Local Non-Profits + Charities

Local Non-Profits + Charities

There is no shortage of charities, non-profits and places to volunteer in Jersey City. Whether you’re looking to champion homelessness, environmental issues or the arts there will be an organization in Jersey City for you to work with. It’s a truly philanthropic and kind group of residents that are able to coordinate such a multitude of organizations in one city!

 


 

Animal Shelters + Rescues

Animal Shelters + Rescues

Our local animal shelters provide many services and volunteer opportunities for Jersey City.  If you’re in the market for a loving companion, consider rescuing your next pet from a local rescue shelter.  Humane societies also frequently offer discounted pet...
Arts + Culture Charities

Arts + Culture Charities

Everyone should have the opportunity to engage in creativity.  There are opportunities for children to experience the arts through year long programs and summer camps.  Also, do not hesitate to reach out to studios and companies about potential scholarships.   ...
Educational Charities

Educational Charities

Help and assistance are available to those who are interested in attending a higher education institution, but may not be able to afford tuition and fees.  Contact our local organization for more information on how they can offer support.   ...
Environmental Charities

Environmental Charities

Living a life that supports our environment and protects the earth is of increasing importance in our lives.  Our extensive environmental charities list points you in the right direction of organizations, conservancies, and volunteer opportunities to ...
Family Services

Family Services

If there is a family in your life who you know might need assistance and support, please consult our list of organizations which can provide help.  Check their volunteer pages as well to see ways you can support these great organizations.   ...
Food Banks + Soup Kitchens

Food Banks + Soup Kitchens

Check our list of soup kitchens and food pantries located around our community.  Many locations need help and donations, but call ahead to check on what each center actually needs.     
Health Charities

Health Charities

Healthcare can be costly, but that shouldn’t keep our residents from getting the help and care that they need.  If you or someone you know needs support with medical concerns, please consult our lists of organizations.     ...
Homeless Shelters + Housing Opportunities

Homeless Shelters + Housing Opportunities

If you are looking to donate clothing or goods or you know someone who might need some additional help, check our list for shelters in the community.    
Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities

Looking for volunteer opportunities in Jersey City but don't know where to start? There are many ways residents can give back to our community.  Giving time and energy to help local organizations is one way Jersey City residents and visitors can help.  W...
Women's Services

Women's Services

There are several organizations in Jersey City catered to helping women with a variety of services. Counseling, job placement, healthcare, clothing, etc. are available through these incredible non-profits. Volunteer opportunities are also available. ...
The Closing of Liberty Humane Society in JC

The Closing of Liberty Humane Society in JC

Charities Pets
The Closing of Liberty Humane Society Located behind Liberty Science Center, beside a ramp to the turnpike, lies 235 Jersey...
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Ways to Give Back in Jersey City

Ways to Give Back in Jersey City

Charities Explore + Do Good News
Ways to Give Back in Jersey City The Holiday season is a time of expressing gratitude and compassion. It is...
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Water Lantern Festival in JC

Water Lantern Festival in JC

Arts + Culture Charities Events Explore + Do Living in JC
Highlighting the Water Lantern Festival  By Maya Faulds Picture a calm lake, shrouded in darkness. Now, envision this peaceful lake...
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Celebrating Pitbull Awareness Month in JC

Celebrating Pitbull Awareness Month in JC

Charities Family Pets
Celebrating Pitbull Awareness Month October begins National Pitbull Awareness Month, an awareness campaign established by dedicated animal advocates and welfare...
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Greening Your Business Grant in Jersey City

Greening Your Business Grant in Jersey City

Charities Good News Health + Fitness Living in JC
Greener JC Announces Final Round 3 of the Greening Your Business Grant  By Greener JC Intern, Carolyn Abdalla   Greening...
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Celebrating Free Menstrual Health Products in New Jersey Public Schools

Celebrating Free Menstrual Health Products in New Jersey Public Schools

Charities Good News Health + Fitness
The Flow Initiative Celebrates Passage of Bill A1349 Offering Free Menstrual Health Products in New Jersey Public Schools On August...
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Celebrating National Dog Day in Jersey City

Celebrating National Dog Day in Jersey City

Charities Family Pets
Celebrating National Dog Day in Jersey City National Dog Day, celebrated annually on August 26th, is a special day dedicated...
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Celebrating National Nonprofit Day in Jersey City

Celebrating National Nonprofit Day in Jersey City

Charities Good News
Celebrating National Nonprofit Day in Jersey City National Nonprofit Day takes place on August 17th and is a day to...
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Celebrating National Kitten Day

Celebrating National Kitten Day

Charities Pets
Celebrating National Kitten Day   July 10th is known for celebrating National Kitten Day. It is a day we not...
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Celebrating Period Poverty Awareness Week with The Flow Initiative

Celebrating Period Poverty Awareness Week with The Flow Initiative

Charities Health + Fitness
Celebrating Period Poverty Awareness Week with The Flow Initiative    During the last week of May, we come together across...
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Giving Back for the Thanksgiving Season

Giving Back for the Thanksgiving Season

Charities Family
The Season to Give Back – Volunteering Opportunities in Jersey City  It’s the season of giving back and living in...
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Local Organization Lights It Up Blue All Year Long for Autism Acceptance

Local Organization Lights It Up Blue All Year Long for Autism Acceptance

Charities Events Family
Local Organization Lights It Up Blue All Year Long for Autism Acceptance April is observed as Autism Acceptance Month, but...
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Greener JC Announces Round 1 Greening Your Business Grant Recipients

Greener JC Announces Round 1 Greening Your Business Grant Recipients

Charities Lifestyle Living in JC Shopping
Greener JC Announces Round 1 Greening Your Business Grant Recipients, Round 2 opens March 18, 2022    Greening Your Business...
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Where to Donate & Volunteer this Thanksgiving in the Jersey City Area

Where to Donate & Volunteer this Thanksgiving in the Jersey City Area

Charities Good News Living in JC
Where to Donate & Volunteer this Thanksgiving in the Jersey City Area As the holiday season approaches, it’s so important...
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Spring Cleaning for the Community

Spring Cleaning for the Community

Charities Lifestyle Living in JC
Spring Cleaning for the Community   Often when we talk about spring cleaning, we think about committing a weekend to...
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Women’s History Month: The Flow Initiative 

Women’s History Month: The Flow Initiative 

Charities Good News Lifestyle Living in JC
Women’s History Month: The Flow Initiative    During Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting incredible historical and current history-making women across...
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Where to Donate in Jersey City

Where to Donate in Jersey City

Charities Good News Living in JC
Where to Donate in Jersey City   ‘Tis the season of giving, but 2020 has brought a new weight to...
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Holiday Wishlists for Jersey City Animals

Holiday Wishlists for Jersey City Animals

Charities Pets
Holiday Wishlists for Jersey City Animals It's the season for giving, and these days, there are so many in need...
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Greener JC 2020 Internship Program Recap

Greener JC 2020 Internship Program Recap

Charities Hobbies Living in JC
Greener JC 2020 Internship Program Recap   Greener JC is a non-profit environmental organization committed to supporting a more sustainable...
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Hope Starts Here Breast Cancer Event

Hope Starts Here Breast Cancer Event

Charities Events Living in JC
Hope Starts Here Breast Cancer Event The Hope Starts Here Pink Mask Tricky Tray Party held on Thursday, October 1st...
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Great Resources for Jersey City Senior Citizens

Great Resources for Jersey City Senior Citizens

Charities Good News Living in JC
Great Resources for Jersey City Senior Citizens   It was 1988, when, through Proclamation 5847, President Ronald Reagan deemed today,...
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West Side Community Fridge Offers Free Food

West Side Community Fridge Offers Free Food

BLM Charities Explore + Do Family Food & Drink Good News Living in JC Shopping
West Side Community Fridge Offers Free Food Aid comes in many forms during tumultuous times of need. One of our...
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Plastic Free July Livestream Recap

Plastic Free July Livestream Recap

Charities Explore + Do Family Fashion Food & Drink Health + Fitness Lifestyle Living in JC Shopping
Plastic Free July Livestream Recap If you’ve been interested in finding out about the benefits of living low-waste, how to...
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Black Men United Hosts Community Clean Up

Black Men United Hosts Community Clean Up

BLM Charities Events Explore + Do Living in JC
Black Men United Hosts Community Clean Up Right now, among protests, marches, and many hopeful, peaceful gatherings, there’s still plenty...
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Black Lives Matter Resources

Black Lives Matter Resources

BLM Charities Events Explore + Do History Lifestyle Living in JC
Black Lives Matter Resources EverythingJerseyCity.com stands in solidarity with the outrage for the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud...
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Jersey City Heroes in Action

Jersey City Heroes in Action

Charities Explore + Do Family Good News Living in JC
Jersey City Heroes in Action During our April 29th Jersey City Heroes in Action Instagram livestream, we interviewed heroes from...
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Your Guide for Quarantine Spring Cleaning

Your Guide for Quarantine Spring Cleaning

Charities Health + Fitness Lifestyle Living in JC Shopping
Your Guide for Quarantine Spring Cleaning As the days grow longer and the pollen on your windshield gets thicker, that...
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Pet Lovers’ Guide to COVID-19 Quarantine

Pet Lovers’ Guide to COVID-19 Quarantine

Charities Lifestyle Living in JC Pets Shopping
Pet Lovers' Guide to COVID-19 Quarantine While the world deals with the unprecedented collective panic of COVID-19, Jersey City pet...
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List of Women-Owned Jersey City Businesses

List of Women-Owned Jersey City Businesses

Arts + Culture Beauty Charities Explore + Do Family Fashion Food & Drink Good News Health + Fitness Hobbies Lifestyle Living in JC Pets Shopping Sports
List of Women-Owned Jersey City Businesses This month we’ve highlighted some incredible business owning “Boss Women”  from all over Jersey...
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Support Jersey City: Donate to Those in Need

Support Jersey City: Donate to Those in Need

Charities Food & Drink Living in JC Shopping
Support Jersey City: Donate to Those in Need   With COVID-19 quarantines and social distancing in its second week with...
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The Upside of Isolation: COVID-19

The Upside of Isolation: COVID-19

Charities Hobbies Living in JC Pets
The Upside of Isolation: COVID-19 We here at Everything Jersey City like to look at the bright side of things...
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Axol and Friends: Shaping the Next Generation

Axol and Friends: Shaping the Next Generation

Charities Good News Living in JC Shopping
Axol and Friends: Shaping the Next Generation It was a chilly winter morning when Jonathan R. L. Grosso, founder of...
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Jersey + Co has Gelato Love for the Community

Jersey + Co has Gelato Love for the Community

BLM Charities Explore + Do Food & Drink Good News Living in JC
Jersey + Co has Gelato Love for the Community It was unseasonably warm for a Saturday in January. Temperatures rising...
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6 Things to Consider When Choosing a Dog

6 Things to Consider When Choosing a Dog

Charities Explore + Do Lifestyle Living in JC Pets
*Updated 3/26/2020* Due to the current coronavirus pandemic shelters are in need of foster homes and forever homes. Shelter staffs...
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When Can I Throw Out My Christmas Tree!?

When Can I Throw Out My Christmas Tree!?

Charities Lifestyle Living in JC
When Can I Throw Out My Christmas Tree!?   It is officially 2020 so New Year’s resolutions and "New Year...
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JC Church Celebrates 12 Days of Kindness

JC Church Celebrates 12 Days of Kindness

Charities Events Good News Living in JC Worship
JC Church Celebrates 12 Days of Kindness A KINDNESS MOVEMENT The Hope Center Tabernacle spent the first 12 days of...
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Checking in with Jersey City’s Dylan Chidick

Checking in with Jersey City’s Dylan Chidick

BLM Charities Good News Living in JC
Checking in with Jersey City’s Dylan Chidick Every once in awhile, we encounter human beings who are so charismatic, inspiring...
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Shop With A Cop

Shop With A Cop

Charities Events Good News Shopping
Shop With A Cop Smiles and laughter were in no short supply this past Saturday with kids filing into Kmart...
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Soaring Heights Charter School: Bringing Holiday Joy

Soaring Heights Charter School: Bringing Holiday Joy

Charities Events Food & Drink Good News Lifestyle Living in JC Worship
Soaring Heights Charter School: Bringing Holiday Joy While for some families, the holidays are a time of joyous family reunions...
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A Family’s Annual Park Clean Up at Grover Memorial Park

A Family’s Annual Park Clean Up at Grover Memorial Park

Charities Events Family History Living in JC
A Family's Annual Park Clean Up at Grover Memorial Park “Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom,...
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Liberty Humane Society Rescues Animals from Hurricane Dorian

Liberty Humane Society Rescues Animals from Hurricane Dorian

Charities Good News Pets
Liberty Humane Society Rescues Animals from North Carolina During Hurricane Dorian   At the end of August, Hurricane Dorian hit...
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