List of Charities for Children
If you are looking to make a difference in children's lives by giving to a charity, you need to know the money you send actually makes a difference. The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a nonprofit organization that assists donors by offering information and rating charities. This organization helps to expose fraud to protect philanthropists from giving their money to sham charities.
You can also consult the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and Guidestar, which both provide information about charities as well as other organizations. The BBB provides the National Charity Reports Index, which scrutinizes charities using strict accountability standards. Guidestar is another free online source for charity information, allowing charities the opportunity to be more transparent by submitting financial and tax information. By consulting the AIP, BBB, or Guidestar, you can feel safe making a donation to the cause of your choice.
Charities Focused on Missing Children
Child Find of America (not to be confused with Child Find, which helps children with disabilities) locates missing children and educates to prevent child abduction (childfindofamerica.org). This organization has a special program for runaway prevention.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (missingkids.com) offers current information about missing and exploited children. It's mission is to prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation of children, find missing children, and aid victims and their families.
Charities that Protect and Help Children
There are so many ways to help children, and organizations that provide a legitimate chance to make a difference. Consider donating to one of these reputable charities: American Humane Association (americanhumane.org) is a national organization focused on protecting children and animals. Child Welfare League of America (cwla.org) concentrates on abused and neglected children and those who care for them. The Children's Defense Fund (childrensdefense.org) has four priorities: 1) end child poverty; 2) develop youth leaders who will become child advocates; 3) prison prevention; and 4) health coverage for all children. Children's Health Fund (childrenshealthfund.org) supports direct health services and education programs for disadvantaged children. Marine Toys for Tots Foundation (toysfortots.org) collects new toys to provide Christmas gifts for needy children.
Child Sponsorship Charities
A charity that sponsors children is great for the philanthropist who wants to impact the life of an individual child. It is exciting to learn about the specific ways you are helping and can be a rewarding experience. Many of these charities offer the opportunity to correspond with the child(ren) you sponsor.
To sponsor a child, check out these organizations: ChildFund International (childfund.org), Children Incorporated (childrenincorporated.org), Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (cfcausa.org)(as this organization's name implies, it also offers the opportunity to sponsor elderly people in need), Compassion International (compassion.com), Pearl S. Buck International has both sponsorship and adoption opportunities (pearl-s-buck.org), Plan USA (planusa.org), Save the Children (savethechildren.org), and World Vision (worldvision.org).
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