The list of partnering organizations below include local & national organizations that serve people with physical & mental disabilities, chronic illness & other special needs. By purchasing & wearing Embrace The Difference® jewelry & apparel, you are supporting the community by spreading a message of kindness & acceptance as well as financially supporting your charity of choice.
13thirty Cancer Connect
13thirty Cancer Connect, Inc. helps adolescents & young adults (AYAs) impacted by cancer live their very best lives – today!
Access CNY
AccessCNY offers person-centered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community.
Adult & Teen Challenge
Adult and Teen Challenge is holistic – meaning that we are concerned with the body, mind, and spirit of those who come to us for help. We endeavor to help people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well and spiritually alive.
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Alberti Center
The Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention will reduce bullying abuse in schools and in the community by contributing knowledge and providing evidence-based tools to effectively change the language, attitudes and behaviors of educators, parents, students and society.
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aktion club
Aktion Club's mission is to enhance the quality of life and provide adults with disabilities an opportunity to develop initiative, to serve and be included as active participants in their community and to demonstrate the dignity and value of citizens living with disabilities.
ali's rally
The Ali's Rally Foundation raises money to support the Unyts Donate Life student education program.
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.
American Cancer Society- Relay for Life
Relay For Life is a community-based fundraising event for the American Cancer Society and many other Cancer related institutions, societies and associations.
Western New York Chapter
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer.
American Diabetes Association
Our mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. We lead the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes and fight for those affected by diabetes.
Angelman Syndrome Foundation
The mission of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation is to advance the awareness and treatment of Angelman syndrome through education and information, research and support for individuals with Angelman Syndrome, their families and other concerned parties. We exist to give all of them a reason to smile, with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.
The Anthony F. Martino Fund
Established by Anthony Martino and Mary Martino in memory of their son, Anthony F. Martino (d. 1984), to provide financial aid for deserving students.
The ARC
Supporting children and adults with disabilities, and their families in achieving their desired quality of life by creating opportunities through comprehensive services.
Artists Unlimited
Artists Unlimited provides opportunities for individuals with developmental, physical, or intellectual disabilities to participate in the performing arts.
Aspire of WNY
Aspire’s mission is to support children and adults with developmental and similar disabilities, helping them to live their lives to the fullest by providing individualized assistance based on personal choices.
North Carolina Chapter
Autism Society
The Autism Society of North Carolina improves the lives of individuals with autism, supports their families, and educates communities.
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Chapter
AUTISM SOCIETY
The goal of our organization is to share our contacts, our experiences and our friendships. We will inform you of the many professional agencies that we have in our area. We will notify you of any important news or legislation that could affect your family. We will listen to your concerns, share the fun and laughter at our family gatherings. We are part of a team that will assist you and your family, as you navigate the world of autism. No one should ever have the feeling that they are alone.
Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. We do this through advocacy and support; increasing understanding and acceptance of people with autism; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions.
Autism Up
Our mission is to support individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and their families, by expanding and enhancing opportunities to improve quality of life. Parent perspective steers the direction of the organization, with the fiduciary guidance of our Board of Directors. Together, we are providing help for today, and hope for tomorrow.
Bornhava
Our mission is to nurture and educate children with special needs through play, while empowering their families.
Buffalo RPM
The mission of Buffalo RPM is to empower people with autism and related disabilities with Rapid Prompting Method (RPM). RPM is a learning method that leads to communication. Through age-appropriate teaching and the use of multi-sensory prompts to engage the student, RPM provides a means to demonstrate knowledge, understanding, reasoning, and thought which can lead to growth, self-expression, and fuller participation in society.
C-Hope
C-HOPE offers adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities and other challenging life circumstances structured vocational training programs and social and recreational opportunities to develop the skills for independent living.
Camp Good Days and Special Times
Camp Good Days provides residential camping programs at our beautiful Recreational Facility, located on the shores of Keuka Lake in Branchport, New York, as well as year-round recreational and support activities, in the Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse, New York areas for children with cancer, sickle cell anemia, and the entire family.
The Cantalician Center for Learning
We promote independence and offer meaningful, integrated opportunities through individualized services guided by Christian values.
C.A.P.S.
C.A.P.S. provides supportive athletic activities for people with physical and mental special needs.
Buffalo Chapter
Catholic Charities
We help people from all walks of life, including those in need and or most vulnerable - children, adults, older adults and families - without regard to religion, race or age. Our goal is optimum emotional, mental and physical health for all. Through our many programs, we protect, strengthen and empower, all in the name of bringing HOPE to those in need.
CHC Learning Center
CHC Learning Center is a program of The Center For Handicapped Children, Inc. As an approved New York State Education Department (NYSED) private school, CHC serves students with special needs and provides caring support for their families.
Child and Family Services
For more than 147 years, Child & Family Services has dedicated its resources to meet the needs of children, adults, and families. One of Western New York’s most experienced human service agencies, Child & Family Services is a recognized leader in innovative programming and services that foster healthy environments for children and families in local homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.
The Children’s Growth Foundation
The mission of the Children’s Growth Foundation is to promote the best care possible for children, adolescents and adults who have a wide range of chronic endocrine and sexual development disorders and concerns and to educate health care professionals, educators, law enforcement officials, and the general public. The model of care for these children and their families is based on a team approach, which includes the family, mental health professionals, medical specialists, and educators.
The Children’s League
The Children's League (TCL) serves children in a center-based program, while also providing therapeutic and special education services for children in their homes or in other community-based settings. The children we serve have a variety of conditions, including speech or language impairment, autism, intellectual disabilities, orthopedic impairment (cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and spinal muscular atrophy), multiple disabilities, other health impairment such as emotional disturbance, learning disability, traumatic brain injury, and visual impairment.
Cody’s Wheels of Hope
We are a non-profit organization that accepts donations in order to buy bicycles, riding toys and safety helmets for children with life-threatening diseases.
Column of Hope
Searching for better understanding, treatments, and cures for Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, neuropathic pain, spinal cord injury and related conditions.
Comforting Hugs Foundation
Created to provide comfort and spiritual support to children (and their families) living with cancer and long term illnesses, we bring them care bags, a hand sewn pillowcase, snacks, a coffee card for Mom/Dad and fun programs while they are in the hospital. We try to help parents pay for parking and buy them an occasional coffee to soothe their soul.
Compeer
Compeer Inc. develops, delivers and supports model programs that inspire and engage communities through the power of volunteer friends and mentors of our Compeer affiliate programs to improve the quality of life for adults, children, and families who strive for good mental health.
Community Services for Every1
We partner with individuals of all abilities to reach their fullest potential, protecting their rights and promoting their independence and inclusion in our community.
Cradle Beach
Cradle Beach unites individuals and families, with a focus on empowering children with special needs and the underserved to become their best selves. We create opportunities for life-changing experiences in a safe and inclusive environment.
Cranberry Hospice and Palliative Care
For more than 25 years, Cranberry Hospice has offered hospice services to the patients and families of Plymouth County, the South Shore and Cape Cod. You can trust us to provide you with the care you need in the comfort of your home, nursing home, assisted living facility or any other place you call home.
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
We bring together the largest community of IBD patients in the country, and we engage them in the fight against Crohn’s & colitis. Patients are involved in setting our research priorities, contributing data and biosamples to accelerate research, helping design our educational efforts alongside our scientific advisors, and advocating for key public policy issues to legislators.
C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Association
C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Association exists to provide emotional, educational, social, and financial assistance to Rochester-area families whose children have cancer or a blood disorder.
CURED
CURED is a not for profit foundation dedicated to those suffering from Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases (EGID), including eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), eosinophilic gastritis (EG), eosinophilic colitis (EC) and other eosinophilic disorders. CURED is committed to raising substantial funding to aid in research, advocating on behalf of EGID patients and their families, and working to educate and increase awareness about this complex group of diseases. It is our heartfelt belief that CURED can make a difference for the individuals and their families who are touched by these diseases.
David's Refuge
To provide respite, resources and support to parents and guardians of children with special needs or life threatening medical conditions where they will be refreshed, restored and renewed in their role as caregivers.
disability Resource Center
The mission of the disAbilityResource Center (dRC) is to empower persons with disabilities to become and maintain their independence in their communities. The disAbility Resource Center provides services to people with disabilities of all ages and all types of disabilities and those who support them.
Danceability
danceability is an individualized dance, fitness and movement program serving the special needs community.
Greater Charlotte Chapter
The Down Syndrome Association
The Down Syndrome Association (DSA) of Greater Charlotte is a non-profit, family support organization. The goal of the DSA of Greater Charlotte and its families is to enable individuals with Down syndrome (Ds) to reach their full potential and become respected members of their community.
Western New York Chapter
Down Syndrome Parents Group
DSPG seeks to raise awareness of Down syndrome while enhancing the lives of people with Down syndrome. The organization’s informational and social events provide a broad range of opportunities for families to support and encourage each other.
Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Foundation
We are "making dreams come true." We provide children and adults with autism, intellectual disabilities, and behavioral health challenges and their families the education, support, and resources needed to be self-reliant, independent, and valued members of their community. In addition, we provide the professionals who serve them with world-class education and training.
Emma’s Footprints
When the unthinkable happens, the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death, Emma’s Footprints is here to walk families through their grief journey. We provide financial support for funeral costs, as well as emotional support through group meetings and one-on- one connections with our Care Team. Our goal is to sustain loss parents and their families through the fog of grief and care for them in every stage of healing and hope after loss.
Empower
Empowering individuals with Cerebral Palsy to live the lives they choose.
Empower camp
Empower Camp’s mission is to ignite the inner power of young women. To create a world where young women radiate strength, have the courage to speak up and are empowered to create the life they want to lead, primarily through camp and other event programming.
The Epilepsy Project
A nonprofit created by people and families with Epilepsy for those who have been recently diagnosed, those who have seizures which are controlled, and those who struggle on a daily basis!
The Eric Brigandi Foundation, Inc.
The foundation will focus on outreach, family support efforts and funding of projects relating to children in specialized long term care facilities.
Equality Florida
Equality Florida consists of two organizations - Equality Florida Institute, Inc., our 501(c)(3) educational charity and Equality Florida Action, Inc., our 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. Together, these organizations form the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. Through education, grassroots organizing, coalition building, and lobbying, we are changing Florida so that no one suffers harassment or discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Familial Dysautonomia Foundation
The Familial Dysautonomia Foundation, Inc. was formed in 1951 by desperate parents searching for a way to help their children living with Familial Dysautonomia (FD). Today, the Foundation works for the benefit of all people afflicted with FD by supporting medical care and scientific research, as well as conducting social service and public awareness programs.
Erie County Chapter
Family Justice Center
The Family Justice Center helps victims of Domestic Violence by providing free services for domestic violence victims and their children through an extensive collaboration with 13 partner agencies, located at one secure, comfortable location. Victims can visit any of the three locations to take advantage of these free services to help them safely escape abuse.
Fantastic Friends of WNY
Fantastic Friends of WNY recognizes the need for a safe, comfortable space and friendships for individuals of all abilities. A place of understanding without judgement. We will continue to provide these environments.
Foundation for Inclusive Catholic Education
The Foundation for Inclusive Catholic Education supports families, educators and schools with the advocacy, knowledge and resources necessary to help students with special needs experience the spiritual and academic richness of a Catholic Education in an inclusive environment.
Furever Friends of WNY Dog Rescue, Inc.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity made up of all volunteers. We are a New York State Registered Shelter/Rescue. Registration No RR021
Fox G1 Research Foundation
It is the mission of the FOXG1 Research Foundation to accelerate research to find a cure for FOXG1 syndrome.
Gateway-Longview
Gateway Longview is a non-profit human services organization established in 1890 that provides comprehensive programs focused on behavioral health, community-based services, residential treatment, and special education programs to nearly 5,000 children and families annually throughout Western New York. Driven by core values of Integrity, Safety, Empowerment, Diversity and Collaboration through a trauma-informed lens to care, Gateway Longview is committed to working together to protect, to give hope, and to enrich the lives of every child and family we serve.
Buffalo Chapter
Gigi's Playhouse
GiGi’s Playhouse was created to change the way the world views a Down syndrome diagnosis and send a global message of acceptance for all.
El Paso Chapter
GiGi’s Playhouse
GiGi’s Playhouse was created to change the way the world views a Down syndrome diagnosis and send a global message of acceptance for all.
Syracuse Chapter
GiGi’s Playhouse
GiGi’s Playhouse was created to change the way the world views a Down syndrome diagnosis and send a global message of acceptance for all.
Gilda’s Club Rochester
Gilda’s Club Rochester has been serving the Greater Rochester community since 1959, first as Cancer Action, Inc., and then in 2000 as Gilda’s Club. Today we serve over 5,000 people annually with over 1,000 FREE programs offered to men, women, teens and children who are affected by cancer. Our programs offer much-needed social and emotional support to those living with cancer along with their families and friends. Named for legendary Saturday Night Live comedienne, Gilda Radner, whose spirit lives on as members both give and receive love and laughter through our unique programs and events.
The Girl Friends Fund, Inc.
The Girl Friends Fund, Inc. (“The Fund”) provides financial awards annually for up to four academic years, depending on availability of funds, to qualified high school seniors who have been accepted to a four-year institution.
Girls On The Run
Over the past 25 years, Girls on the Run has been inspiring girls to know and activate their limitless potential and boldly pursue their dreams.
Grace Guest House, Inc.
Grace cares for the whole person, supporting patients and their families by providing a haven and place of respite when receiving care at regional healthcare facilities.
Happiness House
In the late '60s, parents of children with Cerebral Palsy in Geneva banded together to start Happiness House. The New York State Elks Club and the Women's Club of Geneva raised the money necessary to open the first childcare program in a house on North Street, serving five children with disabilities. Happiness House was then chosen to become the Finger Lakes affiliate of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of New York State.
Western New York Chapter
Headway
Headway of Western New York is a support and advocacy agency for persons with brain injuries and other disabilities.
Heritage Farm, Inc.
The mission of Heritage Farm, Inc. is to provide an individualized program for each participant that reflects the founding belief that farming and rural life foster self-worth, independence and a sense of responsibility toward family, friends and community. We hold to the principle that the person comes first, not the disability.
High Spirit Community Farm
High Spirit Community Farm, Inc., owns and operates therapeutic residential and farm-based work programs for adults with intellectual disabilities in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The adults with disabilities live and work together with their caregivers in a warm, supportive family environment, integrated into every aspect of household life and actively participating in the care of the community's farm. All household members are afforded an opportunity to learn from each other and to develop a sense of belonging, purpose and accomplishment.
Hits Foundation
The mission of the HITS Foundation is to provide financial, facility and program support for underprivileged children and adults. We offer opportunities for recipients to participate in activities that would otherwise be unavailable to them. The HITS Foundation enhances their quality of life and enriches the lives of the families and friends that support them.
WNY Chapter
Home of my Own
Our mission is to create apartment communities tailored to independent individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who desire to live in a safe, social and integrated community with lifelong sustainability.
Dragon Boat Team
Hope Chest Buffalo
Hope Chest was created through a friendship and a shared interest in exercise. The founder and her close friend, Nina, aspired to become personal trainers. Despite a diagnosis of breast cancer, Nina continued to exercise whenever possible and was determined to make a difference in the lives of breast cancer survivors. Together they created a wellness program called Hope Chest, which began in January 2000.
Hope RPM for Autism
The mission of HOPE RPM is to create a world where EVERYONE has a VOICE. No one should be left out of the conversation. HOPE RPM gives non-speakers and unreliable speakers the tools to communicate and join in the conversation around them.
Horizon Health Services
Horizon Health Services has been an established provider since 1975. Horizon is a proven leader in behavioral health and addiction treatment.
Hospice Buffalo
Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo (HPCB) cares for individuals suffering from serious illness, as well as their families and caregivers. We provide an integrative, holistic (physical, emotional, social, and spiritual) approach to care that focuses on the whole person rather than on individual symptoms. We are here through a continuum of care, spanning the course of the disease through bereavement. Our knowledgeable, compassionate staff helps patients make choices about their care, support those who are grieving, and educate the professional and lay communities on optimum end-of-life experiences.
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc.
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. (“HOME”) is a civil rights organization with a mission to promote the value of diversity and ensure all people an equal opportunity to live in housing and communities of their choice. Through the education, advocacy, and enforcement of fair housing laws, HOME seeks to ensure that everyone is able to: have their voices heard on their housing issues; defend and safeguard their rights; and have their concerns genuinely considered when decisions are being made about their lives and housing.
Western New York CHAPTER
Independent Living, INC.
Centers for Independent Living are community-based, cross-disability, non-profit organizations that are designed and operated by people with disabilities. CILs are unique in that they operate according to a strict philosophy of consumer control, wherein people with all types of disabilities directly govern and staff the organization.
INTandem
Providing quality support & services to people with developmental disabilities & behavioral health concerns in Cattaraugus & Niagara Counties.
JDRF
At JDRF, we're leading the fight against type 1 diabetes (T1D) by funding research, advocating for policies that accelerate access to new therapies, and providing a support network for millions of people around the world impacted by T1D.
Coastal Carolina Chapter
JDRF
At JDRF, we're leading the fight against type 1 diabetes (T1D) by funding research, advocating for policies that accelerate access to new therapies, and providing a support network for millions of people around the world impacted by T1D.
Jewelers for Children
Since 1999, Jewelers for Children has donated more than $57 million to help children who are the victim of catastrophic illness or life-threatening abuse and neglect. We have reached this goal working with our charity partners.
Joubert Syndrome & Related Disorders Foundation
The Joubert Syndrome & Related Disorders Foundation is an international network of parents who share knowledge, experience, and emotional support. The foundation offers a networking list, newsletter, and a biennial conference. The Joubert Syndrome & Related Disorders Foundation plays an important role in educating physicians and their support teams as well as increasing public awareness.
Jowonio School
Located in Syracuse, NY, Jowonio began in 1969 as an alternative school for children whose families wanted a more open and individualized approach than they felt they could find in a public setting. The name Jowonio comes from the word in the Onondaga nation language which means “to set free.” The school’s founders chose this name because they believed that education should be freeing minds and emotions to learn and grow, freeing individuals from stereotypes and prejudices. From the beginning, Jowonio accepted a wide range of children. Since 1975, when special support was received from the N.Y.S. Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the school has operated as a planful inclusive educational program where typical children and children with special needs can learn in the same classrooms.
Joyful Rescues
To operate as a no-kill rescue (never euthanizing for space or time served).
To take in cats, dogs, puppies and kittens in need, within our means (“In need” meaning abandoned/owner surrenders, saved from high kill shelters, strays from animal control officers or removed from puppy mills).
To provide safe housing, quality food, medical care (including vaccinations, de-worming, flea treatment and spay/neuter) and love to all pets in our care until suitable, responsible and loving, permanent homes can be found through a strict screening process.
To educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering which controls the pet overpopulation, responsible pet ownership, and the humane treatment of animals.
To educate the public on the horrors of puppy mills and pet store/internet puppies for sale.
To assist in spaying/neutering pets for low income families, as funds allow, which will aid in population control.
Kaelys Kindness Foundation
Kaely’s Kindness Foundation helps teen girls with cancer with their unique emotional, physical and practical needs.
Kallie’s Krusade
Kallie's Krusade is a community effort to "fight like a girl" against pediatric cancer and other childhood illnesses. We will support the fighters, admire the survivors, honor the taken, and never, ever give up hope.
Kevin Guest House
Our mission is to provide a comfortable and supportive home away from home for patients and their families traveling for medical care.
Kids Escaping Drugs
We are dedicated to ending the drug epidemic in Western New York by empowering families to live a life free from the disease of addiction through community outreach, education, and as the only residential treatment facility for adolescents ages 12-23.
Western New York Chapter
Learning Disabilities Association
The mission of The Learning Disabilities Association of Western New York, Inc. is to provide high-quality individualized, comprehensive, and innovative services, which support, educate, and empower all individuals with learning and/or developmental disabilities.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is at the forefront of the fight to cure cancer. We are the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers. Since 1949, we’ve invested nearly $1.3 billion in groundbreaking research, pioneering many of today’s most innovative approaches.
Make-A-Wish
This one belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish. It inspires us to grant life-changing wishes for children going through so much. It compels us to be creative in exceeding the expectations of every wish kid. It drives us to make our donated resources go as far as possible. Most of all, it's the founding principle of our vision to grant the wish of every eligible child.
Eastern North Carolina Chapter
Make-A-Wish
This one belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish. It inspires us to grant life-changing wishes for children going through so much. It compels us to be creative in exceeding the expectations of every wish kid. It drives us to make our donated resources go as far as possible. Most of all, it's the founding principle of our vision to grant the wish of every eligible child.
Make LemonAide Foundation for CP
Established in 2013, the Make Lemon Aide Foundation for Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation aimed at raising awareness for CP, fostering acceptance, inclusion, and kindness, creating a loving, supportive community, and providing cutting-edge, effective therapy.
Mary Cariola Children’s Center
We are the regional leader in personalized, interdisciplinary, evidenced-based education and life skill solutions that inspire and empower individuals and the families of those with complex disabilities.
Mercy Center for Women
The Mercy Center for Women provides services for women in the community who are homeless or who need some assistance with their personal development.
METUP
METUP is committed to changing the landscape of metastatic cancer through direct action. We protest and demonstrate; we meet with government and health officials and researchers; we support research into metastatic disease; and we speak out against the sexualizing of breast cancer.
Mikey’s Way Foundation
Mikey’s Way Foundation helps children with cancer and other life threatening illnesses connect to their family, friends, and school. We do this by gifting patients laptop computers, tablets, and other internet-ready electronics.
Minding Your Mind
At Minding Your Mind, we create experiences that open minds and show people they are not alone when they are struggling. We encourage youth to seek help, and we ensure that those around them are effectively prepared to provide that help.
The Motion Project
We provide funding for medical equipment, home or vehicle modifications, intense therapy rehabilitation, advocacy, or other services and activities to improve lives of individuals with a spinal cord injury and show there is hope after tragedy.
National Down Syndrome Congress
The National Down Syndrome Congress is dedicated to an improved world for individuals with Down syndrome. We are the leading national resource of support and information for anyone touched by or seeking to learn about Down syndrome.
Educate. Advocate. Empower. Inspire.
Greater North Carolina Chapter
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Greater Carolinas Chapter works to improve the quality of life for people affected by MS in North Carolina and South Carolina and raise funds for critical MS research. Join the movement toward a world free of MS.
Upstate New York Chapter
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Upstate New York Chapter works to improve the quality of life for people affected by MS in New York and raise funds for critical MS research. Join the movement toward a world free of MS.
Ovarian Cancer Project
Founded in 2012, our mission is to provide education on the symptoms and risk factors of ovarian cancer and to provide supportive services to women with ovarian and gynecologic cancer and their families.
Parent Network
Supporting families and professionals to empower individuals with disabilities to reach their full potential.
People Inc.
People Inc. is Western New York's leading non-profit human services agency. Through a variety of services, including residential, employment, community outreach, health care and recreation programs, we help families and people with disabilities, as well as seniors, live more healthy, independent and productive lives.
Plymouth Crossroads
Plymouth Crossroads is a not-for-profit organization which welcomes disconnected, abused and homeless youth ages 16-20. We provide caring staff that help youth develop their own plan for an independent path to their future. Our transitional program offers support for education, job training & placement and life skills support at no cost to youth.
New York Chapter
Prader-Willi Alliance
We want all people with Prader-Willi Syndrome living in New York state to have the hope and support they require through the advocacy of the Prader-Willi Alliance of New York, Inc.
Rock Autism
Rock Autism is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to empowering the Autism community with marketable skills to spark the pursuit of entrepreneurship or higher education in the arts. We support individuals on the Autism spectrum to develop a craft in music, film, and the multimedia arts that leads to employment in their given field of interest; keeping them free from isolation, depression, drug and alcohol addiction, incarceration, and suicide.
Rollin’ Athletic Club Inclusion Network
The mission of the Rollin’ Athletic Club Inclusion Network (“RACIN!”) is to improve the physical, social and emotional lives of people with developmental disabilities through regular physical activity and involvement in the local racing scene. Together, we run, walk and roll!
New Hanover County Chapter
Relay for Life
For 36 years, communities across the world have come together to honor and remember loved ones and take action for lifesaving change. Funds raised through Relay For Life directly support breakthrough research, 24/7 support for cancer patients, access to lifesaving screenings, and much more.
Roanchar Ranch Draft Horse Rescue
We are a 501 (c)(3) organization located in Western New York and our goal is to provide a refuge for draft horses. The focus is to rehabilitate, retrain and re-home draft horses that are in slaughterhouses, feedlots auctions or have been surrendered to the rescue. For those horses that are not adoptable, Roanchar Ranch Draft Horse Rescue will be their forever home.
Rochester Rehabilitation
The Ability Partners Foundation
The Ability Partners Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established to raise and generate funds that will promote, support, and augment the continuation of long-term services for people with disabilities.
Western New York Chapter
Ronald McDonald House®
Ronald McDonald House Charities of WNY, Inc. (RMHC of WNY) is part of a global network of Ronald McDonald Houses and programs that serve nearly 6,000,000 children and families annually. Since 1974, our network of local chapters have been making children happier and healthier by keeping families together and giving them a place to rest and heal.
Roswell Park Cancer Center
Ronald McDonald House®
Ronald McDonald House Charities of WNY, Inc. (RMHC of WNY) is part of a global network of Ronald McDonald Houses and programs that serve nearly 6,000,000 children and families annually. Since 1974, our network of local chapters have been making children happier and healthier by keeping families together and giving them a place to rest and heal.
Roswell Park
Your donation will fuel cutting-edge research and advance promising new treatments for patients at Roswell Park and across the globe, bringing us one step closer to creating a world without cancer.
SABAH
Formed in 1977 as a Buffalo-based not-for-profit educational corporation, SABAH is dedicated to the mission of enriching the quality of life for individuals challenged by physical, cognitive, and/or emotional disability by providing education and therapeutic recreation, promoting fitness, and developing social and communication skills.
Sadie’s Safe Harbor Canine Rescue
Sadie’s Safe Harbor Canine Rescue is a 501c3 not for profit organization passionately dedicated to the rescue of canines from local shelters, out of state shelters and direct surrender from owners who can no longer care for their dogs.
Sasi
Transforming lives through creative opportunities and excellent supports for people with disabilities and special needs.
Save the michaels of the world, inc
Save the Michaels House of Hope and Community Resources supports families during their loved one's journey through addiction and into remission. We provide a nurturing and supportive environment to parents, grandparents and spouses of addicted individuals. We practice compassion and promote education, self-help and wrap-around care before, during, and after treatment.
Schofield Residence
We provide knowledgeable and compassionate care that enhances the lives of the elderly.
Second Chance Sheltering Network
Second Chance Sheltering Network, Inc. is made up of a group of deeply dedicated animal lovers who foster the animals in their homes until they are ready for adoption into pre-screened, approved homes.
Senior Wishes
Senior Wishes enriches the lives of deserving seniors by granting them a meaningful wish. The goal of the program is to honor and recognize the lifelong contributions of Seniors and promote their quality of life by granting them a wish that brings them joy.
Sensational Fun, Inc.
Sensational Fun, Inc is a nonprofit community organization serving the Western New York area. We provide an array of sports, clubs, camps, programs, respite, and family events which are adapted to meet the needs of our children and adults with different abilities.
Southeast Works
Southeast Foundation raises funds to enhance employment opportunities for adults with disabilities served by People, Inc.
New York Chapter
Special Olympics
Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to discover and unleash the champion within.
Buffalo Chapter
Special Spaces
Special Spaces is a not-for-profit 501(C)(3) organization creating dream bedrooms for children with cancer.
St. Mary’s School for the Deaf
St. Mary’s School for the Deaf serves the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community from all eight counties of Western New York.
John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital
Stone’s Buddies
Stone’s Buddies is an Oishei Children’s Hospital program that supports families coping with chronic and life-threatening illness. Created in memory of former patient Stone Filipovich, the mission of the program is to provide a network of resources, support, friendship and fun for the many “frequent flyers” that regularly use our institution.
The Summit Center
With a staff of 500 professionals and expertise in autism and social/emotional development, The Summit Center is Western New York’s leading provider of evidence-based educational, behavioral health, adult, and community programs to 1,350 children and adults each year with developmental, social and behavioral challenges.
Western New York Chapter
Susan G. Komen
Save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities and investing in breakthrough research to prevent and cure breast cancer.
Touching Bases
In the Fall of 2004 a parent of a son with a developmental disability realized that her son needed and wanted to continue his baseball career. Realizing that he would be growing out of the current league with which he was participating, she organized a group of non-profit agencies that included, Heritage Centers, Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled, Aspire of WNY, and Southeast Works to set up a league among agencies.
TRC Foundation
The Resource Center has been providing services to persons with disabilities in the Chautauqua County area since 1958.
The Variety Club of Buffalo
Variety – the Children’s Charity of Buffalo & WNY has been serving the needs of WNY’s sick, disabled, and disadvantaged children for over 80 years.
For Ukraine
UNICEF
Embrace The Difference® is collecting donations for UNICEF in support of the children of Ukraine. UNICEF's humanitarian work in Ukraine focuses on meeting the most critical urgent needs for safety, health care, safe water and nutrition, protection while also safeguarding children's rights and long term well-being.
More support is urgently needed to help fund UNICEF's response in and around Ukraine as the situation for children and families continues to deteriorate.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Education Center
The mission of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is to honor and preserve the legacy of service and educate all generations about the impact of the Vietnam War.
Visually Impaired Advancement
VIA is a nonprofit rehabilitation and social services agency committed to people who are experiencing vision loss. Our mission is to assist people who are vision impaired and blind to achieve their highest level of independence by providing rehabilitation, tools, education, adaptive job training & placement and support to them and their family.
Yad B’Yad
Yad B’Yad is a life changing summer experience that brings teens with and without disabilities together on a five week travel adventure across Israel. Our varied itinerary creates a multi-faceted trip that enables participants to feel connection, inspiration, and growth all in one place.
