Crossroads Alternative Gift Market
Looking for a meaningful gift this year? Designate charitable gifts in honor of your relatives, friends, and associates, and make a difference for the causes you believe in!
While our Alternative Gift Market is over, it’s not too late to make a donation in honor of a loved one. You can learn about these amazing nonprofits and donate below.
Anna Sudha Community Kitchens (ASCK) is a nonprofit organization based in Loudoun County, Virginia, dedicated to addressing food insecurity in our community. Our Mission is to spread love through food. Each month, our devoted volunteer team prepares 6,500 hot meals that reach five key focus areas: shelters, schools, seniors, single parents, and individuals with special abilities. During this holiday season, we are excited to extend this mission by offering free, lovingly cooked meals to our community.
You can donate to Anna Sudha Community Kitchens here.
Creating Friendships for Peace, Inc.
CFP is a volunteer grassroots organization that promotes friendships between teens from divided communities in Cyprus and Israel. The friendships are nurtured through month-long home stays with American families, where each family hosts two teens – one from each side of their conflict. The teen pair share a room and learn about each other, understanding their different perspectives and realizing that friendships can develop despite significant political and cultural differences. Hosting with CFP is an opportunity for American families to participate in building peace by contributing to mutual understanding – an unforgettable experience for the family and life-changing for the pair of teens. You can donate to Creating Friendships for Peace here.
Crossroads Jobs’ mission is to provide free, individualized job placement and career development services to Loudoun area residents who are experiencing barriers to employment. Our job seekers are typically not well served by conventional agencies and job banks, who often refer their most challenging clients to us. In addition to job search training and a full suite of employment services, offered in both English and Spanish, we also provide individual post placement support to help people build and maintain stable careers. You can donate to Crossroads Jobs here.
Our vision is to transform the world one person, one family, and one community at a time through the unconditional love of Jesus. Donating to Crossroads’ Christmas Offering helps to support the mission of the church. This includes providing food and emergency financial assistance, supplies to the unhoused, ESL classes, and programs at the adult detention center. We also support many of our local schools with meals and school supplies. You can donate here.
The Dulles South Food Pantry is a community-driven nonprofit serving Dulles residents and the surrounding area. We provide nutritious food, personal supplies, and life-changing social services to our neighbors in need. You can donate here.
Equality Loudoun is a non-profit organization that builds community, promotes inclusion, and provides education to support LGBTQ+ equality in Loudoun County. We envision an inclusive community where LGBTQ+ people and other marginalized groups are fully embraced by active allies and can live safely and openly. Direct link to donate can be found here.
Fight Teen Food Insecurity In Northern Virginia! Food For Neighbors provides local middle and high schools with individual meals and snack items to distribute during times when students might otherwise go hungry . We do this through the Red Bag Program and the Grocery Gift Card Program donations made by our generous community. We help schools establish in-house pantries and fill them with food and toiletries collected through our Red Bag Program. The Grocery Gift Card Program enables our most vulnerable families to shop for much needed items, including fresh fruits and vegetables. Social workers and other staff identify students in need, build relationships with them, and easily connect them with these resources. With this additional support, students are better able to focus and learn. School staff believe the food helps students attend school more regularly, focus on their studies, and earn better grades. You can donate to Food for Neighbors here.
For 52 years, Friends of Homeless Animals has provided a safe haven for homeless dogs and cats, many of whom were not accepted at other shelters and rescues. While animals wait at FOHA to find their forever families, they receive medical care, rehabilitation, and so much love! FOHA is a privately-funded no-kill shelter that has saved and rehomed more than 18,000 dogs and cats. You can donate to FOHA here.
Fundación Vuya is a non-profit organization in Colombia that empowers children and youth through education, sports, and ecological initiatives, fostering social impact and sustainable opportunities in vulnerable communities. Its programs combine creativity, emotional development, and community engagement to inspire brighter futures. The mission of Futuro en Juego is to harness the power of football (soccer) as a tool for social transformation in Quibdó and the wider Pacific region of Colombia—a territory rich in culture and talent, but deeply affected by poverty, inequality, and limited opportunities for its youth. Fundación Vuya uses sport as an entry point to engage children and adolescents, combining football with psychosocial support, emotional skill-building, and educational activities. By doing so, the project aims to foster resilience, confidence, and new possibilities, helping young people envision and build a future beyond the social and economic challenges of their environment. You can donate to Fundación Vuya here.
LAWS is Loudoun County’s designated core service provider for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse. LAWS provides comprehensive services to survivors including a 24/7 crisis hotline, an emergency shelter, bilingual services, legal services, advocacy services, and short-term trauma therapy. LAWS also operates Loudoun’s Child Advocacy Center and The Resourceful Woman Thrift Shop, where all the proceeds go to funding LAWS programs. You can donate to LAWS here.
Leadership Mission International
In Honduras, women lack opportunities for education and employment that enable them to stay in their communities and enact change. Leadership Mission International exists to develop a new generation of ethical women leaders who drive positive change by providing exceptional academic education, leadership training, support for alumnae, and community development experiences. Through our Leadership Center in Honduras, we are developing strong leaders who reinvest in their communities. You can donate to LMI here.
Legal Services of Northern Virginia is a nonprofit law firm that provides free, civil legal services to low-income, elderly, and disabled residents of Northern Virginia. You can donate to Legal Services of Northern VA here.
Loudoun Cares “Connects those who serve with those in need to build a stronger community”. Whether you are in search of your next volunteer role or in need of assistance through a hard season – Loudoun Cares is there. Through our volunteer portal, over 340 nonprofits can post volunteer opportunities. Our Connectline allows any Loudoun resident to call or fill out our online form and then work with our call specialists to get connected to the resources needed to help. We currently run a rental assistance program, utility assistance for county and Town of Leesburg utilities and occasionally have discretionary funds through grants and donations that can serve our client’s non-traditional needs. Loudoun Cares is in its 23 year of operation in Loudoun County. Donate to Loudoun Cares here.
Loudoun Hunger Relief is Loudoun County’s largest emergency grocery pantry, serving around 14,000 Loudoun residents each year with about 2.7 million pounds of food. The free choice-market at LHR and our mobile market sites provide whole, fresh foods like milk, eggs and produce, as well as frozen meats and shelf-stable items. The LHR Community Services Center connects families with resources that can improve their financial stability and help them achieve their goals.
Three other nonprofits have their offices on site. They are Crossroads Jobs, Loudoun Literacy Council, and Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers. Other agencies rotate through the center providing access to services for those coming in for food resources. Soon, a second LHR free choice-market will open its doors in Sterling, also offering access to other human services on site. LHR is proud to help our Loudoun neighbors get the food and help they need at our Leesburg Community Services Center and Sterling Market. Donate today to support Loudoun Hunger Relief and feed our neighbors in need. Watch a short informational video here.
Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers is a private, nonprofit organization that mobilizes volunteers to help frail seniors and adults with disabilities in Loudoun County maintain their independence and quality of life. We provide essential support to homebound seniors and adults with disabilities through transportation, food delivery, money management, and supportive service programs. Our services are crucial for these Loudoun residents to receive necessary medical care and safely remain independent in their homes. A video sharing LVC’s mission can be found here. Donate – Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers
Formed in 1995, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is a volunteer-driven nonprofit committed to one mission: to protect, preserve, and restore wildlife habitat while shaping a Loudoun where people and wildlife thrive together. Watch a video about Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy here. Join or donate here.
New Virginia Majority builds governing power on our path for racial and social justice through year-round community organizing, leadership development, advocacy, and voter mobilization in working class communities of color in Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Hampton Roads. Our Loudoun and Western Fairfax Organizing Chapter has been organizing with the Latin American immigrant community since 2018 around immigrant rights and housing justice. Our vision is to expand accessibility to childcare, affordable housing, education justice, and language accessibility by creating tenant associations and parent committees through leadership development and civic engagement.
A donation to our organization will directly support our five organizers in our Loudoun and Western Fairfax chapter. These funds will help provide materials and resources to conduct tenant and parent meetings with working class, immigrant, communities of color. This will also support our Immigrant Solidarity Committee where allies can join to support our immigrant communities by coordinating rapid response, mutual aid, and community outreach efforts.
Loudoun Chapter Donation Link (non-tax deductible)
Tax-Deductible Donation Link
Immigrant Solidarity Committee Registration Link
NVM: Changing the Rules of the Game (video)
Northern Virginia Family Services
The mission of Northern Virginia Family Services (NVFS) is “to empower individuals and families to improve their quality of life, and to promote community cooperation and support in responding to family needs.” Each year, NVFS serves approximately 40,000 Northern Virginia residents experiencing poverty, providing transformative, wraparound services that meet people where they are on their path to economic independence and wellbeing. Donate Online – Northern Virginia Family Services
Our mission is to rebuild lives and create a safer community with opportunities, alternatives, and resources for justice-involved individuals and their families. You can donate to OAR here.
Porch de Salomon is a unique and progressive non-profit which, since 2005, has loved, served, and encouraged “the lost, the least and the last” of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan basin. You can donate here.
At Wish of a Lifetime from AARP, our mission is to spark hope and joy in the hearts of older adults by fulfilling their dreams through personalized wish experiences that promote healthy and purposeful aging. We share these stories to inspire those of all ages. A wish of a lifetime holds value beyond a passing desire or casual thought – it is a dream, a lifelong goal, or a meaningful component missing from one’s life. The wishes granted empower recipients to overcome barriers, enrich their lives with new experiences, foster a renewed sense of purpose, and create moments that will be cherished by recipients and their loved ones for years to come. Donate Today to Provide Hope and Joy to Seniors