GivingTuesday: 5 Arlington Nonprofits That Could Use Your Help

ARLINGTON, VA — There’s no single way to show generosity on GivingTuesday, which falls on Tuesday, Nov. 28, but several nonprofits in Arlington 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 GivingTuesday 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 GivingTuesday to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes, according to the nonprofit of the same name behind the movement.

Local nonprofits are having another tough year. The donor pool shrunk by 3.8 percent and the total amount raised through philanthropy was down 0.7 percent, according to a first-quarter 2023 fundraising report.

GivingTuesday is locally led in more than 240 U.S. communities, networks and coalitions.

Here are five nonprofits in Arlington that depend on community support (donations should be made directly to each of the nonprofits below):

• Animal Welfare League of Arlington: Shelters and finds homes for animals in Arlington.
• Arlington Historical Society: Working to strengthen Arlington through a better understanding of its diverse history.
• The Black Heritage Museum of Arlington: Celebrates the African journey of slavery to freedom in Arlington. Repository of African Americans' rich history in the county.
• Doorways: Creates pathways out of homelessness, domestic violence and sexual assault for Arlington residents.
• Restorative Arlington: Works to bringing restorative justice practices to Arlington's legal system, schools and the community.

The GivingTuesday 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.

GivingTuesday 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.