Wishlist

If you came to this page look­ing for ways to spend mon­ey on me, you’re in luck!  Any of the fol­low­ing orga­ni­za­tions would be absolute­ly thrilled to receive a gift in my name—and I’d val­ue that more than any gift you could wrap.

Alzheimer’s Association

The Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion leads the way to end Alzheimer’s and all oth­er demen­tia by accel­er­at­ing glob­al research, dri­ving risk reduc­tion and ear­ly detec­tion, and max­i­miz­ing qual­i­ty care and sup­port.  They work on a nation­al and local lev­el to pro­vide care and sup­port for all those affect­ed by Alzheimer’s and oth­er demen­tias; fight for crit­i­cal Alzheimer’s research and care ini­tia­tives at the state and fed­er­al lev­el; and advance vital research toward meth­ods of treat­ment, pre­ven­tion and, ulti­mate­ly, a cure.  Click here to sup­port the Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion.

American Civil Liberties Union

The ACLU is the nation’s largest pub­lic inter­est law firm, with a 50-state net­work of staffed, autonomous affil­i­ate offices. They appear before the Unit­ed States Supreme Court more than any oth­er orga­ni­za­tion except the U.S. Depart­ment of Jus­tice, defend­ing the right to free expres­sion and free assem­bly and work­ing to stop the ero­sion of civ­il lib­er­ties before it’s too late.  Click here to sup­port the ACLU.

Common Cause Education Fund

Com­mon Cause Edu­ca­tion Fund har­ness­es the pow­er of phil­an­thropy to cre­ate a tru­ly rep­re­sen­ta­tive democ­ra­cy that answers to the peo­ple, not the pow­er­ful. Using research, pub­lic edu­ca­tion, cit­i­zen engage­ment, pol­i­cy devel­op­ment and lit­i­ga­tion, they advance nation­al, state, and local efforts to strength­en our democ­ra­cy.  Click here to sup­port Com­mon Cause Edu­ca­tion Fund.

Equal Justice Initiative

The Equal Jus­tice Ini­tia­tive is com­mit­ted to end­ing mass incar­cer­a­tion and exces­sive pun­ish­ment in the Unit­ed States, to chal­leng­ing racial and eco­nom­ic injus­tice, and to pro­tect­ing basic human rights for the most vul­ner­a­ble peo­ple in Amer­i­can soci­ety.  Click here to sup­port the Equal Jus­tice Ini­tia­tive.

Everytown for Gun Safety

A move­ment of near­ly 10 mil­lion may­ors, teach­ers, sur­vivors, gun own­ers, stu­dents, and every­day Amer­i­cans, Every­town research­es caus­es and solu­tions, enacts and imple­ments smart gun poli­cies, and demands account­abil­i­ty from those respon­si­ble for the epi­dem­ic of gun vio­lence in Amer­i­ca. Thanks to the hard work of vol­un­teers across the coun­try, they have won unprece­dent­ed vic­to­ries against the gun lobby—at the bal­lot box, in state leg­is­la­tures, and in cor­po­rate Amer­i­ca.  Click here to sup­port Every­town for Gun Safe­ty.

National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAMI is the nation’s largest grass­roots men­tal health orga­ni­za­tion, ded­i­cat­ed to build­ing bet­ter lives for the mil­lions of Amer­i­cans affect­ed by men­tal ill­ness. The Alliance includes more than 700 NAMI State Orga­ni­za­tions and Affil­i­ates who work with­in their com­mu­ni­ties to raise aware­ness and pro­vide sup­port and edu­ca­tion to those in need.  Click here to sup­port NAMI.

PFLAG

Found­ed in 1973, PFLAG (Par­ents, Fam­i­ly, & Friends of Les­bians & Gays) is the first and largest orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to sup­port­ing, edu­cat­ing, and advo­cat­ing for LGBTQ+ peo­ple and their families—the con­nec­tor for LGBTQ+ peo­ple with com­mu­ni­ty, par­ents with resources, and allies with tools, bol­ster­ing the LGBTQ+ move­ment with strength, pow­er, and love.  Their mis­sion is to cre­ate a car­ing, just, and affirm­ing world for LGBTQ+ peo­ple and those who love them.  Click here to sup­port PFLAG.

Southern Poverty Law Center

The SPLC works to strength­en democ­ra­cy, counter white suprema­cy, end over-crim­i­nal­iza­tion and mass incar­cer­a­tion, and erad­i­cate pover­ty and racial eco­nom­ic inequal­i­ty. The SPLC is com­mit­ted to chal­leng­ing racism with unwa­ver­ing deter­mi­na­tion and an unshak­able belief in the pow­er of uni­ty and jus­tice.  Click here to sup­port the SPLC.

Trevor Project

The mis­sion of the Trevor Project is to end sui­cide among les­bian, gay, bisex­u­al, trans­gen­der, queer, & ques­tion­ing young peo­ple.  Trevor pro­vides cri­sis ser­vices, advo­ca­cy, and peer sup­port for LGBTQ+ young peo­ple, c0nducts research to equip pol­i­cy­mak­ers and oth­er LGBTQ+-youth-facing pro­fes­sion­als, and offers pub­lic edu­ca­tion to help allies and edu­ca­tors under­stand the needs of LGBTQ+ young peo­ple.  Click here to sup­port the Trevor Project.