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Pet Assistance, Inc.
Pet Assistance is an amazing organization that helped us save the life of our beloved German Shepherd, Severus. Without the help of people Ruth and organizations like this one, we never would have been... more
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Oakland Nonprofits and Charities
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Bella Vita Rescue
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.55556 stars 18 reviews
dessertqueen wrote:
We adopted 2 dogs from this rescue and we adore them. They backed their training and even taught us about diet, we highly recommend Bella Vita Rescue Team. more »
Animals
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The Alameda County Community Food Bank
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 2 reviews
Sharon wrote:
The food bank serves as a clearinghouse to work with partner agencies to distribute food to people in need. The requirement to get food aid is to call the food bank help line and ask for help. There are no other qualifications. The staff and volunteers... more »
Food
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Health Career Connection Inc
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 1 review
ireyes wrote:
HCC is a life changing non-profit that gives minority and low income students the opportunity to join the public health industry with a paid internship in college or just after college. HCC provides huge value by finding paid public health internships... more »
Education
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Child Family Health International
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.67647 stars 170 reviews
johndkonz@gmail.com wrote:
CFHI offers its participants a unique experience. In its intent it seeks to educate med students, pre-meds, PAs, nursing students, etc. on aspects of global health, as well as provide a firsthand opportunity to be immersed in the medical world in a variety... more »
Education
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Congo Education Partners
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 21 reviews
ariel4congo wrote:
I've been working with Congo Education Partners for over a year now. The team in the US is dedicated, professional and very knowledgeable, and the team in the DR Congo is just amazing!! Led by an incredible Congolese advocate for the environment and the... more »
Education
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Oakland Youth Chorus
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.89583 stars 48 reviews
Kwamegirl wrote:
My daughter is a participant in Oakland Youth Chorus' All-City Miracle Chorus and this organization is TERRIFIC! The teachers are fantastic and all come together to create a wonderfully diverse repertoire for these children to learn. They learn classical... more »
Arts & Culture
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The Mosaic Project
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 26 reviews
Marley wrote:
I am a teacher that brought my 4th grade students to the Mosaic Project camp in Napa and was blown away by how together the program is. After five days and four nights at Mosaic, my kids came home singing songs like "Fighting is not the solution..."... more »
Civil Rights
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PlanetRead
- Location:
- Piedmont, CA
4.81667 stars 120 reviews
sn1986 wrote:
Working with PlanetRead in the summer of 2006 gave me excellent exposure to using technology and media for educational change. While things in India are often disorganized, and PlanetRead could focus more on internal organization, their... more »
Education
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Family Violence Appellate Project
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 70 reviews
Writer wrote:
I am an advocate working for clients at the trial court level. I have seen first hand how the work done by FVAP is changing the atmosphere and outcome of family violence cases in California. more »
Crime & Law
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The Freedom Story
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.96429 stars 84 reviews
cclouie wrote:
The SOLD Project is an inspiration to families and children in both Thailand and the United States. As a volunteer, I have had to opportunity to travel to Thailand and work alongside SOLD and am continually impressed with their efforts. Within a year,... more »
Children & Youth
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Playworks
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.98347 stars 121 reviews
Alleysha T. wrote:
Playworks is the best non-profit I know of! They are the only non-profit focusing on the epidemic of the deterioration of play. Playworks truly values healthy play, inclusion, respect, and healthy community with both the children they serve and with... more »
Children & Youth
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Family Violence Law Center
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 11 reviews
susanstewart wrote:
It's an honor and privilege to support the life-changing services provided by FVLC, including free legal services for victims of domestic violence in Alameda County. The tireless efforts of passionate, dedicated, staff and volunteers is truly inspiring.... more »
Homeless & Housing
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Farms To Grow Inc
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 2 reviews
Arnold N. wrote:
Consistently excellent produce delivered every month. more »
Education
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BANANAS, Inc.
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.94118 stars 34 reviews
NanT wrote:
Bananas is a client-centered, child and parent advocate of the best kind. Their services are geared to the needs of children and supportive of parenting, a difficult job under the best of circumstances. more »
Children & Youth
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Bay Area Legal Aid
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.6 stars 20 reviews
Tom wrote:
In my experience, Bay Area Legal is staffed by dedicated professionals who really believe in what they are doing. Bay Area Legal organized training in Family Law which featured very useful materials and presentations by family court judges and experienced... more »
Crime & Law
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Reading Partners
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.93478 stars 46 reviews
jdgnjudi wrote:
Turtoring one on one with a struggling school child brings such joy into my life! As I work together with the child, I love to watch eyes sparkle, smiles spread across the face as we work together to learn to love reading. I view my role as not only... more »
Children & Youth
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All-Options (formerly Backline)
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 11 reviews
Gina E. wrote:
I've done a lot of volunteering in my life, but I have never been involved in a community as supportive as Backline. The leaders in this organization go out of their way to recruit awesome people, and they instill a lot of trust and confidence in their... more »
Civil Rights
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East Oakland Community Project
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
3 stars 2 reviews
Wes_S wrote:
A close personal friend of mine took his own life a few years ago. At the time, he was struggling with mental illness and was unable to find work or stable housing. Despite this, and despite our friendship and his loving family, my friend was too proud... more »
Homeless & Housing
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350 Bay Area
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 1 review
Roopak K. wrote:
I've been working as a volunteer with 350 Bay Area for nearly year and a half now. After researching several organizations in the Bay Area, I chose 350 Bay Area for their wide breadth of programs and broad impact, even having joined them as a Board member... more »
Environment
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Junior State of America Foundation
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.95203 stars 271 reviews
Romi wrote:
As a teenage pacific islander, it was quite difficult to gauge how difficult university classes would be. In attending Stanford and Princeton via JSA summer school, my eyes were truly opened to the hard work still ahead as I graduated high school. In... more »
Arts & Culture
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Cova Education Charter Resources Inc
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
1 stars 1 review
MPhRucker wrote:
Please note that Dr. Abad has opened CECR to liability. This emotional reaction by Dr. Abad to the detriment of CECR is part of a pattern of behavior that is documented in Oakland Unified School District’s decision . Dr. Abad’s behavior has elicited... more »
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Building a Solid Foundation
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
2.69231 stars 26 reviews
ladydogtrainer wrote:
This organization appears to be a scam. Their website shows them in Oakland, but the government website shows them to be in Long Beach and we saw one gentleman with paperwork showing them in Fontana. The e-mail addresses and phone numbers are no good.... more »
Mental Health
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The Breakthrough Collaborative Inc
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.94949 stars 99 reviews
hppsmom wrote:
I love the concept of this organization - getting deserving kids on the path to college while also inspiring you teachers. That said, I see that there is a tremendous amount of turnover in the organization which would cause me concern as a donor. more »
Children & Youth
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NISGUA
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
5 stars 1 review
akistler wrote:
Ten years ago, I spent two years working as a human rights accompanier in Guatemala with NISGUA, with the goal of using international presence to provide a measure security to human rights defenders who were daring to challenge the repressive status quo.... more »
International
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Wardrobe for Opportunity
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
4.96875 stars 32 reviews
Michelle S. wrote:
WFO provides continuous support for individuals getting on their feet and settled in with a job and career. WFO stays with them and offers support and nurturing unlike any other employment-focused organization. We are program partners and together we... more »
Job Training
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