A starting list of Northern Virginia nonprofits worth knowing. The 25% pledge funds any NOVA 501(c)(3) you pick.
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Hunger relief and emergency pantries across NOVA.
Regional flagship of hunger relief. Supplies food to community pantries, shelters, and meal programs across NOVA.
Free supplemental groceries for Arlington residents who cannot afford enough food. Dignified pickup and home delivery.
Emergency food assistance via grocery gift cards and pantry, paired with financial coaching for working families.
Food pantry, emergency shelter, hypothermia prevention, affordable housing, and childcare under one umbrella.
Shelter, transitional housing, and homelessness prevention.
Six shelters plus permanent supportive housing programs. Founded 1977, longest-running homelessness response in NOVA.
Hot meals, hypothermia shelter, emergency assistance, and case management. Fairfax County’s primary homeless-response partner.
Affordable housing access and wraparound services for families. Founded 1924; oldest social-services nonprofit in NOVA.
Free clinical care and crisis response for the uninsured and under-resourced.
Only free comprehensive healthcare provider in Arlington for low-income uninsured adults. Serves 1,800+ patients per year.
Operates the regional 988 lifeline. Crisis and suicide intervention, behavioral health, recovery support, peer services.
Resettlement, legal services, and advocacy for new Americans.
Resettlement support for Afghan and other newly arrived refugee families. Tutoring, English practice, household setup, job assistance.
Immigration legal services for low-income immigrants. DACA renewals, family petitions, asylum, citizenship.
Civic engagement, advocacy, and direct services for Korean and Asian American immigrant communities.
Mental wellness and housing for veterans and their families.
Combat veteran and first responder mental wellness through Posttraumatic Growth retreats. Nationally recognized, NOVA-headquartered.
Permanent housing for homeless veterans. Furnishes apartments, provides case management, closes the persistent NOVA veteran-homelessness gap.
Rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption for NOVA’s animals.
100% volunteer-driven rescue and rehabilitation for abused and abandoned pets. Every dollar goes to animals.
Arlington County’s contracted shelter. Adoption, lost-and-found, animal control partnership, low-cost spay-neuter.
Literacy, tutoring, and educational pathways for NOVA’s kids and student parents.
Stable supportive housing tied to education and employment for adults with serious mental illness.
Literacy programs for low-income kids in shelters and transitional housing. Books, read-aloud nights, family literacy.
Mentoring, tuition support, and early-childhood programs for student parents pursuing college degrees.
Grants, scholarships, and emergency-needs funds for FCPS students who would otherwise fall through the cracks.
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