Nonprofits in Charlotte
Drivers and businesses on Lunar can pick these nonprofits.
- Atrium Health Foundation — Raises money for Levine Children's Hospital, cancer care and other Atrium Health programs.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas — Matches children with adult mentors in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and York counties.
- Blumenthal Arts — Presents Broadway tours and local performances in Charlotte's uptown theaters.
- Carolina Farm Trust — Runs urban farms and supports local farmers to bring fresh food to Charlotte area tables.
- Carolina Raptor Center — Rehabilitates injured birds of prey and runs a raptor education center in Huntersville.
- Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency — Helps refugee families settle in Charlotte with housing, furniture, jobs and support.
- Carolina Waterfowl Rescue — Rescues and rehabilitates injured wildlife and gives sanctuary to farm animals.
- Catawba Lands Conservancy — Conserves land and leads the Carolina Thread Trail network of greenways around Charlotte.
- Catawba Riverkeeper — Protects and monitors the Catawba River basin that supplies the region's drinking water.
- Charlotte Area Fund — Helps low income Mecklenburg residents with job training, emergency aid and stability.
- Charlotte Ballet — Performs classical and contemporary dance and trains dancers at its uptown academy.
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy — Gives low income people free civil legal help with housing, benefits and consumer issues.
- Charlotte Community Health Clinic — Provides primary, dental and behavioral health care to low income patients in Mecklenburg.
- Charlotte Family Housing — Houses families experiencing homelessness and coaches them toward stable jobs and homes.
- Charlotte Symphony Orchestra — Performs orchestral concerts and runs music education programs across Charlotte.
- Classroom Central — Gives free school supplies to teachers and students in high poverty area schools.
- Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg — Places staff inside Charlotte schools to help students stay in school and graduate.
- Community Culinary School of Charlotte — Trains adults facing barriers to work for kitchen careers and serves low cost meals.
- Council for Children's Rights — Gives Mecklenburg children legal representation and advocacy in court and school.
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden — Runs a public botanical garden with themed gardens and a conservatory near Lake Wylie.
- Discovery Place — Runs hands-on science, nature and children's museums in Charlotte and beyond.
- Girl Scouts Hornets' Nest Council — Runs Girl Scout troops, camps and leadership programs for girls in the Charlotte region.
- Greater Charlotte SPCA — Rescues homeless dogs and cats through volunteer foster homes until they are adopted.
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture — Presents the art, history and culture of African Americans in an uptown Charlotte museum.
- Hope Haven — Runs a residential recovery community for adults and families affected by substance use.
- Humane Society of Charlotte — Rehomes dogs and cats and runs a low cost spay and neuter clinic and a pet food bank.
- Latin American Coalition — Connects Latino and immigrant families to legal help, family support, jobs and education.
- Levine Museum of the New South — Tells the stories of Charlotte and the post Civil War South through exhibits and programs.
- Matthews HELP Center — Gives Matthews area families emergency food, clothing and help with rent and utilities.
- NAMI Charlotte — Offers free mental health support groups and classes for people and families in Charlotte.
- Nourish Up — Runs food pantries, Meals on Wheels and pop-up food shares for Mecklenburg neighbors.
- Queen City Honor Flight — Flies Charlotte area veterans to Washington, DC, at no cost to visit their memorials.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte — Gives families of seriously ill children a place to stay near Charlotte hospitals.
- Roof Above — Runs day services, shelters and supportive housing to end homelessness in Charlotte.
- Safe Alliance — Shelters and supports survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Mecklenburg.
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina — Supplies food to pantries and meal programs across 24 counties in the Carolinas.
- Sullenberger Aviation Museum — Displays the Miracle on the Hudson jet and aviation history beside Charlotte's airport.
- The Mint Museum — Runs Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown with art, craft and design collections.
- The Relatives — Offers crisis shelter, housing and support to youth and young adults in Charlotte.
- Time Out Youth — Supports LGBTQ youth ages 11 to 24 with counseling, housing help and drop in programs.
- TreesCharlotte — Plants and cares for trees with neighbors to grow Charlotte's urban tree canopy.
- United Way of Greater Charlotte — Funds local nonprofits and neighborhood work to expand opportunity across Charlotte.
- Veterans Bridge Home — Connects veterans and military families in the Charlotte area to jobs, care and services.
- VIA Health Partners — Provides hospice, palliative care and grief support across the Charlotte region.
- WFAE — Broadcasts Charlotte's NPR news station on 90.7 FM and online.
- Wing Haven Gardens & Bird Sanctuary — Preserves historic gardens and a bird sanctuary in Charlotte's Myers Park neighborhood.