Ways to Give to Help Alabama on Giving Tuesday

Since today is Giving Tuesday, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the many non-profit organizations that make up the Alabama Forward table. Beginning in 2020, we now have 31 table members who have joined this unique, statewide civic engagement network designed to support each other towards realizing a more equitable and democratic future for Alabama.

So in that spirit, if you’re able to donate something today, check out one of these nonprofits below and help us work together to fund our future.

¡HICA! is a community development and advocacy organization that champions economic equality, civic engagement, and social justice for Latino and immigrant families in Alabama. Donate at https://hicaalabama.org/en/donate.
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is a grassroots, statewide network of individuals and organizations that works to advance and defend the rights of immigrants in Alabama. Donate at https://secure.everyaction.com/YZUyH4SVlkeh2uucdeQkeQ2.
ACLU of Alabama is freedom’s watchdog; working in the courts, legislatures, and communities to defend the individual rights and personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Donate at https://action.aclu.org/give/support-aclu-alabama.
Alabama-Korea Education and Economic Partnership (A-KEEP) works with members of the community to enable students, professionals, organizations and corporations of Alabama and Korea to take full advantage of the opportunities of growing economic ties between the two regions. Donate at https://secure.squarespace.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5beef19f1ae6cfbc3ccd99e0.
Alabama Arise is a statewide nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of congregations, organizations and individuals united in their belief that people in poverty are suffering because of state policy decisions. Through Arise, groups and individuals join together to promote policies to improve the lives of Alabamians with low incomes. Donate at https://www.alarise.org/get-involved/donate-join-arise/.
The Alabama Black Women’s Roundtable is a state affiliate of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing civic engagement and voter participation in Black and underserved communities. Donate at https://www.ncbcp.org/donate/.
Alabama Justice Initiative is a policy and advocacy hub committed to ending mass incarceration by activating the power and elevating the voices of Alabamians impacted by the criminal justice system.
Alabama NAACP is a plaintiff in the Milligan v. Merrill case, and they work to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. Donate at https://alnaacp.org/donate.
The Alabama Poor People’s Campaign is uniting people across Alabama to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality of religious nationalism. Donate at https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/donate/.
Alabama Possible is a statewide nonprofit organization that breaks down barriers to prosperity through advocacy, education, and collaboration. For nearly 30 years, they have transformed how people think and talk about economic opportunity and educational attainment in Alabama and beyond. Donate at https://secure.swell.gives/alabamapossible/donations#/amount.
Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama’s water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement. Donate at https://alabamarivers.org/donate-now/.
The Black Belt Community Foundation is to forge a collective stream of giving that transforms a 12-county region and connects those interested in having an impact in the region with nonprofits that are making a difference today. Donate at https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/blackbeltcommunityfoundation.
Black Voters Matter Fund seeks to increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities through voting, and has built a national network that directs resources directly to the people on the ground to determine their own destiny. Donate at https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/donate//
Church Women United Montgomery is a racially, culturally, and theologically inclusive ecumencial Christian women’s movement, celebrating unity in diversity and working for a world of peace and justice. Donate at https://www.cwual.org/donation.
Faith & Works Collective is a Black-led, nonpartisan, statewide civic engagement and social justice collective which aims to organize and empower faith leaders to use effective grassroots and community organizing strategies to create congregational involvement. Donate at https://faithandworkscollective.com/donate/.
Faith in Action Alabama is a community organizing network that gives people of faith the tools that they need to fight for justice and work towards a more equitable society. Donate at https://www.faithinactionalabama.org/payment.
Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution works to advance healthy air & environmental justice in the greater-Birmingham area through education, advocacy, and collaboration. Donate at https://gaspgroup.org/support/.
Greater Birmingham Ministries is a plaintiff in the Milligan v. Merrill case, and they are a multi-faith, multi-racial, multi-generational organization that seeks to carry out a faith-based response to poverty by meeting people’s emergency needs. Donate at https://gbm.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2.
Hometown Organizing Project is on the frontlines of Alabama’s rural communities working directly with local residents to develop place-based solutions to communities’ most pressing challenges. The organization is also a founding partner of the Alabama Election Protection Network, a collaborative of nonpartisan grassroots organizations who are dedicated to upholding the core values of democracy. Donate at https://www.hometownorganizing.org/donate.
Human Rights Campaign strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people are ensured equality and embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community. Donate at https://give.hrc.org.
Jobs to Move America – Southern Regional Office is a strategic policy center that works to transform public spending and corporate behavior using a comprehensive approach that is rooted in racial and economic justice and community organizing. Donate at https://jobstomoveamerica.org/donate/.
People’s Budget Birmingham is a coalition focused on giving you a say in how the city spends your taxes through participatory budgeting, a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making, in which ordinary people decide how to allocate part of a municipal or public budget.
Planned Parenthood Southeast is the nation’s oldest and largest provider of family planning services. Its mission is to provide voluntary family planning services and education that enhance personal and social understanding of human sexuality, and they advocate for public policies that guarantee reproductive rights and access to health care. Donate at https://www.weareplannedparenthood.org/onlineactions/cOJVhOyrzkq4uBcxVekXFA2?sourceid=1000065&affiliateID=090330.
Project Say Something confronts racial injustice by using communication, education, and community empowerment to reconcile the past with the present through programs for holistic reproductive health, workshops on anti-discrimination and allyship training programs, as well as encouraging and affirming all Black voices, especially those who confront marginalization on various axes and intersection of Black identity. Donate at https://saysomething8888.myshopify.com/products/donation.
Reclaiming Our Time Alabama is a Marshall County based 501(c)(3) organization that advocates for racial and social justice as we work to eradicate poverty in order to form better communities.
Rollin’ to the Polls was started in 2016 by the Montgomery Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, which pushed GOTV efforts by increasing community engagement through voter registration, voting rights restoration, voter education, Election-Day services, and mobilization.
Southern Poverty Law Center monitors the activities of domestic hate groups and other extremists – including the Ku Klux Klan, the neo-Nazi movement, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, antigovernment militias, Christian Identity adherents and others. Donate at https://support.splcenter.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3140&mfc_pref=T&3140.donation=form1.
Transform Alabama is a community organizing project whose objective is to mobilize everyday citizens across Alabama. The goals of Transform Alabama are to increase voter registration, provide practical voter education, and increase constituent engagement at all levels of government. Donate at http://www.transformalabama.org/store/p2/donate.html#/.
United Women of Color creates and fosters opportunities of advancement and empowerment. UWOC builds and shapes the development of our communities by cultivating civic engagement, grassroots outreach, and providing community services to improve the lives of women, girls and families. Donate at https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTMxMTc5.