates Network-North Carolina Resources 
    • Search for immigration legal services providers by state, county, or detention facility. Only nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal services are included in this directory.
  • Legal Aid of North Carolina-Immigration Pathways for Victims
    • Legal Aid of North Carolina's Immigration Pathways for Victims is a non-governmental organization that provides FREE immigration assistance to immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking throughout the state of North Carolina
  • North Carolina Immigration Law & Justice Center
    • The North Carolina Immigration Law & Justice Center (ILJC), part of the Immigration Law & Justice Network (ILJN), provides low-income immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers with affordable, high-quality immigration legal services.
  • North Carolina Justice Center-Immigrant & Refugee Rights
    • Helps immigrants complete forms, file with USCIS, and assists with representation before the Immigration Court, Board of Immigrant Appeals, and federal court appeals.
  • USCRI
    • USCRI North Carolina field office's team of staff, volunteers, and community partners support refugees and immigrants fleeing violence and persecution with access to affordable housing, medical and mental health support, education, employment, community connections, and more.
  • Equality NC
    • Equality North Carolina bis the oldest statewide organization in the country dedicated to securing rights and protections for the LGBTQ community. It builds LGBTQ+ power through advocacy, education, and uplifting the stories of queer and trans North Carolinians in pursuit of racial and social justice.
  • Folx Health
    • Folx Health is largest health and wellness platform for the LGBTQIA+ community for the insured and uninsured. FolxHealth celebrates diversity, with over 1 in 3 of clinicians identifying as transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, gender diverse, or two-spirit, and nearly 4 in 5 as bisexual, gay, lesbian, pansexual, or queer.
  • Human Rights Campaign NC Chapter
    • The Human Rights Campaign strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people plus community members who use different language to describe identity are ensured equality and embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.
  • LGBT Center of Raleigh
    • The LGBT Center of Raleigh's mission is to serve, empower, and advocate for the well-being of our diverse LGBTQ+ communities.
  • Movement Advancement Project
    • Explore North Carolina's equality profile, including statistics on North Carolina's LGBTQ+ population and related laws, information and policies. 
  • PFLAG-NC Chapters
    • Founded in 1973, PFLAG is the first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and their families.
  • Time Out Youth
    • Time Out Youth offers support, advocacy, and opportunities for personal development and social interaction to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth ages 13-24. It offers vital programs, fostering unconditional acceptance, and creating safe spaces for self-expression through leadership, community support and advocacy.
  • AARP NC
    • AARP NC provides state and national legislative information pertinent to citizens over the age of 50 years old. AARP also spotlights current news issues, and promotes advocacy and opportunities for community service. 
  • Friends of Residents in Long Term Care
    • Friends of Residents in Long Term Care is an independent, nonprofit organization (501c3), committed to advancing the quality of life for the 100,000 individuals who receive long-term care in North Carolina. It focuses on the entire continuum of long-term care including nursing homes, adult care homes (assisted living), continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), and home health care.
  • Healthy Aging NC
    • As North Carolina’s statewide resource center for evidence-based health programs, Healthy Aging NC connects people to the programs and agencies that improve community health; increases the capacity of providers to offer these programs; maintains the website with current program information and online registration systems; and collects and analyzes data to report results.
  • High Country Area Agency on Aging
    • The High Country Area Agency on Aging is the central hub for resources and support for older adults in the North Carolina High Country. Through their direct services and provider network, the High Country Area Agency on Aging offers home- and community-based solutions, family caregiver support, a long-term care ombudsman, advocacy, and health promotion and disease prevention classes.
  • NC Centers for Independent Living
    • The The North Carolina Statewide Independent Living Council's mission is to promote a philosophy of independent living, including a philosophy of consumer control, peer support, self-help, self-determination, equal access, and individual and systems advocacy, in order to maximize opportunities for individuals with disabilities and the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of society. Its role is to help advance Independent Living options among the disability community in North Carolina.
  • NC Coalition on Aging (NCCOA)
    • The Coalition is a dynamic group of organizations and individuals that work collaboratively to give voice to issues that affect older North Carolinians. The Coalition engages in a variety of activities and efforts that focus on issues of common interest across its membership. 
  • North Carolina Association of Area Agencies on Aging (NC4A)
    • The Area Agencies on Aging network operates in all 100 NC counties to support individuals across the continuum of care from the very well to the very frail in the community and in long-term care facilities. The N.C. Aging Network wants to complement its services with additional resources from healthcare partners and others for improved population management.
  • North Carolina Association on Aging (NCAOA)
    • The NCAOA serves to represent agencies and other professionals in the field of aging who provide home and community based services, and advocate for quality programs which enable older adults and their families to live as independently as possible.
  • North Carolina Partnership to Address Adult Abuse (NCPAAA)
    • The mission of the North Carolina Partnership to Address Adult Abuse is to promote safe communities for older adults and adults with disabilities in North Carolina through prevention, recognition, protection and prosecution of abuse, neglect and exploitation. 
  • ARC of North Carolina
    • The Arc of North Carolina is committed to securing for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities the opportunity to choose and realize their goals of where and how they learn, live, work and play.
  • Alliance of Disability Advocates
    • Alliance of Disability Advocates' goal is for individuals who experience a disability is to be able to access and live independently in the community of their choice. All of Alliance’s services are free to those who self-identify as having a disability.
  • Autism Society of North Carolina
    • The Autism Society of North Carolina improves the lives of individuals with autism, supports their families, and educates communities. It seeks to promote better public awareness and understanding of the autism spectrum and advocate for public policy and funding that expands research as well as medical, therapeutic, educational, vocational, recreational, social, and residential options.
  • Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
    • The Brain Injury Association of North Carolina strives to create a better future for the approximately 208,000 North Carolinians living with brain injury through prevention, support, education, and advocacy programs.
  • Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD)
    • The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) is North Carolina’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. It is committed to helping individuals, families, educators, care providers, and other community members understand and support the unique strengths and needs of individuals with neurodevelopmental differences.
  • Disability Rights and Resources
    • Disability Rights and Resources' mission is to create a fully inclusive community in which all people, with and without disabilities, may pursue their own goals and choices for living and working together.
  • Disability Rights North Carolina
    • Disability Rights North Carolina is a legal advocacy agency that fights for the rights of people with disabilities in North Carolina. It handles cases involving discrimination, abuse and other rights violations. All services are at no cost to North Carolinians with disabilities. Disability Rights North Carolina is a private, independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit and a member of the National Disability Rights Network
  • Disability:IN North Carolina
    • Disability:IN North Carolina is committed to collaborating with purpose to promote the full inclusion of people with disabilities, to inspire accessible innovation for all, and to foster cultures of inclusion. Disability:IN North Carolin are business leaders, people with disabilities, parents, educators and community partners and leaders with a passion to raise awareness, remove barriers and employ people with disabilities in NC.
  • First in Families of North Carolina
    • First In Families of North Carolina, FIFNC, helps people with disabilities and their families to believe in their dreams, achieve their goals and give back to others. FIFNC is a grassroots family support initiative founded by families looking for new ways to provide and receive support. FIFNC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, supported in part by funding from the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse services (MH/DD/SAS), Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Learning Disabilities Association of North Carolina (LDA)
    • LDA provides support to people with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers and other professionals with cutting edge information on learning disabilities, practical solutions, and a comprehensive network of resources. These services make LDA the leading resource for information on learning disabilities.
  • North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD)
    • NCCDD is dedicated to empowering people with intellectual and/or other developmental disabilities (I/DD) by supporting self-advocacy, independence, and the right to self-determination. Through its Five-Year State Plan, the Council promotes advocacy development, community living and financial asset development so people with I/DD have options to make choices about work, where to live, friendships, taking part in the various activities of their community and other personally defined outcomes.
  • RHA Health: Disability Services in North Carolina
    • RHA Health Services offers comprehensive services and supports for adults and children living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across the state of North Carolina. Its IDD services are committed to the dignity, independence and equitable treatment of people with intellectual disabilities, as well as their full inclusion into the communities around them.
  • Action Pathways
    • Action Pathways ensures the people of southeastern NC have a pathway to self-sufficiency with programs designed to help others help themselves.
  • Carolina Hunger Initiative
    • The Carolina Hunger Initiative partners with school systems, state agencies, community organizations, local businesses, and more to expand access to healthy meals year-round for North Carolinians.
  • Collaborative
    • The Collaborative’s mission is to close the wealth gap in North Carolina by ensuring that everyone has a pathway to prosperity. It advocates on behalf of financially vulnerable communities by collaborating with financial institutions, nonprofits, and local government agencies across the state to educate people on building wealth. The Collaborative believes everyone deserves an equal opportunity to build wealth.
  • Feeding America NC
    • Feeding America is a nationwide network of food banks, food pantries and local meal programs. Our common goal is simple: help people get the food and resources they need to thrive. Everything Feeding America does focuses on getting nutritious food to communities – from sourcing food donations to advocating for policies that end hunger.
  • Feeding the Carolinas
    • Feeding the Carolinas works in partnership with ten Feeding America affiliated Food Banks (regional distribution centers) to create a hunger-free North and South Carolina. Its members focus on serving and developing resources in their local community while Feeding the Carolinas works across both states to leverage food and financial resources for our regional food banks. Feeding the Carolinas focuses on its Farm to Food Bank program, engage in advocacy work, unite the voices around hunger relief, make the connections between food and health, and respond to communities during times of crisis.
  • Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
    • The Food Bank works across the food system to provide access to nutritious food that nourishes families, children, seniors, and individuals. Through partnerships, education, and programs, the Food Bank empowers communities to overcome hunger, creating an environment where all North Carolinians thrive. 
  • MANNA FoodBank
    • MANNA FoodBank, located in Asheville, North Carolina, is a private, not-for-profit service organization working to end food insecurity in the 16 counties of Western North Carolina, including the Qualla Boundary. MANNA links the food industry to over 200 partner pantries and other human service organizations to get food to thousands of families’ tables. MANNA is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief organization. 
  • NC Economic Development Association (NCEDA)
    • NCEDA is the primary voice promoting and supporting the interests of economic development in our state. That includes the responsibility for advocating with elected officials, other state policymakers and key community and business organizations.
  • North Carolina Community Action Association (NCCAA)
    • NCCAA is committed to living and fulfilling the promise of community action. In collaboration with  partners and volunteers, its Community Action Agencies have worked diligently to reduce poverty in their communities.
  • North Carolina Justice Center
    • As a leading progressive research and advocacy organization, the North Carolina Justice Center's mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.
  • North Carolina Local Food Council (NCLFC)
    • The North Carolina Local Food Council (NCLFC) is a statewide food council comprised of individuals working collaboratively across organizations and agencies to support local food producers and retailers across the state.
  • Poor People's Campaign NC
    • The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting people across North Carolina to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality of religious nationalism.
  • School Meals for All NC
    • School Meals for All NC is working to secure funding for school meals for all so that every child in every public school in North Carolina has access to breakfast and lunch at no cost to their families.
  • Second Harvest Food Bank 
    • Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina was established in 1982. It is a nonprofit organization that has provided food for people at risk of hunger in seven counties for over 36 years. Second Harvest serves a network of more than 260 partner agencies such as soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and programs for children and adults through distribution centers in Bladen, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Hoke, Robeson, and Sampson counties.
  • United Way of North Carolina
    • As a statewide organization, United Way of North Carolina works collectively with 50 local United Ways to solve our communities’ most pressing problems. To create a North Carolina where everyone can thrive, The United Way of NC is committed to three core areas of work.
  • American Association of University Women North Carolina (AAUW NC)
    • AAUW NC's mission is to advance gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy. The strategic goal is to develop program planning, communication, and advocacy to advance the climate for women’s equity in North Carolina.
  • Dress for Success Triangle NC
    • Dress for Success Triangle NC's mission is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools to help women thrive in work and life.
  • General Federation of Women's Clubs in North Carolina
    • The General Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina (GFWC-NC) is united in its dedication to volunteer community service. We are diverse in age, interests and experiences, and are united by a desire to create positive change in our communities.
  • Lillian's List Foundation
    • Lillian's List Foundation develops women leaders in NC to run for office and educates on political processes and issues affecting gender equity.
  • NARAL Pro-Choice NC
    • NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina's thousands of activists across the state fight for reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy for every person in North Carolina. Each day, they organize and mobilize to protect that freedom by fighting for access to safe and legal abortion care, the full range of birth control methods, paid parental leave, clinic safety and protections from pregnancy discrimination. NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina is the state affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice America. 
  • NC Women United (NCWU)
    • NC Women United (NCWU) is a coalition of progressive state and local organizations working to achieve the full political, social, and economic equality of all women across North Carolina. NCWU works to build women’s power through grassroots activism, community organizing, legislative advocacy, and engagement in the political process.
  • North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCCADV)
    • Founded in 1981, NCCADV is community of agencies dedicated to serving battered women and children, and committed to building a society in which shared beliefs and institutions discourage domestic violence.
  • North Carolina Coaltion Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA)
    • The North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault is an inclusive, statewide alliance working to end sexual violence through education, advocacy, and legislation.
  • Period Project NC (PPNC)
    • PPNC is a 501c(3) non-profit that aims to eliminate menstrual poverty in schools. PPNC was created by two high school students, Sarah and Rose, in 2021. Their original goal was to provide free menstrual products within their school and a few others, but that dream quickly expanded. PPNC now has over 120 ambassadors spanning 15+ schools. Our core goals are to fight period poverty within schools, reduce stigma around feminine hygiene, level the educational playing field for girls, and advocate for women in North Carolina.
  • Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT)
    • Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT) is a nonprofit health care provider offering a wide range of affordable and reliable reproductive and sexual health care services in 14 locations across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
  • Woman Boss
    • The Woman Boss is a creative space for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Gender Equity, where women and girls curate, collaborate, innovate, and grow. It provides women with an inspiring community and an experiential process that catalyzes innovative thinking and enables them to successfully build and grow.
  • Woman's Fund of NC
    • The Women's Fund of North Carolina is a program of the North Carolina Community Foundation. The Fund was founded to establish a permanent endowment dedicated to improving the quality of lives of women and girls in North Carolina, encourage philanthropic giving among women and to encourage funding sources to assign a higher priority to issues and concerns of women and girls.
  • WomenNC
    • WomenNC trains college and university students to engage in rigorous research, public policy formulation and advocacy to improve the lives of women and girls across the state. It is dedicated to advancing gender equity in North Carolina by facilitating discussions with thought leaders and advocates, informing and educating the community on issues of concern to them. WomenNC also works to move cities and municipalities to become sites of gender inclusivity in our equal cities campaign, cites for CEDAW.
  • Action NC
    • Action NC works in lower-wealth communities, and with lower and working-income families, to build political power and make a difference on issues where more justice and equality is needed: Healthcare access. Affordable housing and tenant rights. Immigrant rights. Criminal justice reform and police accountability. Voting rights. Education equity. Retirement security. Workers' rights. And more.
  • American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (ACLU NC)
    • The ACLU of North Carolina is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving the guarantees of individual liberty found in the Constitution and laws of the United States and the state of North Carolina.
  • Americans United for the Separation of Church and State NC Chapter
    • Americans United (AU) is the only organization dedicated solely to defending the separation of church and state. It is the shield protecting the foundational American principle of freedom of religion — including the right to believe or not believe — for all.
  • NC Counts Coalition
    • NC Counts Coalition is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to building a healthy, just, and equitable North Carolina through cross-sector partnerships that advance systemic solutions for communities facing systemic barriers, including BIPOC communities, LGBTQ+, low wealth, immigrant, and other communities.
  • North Carolina Advocates for Justice
    • A 501(c)(6) nonprofit corporation with more than 2,000 members, NCAJ is the only organization in North Carolina dedicated to supporting and furthering the rights of plaintiffs’ attorneys and criminal defense attorneys and their clients. Its goal is to level the playing field for those unable to fight for themselves and to champion their causes in the courts and at the legislature. 
  • North Carolina Asian Americans Together
    • NC Asian Americans Together's vision is for a more inclusive democracy built by drawing on the strength of diverse traditions, common values and community togetherness. It envisions a socially conscious and informed society that integrates greater participation and representation by Asian Americans. It believes that for such a society to exist we must work within a cross-racial, cross-ethnic framework focused on grassroots power and solidarity.
  • North Carolina Black Alliance
    • The North Carolina Black Alliance (NCBA) is working toward state-level systemic change by strengthening the network of elected officials representing communities of color throughout the state and collaborating with progressive, grassroots networks on intersecting issues.  These issues range from voting rights, gerrymandering, criminal justice reform, health and wellness, economic development to education.
  • North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
    • Harm reduction emphasizes tolerance, respect for the personal choices of others, and respect for human rights. It favors evidence over anecdote, courage over cowardice, and doing what is right even if it seems to send the “wrong message.” It means doing what has to be done to protect public health in the face of opposition from all quarters because it is the right thing to do.
  • Organizing Against Racism
    • Organizing Against Racism (OAR) is a network of anti-racism groups based in or around the Triangle, North Carolina that host trainings and events to advance racial equity. 
  • Poder NC Action
    • Poder NC Action is a 501c4 nonprofit organization that builds people power in the growing Latinx community in North Carolina — through traditional community organizing and innovative technologies — by investing in leadership development, educating the public about issues and elections, and intentional base-building for long-term movement wins. 
  • Right to Be
    • Right to Be's work focuses on turning the care we have for each other into simple, creative, effective action. It wants to build a world that’s free of harassment and filled with humanity. Every day, Right to Be trains hundreds of people to respond to, intervene in, and heal from harassment. It holds space for people experiencing harassment to share their stories for affirmation and support. And Right to Be prepares new leaders to create workplaces, schools, and communities around the world that are filled with humanity.
  • Southern Coalition for Social Justice
    • The Southern Coalition for Social Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in August 2007 in Durham, North Carolina by a multidisciplinary group, predominantly people of color, who believed that families and communities engaged in social justice struggles need a team of lawyers, social scientists, community organizers, and media specialists to support them in their efforts to dismantle structural racism and oppression.
  • Urban League of Central Carolinas
    • Urban League of Central Carolinas is a multi-service, non-profit agency with a mission to empower the community to reach financial stability and social justice.
  • Working to Extend Anti-Racist Education (We Are)
    • We Are collaborates with children, families and educators to dismantle systemic racism in schools and beyond.
  • American Heroes for North Carolina
    • American Heroes for North Carolina is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded by veterans. Its vision is to make the Triad area a welcoming place for veterans. American Heroes strives to educate the community about the importance of supporting our vets and the value they bring to our community. Also, it works to educate veterans about their post-military opportunities and to encourage them to return to the Triad to live, work, and play.
  • NC Veterans Working Group (NCVWG)
    • The North Carolina Governor’s Working Group (NCGWG) is charged with facilitating collaboration and coordination among ALL Federal, state and local agency partners that touch a veteran’s life in the state of North Carolina. In short, the “Working Group” is making government work for our vets.
  • NC4Vets
    • Housing, scholarship, veterans services, and annual reports for veterans in North Carolina.
  • NCSERVES
    • Launched in 2015, NCServes is the nation’s first statewide coordinated network of public, private, and non-profit organizations working together to connect military service  members, veterans, and military families with providers and resources for which they are eligible. 
  • North Carolina Veterans Council
    • The North Carolina Veterans Council was founded to serve as the coordinating body of all the veteran organizations, in order to positively impact the lives of all North Carolina Veterans. Our membership consists of 16 Veteran Service Organizations. Each organization has one vote on the Council.
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars North Carolina Chapter
    • The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a nonprofit veterans service organization comprised of eligible veterans and military service members from the active, guard and reserve forces.
  • Veterans Services of the Carolinas
    • Veterans Services of the Carolinas assists our nation’s Veterans and their families by identifying needs and connecting them to community partners across North Carolina.
  • Electoral Education Foundation
    • Electoral Education Foundation's goal is to take digital snapshots of the NC Voter File, archive them, and track all updates with an eye towards movement with the highest correlation to fraud. All findings will be regularly published for the general public, policy makers, & election administrators in all 100 NC counties.
  • January 6 Project
    • The January 6 Project is an independent, nonpartisan organization dedicated to registering and educating new voters throughout the state of North Carolina.
  • League of Women Voters North Carolina
    • The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy.
  • NC Voter
    • Brought to you by Democracy NC, a nonpartisan organization that uses research, organizing, and advocacy to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all.
  • North Carolina Voter Guide
    • The North Carolina Voter Guide is a public service of Common Cause NC, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy.
  • Rock the Vote NC
    • For over thirty years, Rock the Vote has continuously adapted to the changing landscapes of media, technology and culture to breakthrough and empower each new generation. Find out everything you need to know about how to vote in North Carolina. 
  • Vote 411 NC
    • Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) in October of 2006, VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information on the following aspects of the election process:
  • Vote.org NC
    • Vote.org is the largest 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan voting registration and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) technology platform in America. It aims to increase voting behavior and reach historically underserved voters of color and underrepresented young voters. This is done with cutting-edge voter tools, through direct voter outreach, by amplifying our tools and outreach with partners and influencers, by providing election and polling information to users and by directly educating voters about election laws that may affect their right to vote. And, sometimes, by challenging those very laws in court.

Wilmington & Surrounding Areas Organizations

  • FindHelp.org
    • Find free or reduced-cost resources like food, housing, financial assistance, health care, and more.
  • Help Hub (through the Harrelson Center)
    • Short-term or emergency assistance to individuals and families in need of financial help and/or guidance to connection to other resources.
  • New Hanover Government Resources
    • New Hanover community resources.
  • New Hanover Public Library Resources
    • New Hanover public library. Offers computer use, events, and other resources.
  • A Helping Hand of Wilmington
    • Mental health and substance abuse services; Wilmington and Leland.
  • Alcoholics Anonymous 
    • 24/7 line for AA, NA, and related meeting locations, programs, and assistance.
  • Anchor Initiative 
    • The Anchor Initiative Program has helped hundreds of individuals who suffer from addiction start their journey to recovery. Individuals can contact the Sheriff's Office through self-referral, social referral or officer interaction.
  • Carolina Dunes Behavioral Health
    • Referral based inpatient behavioral health facility. Crisis intake available for ages 12-17 and 50 and up. Residential intake available for ages 12-17. Licensed private school on site for residential clients. 
  • Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health
    • Resources for parents and professionals.
  • Chrysalis Center for Counseling and Eating Disorders Treatment 
    • The Chrysalis Center's goal is to help clients understand themselves and the root of their problem, identify and change dysfunctional behaviors and patterns, and develop effective strategies for coping. Services offered: group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, nutritional information, intensive outpatient, etc.
  • Clinica Latina (Coastal Horizons)
    • Primary care, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered in Spanish. 
  • Coastal Horizons
    • Coastal Horizons promotes healthier lives, stronger families, and safer communities by providing a broad range of effective, evidence-based substance use, mental health, crisis intervention, justice, and wellness services to persons in need.
  • Delta Behavioral Health
    • Mental health and substance abuse services.
  • Integrated Family Services
    • Mental health services: therapists and psychiatrists.
  • Launch Pad Recovery Services
    • Offers both male and female structured recovery housing in safe areas, easy access to bus services, with the stability of a house manager in every home. All members are drug screened several times weekly, provided with recovery groups Monday-Friday (based on the vital signs of recovery), 24/7 crisis intervention, and individualized goal plan. 
  • Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Grief Care
    • Provides families with extensive grief support as they work through life's changes, free of charge to anyone in the community who has lost a loved one.
  • NAMI Wilmington
    • NAMI shapes national public policy for people with mental illness and their families and provides volunteer leaders with the tools, resources and skills necessary to save mental health in all states.
  • NC START
    • START crisis prevention and intervention services are provided through clinical systemic consultation, training, education, therapeutic respite, crisis response and therapeutic couching. The model works to improve the lives of the individuals served and their families by providing services and supports using a person-centered, positive, multidisciplinary, cost-effective, systemic, and evidence-informed approach.
  • New Hanover Behavioral Health Hospital-Novant
    • Novant Health New Hanover Behavioral Health Hospital is a short-stay psychiatric crisis stabilization hospital in Wilmington, NC. We provide a safe, secure environment for you to receive support while caring for your physical and mental well-being.
  • New Hanover County Resiliency Taskforce 
    • Working together to prevent and respond to adverse experiences, trauma, and toxic stress through connection, education, and action.
  • New Season: New Hanover County Metro Treatment Center 
    • Opioid addiction treatment center - medication assisted treatment, counseling, medically supervised withdrawal, medical exams, referrals. NARCAN distribution site.
  • North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
    • Free clean needle and naloxone distribution. Call to schedule drop off.
  • Oxford House
    • MEN ONLY. Self-run, self-supported recovery house for men aged 18 or older with a substance dependency in New Hanover and Pender County. Must be willing to complete a treatment program that is drug and alcohol free for 14 days or more. Must be willing to accept the house rules and expectations and be able to pay your share of the expenses.
  • Physician Alliance for Mental Health (PAMH)
    • Combining community interventions with psychiatric care will help ensure that clients receive the full spectrum of care that they need to support their journey of recovery.
  • PORT Health
    • Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency (CABHA) offering mental health and substance abuse services. Walk-ins welcome.
  • Pride in North Carolina
    • Outpatient therapy, intensive income services, medication management.
  • Psychology Today
    • FIND A THERAPIST TOOL - Psychology Today is the world’s largest mental health and behavioral science destination online. It is the original and largest publishing enterprise that is exclusively dedicated to human behavior. Our motto is “Here to Help,” and the resources you’re accessing right now are the worldwide destination of choice for expert-authored information about psychology and mental health.
  • Recovery Resource Center Inc.
    • The Recovery Resource Center provides free education and support to people who are affected by mental illness and/or addiction. RRCI offers a network of support, services, including peer-to-peer mentoring and coaching, so that clients can build a healthy lifestyle and reduce the likelihood of relapse and recidivism.
  • RHA Health Services
    • RHA Mobile Crisis: 24/7 Anyone experiencing a crisis due to mental health, developmental disabilities, or addiction issues. Onslow, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Pender, Brunswick and New Hanover. 
  • RI International Wilmington: Wilmington Wellness City
    • Outpatient mental health services for individuals 18+ through individual/Group Peer Support, detox, and Individual//Group Therapy services. Currently accepting Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured.
  • School-Based Early Childhood Mental Health Program
    • Licensed clinical therapists provide mental health services in various Pre-K programs in New Hanover County.
  • The Healing Place of New Hanover County
    • Non-medication assisted detox and recovery services for drugs and alcohol. 12-step based, long term residential, peer-run program and emergency overnight shelter. Serving men and women at no cost to participants.
  • Tides
    • Provides services to women struggle with substance use and who are either pregnant, anticipating a pregnancy, or postpartum. They can provide help with substance use treatment, employment assistance, housing assistance, child therapy, and they hold various classes focusing on parenting and other life skills. 
  • Trillium Health Resources
    • Mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services. Access line provides 24-hr links and referrals.
  • Walter B. Jones Center
    • Walter B. Jones Center is one of three state operated North Carolina Alcohol  and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers (ADATCs) specifically designed to provide medically-monitored detoxification/crisis stabilization, and short-term treatment preparing adults with substance use and co-occurring disorders for ongoing community-based recovery services.
  • Wilmington Mental Health
    • Wilmington Mental Health’s mission is to create more access to care and universalize our healthcare system in the region. WMH offers outpatient services to help care for those who are struggling with chronic illness, medical conditions, substance use disorders, complex mental illness, and most mental health disorders.
  • Wilmington Treatment Center
    • The goal of the Wilmington Treatment Center is to restore the individual to a joyful, healthier, more productive life that is free from destructive behavior and dependence on addictive substances. WTC believes successful recovery encompasses several changes including: improvement in self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, family interaction, vocational productivity, development of coping skills and a healthy lifestyle change. Inpatient detox services for adults with private insurance, Medicare, and self-pay.
  • Access Family Services 
    • Offers a comprehensive array of intensive family and individual services to stabilize the living environment reduce out-of-home placement and unify the family. Comprehensive services are delivered to children, adults and families with serious behavioral and emotional needs based on a mental health or autism diagnosis. 
  • Brunswick Family Assistance
    • Utility and rental assistance; prescription assistance, food pantry, bookbag program.
  • Cape Fear Volunteer Center: Big Buddy of Cape Fear
    • The Big Buddy program is a one-on-one mentoring program that matches at-risk youth ages 5-17 in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender Counties with positive adult role models. Participating youth may have had involvement with the juvenile justice system, had excessive school suspensions, poor academic performance, and lack of a positive role model.
  • Carousel Center
    • Services for child survivors of physical and sexual abuse. The Carousel Center provides child forensic medical exams/interviews, confidential professional trauma counseling, and caregiver support to children and their families who have experienced physical/sexual abuse in Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender counties.
  • Child Development Center
    • Specializes in serving children with moderate-to-severe special needs with emergency resources.
  • Circle of Parents
    • Parent-led support group for parents of children 0-12 with special needs or special healthcare needs, preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthen families through mutual self-help parent support groups.
  • Community Boys and Girls Club
    • Recreational/athletic programs for children ages 6-18, part time summer programs (meals included with associated cost)
  • ELEMENTS Program
    • Provide case management services to youth in the community-Elementary, Middle, and High School age youth. Additionally, provide family support services to families/guardians of identified youth receiving case management services. We are a referral based program. 
  • Kids Making It 
    • Non-profit youth woodworking program that teaches valuable vocational, entrepreneurial and life skills to at-risk, low-income and disadvantaged youth. Services include free afterschool programs, apprentice programs, and skilled trade programs. Programs are for youth ages 13-18 years old. 
  • National Safe Place
    • Provides a way for children and teens up to 18 to access help when and where they need it in locations around town.Youth can access safe place sites and receive assistance from trained safe place staff. Current locations include main branch library downtown and Open House Youth Shelter- with Open House being the main hub.
  • NSEA Swim
    • NSEA Swim is a 501(c)3 nonprofit in Wilmington, NC, that aims to increase water safety and prevent drowning in our community. Compensation available. (Teaches kids how to swim).
  • One Place
    • One Place is a non-profit organization in Onslow County, North Carolina. They provide resources and programs to end child abuse and create a stronger, more resilient future for their community. One Place works to connect people with high-quality resources for child care, early education, and child abuse prevention and intervention.
  • Open House Youth Shelter
    • Children and adolescents ages 6-18 who are in need of a safe place to stay can receive shelter in the 24-hour, 9-bed facility. 
  • Port City United
    • Community Resource Coordinators provide full time student support in the areas of attendance, academics, behavior and parental/community involvement. We work with a caseload of a minimum of 40 students providing Tier 2 and Tier 3 level supports at NHHS, Williston, Gregory, DC Virgo, Forest Hills, Freeman and Snipes Academy of Art and Design. Port City United (PCU) is part of the county’s overall community investment plan to provide resources and connections for residents, increase stability for families, and give children and adults strong foundations to thrive. PCU is being developed from evidence-based programs and through direct community input and involvement.
  • Smart Start New Hanover County
    • Childcare provider referrals, community approach to servicing children 0-5 years and their families. Health, family support and early care and education. 
  • Soaring as Eagles
    • Provides various services to assist families of Title 1 Schools with providing comprehensive education to their children. Programs include tutoring, mentoring, and activities to inspire children to broaden their learning. 
  • VOYAGE Wilmington
    • Numerous community outreach services: Youth Enrichment Center, VOYAGE Summer employment program, James H. Faison Jr. Scholarship, Community Engagement & Enrichment, etc.
  • Young Scientist Academy 
    • After-school and summer programs for youth ranging from elementary to middle levels. YSA strives to provide both laboratory and field research experiences in a fun and collaborative environment.
  • Coastal Horizons Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities
    • TASC provides care management to people with substance use or mental illness who are involved in the justice system. It combines the influence of legal sanctions with treatment and support services to permanently interrupt the cycle of addiction and crime, and serves as a critical link between the justice system and treatment services.
  • Leading Into New Communities, Inc. (LINC, Inc.)
    • LINC, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Wilmington North Carolina that provides transitional living and case management services to meet the immediate needs of men and women returning from prison. We also offer culturally-specific youth development services for African American young men ages 16-24.
  • Legal Aid of North Carolina- Wilmington Office
    • Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) provides free legal assistance in civil matters to children, the elderly, the working poor, the disabled, battered women, farm-workers and others living in poverty who could otherwise not afford such services. Free legal help is provided to low-income North Carolinians in civil cases involving basic human needs like safety, shelter, income and more.
  • Teen Court and Restorative Justice Programs
    • Teen Court is a diversion program for low level, juvenile offenders to help them recognize the harm they caused, the impact of their choices and opportunities to repair the harm, without entering the juvenile justice system.
  • Wilmington Police Crime Prevention
    • The Wilmington Police Department offers a number of crime prevention programs that help to improve safety in surrounding neighborhoods. We hope that you will take advantage of one of these programs or tell someone about them.
  • A Safe Place
    • At A Safe Place, we focus on prevention, advocacy, and restoration to assist victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. We provide services and programs that directly impact our community and the lives of victims.
  • Domestic Violence Shelter and Services
    • Support, advocacy, emergency shelter, 24-hr crisis intervention, support and empowerment groups.
  • Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Horizons
    • Serving New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender Counties, the Rape Crisis Center staff, interns, and volunteers provide free and confidential services to all victims of sexual violence in our community including: 24-hour crisis response to victims via the hotline and in person at hospital emergency rooms, Criminal justice advocacy for sexual assault victims, offering support through law enforcement interviews, meetings with the district attorney’s office, and throughout the duration of any criminal or civil court proceeding, Free individual therapy and weekly support groups for sexual violence survivors who would not otherwise have access to these services due to barriers such as being uninsured or having a high co-pay.
  • Safe Haven 
    • For males, females, and families seeking shelter from domestic violence.
  • UNCW CARE (Collaboration for Assault Response & Education)
    • UNCW CARE  intervenes on a broad spectrum of violent behaviors, including sexual assault, relationship abuse, stalking and harassment. We offer a comprehensive variety of violence prevention and relationship education programs, trainings, and educational campaigns to the UNCW campus. We respond to students who have been victimized, as well as those affected by someone else's experience with abuse or assault, by providing supportive services, including crisis response, individual advocacy and coordination with both on-campus and off-campus resources.
  • Cape Fear Literacy Council
    • Basic literacy and English language proficiency, math skills, employment, test taking skills and GED preparedness etc.
  • Communities in Schools
    • Communities In Schools (CIS) surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
  • DREAMS Center for Arts Education
    • High quality art education program (Monday-Friday, free after school, summer care and meals). Ages 8-17, No transportation provided. 
  • Early Childhood Education Program
    • Programs offer public school classrooms and private childcare sites. Priority is given to children who are 4 Years old as of August 31st of the current year. 
  • Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW)
    • The Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW) is an all-girls public charter school. GLOW works hard to create a unique single-gender public charter school environment that focuses on rigorous college-preparatory education and the personal skills necessary for a successful college experience leading to graduation. The school culture challenges students to live a balanced life that develops confidence and compassion, critical thinking, and personal responsibility. 
  • OASIS NC
    • OASIS NC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to providing Outstanding Academic and Social Instructional Services to promote independence, confidence, and compassion in children and teens with learning differences. We use evidence-based practices and highly individualized services and supports to target a broad range of educational, behavioral, social, and communication needs that particularly benefit individuals with Autism.
  • Eastern Carolina Human Services
    • ECHSA is a private non-profit Community Action Agency that provides services to all populations, including people with disabilities, low-income Veterans and military families, etc. in multiple counties along the North Carolina coast. The programs administered by the agency include Section 8 Housing, Community Services Block Grant - Family Self Sufficiency Program. The program helps provide employment and housing support.
  • Wilmington Jobs Corps Center
    • No-cost educational and career technical training program administered by the U.S. department of labor that helps people 16-24 years old improve their lives through training courses.
  • Labor Finders Wilmington NC Office
    • Temporary agency work.
  • NC Works Career Center
    • Employer services, labor market information, public computers, fax machines and phone services, resume assistance, WIOA, assistance order DD214s, workforce related services.
  • Senior Community Service Employment Program
    • Fosters and promotes useful, part time jobs and community service for low income, unemployed individuals 55 and older.
  • StepUp Wilmington
    • Employment and life skills programs for individuals seeking long-term stability. 
  • Cape Fear River Watch
    • Cape Fear River Watch is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that was founded in 1993. Founders Bouty Baldridge and Bruce Watkins envisioned a permanent nonprofit organization, open to everyone, and dedicated to the improvement and preservation of the health, beauty, cleanliness, and heritage of the Cape Fear River basin. We strive to honor their vision.
  • Cape Fear Sierra Club
    • The Cape Fear group, one of 14 local groups in the North Carolina Chapter, serves over 1500 members in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, and Robeson counties. The club is involved in development of environmental and conservation programs.
  • Clean Cape Fear
    • Clean Cape Fear is a grassroots community action group working to restore and protect our air, soil, water and food supply from PFAS contamination, as well as spotlight deficiencies in government regulations that adversely impact our right to these basic needs. We formed in June 2017 after learning Chemours, formerly DuPont, dumped large quantities of PFAS into the Cape Fear River—our primary source for drinking water. We are committed to fighting Chemours, and holding our elected officials accountable. 
  • Coastal Carolina River Watch
    • Coastal Carolina Riverwatch (CCRW) is a women-led grassroots organization driven by the voices of the coast and working through community collaboration to protect water quality and coastal habitat.
  • Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
    • In order to better meet the Agency’s responsibilities related to the protection of public health and the environment, EPA has developed a new environmental justice (EJ) mapping and screening tool called EJScreen. It is based on nationally consistent data and an approach that combines environmental and demographic indicators in maps and reports.
  • League of Women Voters, Environmental Action Team
    • The purpose of the Environment Action Team is to monitor local, regional, and state environmental issues and act when needed.  We educate our members and others on key issues and coordinate advocacy.  We partner with local and state environmental organizations to share their expertise with our members and to identify issues needing advocacy.
  • Catholic Charities of Raleigh- Cape Fear Region
    • Catholic Charities welcomes individuals and families of all faiths or no faith tradition, living in the following counties to participate in services: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender. The Cape Fear Office has served the community since 1979 and helps approximately 13,000 individuals each year through Disaster Services, Food Pantry Services, and Immigrations Legal Services.
  • Bread for Life Senior Pantry 
    • Food, clothing, shelter and more.
  • Early Bread: Church of St. Peter the Fisherman
    • Food pantry and clothing closet for men and women.
  • Feast Down East
    • The Local Motive Mobile Farmers' Markets offers fresh, local, and affordable produce. Payments Types: cash, debit, credit, SNAP/EBT, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and HOP vouchers. For patrons that use SNAP/EBT, their entire purchase is half off through our fresh bucks program. They're able to leave our markets with $20 worth of produce for only $10.
  • First Fruits Ministries
    • First Fruit Ministries provides vulnerable members of our community with a sense of home on our campus—offering a deep sense of belonging to people living on the streets. Outreach and supportive housing with people experiencing homelessness or human trafficking.
  • Food and Nutrition Services (NCDHHS)
    • Food and Nutrition Services (FNS, also known as Food Stamps) is a program that helps eligible people with limited incomes supplement their budgets so they can purchase food. The benefits are given on an EBT card, which works like a debit card.
  • Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC
    • Food Bank, SNAP applications, unearned income-based programs.
  • Good Shepherd Soup Kitchen
    • Free and open to all, no ID required.
  • Jesus Ministries (JMCO) 
    • Food bank and furniture assistance. Call for hours. I.D. required. 
  • LIST: Wilmington Food Pantries
    • List of food pantries in Wilmington, NC.
  • Mother Hubbard's Cupboard
    • Mother Hubbard's Cupboard distributes roughly 3-5 days of frozen food, canned goods and produce to each household; quantity of food is based on the number of people sharing the household. Clients with working appliances may come to Mother Hubbard's 3 times a month. Clients without access to working appliances may come once a week.
  • Northside Food Co-op
    • Saturday market (1019 Princess Street) with local produce, baked goods, books, art, etc. and monthly dinners (901 Fanning Street) with a community meal.
  • Nourish NC
    • NourishNC mobilizes volunteers and resources to provide supplemental food assistance to the 1 in 5 children in New Hanover County who struggle with hunger. NourishNC’s goal is to enhance children’s health and well-being by preventing the devastating consequences of food insecurity. 
  • Operation Pretty Things
    • Provides makeovers and clothing while advocating for and empowering victims of sexual, physical, and mental abuse before attending their court hearings or other important events pertaining to their situation. 
  • Philippians 3 Ministries
    • Resource center for the homeless, those living in shelters, and re-entry citizens from prison and drug rehabilitation (focused on job interviews). Call ahead for appointment, all services by appointment only. Limited food pantry.
  • Salvation Army Cape Fear
    • Food pantry by appointment only.
  • Sister Isaac Center
    • Provides help with clothing, household items, furniture and small amounts of financial assistance at the 4th Street entrance. Arrive early (around 8:45 a.m.) as the doors close when they reach capacity.
  • St. Jude's Metropolitan Community Church
    • St. Jude's Community Food Pantry. Free & open to all. Providing pantry staples (dry goods, canned foods, etc), frozen meats, eggs. Lunch Bags for the Homeless - ready-to-eat lunches are prepared and delivered to those without shelter in the Wilmington area on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
  • St. Paul United Methodist Church
    • Food On the Go: St. Paul UMC distributes groceries and prepared meals weekly on Friday mornings for families and individuals.
    • Meals on Wheels: In partnership with New Hanover County and other churches, St. Paul UMC provides the meals for seniors on the list one weekend per month.
  • Vigilant Hope
    • Vigilant Hope advocates for the church's involvement in alleviating poverty, believing that it holds the solution to this issue. Therefore, our outreach initiatives aim to bring you into close proximity with neighbors experiencing poverty, fostering true community.
  • Weekend Meals on Wheels
    • Weekend Meals on Wheels provides nutritious meals and social contact to senior and disabled persons on weekends and other days not covered by the weekday home delivered meals program in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Meals are free of charge to seniors and disabled persons. 
  • WINGS Ministry
    • Backpack Full of Blessings program. Helps combat childhood hunger by sending home healthy, filling food with children in need over the weekend.
  • Access Family Services
    • Foster care information, out-patient care, in home care, mental health services for children, adults, and families; ABA services for autism.
  • Adoption Services, Inc., Children at Heart
    • Children At Heart is a 501(c)(3) non-profit adoption agency, founded in 1995. We are approved in the State of NY and licensed in the State of NC to facilitate domestic adoptions for all US citizens living in any State. We also provide home study, and post-placement services for NY and NC residents.
  • Bair Foundation
    • The Bair Foundation provides Christian foster care services to southeast North Carolina. Their team of professionals supports families and children with the resources they need to thrive. 
  • Foster Pantry
    • Foster Pantry was founded by foster parents who knew first-hand the need for support and resources for our local foster care community. They quickly learned that they were surrounded by a community who wanted to help but wasn't quite sure how. They made it their mission to educate the community on ways they could help provide the caregivers and children in foster care with essential needs and resources to ease the transitions of our local foster children. 
  • Restored Souls Foundation
    • Provides services to foster, adoptive, and special needs families like parents night out and free vacations. Their goal is to keep families close by giving them the ability to enjoy time together. 
  • Unity Home Care
    • Unity Home Care is dedicated to finding open hearts and homes to temporarily place a child with our foster care services. Imagine the amazing, positive impact you can make on someone’s life just by giving them a chance at a safe and stable environment. If you want to become a foster parent or just get in touch with us and we will get you started on a path that you will not regret.
  • American Red Cross- Cape Fear Chapter
    • Red Cross volunteers and staff work to deliver vital services – from providing relief and support to those in crisis, to helping you be prepared to respond in emergencies.
  • Cape Fear Clinic
    • Free clinic for those who qualify; must be prescreened.
  • Coastal Horizons
    • Coastal Horizons promotes healthier lives, stronger families, and safer communities by providing a broad range of effective, evidence-based substance use, mental health, crisis intervention, justice, and wellness services to persons in need.
  • Good Shepherd Medical Clinic
    • Free clinic for registered Good Shepherd shelter clients.
  • HealthNet
    • Connecting Cape Fear region residents with low or no income to coordinated, quality and affordable healthcare resulting in a better, healthier life. Providing referrals for primary care and social services, care management, and referrals to community resources.
  • Hope Abounds Cancer Network 
    • To serve the needs of children and adults diagnosed with any type of cancer, and provide them and their families with proactive advocacy, education and navigation while they are enduring active cancer treatment.
  • Lifeline Pregnancy Center
    • By appointment only; call first. Emergency needs: diapers and formula, pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, pregnancy options education, assistance with WIC/Medicaid applications.
  • LIST: Novant- All Services Directory
    • Directory of expert care and services.
  • Med North Health Center
    • MedNorth Health Center, as a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), is dedicated to providing our patients and families the benefits of a care team that focuses on patient-provider relationships and participation in health care decisions. As your Primary Care Provider (PCP), Med North will provide the most recent Evidence-Based care to improve your health and coordinate the services you need.
  • Mobile Dental Unit
    • These services are offered to New Hanover County children ages 3 to 18 without accessible or established dental care or insurance. Please visit our website for a list of locations the Mobile Unit travels. 
  • Novant Health
    • When you and your loved ones feel sick, you want care right away. Novant Health offers locations and extended hours so you can get back to what you love faster.
  • Planned Parenthood Wilmington
    • Planned Parenthood is a reproductive health clinic for both men and women. They offered medical services, including birth control, STD testing, and abortion. 
  • RHA Health Services
    • RHA Health Services focuses on helping people live their best lives through setting and reaching personal goals, forming and sustaining meaningful community connections, and achieving positive outcomes in health, wellness and more.
  • SEEDS of Healing
    • Non-profit that provides HIV awareness and advocacy.
  • Trillium Health Resources
    • Trillium Health Resources is a leading specialty care manager (LME/MCO) for individuals with serious substance use, mental illness and intellectual/developmental disabilities in eastern North Carolina.
  • Wilmington Health Access for Teens of Coastal Horizons (WHAT)
    • Medical care, mental health, and prevention for teens.
  • YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina
    • The YMCA of Southeastern NC is a non-profit association committed to a mission of putting Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
  • 5.11 Housing
    • Homeless day shelter for human trafficking victims. They offer showers, laundromat, lunch and dinner, a medical clinic, and case management.
  • Cape Fear Collective 
    • Scales big data, fundraising, social innovation and large-scale initiative management to a six country region. Through our nonprofit and real estate partners, CFC focuses on providing affordable and workforce housing for individuals and families making less than $45,000 in our affordable housing category and between $45,000 and $65,000 in our workforce housing category, working to keep their housing costs under 30% of their overall income.
  • Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity
    • Works with government agencies and philanthropic donors to offer hardworking families a hand to build equity, financial  stability,  and self-reliance through affordable homeownership and financial education. Must provide stable employment record and decent credit history. Qualified  based on need, ability  to pay, and willingness to help build future home.
  • Cape Fear Homeless Continuum of Care
    • The Continuum of Care (CoC) is a collaborative alliance of service providers, local government agencies, individuals, and stakeholders whose common goal is to make homelessness in the Cape Fear Region brief, rare and non-recurring. Call the coordinated entry if experiencing homelessness in New Hanover, Brunswick, or Pender County.
  • Cape Fear Rescue Mission
    • Offers shelter and transitional housing, and potentially referrals to loan programs for rental costs if you are on the verge of eviction. Must join the 90-day program. Call first to check for vacancy. MEN ONLY.
  • Eden Village Tiny House Program
    • Eden Village of Wilmington is a 31-unit tiny home community specially designed to provide permanent homes for chronically homeless individuals including patients of the local hospital. Many patients of the medical center experience chronic illness, which are treatable but require consistent living circumstances to improve treatment results. A home is an essential component to long-term health care for these individuals and a proven, permanent solution to chronic homelessness.
  • Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear
    • Emergency shelter for families with at least one child under the age of 17; transitional housing for victims of domestic violence.
  • First Fruit Ministries
    • Apply online for supportive housing. Safe, stable housing and holistic support for victims of human trafficking, 8 on-campus bedrooms for single women and two scattered-site locations for families, men, or participants in active addiction. Showers, church, and dinner provided.
  • Good Shepherd Center
    • Must have ID. Open to men, women, & families. Showers, clothing, case mgmt.
  • Healing Place of NHC
    • 12-Step based, long-term residential, peer-run program and emergency overnight shelter serving men and women at no cost to participants.
  • LIST: Transitional Housing in Wilmington, NC
    • Wilmington, NC Transitional Housing options.
  • Mercy House
    • Short-term housing for men only, shelter, meals, and referrals only to charities that may help pay rent in New Hanover County.
  • Open House Youth Shelter- Coastal Horizons
    • Supports homeless pregnant or parenting young people who are between the ages 16-21 years old, as well as their dependent children. Services offered: Support for safe, stable housing, Monthly rental assistance, transitional living plans, Weekly case management, Parenting skills, Family budgeting/money management, Employment and education assistance, Monthly Life Skills programming, health service coordination, Welfare services coordination, Transportation, 24/7 support.
  • Providence Home for Youth
    • Family emergency teen shelter providing short-term and safe shelter to Brunswick County youth.
  • Rebuild NC
    • A division of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency manages several programs that support long-term disaster recovery and resiliency including homeowner recovery, infrastructure recovery, affordable housing, resiliency, strategic buyout, and local government grants and loans.
  • Reentry Services - Coastal Horizons
    • For men and women 18 years or older transitioning from incarceration  to New Hanover County. Works directly with local recovery houses to offer residential  support for up to 12 weeks.
  • Safe Haven 
    • For males, females, and families seeking shelter from domestic violence.
  • Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry (WARM)
    • Serving low-income homeowners in Bladen, Brunswick,  Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pender Counties, many of whom are elderly, disabled, and/or veterans. WARM helps people age in place safely by preventing home accidents and illnesses preserving  their dignity and independence.
  • Wilmington Housing Authority
    • Public housing and Section 8 rental assistance. Since 1938, Wilmington Housing Authority has been providing safe, secure, and affordable housing to the residents of Wilmington and surrounding areas. WHA was the first Authority to be established in the state of North Carolina. Currently, it owns sixteen apartment and townhome communities across central Wilmington and manages the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
  • Catholic Charities of Raleigh - Cape Fear Region
    • Catholic Charities envisions a more just society transformed by respecting the dignity of all individuals and collaborating to provide help and create hope for the most vulnerable in our community.
  • Church World Service (CWS) Wilmington
    • CWS Wilmington welcomes refugees, immigrants, and asylum-seekers from around the globe into lives of freedom, hope, and opportunity through direct services, advocacy, leadership development, and relationship-building in our community.
  • Global Connections Refugee Resettlement 
    • Global Connections is refugee resettlement support and donation center. It was informally organized as a grassroots volunteer-led group after Hurricane Florence in 2018, and formally became a 501c3 nonprofit organization in January 2019.
  • ImmigrationLawHelp
    • Helping low-income immigrants find legal help.
  • LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast
    • We offer programming, advocacy, and outreach for the LGBTQ+ community and our allies in southeastern North Carolina. The LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast is a 501(c)(3) organization. We work to eliminate all forms of bigotry and bias that keep us from being safe and free. We celebrate LGBTQ+ people!
  • PFLAG Wilmington
    • PFLAG Wilmington is about family. It is about standing strong for our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning children and friends.
  • UNCW Mohin-Scholz LGBTQIA Resource Center 
    • Our office strives to create a safe and inclusive environment for the LGBTQIA+ community and contribute to a culturally rich campus. We work to raise awareness and inclusion of sexual and gender minorities and provide information, referral, support and programming.
  • Wilmington Pride Youth Group
    • Youth group for children who are LGBTQIA - a safe place to build connections. Thursdays at  6-8pm for a FREE, FUN and CONFIDENTIAL group for students in grades 7 to 12 who identify as LGBTQIA+ and their straight allies. This is a SAFE space to talk and express yourself, all while doing fun activities, watching movies, listening to speakers and much more.
  • Wilmington Transgender Community
    • Wilmington Transgender Community is a comprehensive website dedicated to the health, prosperity and wellbeing of the Transgender, Intersex, non-binary, and Gender Non-Conforming and crossdressing (Trans*) population in the Cape Fear Region.  
  • Area Agency on Aging
    • The AAA assists the counties as they study the needs of older citizens and plan services to meet those needs. We provide the administration and monitoring related to the Home Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) funding and other direct service funding of community-based services enables older adults to live independently in their own homes as long as possible. Federal, state, and local funds make services possible through grant agreements with Boards of County Commissioners and community service providers.
  • Assistance League Operation Seniors
    • Operation Seniors serves three different senior groups in our community. They are a low-income retirement residence, an assisted living residence and the Grandparents Support Network. We provide a variety of programs from Bingo, arts and crafts, baked goods, holiday gifts, games and notecards. Our goal is to enrich each and every senior’s life in a thoughtful and joyous manner.
  • Senior Resource Center - New Hanover County
    • Provide older adults with services and activities that respond to their needs. They offer resources for their entire community including information on aging and assistance for family and friends who care for older adults.
  • Accessible Coastal Carolina Events, Sports, and Services, Inc. (ACCESS) of Wilmington
    • Accessible Coastal Carolina Events, Sports, and Services, Inc. - ACCESS of Wilmington - is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating 6 programs eliminating barriers to health and wellness through sports, recreation and fitness for those in our community with disabilities. 
  • ARC of North Carolina
    • Assists people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Permanent supportive housing also available to chronically homeless men and women.
  • Coastal Buds
    • Raises awareness and educates the community to help others include and clearly see the value of people with Down syndrome and their families.
  • DisAbility Resource Center
    • FREE services to the disabled of all ages. Information, referral, assistance and advocacy for multiple needs, including benefits guidance.
  • GHA Autism Supports
    • GHA Autism Supports provides an array of residential and vocational services and supports for individuals from early childhood through their lifespan. Our commitment is to work collaboratively with individuals, families and stakeholders to support people in achieving their life goals and aspirations.
  • paws4people
    • Educating and empowering people to utilize Assistance Dogs to transform their lives.
  • Right at Home
    • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 26% of adults in the United States are living with some type of disability. And for many, a strong support system is essential. From mobility to cognition to vision and hearing issues, Right at Home caregivers can help adults with disabilities live safely in their homes, wherever home may be.
  • StandUp Wireless
    • Government benefit program for free/heavily discounted cell phone service for customers that qualify through programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, Federal Public Housing and Veterans Pension, or based on your household income.
  • Wilmington TEACCH Center
    • The Wilmington TEACCH® Center serves individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the southeastern region of North Carolina. Services include diagnostic evaluations, treatment planning and implementation, education, consultation, training opportunities, and research.
  • Caridad
    • Gets single mothers out of poverty by teaching them how to make their goals and dreams a reality.
  • IF/THEN Gender Equity Project
    • Cape Fear Museum of History and Science celebrates women in STEM and seeks to inspire the next generation of young women to become innovative leaders in STEM fields. Through a grant from the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) and IF/THEN®, the museum is highlighting twelve professional women in STEM.
  • League of Women Voters of Lower Cape Fear
    • LWV of Lower Cape Fear empowers voters and defends democracy. It is proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on vital issues of concern to members and the public. 
  • Planned Parenthood Wilmington
    • Planned Parenthood is a reproductive health clinic for both men and women. They offered medical services, including birth control, STD testing, and abortion. 
  • Wilmington Women with a Purpose
    • Helping women of Wilmington, North Carolina build connections, enrich our professional and personal lives while doing good for the greater community. We come together once every quarter to network, donate, learn about local nonprofits and vote on which ones to support together.
  • Wilmington Women's Club
    • Since 1978, the Wilmington Woman’s Club has sponsored the Coastal Living Show and other fundraising events to raise money for various organizations in the Port City area, especially those non-profits that benefit women and children.
  • Women's Impact Network of New Hanover County
    • Women's Impact Network (WIN) provides grants to nonprofit organizations whose missions, goals, projects, and services are intended to impact the New Hanover County community positively.
  • Women, Infant & Children (WIC)
    • Women, Infant & Children (WIC) is a supplemental nutritional program for women, infants and children up to 5 years of age who meet health and socio-economic eligibility requirements. WIC provides healthy foods including milk, eggs, juice and vegetables, as well as nutritional information and breastfeeding promotion and support.
  • YWCA Lower Cape Fear
    • YWCA’s programs are designed to address inequities, gaps, and disparities created by institutional and structural racism. Through its policies, practices, and values, the YWCA strives to promote equity, inclusion, and diversity at the YWCA and throughout our community. The YWCA also support local, state, and national initiatives that contribute to the elimination of racism.
  • New Hanover County NAACP
    • The NHC NAACP's  mission is to achieve equity, political rights, and social inclusion by advancing policies and practices that expand human and civil rights, eliminate discrimination, and accelerate the well-being, education, and economic security of Black people and all persons of color.
  • Race and Social Justice Institute New Hanover County
    • The Race and Social Justice Institute was launched in 2021 by the NHC Office of Diversity and Equity and the Cape Fear Museum to explore how race and racism have shaped our community's past, present, and future, and what steps we can take as a community to promote social justice and equity.
  • Wilmington Ten Foundation for Social Justice
    • The foundation supports human rights, self worth, democracy, and freedom. The primary mission is founded on the belief in the dignity of all people. The story of the Wilmington Ten has been a tragedy for many of those convicted that October day in 1971. It forever changed the lives of many of us and totally destroyed the lives of some. It is for this reason, that we have brought together an academic and community group to serve as a mechanism for providing educational and supportive services, that will assist with matters of social justice.  
  • A Bike for Every Child (Formerly Switchin Gears)
    • Allows children to get free bikes, teaches bike maintenance, and allows a safe space for kids to gather and learn about bikes.
  • Senior Resource Center - New Hanover County
    • Provide older adults with services and activities that respond to their needs. They offer resources for their entire community including information on aging and assistance for family and friends who care for older adults.
  • Two Wheeler Dealer 
    • Will donate bikes to qualifying applicants and/or connect individuals with organizations that will provide a bike.
  • Wave Transit 
    • Accessible van services and transportation support for those with special needs. Engages in community outreach services including available and affordable public transportation.
  • American Legion Post 10 and 129
    • The American Legion is a nonprofit organization open to members & their guests that provides life-changing assistance and guidance for veterans, military personnel, their families and communities in thousands of ways every day around the world. Help comes in the form of personal assistance, cash grants, donated goods, disaster relief, labor, networking, volunteerism and advocacy.
  • Chester M. Biggs Jr-Edward C Kramer Post 545
    • Financial assistance for veterans. Post meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7pm.
  • New Hanover County Veteran Services Office
    • Assistance to vets and families working with benefits from Dept. of Veteran Affairs.
  • Veteran Services - Coastal Horizons
    • Coastal Horizons is partnering with Save a Vet Now (SAVN) in an endeavor to assist Veterans in our area with access to and receipt of outpatient treatment services. The mission of SAVN is to combat the silent epidemic of Veteran suicides by raising community awareness and financial support. Coastal Horizons is collaborating with SAVN through the development of our new Veterans Outreach Program.  

Contact the Political Social Work Initiative

David L. Conley, PhD, MSW | Assistant Professor

conleyd@uncw.edu

School of Social Work