Giving Tuesday 2017: 25 Montgomery County Nonprofits To Support

BETHESDA, MD — After a weeks-long focus on holiday spending, we can take a break for a day and give to worthy causes. Nov. 28 is Giving Tuesday, a newer holiday that reminds us to spend money on charities, too.

This is the sixth Giving Tuesday, which the Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact at the 92nd Street Y in New York City created in 2012 to "[connect] diverse groups of individuals, communities and organizations around the world for one common purpose: to celebrate and encourage giving."

Last year, Giving Tuesday raised about $168 million for hundreds of charities. However, there are some reports that the charitable holiday is better for bigger charities than small ones. This year, the Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Facebook will match up to $2 million in donations.

While #GivingTuesday is celebrated around the world, several Montgomery County organizations are working to improve the community, and a large part of this improvement comes from your support.

Giving Tuesday is by no means limited to participating nonprofits, but here are a few local organizations that are participating in the 2017 #GivingTuesday holiday:

• The Children’s Inn at NIH
• Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless
• Montgomery Community Media
• Arts for the Aging
• ArtStream
• ASHA for Women
• Audubon Naturalist Society
• CollegeTracks
• Community Ministries of Rockville
• The Dwelling Place
• Girls on the Run of MoCo
• Hospice Caring
• interPLAYcompany Orchestra
• Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse
• KID Museum
• Literacy Council of Montgomery County
• Manna Food Center
• Mercy Health Clinic
• Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts
• Mobile Medical Care
• Rebuilding Together Montgomery County
• Rock Creek Conservancy
• Shepherd's Table
• The Writer's Center
• Yellow Ribbon Fund

What nonprofit do you support? Tell us about it in the comments section.

Here are some statewide organizations:

• ACLU of Maryland
• American Red Cross
• Catholic Charities
• Maryland SPCA
• Maryland Book Bank
• Maryland Food Bank

Image via givingtuesday.org