Giving Tuesday: 25 Mid-Hudson Valley Nonprofits That Could Use Your Help

MID-HUDSON VALLEY, NY — There's no single way to show generosity on Giving Tuesday, which falls on Tuesday, Dec. 2, this year, but several nonprofits in Orange, Dutchess, and Ulster Counties are counting on end-of-the-year donations and support.

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday all focus on consumerism, while the idea behind Giving Tuesday is to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Since 2012, nonprofits, community and grassroots groups, and mutual aid networks worldwide have used the #GivingTuesday hashtag to encourage fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes, according to the nonprofit of the same name behind the movement.

Local nonprofits remain heavily dependent on donor support. Charitable contributions increased 2.9 percent from June 2024 to June 2025, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Report analysis.

Notably, although total dollars raised have increased, year-to-date performance among supersize donors has been softer than in 2024, making small contributions more important than ever.

In the United States, Giving Tuesday is led by hundreds of communities, networks and coalitions.

Here are 25 nonprofits in the Mid-Hudson Valley that depend on community support (donations should be made directly to each of the nonprofits below):

• Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley
• American Red Cross Eastern NY Region
• Boys & Girls Club of Newburgh
• Boys & Girls Club of Ulster County:
• Dutchess County SPCA
• Dutchess Land Conservancy
• East Fishkill Community Library
• The Fresh Air Fund
• Friends of the Kingston Library
• Friends of the Middletown Thrall Library
• Friends of the Newburgh Free Library
• Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District
• Food Bank of the Hudson Valley, Inc.
• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh
• Hudson Valley Honor Flight
• Hudson Valley Justice Center
• Meals on Wheels Greater Hyde Park
• Meals on Wheels Greater Newburgh
• Meals on Wheels Greater Poughkeepsie
• Orange County Land Trust
• Special Olympics NY
• Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Club
• Ulster County Habitat for Humanity
• YMCA of Middletown
• YMCA of Kingston & Ulster County

The Giving Tuesday movement encourages "radical generosity," the concept that the suffering of others should be as intolerable to us as our own suffering, according to the movement’s website.

Giving Tuesday was created in New York City in 2012 with a simple goal: to encourage people to do good. Over the past nine years, the idea has grown into the global movement it is today.

Last year, Giving Tuesday participants raised a record-breaking $3.6 billion from 36.1 million participants, bringing the total raised on the day since 2012 to $18.5 billion.