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20 White Plains Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the White Plains area.

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WHITE PLAINS, NY — If you’re like many of your White Plains neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in White Plains.

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Here are 20 local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

  • Family Services of Westchester (Purchase hq, White Plains, Katonah, Hastings-on-Hudson, Mount Vernon, Pelham, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, White Plains, Yonkers): "provides mental health and social services that strengthen and support families, children and individuals at every stage of their lives."
  • Family Ties of Westchester (White Plains): "Providing peer support and advocacy services to families impacted by behavioral health challenges."
  • Friends of White Plains Public Schools: "dedicated to supporting students in White Plains Public Schools by funding academic and cultural enrichment programs not included in the District's budget."
  • Girls Inc. of Westchester County (White Plains): "provides girls with trusting, mentoring relationships, a girls-only environment, and research-based, hands-on programming. Three critical goals drive our programming – that girls lead healthy lives, succeed academically, and develop life skills to prepare them for adulthood."
  • Hudson Valley Justice Center (White Plains, Newburgh, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie): "provides high-quality legal counsel in civil matters where basic human needs are at stake. We represent poor and low-income individuals who cannot afford an attorney, regardless of immigration status."
  • Latino U College Access (White Plains): "While talent is universal, opportunity is not. We empower first-generation Latino students on their journeys to and through college so they can fulfill their remarkable potential."
  • Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (White Plains): "committed to providing outstanding legal services for our clients. Our comprehensive civil legal services are free to low-income individuals who might not otherwise receive fair representation."
  • Lifting Up Westchester: "founded in 1979 with a mission to provide life-changing support to individuals and families who have lost their housing or are struggling to meet basic needs. Each year, we serve over 3,000 men, women, and children through programs such as emergency shelter, housing assistance, job support, and youth programs. Our vision is a community where everyone has a stable place to call home, and we partner with those we serve to help build secure futures."
  • Meals on Wheels of White Plains: "We deliver 'medically appropriate' to persons living in White Plains who are too disabled to shop and prepare meals for themselves. The vast majority of these are frail elderly and fall well below poverty guidelines."
  • My Sisters' Place (White Plains): "strives to end domestic violence and human trafficking through comprehensive services, advocacy, and community education. MSP works to create a world in which every individual has the basic human right to be free from gender-based violence and to engage in relationships that embrace the principles of respect, equality, and safety."
  • Pace Women's Justice Center (White Plains): "provides free legal services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse. As a nonprofit legal center, we help individuals in Westchester and Putnam Counties navigate the legal system and obtain services related to divorce, custody, support, financial exploitation, public benefits, and housing. Through outreach events and training programs, we raise awareness, and educate the community and professionals on best practices when working with victims of abuse."
  • United Way of Westchester and Putnam (White Plains): "In order to assist our neighbors to become more self-sufficient, our United Way mobilizes strategic partnerships and leverages resources to create a more equitable community by advancing education, financial stability, and health initiatives."
  • WCLA - Choice Matters (White Plains): "to ensure that all women, regardless of age, race, class, status, geography or ability to pay, have full, unimpeded access to reproductive health care."
  • Westchester Children's Association (White Plains): "to improve the lives of Westchester’s young people by shaping policies and programs to meet their needs and by keeping their well-being at the top of the public agenda."
  • Westchester Jewish Community Services (White Plains): "a comprehensive human services organization that helps people of all ages and backgrounds overcome emotional, social, educational, vocational, disability, and spiritual challenges so they can lead lives with strength, resilience, and confidence."
  • WJCS Center Lane (White Plains): "where LGBTQIA+ youth create community, connect with culture, and contribute to the world."
  • White Plains Library Foundation: "to help the White Plains Public Library reach its long term goals. Private support from Foundation donors helps supplement the Library’s essential public funding from the City of White Plains. Through contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations, the Foundation provides funds for innovative new programs, service enhancements, and capital projects."
  • Women's Enterprise Development Center (White Plains): " empowers entrepreneurs to build successful businesses by providing high quality training programs, advisory services, and access to capital to generate economic growth in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. WEDC graduates start and grow all types of business."
  • YMCA of Central & Northern Westchester (White Plains hq, Yorktown Heights, Putnam Valley): "As a non-facility YMCA, we are uniquely positioned to serve our region, offering a wide range of programs in schools and community spaces throughout Westchester and Putnam Counties. Our programs create opportunities for children to discover their potential while enjoying a blend of fun and learning."
  • YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester: "builds community, transforms systems and empowers individuals and their families, especially women and girls marginalized by poverty, racism, and trauma to achieve economic, physical and emotional well being."

Here are some other nonprofits in Westchester County:

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