CA Charities That Need Your Help To End 2021

CALIFORNIA, CA — Many charities across the world are struggling to stay afloat amid the pandemic.

Charitable donations from individuals are a vital part of an organization's survival, now more than ever.

Californians who want to end 2021 on a strong note and do a little bit of good should check out our list of charities from across the state to consider helping.

American Red Cross

A lot of people think of the American Red Cross as a place to donate blood. But the group also provides disaster relief services and CPR and first-aid training and has teamed up with fire departments across the country to install smoke alarms.

California Farmworker Foundation

The California Farmworker Foundation helps the state's farmworker community by providing a variety of services, including English-language classes, parenting classes, job training, immigration clinics and health screenings.

Community Outreach Ministry

The Community Outreach Ministry's mission is to help at-risk kids "break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, drugs, violence, delinquency, gangs and incarceration." The Riverside-based organization does so by providing mentoring and scholarships to children of incarcerated parents.

Feeding America

Feeding America is a nonprofit organization made up of more than 200 food banks across the country. More than 40 million Americans went hungry in 2021, and Feeding America partnered with Patch to raise awareness of the growing hunger epidemic.

FixNation

FixNation advocates for the humane treatment of stray cats and to control their population through a "trap-neuter-return" strategy. The strategy involves trapping a cat and having it spayed or neutered. Feral cats are then returned to where they were trapped. If a trapped cat is socialized, FixNation will work with animal welfare groups to get it adopted.

Homeboy Industries

Homeboy Industries bills itself as the "largest gang intervention, rehab and re-entry program in the world." The East Los Angeles-based organization offers former gang members a second shot at life through its employment and re-entry program. It will also connect individuals with substance abuse and tattoo removal services.

Mercy For Animals

This Los Angeles-based nonprofit seeks to end the "exploitation of animals for food" and encourages a vegan lifestyle. The organization conducts investigations into the treatment of animals at factory farms and slaughterhouses and urges corporations such as Walmart and Perdue Farms to adopt animal welfare policies.

Mutual Aid Groups

Mutual aid groups aren't traditional charities. They are a grassroots support network that helps out a particular community. Mutual aid groups have risen in prominence during the pandemic to help traditionally underserved communities such as the unhoused, LGBTQ people and older adults, according to The Cut. Mutual Aid Hub has a list of groups across the U.S., including Mutual Aid Network Los Angeles and SF Mutual Aid in California.

PATH

PATH, formerly People Assisting The Homeless, is a nonprofit organization that provides services to California's unhoused population and helps them find permanent housing. Services provided by PATH include job training, benefits advocacy and medical and mental health care.