Cares is excited to announce the grant recipients for the 2022-2023 season! Cares is awarding grants totaling $605,000 to 124 nonprofit organizations across the United States. These grants will help us deepen outreach efforts within our three nonprofit areas of focus: Youth, Human Services, and Veterans.
Thank you to all employees who have supported Cares and helped spread kindness through their generous donations and volunteer work this year. You have played an instrumental role in helping Cares give back to our communities and to those in need.
The Cares team looks forward to continuing its commitment to serving our colleagues and communities. Here’s a complete list of grant recipients:
Cares Grants
Human services grant recipients
| Acres of Diamonds | Meals on Wheels of Greater New Brunswick |
| Advocates Against Family Violence | Meals on Wheels of Central Indiana |
| American Cancer Society, Inc. | Meals On Wheels of Long Beach |
| ARCA | Mitzvah Circle Foundation |
| Assistance Dogs of the West | Mother & Child Education Center |
| Audrey’s Angels | New Leash on Life USA |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | Newhall Fields Community Farm |
| Calhoun Cleburne Habitat for Humanity | No Guts All Glory |
| Canine Companions for Independence | North Central West Virginia Coalition for the Homeless dba Homes For Harris |
| Cindy’s Hope Chest Citizens Inn, Inc. | Open Hearth, Inc. |
| Comfort Cases, Inc. | Project Access, Inc. |
| Cuidando Los Niños | Rebuilding Together South Sound |
| Daily Bread Community | Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston, South Carolina, Inc. |
| Food Pantry, Inc. | Solid Ground Washington |
| Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center | South County Outreach |
| Eagle Wings Ministries | The Christmas Gala |
| ElderHelp of San Diego | The Storehouse of Collin County |
| Feed Northland Kids | Thomas House Temporary Shelter |
| Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland, Inc. | To Be Empowered |
| Feeding San Diego | Turning Point, Inc. |
| First Story | Union County Community Shelter dba Community Shelter of Union County |
| Food Lifeline | Upper Room Rehabilitation Services |
| Homes of A Loving Father Dream Center | Washington City Mission |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation | We Love Philly |
| Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts, Inc. (LVM) | West Columbia Gorge Humane Society |
| Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center | Western Service Workers Association |
| Making A Difference Foundation | Wynona’s House, A New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation |
Youth grant recipients
| Alliance for Children’s Rights | Lakeside Youth Services |
| Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative | Lights Camera Discover |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii | Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra | Make-A-Wish Foundation |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Colorado River | N.I.C.K. Services |
| Burning Through Pages | Nature Heals |
| Business Professionals of America, Inc. | Paving the Way Foundation |
| Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia | Pediatric Interim Care Center, Inc. |
| CASA Youth Advocates, Inc. | Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation |
| Children’s Cancer Fund of New Mexico | Positive Alternative Recreation Teambuilding Impact |
| Ciel | Pride of Quakertown |
| Corner House | Project ASCENT |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Atlantic Cape May & Camden Counties | San Dieguito Academy Foundation |
| DMF Youth | Starting Right, Now |
| Fernley Community Foundation | The Engineer Factory, a project of Community Partners |
| Friends of the Children – Portland | The IDEA Project |
| Gifted Gaits, Inc. | The Jessie Rees Foundation |
| Girls Going Global | Tulsa Changemakers, a program of Leadership Tulsa |
| Heart Math Tutoring | Volunteer Services of Manatee County, Inc. |
| Homeless Engagement & Lift Partnership, Inc. | YMCA of Superior California |
| Joy in the Cause Company | Your Money Matters |
| King County Sexual Assault Resource Center | Youth Futures |
Veterans grant recipients
| Abilities Inc. of Florida | Hire Heroes USA |
| Alpha Bravo Canine | Homes For Our Troops, Inc. |
| Ayuda Smiles, Inc. dba Smiles for Veterans | Horses & Heroes, Inc. |
| Caldwell Veterans Council, Inc. | J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc. |
| Eagle ROCK Camp | Lake County Responds for Veterans |
| Elysian Fields Transformational Community | MilVet |
| Foundation for Women Warriors | Paws and Stripes |
| Galatians 62 | Unsung Heroes Living History Project |
| Habitat for Humanity Montgomery County | Wyakin Warrior Foundation |
| Harbor Homes, Inc. |