2023 Community Choice Awards Nominees
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Welcome to the Charity Navigator Community Choice Awards, empowering supporters to recognize and celebrate the exceptional work of top-rated charities.
We've curated a list of the highest-rated charities across various sectors and causes, grouped by size. As a supporter, you can cast your vote for your favorite charity, and together, we'll shine a spotlight on these remarkable organizations.
Nominees were selected based on four-star ratings and having earned all four beacons
Nominees are grouped by annual revenues: small-sized <$500K, medium-sized $500K-$1.9M, large-sized $2M-$50M, and super-sized $50M+.
August 17, 2023 (National Nonprofit Day) - Voting on semi-finalists begins
August 27, 2023 - Semi-finalist voting concludes
August 30, 2023 - The 12 finalists (three for each of the four-size based categories) are announced and finalist voting begins
September 8, 2023 - Finalist voting concludes
September 27, 2023 - Charity Navigator Community Choice Award winners are publicly announced
Supporters can vote via the links on this page or in response to the outreach they receive from nominated charities.
Supporters can vote for as many nominated charities as they please.
Voting for the same charity multiple times will only count as one vote.
The four charities in each size-based category with the most votes (both rounds of voting combined) will win Charity Navigator Community Choice Awards.
Prominent visibility on Charity Navigator for one year
Email announcement to Charity Navigator’s audience of donors
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Webinar speaking opportunity
We can't wait to see which charities will receive the most votes and how they will continue to impact lives through their dedication and passion. So, get ready to cast your vote and be a part of this inspiring journey to celebrate and support the best in the philanthropic community! Together, we'll make a lasting impact on countless lives and causes.
Nominated Charities
Small-sized (annual revenue <$500K)
Alliance for International Reforestation Inc. View profile
Bay Harbor Foundation View profile
Core Foundation View profile
Family Promise of Southern Chester County View profile
Honduras Compassion Partners Inc. View profile
Humane Society of Morgan County Inc. View profile
United Animal Friends View profile
Wesley House Student Residence Inc. View profile
Medium-sized (annual revenue $500K-$1.9M)
C24 7 Fathers Arms Ministries View profile
CollegeReady, Inc. View profile
Dwell With Dignity Inc. View profile
Gateway Pet Guardians View profile
Great Aspirations Scholarship Program (GRASP) View profile
Hope Shelters/Hope Hospitality and Warming Center Inc. View profile
Lafayette Urban Ministry Inc. View profile
Marine Raider Foundation View profile
Neighborhood Services Inc. View profile
Partners for Affordable Housing View profile
Rainbow Place Shelter for Homeless Women Inc. View profile
St. Christopher Truckers Development & Relief Fund Inc. View profile
Texas Interscholastic League Foundation View profile
United Way of Lamar County View profile
Large-sized (annual revenue $2M-$50M)
Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program View profile
Arlington Food Assistance Center View profile
Blanchet House of Hospitality View profile
Brazos Valley Food Bank View profile
Catherine McAuley Center View profile
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno View profile
Central Illinois Foodbank View profile
Channel One Regional Food Bank View profile
Chapman Partnership View profile
Clean Air Task Force View profile
Community Services Agency View profile
Crisis Aid International View profile
ECHO of Brandon View profile
Every Meal View profile
Evidence Action Inc. View profile
ExtraFood View profile
Facing Hunger View profile
Family Getaway View profile
Familyaid Boston Inc. View profile
Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas View profile
Food Outreach View profile
Friends of Switchpoint Inc. View profile
Global Empowerment Mission Inc. View profile
Global Forest Generation Inc. View profile
God's Love We Deliver View profile
Hope and Comfort View profile
House of Hope View profile
Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County View profile
Humane Society of Sarasota County View profile
Integrate Health Inc. View profile
Intown Collaborative Ministries View profile
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest View profile
Loaves & Fishes/Friendship Trays View profile
Long Island Cares View profile
Loudoun Hunger Relief View profile
Lovin Spoonfuls Inc. View profile
Manna Food Center View profile
Norwalk Community College Foundation View profile
Operation Food Search View profile
Opportunity Junction, Inc. View profile
Our Daily Bread Food Pantry View profile
Panhandle Animal Welfare Society Inc. Aka Paws Inc. View profile
Per Scholas View profile
Primavera Foundation View profile
Raising A Reader View profile
Religious Community Services View profile
RIP Medical Debt View profile
River Bend Food Bank View profile
Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio View profile
Soccer Without Borders View profile
State University College at Oneonta Foundation Corporation View profile
Sunnyvale Community Services View profile
The Action Center View profile
The Hunger Coalition View profile
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) View profile
Trusted World Foundation View profile
Union County Community Shelter View profile
VETS Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions Inc. View profile
Village Enterprise View profile
Virginia Peninsula Foodbank View profile
We Don't Waste View profile
West Seattle Food Bank View profile
White Pony Express View profile
Super-sized (annual revenue $50M+)
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank View profile
Barnabas Center View profile
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank View profile
Convoy of Hope View profile
Donors Choose View profile
Farm Share Inc. View profile
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin View profile
Feeding the Gulf Coast View profile
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano View profile
Food Bank of the Rockies View profile
Forgotten Harvest View profile
Healthwell Foundation View profile
Idaho Foodbank View profile
Lowcountry Food Bank View profile
Native American Heritage Association View profile
Ozarks Food Harvest View profile
Patient Access Network Foundation View profile
Patient Advocate Foundation Inc. View profile
San Antonio Food Bank View profile
Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana View profile
Table to Table Inc View profile
The Assistance Fund (TAF) View profile