Giving Tuesday: 5 Fredericksburg Nonprofits That Could Use Your Help

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — There’s no single way to show generosity on Giving Tuesday, which falls on Tuesday, Dec. 2, this year, but several nonprofits in Fredericksburg 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 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 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 five nonprofits in Fredericksburg that depend on community support (donations should be made directly to each of the nonprofits below):

1. Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank unites the Central Rappahannock River Region in its commitment to fight hunger.
2. Fredericksburg SPCA empowers the Fredericksburg community to end animal suffering through leadership and action, engagement and learning, compassionate care and adoption, affordable veterinary medicine and resources, and by having the conversation about what it takes to change our culture for the betterment of all living beings, according to its mission statement.
3. Downtown Greens is a nonprofit providing 58.7 acres of publicly accessible, park-like greenspace and gardens in downtown Fredericksburg.
4. The Community Foundation advocates for the vitality and well-being of the Rappahannock River Region, according to its mission statement. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit manages and distributes charitable giving in the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, and Caroline, and the City of Fredericksburg.
5. Greater Fredericksburg Habitat For Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. As such, Habitat For Humanity builds and rehabilitates homes for families in need of affordable housing in Fredericksburg, Stafford, King George, and Spotsylvania.

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.