Comments on: Help me nominate a non-profit

By: The Phytophactor

The Phytophactor — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:45:52 +0000

Different chapters of Habitat for Humanity may behave differently, but our very active local chapter behaves the way you wish all Christian charities behaved; no religious strings seem to be attached to their projects, no screening, welcoming volunteers of all walks of life, no crowing by any local churches. So on a personal level I’ve got no problem with them.

By: nice_marmot

nice_marmot — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:12:49 +0000

charitywater.org

By: GBM

GBM — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:43:18 +0000

There’s always the Asylum Law Project (U of M law students get all over the country to do grunt work on trying to get people asylum visas to stay in the US.)

By: bcoppola

bcoppola — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:57:16 +0000

Saw DonorsChoose.org on PZ’s blog awhile back. If K-12 ed is your thing take a look. The idea is you choose a needy classroom: teachers post their needs/projects, a total amount needed, & you donate what you wish. Needs range from things like field trips & special classroom projects to basic supplies. As many families & school districts have been affected by the economic crunch I think this meets Greg’s and MoveOn’s criteria.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:54:56 +0000

Habitat is pretty religious. They don’t let that ruin what they do, as far as I know … I was involved in one habitat project where they built a house for Somali muslims to live in. Of course, that was before all the Minneapolis Somali terrorist scares happened, but whatever.

By: Mrs Grackle

Mrs Grackle — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:48:13 +0000

Habitat for Humanity? Have you ever looked at their website? It says, “Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian organization.”

No thanks.

By: The Phytophactor

The Phytophactor — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:44:07 +0000

Habitat for Humanity. We have a joint student chapter for the 2 universities in town and they have been building up a storm. It’s good for the students to get out and do things, and it puts many people into affordable homes.