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Gifts for good

40+ gifts that give back to meaningful causes

Did you know gifts can be a catalyst for change? 

Find the right gift for everyone on your list while supporting the work of local nonprofits and the communities they serve. These gifts cater to every passion, from creative souls to fitness enthusiasts, while supporting people who are working together to address critical issues like addiction, child and family well-being, and homelessness.  

When you shop with a nonprofit organization, you’re giving so much more than a gift. 

Every person can make a difference right where they are. When we work together to help each other, we solve real challenges and make our communities thrive. You can see that in the inspiring work of each and every organization on this list — they’re making an impact. And by giving a gift for a good cause, so can you.   

“Gifts for Good,” as seen in The New York Times’ Wirecutter, Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Gift Guide, Kourtney Kardashian Barker’s Poosh, and The Kelly Clarkson Show.  

For the chef

From pantry staples that support youth empowerment to handcrafted snacks, jams, and coffee that fuel community transformation, each item helps uplift individuals and build stronger futures.

Fire Salt

Café Momentum

Cook up your own creations with Café Momentum’s delicious pantry staples. From their fluffy Biscuit Mix to bold Fire Salt, these products support justice-involved youth on their path to realizing their full potential.

Popcorn and Kernels

Women’s Bean Project

By mixing the art of creating delicious snacks and culinary delights with life- and job-skills training, Women’s Bean Project sets women facing chronic unemployment on the path to self-sufficiency.

Jars of Honey from Bonton Farms

Bonton Farms

Bonton Farms works with disinvested Dallas neighborhoods to create sustainable solutions for their community. Try the coveted honey butter or blueberry jam and support the power of growing healthy and delicious food to fuel community transformation.

Sumatra Coffee Beans

Urban Ventures

A bag of coffee beans or hot cocoa from Urban Ventures goes directly to supporting under-resourced families and youth in south Minneapolis.

A bottle of wine

Old Skool Café

The next time your recipe (or evening) calls for wine, look no further than Old Skool Café's wine made in partnership with Indigené Cellars.

For a little self-care

Who doesn’t need a little self-care this year? Infused with essential oils and the restorative power of meaningful work, these Catalysts’ handmade items inspire peace and wellness.

Thistle Farms Oils

Thistle Farms

Looking for the perfect candle set or essential oil to offer healing during the holidays? Thistle Farms provides a sanctuary of hope to survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and trauma through holistic residential care, including employment through crafting self-care products.

Soaps

Benevolence Farm

Benevolence Farm provides transitional housing and sustainable farming employment to women leaving the North Carolina prison system. Invest in second chances with various body care products and candles.

Bright Endeavors Candles

New Moms

Crafted by young moms forging new career paths through job training and academic coaching, each candle made by New Moms’ social enterprise Bright Endeavors lights the path toward stronger families and hopeful futures.

Tarot Cards

Brink Literacy Project

Manifest great gifting with Brink Literacy Project’s tarot deck. Made in partnership with authors like Margaret Atwood and Stephen Fry, the proceeds from Brink’s literature-inspired deck go toward increasing literacy rates and nurturing emerging and marginalized voices.

For the creative

We believe everyone has unique gifts and talents to contribute — and our artisan contributors create space for creative minds to share their talent with their communities. Now available online from select partners, these gifts inspire creativity and contribution.

hands holding a decorative bowl

Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Browse the Community Art House and place an order for prints and ceramic arts from Community First! Village neighbors. Mobile Loaves & Fishes operates the Village, a 51-acre neighborhood that provides those who have experienced chronic homelessness a space to find community and put their skills to work.

Creative peace of mind painting

PeaceLove

Find peace of mind through PeaceLove prints and apparel. PeaceLove believes that creative expression inspires and heals as it works with people, families, and organizations throughout the country to improve mental health and quality of life.

horse earrings

Bridle Up Hope

Bridle Up Hope’s jewelry and accessories support the mission of empowering girls and women to overcome personal struggles through a horsemanship program rooted in holistic wellness.

AHndbag

Unshattered

Shop premium handmade bags that are just as unique and beautiful as the women who make them. At Unshattered, each handbag has a seam of gold thread to honor the female makers of the bags, who are in addiction recovery.

heart necklace

POETIC

From stickers to sweaters to mugs, many of the colorful items in POETIC’s Etsy shop are designed by girls receiving comprehensive, holistic support after experiencing trauma.

scrunchies

Treetops Collective

With scrunchies and jewelry, Treetops Collective has the accessories you need to stay trendy while supporting refugee neighbors in Michigan.

For the one who loves home decor

Welcome guests into your home with high-quality decor items that tell a story of recovery, growth, and resilience. Check out gifts that are both inspired and inspiring.

Wooden Chair

Project LIFT

By purchasing a bird nesting house or Adirondack chair from Project LIFT, you are supporting underserved youth as they receive hands-on vocational training and mental health support to reach their goals.

For the energetic

Looking for that perfect swag to support the nonprofits you love and give to your high-energy loved ones? See below for ways you can help spread the word (and wear the brand) of the local leaders driving transformative change.

Surf Skate Science

Surf Skate Science

Surf Skate Science provides students with hands-on learning opportunities, successfully pairing fun and education. Surf Skate Science also offers purchasable kits so kids can craft their own skateboards at home and learn the science of kickflips.

The Phoenix Tee Shirt

The Phoenix

Get your sweat on in customized sportswear by The Phoenix, a national sober active community that provides free, active, and meaningful programming to anyone impacted by substance use.

Adaptive Training

Adaptive Training Foundation

Gear up with Adaptive Training Foundation's exclusive merchandise, featuring stylish clothing and hats, to fuel their mission of empowering athletes with disabilities to bridge the gap between rehabilitation and adapted sports while promoting holistic physical and emotional recovery.

DBG Detroit Tee Shirt

DBG Detroit

Shop DBG Detroit for hats, hoodies, and tees that look as good as they feel. Every purchase supports DBG’s after-school academic and athletic programs, helping under-resourced youth become the doctors, engineers, artists, and entrepreneurs of the future.

Row New York

Row New York

Represent Row New York during your next workout to support its mission of cultivating confident young people through competitive rowing and academic guidance.

Diversability Sweater

Diversability

Check out Diversability’s online shop to find an array of goods — from totes to tees to mugs — that amplify the voices of people with disabilities and elevate disability pride.

Tee Shirt

Brilliant Cities

Brilliant Cities builds community around under-resourced parents and their young children to ensure that future students — regardless of their background — are prepared to thrive in school and beyond.

Black Tee shirt with writing on it

Merging Vets & Players

Merging Vets & Players combines physical fitness with peer-to-peer support to connect combat veterans and former professional athletes after taking off their respective uniforms.

Crewneck sweater

Elevate USA

Elevate your next training session with Elevate USA-branded pullovers and jackets, an organization equipping youth to thrive and contribute to their community by building long-term, life-changing relationships.

Black hoodie with HUMAN OPTIMIST printed on it

DEUCE Community

DEUCE Community is a gym and community hub that empowers youth and adults facing barriers to success to achieve their potential through mentorship and personal development opportunities. Their Optimist Hoodie symbolizes the greatness we can achieve when we believe in ourselves and in one another.

Travis Manion Foundation Grey tee shirt

Travis Manion Foundation

Start your next workout with Travis Manion Foundation's mantra — "If not me, then who..." — as a reminder of the veteran leaders TMF serves and the duty they carry to continue their own service.

Black crew neck t-shirt with the Prison Yoga Project logo

Prison Yoga Project

Get flexible with Prison Yoga Project shirts and beanies to support their work of bringing yoga practices to justice-impacted people worldwide.

For the baker

Want to satisfy your sweet tooth or get creative in the kitchen? Check out a must-have apron or some delicious sweets to fill that craving.

Women's Bean Project Cookies

Women’s Bean Project

Women’s Bean Project also has a line of delicious sweets! By mixing the art of creating go-to snacks and culinary delights with life and job skills training, the Women’s Bean Project sets women facing chronic unemployment on the path to self-sufficiency.

Jars of Jams and Preserves

DV8 Kitchen

Fill your pantry with DV8 Kitchen’s jams and coffee beans while supporting its efforts to provide second-chance employment for people in the early stages of substance use recovery.

Bags of Granola

Blue Monarch

With a recipe for recovery, Blue Monarch offers its residents a chance to rebuild their lives by making hand-crafted granola and other crafts with a purpose. Each bag of wholesome granola features an enclosed photo of the incredible Blue Monarch baker and her story of addiction recovery and redemption.

For the reader

For the book lover in your life, these powerful reads offer inspiration, transformation, and insights from diverse voices sharing their personal journeys and lived experiences.

Phoenix Book

"Rise. Recover. Thrive. How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope"

In this "memoir with a mission," Scott Strode shares his extraordinary journey from addiction to recovery and founding The Phoenix, a national sober active community that has empowered more than half a million people to thrive in sobriety.

Redemptive Path Forward Book Cover

“A Redemptive Path Forward: From Incarceration to a Life of Activism”

The motivational memoir by Antong Lucky, a formerly incarcerated man who transformed from a founder and leader of the Dallas Bloods to a practitioner of peace and nonviolence in the neighborhood he once helped destroy.

Cover of F(r)iction

"F(r)iction"

Brink Literacy Project’s literary magazine, F(r)iction, investigates important cultural themes and ideas while amplifying the creative works of diverse and underrepresented voices.

For the giving kind

For those who want to give directly, the gifts below will be donated to those who need them, whether it's a housewarming gift for someone transitioning out of homelessness, supplies for newborns, or holistic support for foster families.

Mobile Loaves & Fishes cleaning supplies

Mobile Loaves & Fishes

If you are in the Austin, Texas area, donate a homemaking bundle and welcome new residents to Mobile Loaves & Fishes’ Community First! Village, where individuals experiencing chronic homelessness are supported in a nurturing environment and offered permanent, affordable microhomes.

Brigid’s Path bear

Brigid’s Path

Donate supplies to help babies withdrawing from prenatal drug use through the Brigid's Path Amazon Registry, which includes items like baby pajamas and strollers.

National Angels Love Box

National Angels

The Love Box program provides fostering families with community and holistic support. This wrap-around help enables caregivers to continue the important and meaningful work of being foster parents.

School backpacks hanging in cubbies

Positive Tomorrows

Help brighten a child’s day and support families experiencing homelessness by donating school and household supplies through Positive Tomorrows’ wish list, supporting their mission to provide education and stability for families to thrive.

An aerial view of a white home surrounded by green fields and trees

Warrior Wellness Program

Support veterans seeking healing and transformation by purchasing items on Warrior Wellness Program's Amazon Wishlist. These essentials help Warrior Wellness host week-long retreats that empower veterans and their families with vital resources for mental wellness and connection.

For the conscious consumer

The shops below offer products that not only delight but also empower those overcoming adversity through meaningful work and creativity.

Rocky Mountain MicroFinanace Institute

Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute

Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute empowers creative-minded, motivated individuals with business ideas to realize their unique potential through entrepreneurship. Shop with the small businesses that have graduated from RMMFI’s boot camp.

Rising Tide Capital

Rising Tide Capital

Browse through Rising Tide Capital’s Impact Shopping Guide, a curated collection of entrepreneurs’ products ranging from fashion, food, décor, beauty, arts, books, and wellness.

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