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Providing help and hope to the hungry, homeless and hurting men and women of New York City. The New York City Rescue Mission has been caring for the needs of the poor and the homeless of our great city for over 142 years. As the city has grown over those years, so has the homeless population. We remain committed as ever to helping to be a part of the solution for this segment of the population. The New York City Rescue Mission is supported by caring individuals, foundations and businesses. Less than two percent of the Mission’s revenue comes from government funding. Over the past 18 months, the Mission has taken on its biggest project and has added three more floors to help even more people in our community, including women for the first time in its 142 year history.  

This year, the Santa Claus Shop celebrates its 51st year of continued service here in Summit. The Santa Claus Shop, strictly a volunteer organization, is affiliated with SHIP (Summit Helping Its People). With your help, the Santa Claus Shop magically opens its doors for two days to more than 500 needy families and senior citizens of Summit, New Providence and Berkeley Heights. These individuals are invited to pick out new clothing, house wares and toys for members of their immediate families. On November 29th, 2017 the Santa Claus Shop will open its doors to the community for holiday shopping. Our guests, who are referred to us by social service agencies in the three towns, enjoy a dignified, free shopping experience with complimentary refreshments provided by local businesses and gift wrapping by our volunteers. This project can only continue through the support of those who believe, as we do, that a contribution to the Santa Claus Shop expresses the best values of the holiday season. The shop exists solely based on the donation of local businesses, and volunteers. With the monetary donations from the area residents, local organizations and businesses, the Santa Claus Shop can purchase the gifts that allow less fortunate neighbors to experience the joy of holiday giving without the financial burden.

Everything that we do at Back Bay Mission stems from our mission: strengthening neighborhoods, seeking justice, transforming lives.We strengthen neighborhoods through nine initiatives: the Micah Center (Day Center for the Homeless), Home at Last, (Permanent Supportive Housing), Rental Assistance, Emergency Assistance (Includes Food Choice Food Pantry) Community Health Worker Project, Bridges Out of Poverty education, Housing Recovery and Home Port (Housing for Veterans) Our programs are seeking justice by providing a way forward for those caught in generational poverty, those experiencing the devastation of life traumas and those who are victims of poor life choices. These programs assist the people we serve become contributing citizens in their communities, An annual average of 800 volunteers take what they learn at Back Bay Mission home with them where they have the opportunity to strengthen their own neighborhoods efforts in justice seeking. Justice seeking means supporting the people we serve in becoming more involved in their communities, educating people about the realities of poverty, and advocating on behalf of marginalized people..All of our programs transform lives. Whether we're helping a homeowner keep their home, mentoring a single mother as she plans her path out of poverty, or working with an intern who is thinking about a career in social work, we're making the lives of the people we serve better. Our work in transforming leads BBM to be catalyst in transforming individual lives that can transform our communities and the country.

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The slow reaction to the initial emergency and to the ongoing crisis exposed troubling realities about the response capabilities of the government when the citizens of our most culturally diverse city were in desperate need of helhe was shocked by what he saw: the remnants of people's lives strewn across the streets and an entire neighborhood torn apart and turned upside down. Pitt was even more disturbed by the lack of a clear plan to address the situation. Many were quietly saying there was no chance the Lower 9th Ward would ever be re-built. In a series of community meetings, residents of the Lower 9th Ward told Pitt about the challenges their community faced, both before and after the storm. The rising cost of energy placed a strain on the low-income households of the neighborhood and residents expressed concern about worsening environmental conditions. Their concerns have been validated by scientists, who have concluded that climate change is increasing the frequency and strength of hurricanes. In addition, wetlands and barrier islands that once protected the coast have eroded, leaving New Orleans more exposed to storm surge. The residents of the Lower 9th Ward told Pitt that while the terrible crisis had exposed their vulnerability, Katrina had also created an opportunity: to build something better than what had existed before.  Inspired by the courage and hope of the residents he met, Pitt resolved to do whatever he could to help them rebuild.  Just as importantly, he wanted to help recreate and nurture the unique culture and spirit of the 9th Ward, which symbolized the soul of New Orleans. He understood instinctively that a New Orleans rebuilt without the 9th Ward would never be whole. He began by working with Global Green to sponsor an architecture competition to generate ideas about how to rebuild sustainably. Pitt worked with local community leaders and experts from around the world to develop viable ideas for the Lower 9th Ward. That successful project inspired Pitt's new focus: Make It Right.

Their mission is to work with community members to bring affordable housing, economic development via infrastructure, jobs-oriented projects, and commercial and community goods and service projects, principally to disadvantaged Native Americans, in addition to under-served and low-income communities nationwide. In providing access to development and educational services, they strive to bring stability and hope to individuals, families and communities.

Their mission is to organize, develop, and financially assist or manage projects, programs, and services providing affordable home ownership or rentals to low-income, elderly, and or handicapped individuals and families.

Telacu Housing-Riverside was formed for the purpose of constructing, owning, and operating a 75-unit project known as Telacu El Paseo located in Riverside, California, which provides housing for low-income elderly persons, pursuant to section 202 of the National Housing Act, as amended.

The aim of the Greater Richmond Interfaith Project (GRIP) is to eradicate homelessness and end hunger by providing services that include homeless diversion interventions, emergency family shelter placement, housing readiness and navigation, daily meal program, access to basic needs and brokerage case management services.

House of Hope Uganda's mission is to improve the lives of patients who are battling cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala. Our original goal was to build a Family Home that can shelter and protect patients during and between treatments. Recently, we have been working on small projects such as the Water Filtration Unit, in order to bring more immediate aid to the patients at Mulago.

WHCHC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit affordable housing development corporation founded in 1986. They build both new apartment buildings and have renovated older ones that provide housing to lower-and-fixed-income people using environmentally sustainable materials, systems and appliances that protect the environment. WHCHC has developed 17 apartment communities, 14 in the City of West Hollywood, one in the City of Glendale and one in Los Angeles. They maintain a development pipeline of 2 to 3 projects in predevelopment and construction.