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Together we’ve become volunteers in places we would have never expected, planted milkweed for butterflies, provided books to kids in need, helped save endangered turtles, helped turn excess food into nutrition, helped bring art to youth, educated one another about how we are connected to our delicate food systems, helped save abandoned horses and given old dogs new hope, watched foster youth shine in the spotlight of movie making, helped clean tires out of rivers… we could go on and on and on. It is an absolute joy to be a part of such an amazing network of humans making a difference.

August 8, 2022

ALMA Backyard Farms!

“ALMA reconnects the lives of the formerly incarcerated back to the fabric of society. Our participants have the chance at attaining gainful employment and becoming self-sufficient. Urban Farming helps everyone involved explore the relationships between plants, animals and humans as a way of creating a profound connection to both nature and their community.” - ALMA Backyard Farms

August 1, 2022

Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes!

While we’re writing this and you’re reading it, Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes is out there, finding ways to provide food to more people in need throughout Santa Cruz County, where one of three residents are reported to be food insecure.

July 25, 2022

Kids Need to Read!

Founded with a passion to improve the lives of underserved children by providing inspiring book collections and engaging literacy programs to underfunded schools, libraries, and organizations across the nation, Kids Need to Read aspires to empower and embolden every last child through a culture of reading.

July 18, 2022

Bee Girl and MicroMatching

Through Sunday we are spreading the news about Bee Girl! Through their research, projects, and education programs, they are regenerating soil, bees, and communities. Bees need to be saved not just for our own needs, but to preserve the very fabric of life as we know it on earth.

July 11, 2022

Food Forward and MicroMatching

Food Forward rescues fruits and vegetables from backyard fruit trees, orchards, farms, farmers’ markets, and commercial/wholesale produce vendors, preventing this healthy food from going to waste. The fresh produce is then donated,100% free of charge, to hunger relief agencies who serve families and individuals experiencing food insecurity. Through their work, Food Forward is providing critical human services and redirecting the inbuilt excess of the food system.

July 4, 2022

Green Living Science and MicroMatching

Do you know that Americans generate more waste per capita than any other nation in the world? This week we’re celebrating Green Living Science’s efforts to bring education about recycling and natural resource conservation to Detroit's youth, businesses, and other community members.

June 27, 2022

Youth Art Exchange and MicroMatching

We’re all about a lot of people chipping in a little to make big change! This week we are excited to share another impactful nonprofit that is bringing the power of art to young people. Through Sunday, we are sharing the work of Youth Art Exchange with our community and also rallying people together to make a difference by gathering and matching as many small ($1-10) donations as we can. Join us to help realize the power of collective giving!

June 20, 2022

Save our Monarchs and MicroMatching

The monarch butterfly is in trouble (their population has decreased by 90% since 1992!), so this week we’re focusing our microgiving and outreach efforts on spreading the news about Save Our Monarchs and their very simple mission: Plant milkweed. It's the only way to bring back the monarch.

June 13, 2022

Sandy Hook Promise and MicroMatching

This week we're spotlighting Sandy Hook Promise. Research has proven that Sandy Hook Promise’s Know the Signs programs effectively teach youth and adults how to prevent school violence, shootings, and other harmful acts. Students and educators learn how to identify at-risk behaviors and intervene to get help. These early-prevention measures empower everyone to help keep schools and communities safe.

May 30, 2022

Urban ArtWorks and MicroMatching

This week (drumroll please) we bring you Urban ArtWorks! Nonprofits are proving that access to art programming can be life-changing, and Urban Artworks is no exception. Since 1995, Urban ArtWorks has served communities in the greater Seattle area through an empowering program model that brings youth together with professional teaching artists to create inspiring public art.

May 23, 2022

Tulsa Girls Art School and MicroMatching

This week we are proud to introduce Tulsa Girls Art School to our microgiving community! Tulsa Girls Art School is a no-cost after school program that provides transformative art instruction, mentorship, youth development, and positive peer support to female at-promise students in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the goal of fostering resilient, self-determined, and empowered young women.

May 16, 2022

The Food Project and MicroMatching

We’re so thrilled to introduce The Food Project this week. Their mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system.

May 9, 2022

Whole Child International and MicroMatching

This week, we’re sharing yet another wonderful nonprofit and reaching out to our growing community to join one another in giving a little (between $1and $10) together, to help make a difference. Through Sunday, your collective dollars will help Whole Child International deepen the relationships between caregivers and children in El Salvador.

May 2, 2022

Organic Farm School and MicroMatching

We love food, and without farms there’s no food. So, this week we’re bringing back the Organic Farm School to benefit from our MicroMatching program. Through Sunday, gathering as many microdonations ($1-$10) as we can from our wonderful community of nonprofit supporters (that’s you!) and matching all donations, up to $500, to help support the Organic Farm School as they dive into a new season of growing both food and farmers!

April 25, 2022

NYC Salt and MicroMatching

This week we are thrilled to introduce the nonprofit NYC Salt to our microgiving community. NYC Salt is unlocking the full potential of underserved students in New York City by dismantling barriers and unlocking opportunities through the creative and economic power of visual arts.

April 18, 2022

Voices of Children and MicroMatching

During the invasion of Ukraine Voices of Children is providing nonstop assistance to affected children and families from all over the country, providing emergency psychological assistance, and assisting in the evacuation process.

March 7, 2022

Coral Reef Alliance and MicroMatching

Coral reefs are in trouble, but science tells us it’s possible to help them adapt to climate change. Our Cause of the Week, Coral Reef Alliance, engages with scientists, local communities, and global partners to keep reefs healthy and protected, before it’s too late. This week, 52andChange is helping make a difference alongside our microgiving community (that’s you!) by matching microgifts to Coral Reef Alliance, up to $500.

February 28, 2022

The Pablove Foundation and MicroMatching

Cancer is tough. Being a kid with cancer is even harder. Donations at 52andChange this week can help make it a little easier. The Pablove Foundation, this week’s Cause of the Week, works to improve the lives of children living with cancer through the arts while also investing in underfunded, cutting-edge pediatric cancer research.

February 21, 2022

Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes and MicroMatching

We’re matching all microdonations that come in, up to $500, to support this wonderful cause: Loaves and Fishes is a community-based organization dedicated to alleviating hunger among working poor families, farm workers, and elderly, disabled, and homeless individuals of Central California's Pajaro Valley. 70% of those served are farmworkers and their families.

February 14, 2022

ALMA Farms and MicroMatching

Well, here we are again… A new week and another astounding nonprofit. Our Cause of of the Week is ALMA Backyard Farms. We are so inspired by their story of listening carefully to the desire of previously incarcerated people to give back and lead productive lives, turning those desires into growing and sharing food, and restoring life and land through urban agriculture.

February 7, 2022

Kids Need to Read and MicroMatching

Join others in making a small donation (never more than $10 on our platform!) to support this incredible nonprofit, which is getting books into the hands of the kids who need them the most. We’ll be matching all donations that come in, dollar for dollar, up to $500, so consider your donation doubled. 52andChange is all about a lot of people, each giving a little, to help make big change.

January 31, 2022

Young Women Empowered and MicroMatching

This week we are so honored to bring back Young Women Empowered as our Cause of the Week. Young Women Empowered’s mission is to cultivate the power of diverse young women to be creative leaders and courageous changemakers. Y-WE envisions a society rooted in social justice where all young women live their truth, achieve their dreams, and change our world.  It’s gratifying to share their mission with our growing 52andChange community, and make sure the organization benefits from our MicroMatching program, where we are currently matching every microgift (give $1, $2, $3… never more than $10)*, up to $500. Just like that, $500 in small donations can become $1,000 for Young Women Empowered. Help us get there!

January 24, 2022

Washington Farmland Trust and MicroMatching

Washington Farmland Trust is keeping food on our collective plates by protecting and stewarding threatened farmland. They keep land healthy and keep it in production by making it accessible to a new generation of farmers. It’s essential to find ways to support established farms and also new farmers who face countless barriers to accessing land, from affordability to systemic racism and discrimination. 

January 17, 2022

Housing Matters and MicroMatching

Housing Matters partners with individuals and families to create pathways out of homelessness into permanent housing. Help support their inspiring efforts by giving $1, $2, $3… up to $10! Start with $1 and see how it feels! We’re humbled to bring back Housing Matters to benefit from our MicroMatching program (all gifts will be matched, up to $500!) through Sunday.

January 10, 2022

Kids in the Spotlight and MicroMatching

We are thrilled to ring in the new year by bringing Kids in the Spotlight back to 52andChange.org. This week we’re amplifying the work of this wonderful nonprofit to our growing audience, and matching all microdonations up to $500. Kids in the Spotlight helps to give foster youth full agency to tell their stories by writing, casting, and starring in their own short films.

December 27, 2021

Austin Bat Cave and MicroMatching

For more than 14 years, Austin Bat Cave has provided safe, accessible, and free writing programs to Central Texas youth (ages 6-18) by connecting young learners with local novelists, poets, journalists, fiction writers, and other artistic professionals through our in-school, after-school, weekend, and summer creative writing workshops.

December 21, 2021

The Right Step, Inc. and MicroMatching

This week’s Cause of the Week, is another nonprofit that gives all they can to help people, every day, no matter the season. We are thrilled to bring back The Right Step, Inc., to benefit from this week’s MicroMatching opportunity at 52andChange.org. Through Sunday, we’ll be raising as many microdonations as we can to support their mission to better the lives of people with disabilities through the healing power of horses.

December 6, 2021

Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society and MicroMatching

We are so honored to bring back Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society to benefit from this week’s MicroMatching opportunity at 52andChange.org. Through Sunday, we’ll be raising as many microdonations ($1, $2, $3… but never more than $10), as we can to support this incredible nonprofit that rescues neglected and abused horses, places them into foster homes, rehabilitates and retrains them, and finds them loving adopters. We will also match all donations that come in, up to $500, so when you give a little today, the impact will be doubled!

November 15, 2021

Featuring Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank

This week, we’re highlighting the tireless work of Pike Market Senior Center and Food Bank as our Cause of the Week. Through our MicroMatching program, 52andChange will match every microgift (give $1, $2, $3… never more than $10)*, up to $500! There are countless reasons to unite for this cause (we rally around $1 gifts!). They’ve been around since 1978, and what started off as a gathering place in the heart of Seattle’s Pike Place Market grew to a hub offering all kinds of services to a far wider constituency. Though located in an area that has both high rents and high incomes, it’s also the epicenter of the Seattle area’s homelessness crisis.

November 8, 2021

Featuring Hear Your Song

Hear Your Song is just the kind of nonprofit story 52andChange was created to tell. This powerful Cause of the Week empowers children and teens with serious illnesses to make their voices heard by writing and producing songs, with the support of Hear Your Song staff and an impressive group of volunteer musicians and composers.

November 1, 2021

Featuring Feeding GA Families

We’re excited to bring back Feeding GA Families as our latest 52andChange Cause of the Week! This week we’re also introducing 52andChange MicroMatching! Feeding GA Families feeds people experiencing food insecurity, when they need it, no questions asked. They are on the ground, in the office, on the streets, delivering and serving food, filling pantries, working with partners to bring more food to people in need… and the list never ends. In 2020 alone, their services reached more than 140,000 people.

October 26, 2021

Featuring Old Dog Haven

Old Dog Haven is our latest Cause of the Week. Through Sunday, we’ll be raising as many microdonations ($1, $2, $3… but never more than $10*) as we can to support this compassionate nonprofit that provides homes for senior dogs who have been abandoned or are about to become homeless. The dogs placed through Old Dog Haven are cared for and loved for the rest of their lives in a permanent foster home, and Old Dog Haven pays for all of the veterinary care, making their senior years golden years.

October 18, 2021

Featuring Food Forward

Food Forward rescues fruits and vegetables from backyard fruit trees, orchards, farms, farmers’ markets, and commercial/wholesale produce vendors, preventing this healthy food from going to waste. The fresh produce is then donated,100% free of charge, to hunger relief agencies who serve families and individuals experiencing food insecurity. Through their work, Food Forward is providing critical human services and redirecting the inbuilt excess of the food system.

October 12, 2021

Featuring Organic Farm School

Our new Cause of the Week, Organic Farm School, is training aspiring farmers to develop and manage small farms focused on ecological, economic, and social regeneration — simultaneously offering opportunities for community members to learn about their role in strengthening local and regional food systems.

September 27, 2021

Featuring Living Lands & Waters

This week’s 52andChange Cause of the Week is Living Lands & Waters! The LL&W crew lives up to nine months a year on their traveling barge operation, visiting communities throughout the Mississippi River watershed to host river cleanups, free education workshops, and native tree distribution and plantings. They’ve cleaned 24 rivers in 21 states, and cleared out more than 11 million pounds of garbage... and counting! They’ve also planted more than 1.6 million trees.

September 13, 2021

Featuring The Pablove Foundation

The Pablove Foundation has a dual approach to their mission: •to improve the lives of children living with cancer, through the arts •to invest in underfunded, cutting-edge pediatric cancer research

September 7, 2021

Featuring Women's Wilderness

Women's Wilderness is an amazing organization that provides empowering outdoor trips for girls, women, and the LGBTQ+ community!

August 31, 2021

Featuring Housing Matters

52andChange’s featured Cause of the Week is Housing Matters, and we are grateful to amplify their mission. Housing Matters partners with individuals and families to create pathways out of homelessness into permanent housing.

August 23, 2021

Featuring Young Women Empowered

52andChange is so honored to highlight Young Women Empowered this week! Y-WE’s mission is to cultivate the power of diverse young women to be creative leaders and courageous changemakers. They envision a society rooted in social justice where all young women live their truth, achieve their dreams, and change our world.

August 16, 2021

Featuring The Right Step, Inc.

52andChange community, this week our collective microgiving efforts are supporting the beautiful nonprofit The Right Step, Inc. whose mission is to better the lives of people with disabilities through the healing power of horses.

August 9, 2021

Featuring Paso Pacífico

Another week... another incredible cause! This week our collective microgiving efforts are supporting the conservation efforts of Paso Pacífico, helping to restore and protect Central American ecosystems.

August 2, 2021

Featuring Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC)

We are so proud to partner with EPIC and their important work advocating for the protection and restoration of northwest California’s forests (yep, that includes the ancient redwoods!). They need us, we need them, and we all need our forests.

July 26, 2021

Featuring MitoAction

MitoAction provides a lifeline to patients of this rare disease, helping them to know they aren't alone on their journey. They strive to offer comprehensive, up-to-date, expert resources, information, and support at no cost to any patient, family, clinician, educator, or member of the community.

July 12, 2021

Featuring Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank

At 52andChange we are humbled to welcome PIke Market Senior Center and Food Bank as our latest Cause of the Week! In Downtown Seattle, the Pike Market Senior Center strives to make each day better and safer for older adults; the Pike Market Food Bank serves people of all ages who face hunger. Together, they provide services, activities, and support to promote healthier, more self-sufficient and, fulfilling lives.

June 28, 2021

Featuring Washington Farmland Trust

This week we are proud to bring you Washington Farmland Trust! Local farms are essential to our daily lives. Washington Farmland Trust Invests in farmland, meaning healthy food for our children, thriving rural economies, and fertile, productive soil.

June 21, 2021

Featuring Plymouth Housing

This week we are honored to present Plymouth Housing to our growing 52andChange microgiving community. Homelessness is one of the most profound, intractable problems in modern society. It seems to resist solving, but Seattle’s Plymouth Housing shows the way by providing more than 1,000 people with homes at the center of a path to stability.

June 14, 2021

Featuring The AIDS Memorial Pathway

We’re beyond proud to feature the AIDS Memorial Pathway through next Sunday, June 6th! Located in Seattle, Washington, the AMP uses public art and technology to create a place for remembrance and reflection about the AIDS epidemic.

May 31, 2021

Platform development update

The design team at Monster Design has been hard at work on an infrastructure that we’ve all carefully tuned to tell the whole story of each nonprofit, while helping our users quickly determine whether or not it’s a cause they want to support.

April 5, 2021

Welcoming Monster Design to the team!

52andChange is excited to announce a partnership with Monster Design, a Seattle-based marketing and design firm with brilliant creative leadership we’ve known for a very long time, and an impressive portfolio.

March 1, 2021

Welcome to our early supporters

We’re a small team of veteran nonprofit professionals who have identified not only a compelling business opportunity, but potentially also an entirely new donor segment for a nonprofit industry that’s desperately in need of one.

February 1, 2021