Posted on July 6, 2023
Reflect on 2023 so far, and vote now for a very special donation!
Thanks to our amazing CREDO customers, we’ve donated to 18 incredible progressive nonprofit groups so far this year. In celebration, we’ll be giving a special, extra donation of $10,000 to one of the groups we funded in 2023. Read below for a refresher on our grantees from January through June this year (list in alphabetical order), and then cast your vote now, and help send some extra support their way!
Democracy Now!
Grantee in February 2023
Democracy Now! is a daily, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman, Juan González and Nermeen Shaikh. Its reporting includes breaking news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the frontlines of today’s most pressing issues. Visit www.democracynow.org to learn more.
Action Against Hunger
Grantee in April 2023
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. It saves the lives of malnourished children. It ensures everyone can access clean water, food, training and healthcare. It enables entire communities to be free from hunger. Visit www.actionagainsthunger.org to learn more.
Equal Rights Advocates
Grantee in January 2023
Equal Rights Advocates fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools. Since 1974, it’s protected and advanced rights and opportunities for women, girls, and gender-expansive people with free legal services, bold legislation, and community advocacy. Visit www.equalrights.org to learn more.
Evergreen Action
Grantee in February 2023
Evergreen pairs bold policy products with campaign-style communications and advocacy tactics to drive positive change. It fights for a just and thriving clean energy economy through raising standards, catalyzing investment, and centering justice. Visit www.evergreenaction.com to learn more.
Family Equality
Grantee in June 2023
Family Equality’s mission is to ensure that everyone has the freedom to find, form, and sustain their families by advancing equality for the LGBTQ+ community. It is creating a world where everyone can experience the love, safety, and belonging of family. Visit www.familyequality.org to learn more.
Friends of the Earth Action
Grantee in May 2023
Friends of the Earth Action believes that environmental protection and social justice are both part of the struggle for a healthy and just world. It fights for laws and lawmakers that echo that mission, and helps the public join in the battle. Visit www.foeaction.org to learn more.
Futures Without Violence
Grantee in March 2023
For over 40 years, FUTURES has led groundbreaking programs and policy solutions to create safer homes, schools, and communities for women, children, and families everywhere. Its vision is for all individuals to have equitable access to education, safety, justice, and economic freedom. Visit www.futureswithoutviolence.org to learn more.
Global Fund for Women
Grantee in June 2023
Global Fund for Women envisions a world where movements for gender justice have transformed power and privilege for a few into equity and equality for all. Visit www.globalfundforwomen.org to learn more.
Green America
Grantee in April 2023
Since 1982, Green America has worked tirelessly to harness economic power – the strength of consumers, investors, and business leaders across the country – to create a more socially just and environmentally sustainable society. Visit www.greenamerica.org to learn more.
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Grantee in April 2023
KIND’s vision is a world in which children’s rights and well-being are protected as they migrate alone. KIND’s team is made up of global experts on the rights and needs of unaccompanied and separated children and the laws, policies, and practices that affect them. Visit www.supportkind.org to learn more.
Life After Hate
Grantee in February 2023
Life After Hate helps individuals disengage and deradicalize from violent far-right extremist (VFRE) hate groups and hateful online spaces. Visit www.lifeafterhate.org to learn more.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Grantee in May 2023
For more than 27 years, the National Domestic Violence Hotline has answered the call – over 6.5 million calls, chats, and texts to date – for those affected by relationship abuse. It provides crisis support and hope for a life free from violence. Visit thehotline.org to learn more.
National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)
Grantee in June 2023
The National Fair Housing Alliance is the country’s only national civil rights organization dedicated solely to eliminating all forms of housing and lending discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for all people. Visit thehotline.org to learn more.
Paid Leave for All
Grantee in May 2023
Paid Leave for All represents dozens of organizations and tens of millions of workers, families, small businesses, and advocates, and its campaign provides the strategy and coordinated effort to pass a federal law ensuring paid leave for all working people. Visit www.paidleaveforall.org to learn more.
Pesticide Action Network
Grantee in March 2023
Across the US and around the world, PAN works with those on the frontlines of industrial agriculture — farmworkers, family farmers, rural communities, Indigenous people and children — to eradicate pesticide use and build a just, healthy food system. Visit www.panna.org to learn more.
SAGE
Grantee in January 2023
Founded in 1978, SAGE has offered programming and direct services to LGBTQ+ elders and their caregivers for nearly 50 years. It advocates for impactful policy changes, and provide education, technical assistance, and training for aging providers. Visit www.sageusa.org to learn more.
Social Security Works
Grantee in March 2023
Social Security Works knows that the best defense against right-wing lies is a good offense. That’s why it fights every day to expand―never cut―our Social Security system! Visit socialsecurityworks.org to learn more.
Women’s Refugee Commission
Grantee in January 2023
WRC is proud to partner with displaced women, children, LGBTQI+, and people with disabilities to catalyze gender-transformative change, by ensuring their voices are heard – and heeded – by local, national, and global decision-makers. Visit www.womensrefugeecommission.org to learn more.