We’ve confirmed that any entity on this list is still taking donations at the time of publication and that those doing so less formally (like via Venmo or the Cash App) are providing receipts and/or are legitimate. In addition to sourcing entities from lists already created by our sister sites the Cut and the Verge, this guide includes other funds, organizations, and individual activists we have vetted after seeing them on social media or in resource documents being widely shared (including this one, created by Reclaim the Block this one, created by graduate students at the University of Washington’s School of Public Health this one, created by Margaret McCarron this one, created by artist Annika Hansteen-Izora this one, created by ThemsHealth, an Instagram wellness resource for the nonbinary community and this one, created by writer and activist Indigo). (To jump straight to the guide, click here.) It should go without saying that, while expansive, this guide is nowhere near complete and will be updated as we identify and vet new entities (or see others - like the Minnesota-based North Star Health Collective, Reclaim the Block, and Black Visions Collective - directing potential patrons elsewhere because they have all the money they need right now). Here, we’ve compiled and vetted as many of those things as we could to create a guide for anyone with the means and interest in donating as a form of taking action today or every day. When it comes to the latter, over the past year, you’ve probably seen a lot of people donating to a lot of things. This action can take different forms, including (but not limited to) protesting, educating, listening, consciously shopping, and, of course, donating. have mobilized millions to take action toward dismantling both overtly and subtly racist norms and policies entrenched in American life. The protests against police brutality and the unjust murders of Black and brown people - including George Floyd, Ma’Khia Bryant, Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, David McAtee, Tony McDade, Robert Fuller, Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells, Maurice Gordon, Riah Milton, Malcolm Harsch, Elijah McClain, Rayshard Brooks, Oluwatoyin Salau, Kevin Peterson Jr., and Walter Wallace Jr.

A young girl stands before a memorial to Ahmaud Arbery near the Georgia site where two white men, one a retired police officer, shot and killed him in February 2020.

Charities to donate to