NobleCause funds will support Activate Good's 2017 Triangle Teen Day of Service, in Raleigh / Durham, NC (the "Triangle"). The day of service will include a multitude of service projects designed, executed, and led by teens with training and support from Activate Good staff mentors....

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Alabama Possible wants to boost Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion in Birmingham City Schools from 36% in 2013 to 70% in 2020.They plan to accomplish their goal through the Cash for College FAFSA Completion Campaign. Cash for College volunteers work with...

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Strong Mom is a Service Learning program at Albany Medical College that provides mentoring and education to pregnant and parenting teenagers. The aim of this program is that each adolescent mother or mother-to-be will set and achieve goals related to a healthy pregnancy, education,...

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Funds from the NobleCause grant will be used to support the Senior Fellows Program and All-School Service Days at Amy Biehl High School. Their mission is for all students to graduate as civic-minded, career-ready, and college-bound scholars. All students participate in volunteer...

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Autism Empowerment offers innovative and inspiring programs, training and services, and opportunities for leadership and volunteerism for those within and supporting the Autism and Asperger community. The nonprofit serves all ages and abilities and promotes four Foundational Pillars...

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The Baltimore Community ToolBank will use the NobleCause support to amplify volunteerism in Baltimore and the Mid-Atlantic region by hosting on-site projects, providing tools for partners for off-site projects, hosting intentional networking sessions to connect partners, and...

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The Benedict College Service-Learning and Leadership Development (SLLD) Program will be expanding Preparation for Leadership and Unity through Service (PLUS) Day, the College's annual day of community service that has been celebrated for over 20 years, into PLUS Week, a weeklong...

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Camp Horizon has provided year-round, no-cost programs to Metro Atlanta's youth in foster care since 1982. We work to break the cycle of abuse and restore dignity and hope to children, teens, and young adults who have been abused and neglected. Camp Horizon helps them heal and...

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Camp Noah will utilize the NobleCause funds to help support our current volunteers in Texas and Oklahoma, as well as assist in recruiting additional volunteers in those states. In addition, we will provide in-person training for our volunteers. Camp Noah volunteers are individuals...

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Campus Compact of Oregon's Racial Equity Across College and High School project (REACH) focuses on improving outcomes for students of color and students who will be the first in their family to attend college. REACH provides financial support to 22 colleges and universities and two...

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CASA of New Hampshire strives to protect the right of our state's most vulnerable children to live, learn, and grow in the embrace of a loving family. Our purpose is to provide well-trained and caring Guardians ad Litem (GALs) for abused and neglected children who come to the...

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CASA of Trinity Valley provides an advocate in court for every child in Anderson, Cherokee, and Henderson Counties who has been removed from his or her home because of abuse / neglect and placed in the custody of Child Protection Services. We are an independent voice speaking for...

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Mille Lacs Food Effort (Rural Life Leadership Development Initiative, Phase 3)In the ongoing work of Catholic Charities in the Onamia and Isle communities in Minnesota, we have identified food insecurity as a major issue for many of our children and elderly. Catholic Charities rural...

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As a grateful recipient of a $50,000 NobleCause grant award, the Quixote Quest program at Center For Family Services will address unmet needs in the community by utilizing the power of volunteerism. Quixote Quest fosters a culture of volunteerism among New Jersey high school teens,...

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The Center of Concern is a nonprofit social service agency providing services and housing solutions to seniors, the disabled, and others in need, enabling them to live safely and independently. "Connecting for Good" will build upon the Senior Services Program the Center of Concern...

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The Chicago Conservation Corps (C3) is the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's flagship environmental sustainability program. C3 recruits, trains, and supports a network of volunteer leaders who improve the quality of life in neighborhoods across Chicago...

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Through Community Harvest Project's Volunteer Farming Program, members of our community will learn about hunger relief, engage in basic farming techniques to grow and harvest fruits and vegetables, build leadership skills, and serve their community. Our goal is to engage recipients...

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SLAM! Program Los Angeles trains college student musicians to teach after school music classes in local middle and high schools with limited or entirely absent music programs. We provide a robust coaching and professional development program for our college volunteers and work...

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The Community Mediation project will consist of recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers to become community mediators for our various community mediation programs within Montgomery County, MD. Our primary goal is to strengthen communities peace by...

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With NobleCause's support, the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC) will strengthen the support system for Connecticut's disabled veterans by training a corps of pro bono attorneys from law firms and corporate counsel offices throughout Connecticut to provide expert legal...

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COVER Home Repair works with NH and VT homeowners within a 45 minute radius of White River Junction, VT. All of our homeowners are below 180% of the Federal Poverty Guideline (FPG) for our area; 86% are at or below 100% of the FPG (approximately $24,000 for a family of four). Our...

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The Cristo Rey Jesuit educational model is renowned for its uniqueness and creativity, which allows for innovative solutions to educate economically challenged students often overlooked by the traditional education model. We prioritize the whole student approach (personal, academic,...

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The Incredible Machine is a project to develop and implement kits and curriculum to introduce K-12 students to various types of engineering through classes, clubs, and day camps. Kits and curriculum will be used in urban and suburban areas to teach engineering in school classes and...

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ELK's Youth in Natural Resources (YNR) Leadership Corps program serves youth in high-risk groups who have fewer opportunities to obtain meaningful education, leadership skills, and employment training that lead to future career paths, instead of being shuttled into menial labor or...

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Through the Committing to Connection: Serving Persons in Poverty program, a volunteer leader will receive trainer certification in the Bridges Out of Poverty curriculum for the purpose of teaching/training other volunteers to engage in supportive relationships with persons living in...

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Our Court has developed a plan for tutoring young people involved in our Court. UpGrade Tutoring will utilize college students who volunteer through the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) Service Learning Project, Hendrix College, and Central Baptist College. The tutors come every...

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Every year the Forest Park Conservancy puts on the Spring and Fall Days of Stewardship, two signature events that mobilize hundreds of volunteers to work on pressing ecological needs in Forest Park. Forest Park is facing threats from invasive species, climate change, and the impacts...

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Funding from NobleCause will allow us to further develop our new project, CREATE Workshop. This program is for transitional partner agency sites, those at which youth are not permanently enrolled or housed. The program allows volunteers to sign up to work with youth on a...

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The purpose of this project is to advance our ability to recruit and train volunteers to serve the Georgia Cares mission of ensuring that child sex trafficking victims receive quality care and services in the state of Georgia. We will utilize funding from NobleCause to create an...

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Gonzaga's Civic Engagement Pathways Program extends student engagement beyond direct service to such civic pathways as advocacy, community-based learning and research, philanthropy, and social innovation. A team of student interns will work in partnership with local community-based...

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Groundwork Elizabeth oversees Come Grow With Us Community Garden and Farm Program, an urban agriculture program where we build gardens, grow organic produce, share information and skills with the community, and host an array of hands on programming which involves the need for many...

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Gulf Coast's Woman to Woman Program is an evidence based prevention program for teen mothers and pregnant girls who are at high risk for academic failure and repeat pregnancies. The Program provides one on one mentoring from trained volunteer mentors. The volunteer mentors form a...

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Habitat of Lenawee is focusing on neighborhood revitalization.This grant will provide incentives in the Race to Rebuild contest being held during Home Improvement Summer. The purpose of the contest is to encourage residents to improve the look of the exterior of their home within a...

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HandsOn Tomorrow is a two-week, intensive summer leadership and volunteering program for Bay Area high school students. The goal of the program is to encourage our young participants to be the change they wish to see in the world, and to organize together to become community leaders...

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HandsOn Broward, Broward County's premier volunteer connector hub, believes that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s message of equality and social uplift is too powerful to be limited to a single day of service. Therefore, HandsOn Broward will use funding from NobleCause to help support...

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This project will address the preventive dental needs of the underserved children of the south Bronx. The volunteers for this project include our students, faculty, alumni, the Bronx Dental Society, the NY Hispanic Dental Association, and the Dental Hygienists Association of NYC....

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Houston Food Bank's Core Specialist Program focuses on the identification, recruitment, utilization, and retention of a volunteer base that will advance the Houston Food Bank's mission by donating their professional talents and specialized skill sets. This generous donation from...

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Ivy Tech Central Indiana's Office of Student Life and Development proposes to further the development of a culture of service-learning and volunteerism through the expansion of its First Friday Service Event (FFSE). This monthly opportunity will allow college students, faculty, and...

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Jerusalem Farm is a Catholic intentional community located in Kansas City, Missouri. Built on the four cornerstones of Prayer, Community, Service, and Simplicity, the organization strives to transform their lives and those around them through service retreat experiences, sustainable...

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Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts is dedicated to providing economic education and financial literacy programs to the youth of western Massachusetts and Vermont. JA of Western Massachusetts impacts thousands of young people each year - opening their minds to their...

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SafeTalk is an assault and bullying prevention program, offered free to area elementary schools, for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. SafeTalk's core message is that everyone has the right to live "Safe, Strong & Free." It teaches children how to make safe and healthy...

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LEADPrep students will design Makerspace activities and teach them to peers at the Boys and Girls Club/YMCA. They will determine projects, supplies, lesson plans, and lead the Makerspace project work. They will also provide the Club with Makerspace materials and ideas so that the...

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Lee University, a private liberal arts institution in east Tennessee, will use the NobleCause grant to initiate the Service Leadership Development Project. Directed by the university's nationally-recognized Leonard Center for service-learning, the project will train student leaders...

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Loaves and Fishes, a free nutritious meal program, plans to mobilize civic-minded volunteers in addressing local hunger issues through its new "Farm for All" gardening club. "Farm for All" is a collection of five farms that is truly for all: our guests, donors, and volunteers....

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The NobleCause $6,500 grant will support Maui Preparatory Academy's STEAM and Sustainability project featuring inquiry-oriented and place-based learning. This project will utilize highly successful citizen science programs as springboards to engage students in authentic and regional...

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The Tornado Career Corps (College and Career Readiness Project for McCaskey High School) service project is the development and implementation of a College and Career Readiness initiative for economically disadvantaged tenth grade students in the School District of Lancaster in...

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Minds Matter's mission is to transform the lives of accomplished high school students from low-income families by broadening their dreams and preparing them for college success. We aim to equip underprivileged high school students with the tools to gain acceptance to top-tier...

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Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is the largest service initiative in the world; celebrating and mobilizing millions of youth who improve their communities each day of the year. Minnesota Alliance With Youth will plan and implement MN GYSD to mobilize and engage youth and communities...

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Operation NobleCivics seeks to 1.) expand the reach of our free citizenship classes to new immigrant and English-as-a-second language populations through targeted marketing, such as advertisements in local radio stations, community newspapers, and/or public transportation; and 2.)...

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The NobleCause grant will fund Mississippi State University's Service Dawgs for Cause. This project promotes volunteerism and community engagement to over 20,000 MSU students when they first set foot on campus for the new school year. It will begin with a day of service that...

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Our overall goal for the program in year one is to recruit, train, and deploy 10 Spanish speaking Monmouth County Historical Association volunteers. These volunteers will not only enable us to offer needed Spanish language programs and signage, but will also act as our advisors to...

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Districts in Action is introducing community-focused service-learning into several school districts throughout the country. Community-focused service-learning refers to a teaching and learning strategy that positions students as agents of change in their communities, as they acquire...

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Neighborhood Ministries partners with others to build relationships that create safe, supportive, and empowered communities, one person at a time. They operate three neighborhood centers which offer various youth programs, including after school tutoring and summer meals. Their...

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New Reach is the largest provider of family shelter and family supportive housing in the State of Connecticut. We inspire independence for those affected by homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing and support using the most innovative and progressive methods. Our...

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Niagara University's Community Kitchen project centers around three different initiatives: (1.) A pilot project, held once a month, to teach residents of Niagara Falls Housing Authority (NFHA) about healthy eating and food preparation, and how to do it within a budget. Participants...

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Eastside Blossoms is a project of East Fort Worth, Inc. to beautify the city's east side. Initially, the goal is to plant 2,000 trees, with over 60 of those trees being planted by students as part of the Ecology Program at Nolan Catholic High School. The trees will be used as an...

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Our project is centered on the UN Sustainability Goals for a better world by 2030 that is focused first on our immediate community. The students are engaged in projects to help at risk teens, urban gardening, recycling programs, and diplomacy with other students from around the...

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Our organization is hosting Volunteer Event Days. Eight Community Volunteer Event Days will be scheduled throughout northern Minnesota targeting small and large communities.The Volunteer Event Days will focus on gathering organizations, local businesses, and schools together in one...

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The Harvest Club Program of the OC Food Access Coalition is a residential gleaning program that harvests excess fruit and vegetables from the backyards of Orange County and delivers all of it to our local network of emergency food providers. We have harvested nearly 250,000 lbs...

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Play-Place for Autistic Children is dedicated to inclusion, acceptance, and support. Through a unique play-powered environment, Play-Place offers recreation, education, therapy, life skills, social development, respite relief, resource management, and vocational training. In...

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The Portland Community ToolBank is a not-for-profit tool lending program that serves nonprofits by placing high-quality tools (ladders, drills, saws, hoes, shovels, etc.) in the hands of the volunteers who are painting schools; building ramps for injured veterans and the disabled;...

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Pro Bono Partnership is a 501(c)(3) that provides free business and transactional legal services to nonprofits serving the disadvantaged or enhancing the quality of life in neighborhoods in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. NobleCause's support empowers the Partnership to...

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At Pursuit of Innovation, we use technology skills to change life perspectives for many. We teach technology to underserved youth and they use their skills to teach digital literacy skills to adults. Adult digital literacy is provided free and it is a learning service project for...

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Rainbow Pack is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing elementary school students with the supplies they need to be successful learners regardless of economic circumstance. This year our goal is to give out at least 5,000 Rainbow Packs (new backpacks filled with...

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The Redwood City Library Foundation is working with Youth Literacy Council to host the First San Mateo County STEM Festival. Featuring over 30 local nonprofits, schools, and organizations, STEM Festival promotes hands-on activities for the whole family, teaching kids the importance...

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A cornerstone of the success Refugee Support Services enjoys is a program called Fruitful Friends. This program pairs a local "host" family or individual with an arriving refugee family or individual. Volunteers often become incredibly close with their new friends and we actually...

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The Richmond Art Center will use the NobleCause grant to form an elected team of volunteer leaders who will assist in making our volunteer program representative of the Richmond community. To form this team, the Center will accept self-nominations from our current volunteer base and...

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Right Tree provides unique volunteer opportunities for middle school girls to experience hands-on involvement in local community renovation projects. A neighborhood reclamation project in inner-city Detroit, a low-income home renovation project in Traverse City, MI, and ongoing...

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Roseman University of Health Sciences - College of Pharmacy will proudly have students and faculty partner with the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Nevada to use the funds provided by NobleCause to support an existing volunteer on-campus Medicare Call Lab....

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Moving Forward, Giving Back: Salem State University's First Year Day of Service will be an opportunity for 200 new students to begin their college experience by coming together with current student leaders, faculty, staff, alumni, and community organizations to build connections and...

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Seeds of Literacy offers one-to-one tutoring in basic education and GED prep to adults in Cleveland, Ohio. Over 200 active volunteers help about 1,000 students each year, sharing compassion and knowledge to transform lives through education. Our NobleCause grant will help Seeds...

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SELF International, Inc., is a mobile discovery center delivering educational opportunities to underserved communities. We are completely volunteer based, so volunteers are the backbone of our organization. The success of our projects has increased the demand for our services. This...

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The goal of the ServeWyoming Mural Project is to bring together community volunteers and local nonprofit partners for a community-wide service event to rejuvenate the community both in appearance and volunteer spirit. We plan to design a service project as part of a National Day of...

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Southern Rhode Island Volunteers have been changing lives for over 35 years. Our mission is to grow and support our volunteer organization to provide meaningful service opportunities for community members and to provide direct assistance and services which promote independent...

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The EMS Every Day Heroes project is a regional outreach and education campaign that will guide new volunteers to their local EMS agencies. We are seeking volunteers to serve as EMS providers, but also those willing to drive ambulances and those willing to fill administrative roles...

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Spring Hill High School has had a very active service learning program since 2003 It was once funded by the state's Service Learning Grant. This program has two components: a Volunteer Class and a Volunteer Club. The Volunteer Club is for any student in the school to participate in...

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Launch NOLA, an initiative of St. Roch CDC, provides business training, support, and affordable resources for urban entrepreneurs, empowering them to create sustainable, successful business in New Orleans. Our nine-week program equips aspiring entrepreneurs with the insights,...

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Our service project is to work directly with the Medford Food Project to promote the value of the organization and solicit new volunteers for the program. We are designing a program that will have our students working in many facets of the project. With this grant, we will create...

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Seuss to Success: A Reading and Resiliency Initiative is designed to support reading and build resiliency in young, underserved children (ages four through seven) residing in the City of Rochester, NY. Over the course of the semester, St. John Fisher College service-learning and...

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With the help of numerous volunteers, the Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen has been cooking and serving between 200 and 400 meals a day to Houston's neediest citizens since 1976. This monumental effort requires a great deal of efficiency in the kitchen, especially with only 450 square...

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Stepping Stones Museum for Children will use NobleCause funds to create the YESS-TEAM (Youth Enrichment at Stepping Stones -Teens Excel at Mutt-i-grees). The YESS-TEAM is comprised of a group of teen leaders selected from a year-round youth development program to present...

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The NobleCause grant awarded to SUNY Oneonta will be used to implement the "Harvest Share Buddies Program: A Service-Learning Partnership" at Riverside Elementary School in Oneonta. Through the Harvest Share Buddies Program, SUNY Oneonta faculty will join with teachers at the local...

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Every year, thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families turn to The Arc Greater Twin Cities (GTC) for help. GTC will use the grant from NobleCause for a campaign to recruit and retain at least 100 volunteers between the ages of 14 and 35...

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Behrend Builders is an award-winning shelter repair program housed at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. For over 20 years, Behrend Builders has been restoring homes, community centers, schools, parks, low-income housing, shelters, and other vital community structures in...

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The RIDGE Project's mission is to build a legacy of strong families. Although we do this in many ways, we specialize in events that serve the forgotten victims of crime - those families affected by incarceration. Our Summer Family Day event brings family and community together in a...

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The NobleCause grant will be used to help support a community partnership to plant and maintain a butterfly garden at one of Jacksonville's Preservation Parks, Castaway Island Preserve. The Timucuan Trail Parks Foundation's service learning outreach will be directed toward DePaul...

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The Cardinal Core is a working organization of adult volunteers targeting parents in the age range of 25 to 45 years. These adults will be encouraged and organized to complete school and community enrichment projects for all K-12 grades. Mentoring of students is a high priority for...

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Tuleyome received a grant from NobleCause for our #DonateToRestore project. Tuleyome spearheaded the campaign to permanently protect 330,000 acres of federal public land. As a result of our efforts, the area was proclaimed the new Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in July...

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Each semester, Tutors for All recruits 30-40 volunteers to become tutors and program coordinators for various tutorial programs throughout Boston. As an incentive to recruit volunteers, the organization offers all volunteers free Charlie Cards to make their traveling easier as they...

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Our project, Native Plants and Vegetable Gardens at Columbia High School and Tyrrell Elementary School will provide an important link for children and youth to education. Positive peer role models, volunteer students from Columbia High School, will mentor elementary school students,...

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United Way of Acadiana will use the NobleCause funding for its Adopt-a-School program. United Way Adopt-A-School creates, mobilizes, and fosters a grassroots connection between schools and the business and private sectors of Lafayette Parish, providing a direct link among the...

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In Asheville and Buncombe County, children who live in poverty graduate from high school at a rate of 77% while their classmates graduate at a rate of more than 90%. Every student faces challenges, but those who live in poverty must navigate significantly more obstacles in order to...

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NobleCause funds are being used to expand United Way Readers, a project that United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut developed to help kindergarten to third grade children in Hartford and New Britain improve their reading skills. This research-based program prepares and...

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With funding from NobleCause, United Way of Greater Kansas City will organize transformative volunteer projects in renovations and landscaping at three low-income Kansas City public schools for members of its community engagement group, LINC (Lead, Impact, Network, Change). These...

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Through funding by NobleCause, Grow Miami will help United Way of Miami-Dade to grow volunteerism among the millennial population in Miami-Dade, fostering civic engagement and community pride, toward United Way's mission of building community by helping people care for one another....

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The Bennion Center at the University of Utah leads with the belief that serving others is central to human survival and happiness; community engagement is the only path to solving society's problems; and deeply engaged learning experiences allow for the most profound personal growth...

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The University of Washington Homeless Outreach Program and Education Project (UW HOPE) combines dental and interdisciplinary education with outreach opportunities to serve the needs of marginalized populations in the Seattle metropolitan and Skagit Valley areas in Western...

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As part of VansForVets.Org Mission to aid disabled veterans, families and the community at-large in preparation for emergency and disaster situations, VansForVets.Org, through its affiliation with nationwide CERT (Citizens Emergency Response Team) initiatve as outlined by the...

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volunTEENnation engages low-income youth in improving their communities through volunteer service and organized volunteer events. Our events include planting gardens, teaching healthy cooking classes, offering free youth-led tech workshops for older adults, and educating youth on...

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Volunteer West Virginia will continue to help organizations make a difference in their community by helping to fund high impact projects that aid a population entrenched in generational poverty. This year we add Global Youth Service Day to our list of targeted special service days....

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VSA Vermont, an arts and disability organization, will use the $6,500 grant from NobleCause to develop four specialized workshops/trainings for our volunteers-with and without disabilities-on three topics. Creating Accessible and Inclusive Programs and Services for People with...

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We will begin the week with a kickoff speaker coming to speak to our entire school about world hunger, the problems that come with hunger such as drug abuse, slavery, war, and a variety of other problems. On Tuesday, we will be traveling to the Salvation Army to assist with...

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Our mission is to empower people of all ages and incomes to grow and eat healthy, organic, local food.Through after-school and summer classes, summer camps, and field trips in our two youth teaching gardens, Wasatch Community Gardens (WCG) encourages youth to make healthier food...

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Alternative Breaks as a Method of Volunteer Management Training. Our project is to fund the travel costs for one volunteer coordinator from a local nonprofit organization to travel with our Alternative Break trips. This will provide our community partner with invaluable training in...

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Youth Rights Agency's Teen Dating Violence Peer Education Program (PEP) partners with local schools to provide training to staff and students who will become volunteer peer educators at their school. Training includes warning signs of dating violence and unhealthy relationships,...

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The Youth Trumpet & Taps Corps is a service organization for high school trumpet players who use their musical gifts to honor military veterans. Our primary project is for volunteers to play Taps at veterans' funerals when a professional military bugler is not available. Most...

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