294 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Army Emergency Relief is the official nonprofit of the U.S. Army. It helps eligible Soldiers, retired Soldiers, surviving spouses, and Army families with emergency money help, zero-interest loans, grants, scholarships, and some transition support.
12 services
ACF Adoptions is a licensed private adoption agency serving Florida and Georgia, with a Georgia office in Valdosta. They help pregnant people and birth parents make adoption plans, get counseling, understand their rights, choose an adoptive family, and ask about help with pregnancy-related expenses.
6 services
My Hope Chest is a national nonprofit that helps uninsured and underinsured breast cancer survivors get breast reconstruction after mastectomy. They offer financial help for reconstruction surgery, insurance co-pays, and some non-medical bills, but funding is limited and there is a waitlist.
6 services
Living Beyond Breast Cancer is a national nonprofit that helps people affected by breast cancer. It offers free breast cancer information, online support, a peer helpline, events, and one-time grants for some people in active treatment.
8 services
Guidance Medical is a nonprofit that helps families of children with complex medical needs. Its Stay Afloat Grant gives up to $500 to help with medical costs, travel for care, utilities, food, transportation, funeral costs, and other short-term needs.
2 services
Caleb's Pennies from Heaven is a Pennsylvania-based charity that helps families with a critically ill child. It helps pay urgent bills like rent or mortgage, electric bills, medical bills, groceries, and transportation so parents can stay focused on their child. Its website says it is not processing new applications right now because of overwhelming demand.
1 service
Good Days is a national nonprofit that helps people with chronic or life-changing illnesses pay for care. It may help with medicine copays, travel to treatment, insurance premiums, and diagnostic testing when a person meets its rules and the disease fund is open.
6 services
CancerCare is a national nonprofit that helps people affected by cancer. They offer free phone help, resource navigation, online support groups, education, Spanish-language resources, and limited financial help for cancer-related costs like transportation, home care, and child care.
14 services
The Hailey Bankhead Foundation helps children with childhood cancer and their families. They offer care packages, emergency help, grocery and gas cards, meal vouchers, support groups, spiritual support, and activities that make treatment days easier.
7 services
American Kidney Fund is a national nonprofit that helps people with kidney disease and kidney failure. It gives financial grants for health insurance premiums, dialysis transportation, medicines, medical supplies, disaster needs, and other kidney-related costs.
7 services
United Military Care Inc. is a Marietta nonprofit that serves veterans, military families, caregivers, and survivors across Georgia. They help connect people to food, housing support, VA benefits guidance, emergency help, and veteran resource events.
8 services
Patient Advocate Foundation is a national nonprofit that helps people with serious, chronic, and life-threatening illnesses get and pay for care. They offer free case management, help with insurance denials and benefits, co-pay help, small financial grants, education tools, and resource lists.
18 services
Chai Lifeline helps children and families facing serious illness, loss, or crisis. It offers free case management, counseling, hospital and home support, meals, rides to medical appointments, tutoring, camps, activities, crisis help, and some emergency financial help.
13 services
CORE, formerly Children of Restaurant Employees, is a national nonprofit that helps food and beverage service workers with children during a crisis. It gives financial grants that may help pay for rent or mortgage, utilities, food, prescriptions, medical equipment, child care, funeral costs, and other basic needs.
7 services
Operation Homefront is a national nonprofit that helps military and veteran families stay stable. It offers emergency financial help, housing programs, school supplies, holiday meals, baby supplies, toys, and family events.
13 services
Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council is a state agency that supports Georgia's criminal justice system and victim services. It helps victims of violent crime apply for money for medical bills, counseling, funeral costs, lost income, and other approved costs, and it also manages grants, research, human trafficking coordination, and victim-service programs across Georgia.
9 services
The Salvation Army Atlanta Temple Corps is a faith-based community center on North Druid Hills Road. It helps neighbors in need with free groceries from its food pantry, emergency assistance, clothing, and family and youth programs. Anyone facing hardship can ask for help, no matter their age or background.
5 services
Duluth Cooperative Ministry (Hands of Christ), known as the Duluth Co-op, is a community food pantry serving families in Duluth ZIP codes 30096 and 30097. They give out free groceries — fresh produce, bread, meat, and canned goods — by appointment twice a month, and also offer limited rent and utility bill help, holiday meals, school supplies, ESOL classes, and job referrals. (Note: this listing was filed as 'Food Finder GA' but is actually the Duluth Co-op.)
7 services
St. Vincent de Paul Georgia is a Catholic charity that has helped Georgians in need since 1903. The Council Office is the central headquarters that runs the statewide assistance line, a free pharmacy, food distribution, and emergency help with rent, utilities, and other basic needs. When you call, you give your ZIP code and are connected to the local volunteer chapter for your area.
9 services
The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Area Command is a faith-based charity that helps people across 13 metro-Atlanta counties who are facing a crisis. They offer emergency help with rent, utilities, and food, shelter for people who are homeless, youth programs, and holiday and disaster assistance. To get financial or rent help, you call to set up an appointment at one of their assistance centers.
10 services
