GREATNONPROFITS TOP-RATED AWARDS

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30 Top-Rated Nonprofits in All Issues from Washington, DC

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The Project on Government Oversight, Inc.

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.83 stars 599 reviews

Civil Rights, Democracy

Top-Rated 2017
National Parks Conservation Association

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.85 stars 276 reviews

Environment, Animals

Top-Rated 2017
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.89 stars 188 reviews

Environment

Top-Rated 2017
GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.92 stars 158 reviews

Health

Top-Rated 2017
Society for Science & the Public

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.95 stars 154 reviews

Education, Technology, Scholarships

Top-Rated 2017
Lubuto Library Partners

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.99 stars 122 reviews

Education, Children & Youth, International

Top-Rated 2017
American Immigration Council

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.87 stars 120 reviews

Human Services, Democracy, Civil Rights, Immigration

Top-Rated 2017
Food & Water Watch

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.86 stars 114 reviews

Food, Environment

Top-Rated 2017
Maasai Girls Education Fund

Washington, DC

Rating: 5 stars 112 reviews

Arts & Culture, Women, Civil Rights, Education, Literacy

Top-Rated 2017
Friends of the Earth

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.85 stars 93 reviews

Environment

Top-Rated 2017
Active Minds, Inc.

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.98 stars 91 reviews

Mental Health

Top-Rated 2017
Luke's Wings, Inc.

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.92 stars 89 reviews

Veterans

Top-Rated 2017
Amazon Conservation Association

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.97 stars 73 reviews

Environment, Water

Top-Rated 2017
Atlas Corps

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.86 stars 69 reviews

International, International Exchange, Philanthropy

Top-Rated 2017
Center For International Environmental Law (CIEL)

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.93 stars 69 reviews

International, Environment

Top-Rated 2017
Center for Democracy and Technology

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.95 stars 63 reviews

Civil Rights, Crime & Law, International

Top-Rated 2017
Defending Rights & Dissent

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.93 stars 58 reviews

Civil Rights, Democracy

Top-Rated 2017
Mary's Center

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.75 stars 57 reviews

Job Training, Mental Health, Health

Top-Rated 2017
The Northwest Center (NORTHWEST CENTER INC)

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.93 stars 55 reviews

Mental Health, Homeless & Housing

Top-Rated 2017
Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project

Washington, DC

Rating: 5 stars 45 reviews

Domestic Violence, Homeless & Housing, Human Services

Top-Rated 2017
Batonga Foundation

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.95 stars 41 reviews

Children & Youth, Philanthropy, Civil Rights, Education, Women

Top-Rated 2017
DC SCORES

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.87 stars 38 reviews

Education, Children & Youth, Sports

Top-Rated 2017
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.89 stars 38 reviews

International, Veterans, Religion

Top-Rated 2017
The Good Food Institute

Washington, DC

Rating: 5 stars 30 reviews

Food

Top-Rated 2017
RESET

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.96 stars 28 reviews

Children & Youth, Education

Top-Rated 2017
United Mission for Relief & Development (UMR)

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.95 stars 21 reviews

Disaster Aid

Top-Rated 2017
Kaylas Village

Washington, DC

Rating: 5 stars 17 reviews

Children & Youth

Top-Rated 2017
American Humane

Washington, DC

Rating: 4.53 stars 111 reviews

Animals

Top-Rated 2017
Paralyzed Veterans of America

Washington, DC

Rating: 3.87 stars 181 reviews

Health, Veterans

Top-Rated 2017
The Humane Society of the United States

Washington, DC

Rating: 3.25 stars 403 reviews

Animals

Top-Rated 2017