Give Miami Day Returns Nov. 16

One of the largest annual giving events in the nation, Give Miami Day is your chance to make a difference by supporting our community’s local nonprofits. Created in 2012 by The Miami Foundation, Give Miami Day has raised more than $100 million for 1,000+ community nonprofits. This initiative helps raise awareness about the critical role these organizations, large and small, play in our community and inspires all of us to discover and give to causes we care about.

It’s easy to donate online. You can browse through the organizations, grouped in various categories. If you’ve donated before through Give Miami Day, the online platform will even remind you of causes you’ve supported in previous years.

Below are some nonprofits that we know and trust., but all the causes are worthwhile. Thanks for supporting our community! Here’s the link to Give Miami Day.

Feeding South Florida

More than 20% of the Miami-Dade population lives below SNAP and other established thresholds of poverty, which is why providing critical food assistance is imperative.

A Zero Waste Culture

Founded by Helena Iturralde as a call to action after several visits to Miami's Waste Management Recycling Facility revealed almost nothing is being recycled, the group includes a team of local Key Biscayne residents to advocate, educate, and engage the community in grassroots climate change mitigation programs.

NoMi Food Pantry

The City of North Miami’s NoMi Food Pantry became the home of the first government-sponsored food pantry in Florida. The pantry is a partnership among the city, Feeding South Florida, and Florida Blue Foundation.

Common Threads

This nationally recognized nonprofit champions better community health outcomes through the transformative power of food. For over two decades, they have empowered children and families with cooking and nutrition education to foster lifelong wellness, guided by the belief that access to quality food is a fundamental human right.

Good Samaritan Meals

This Miami-based food rescue nonprofit aims to reduce food waste while also feeding those in need. They partner with local bakeries, restaurants and grocery stores to pick up their unsold food and transport it to local shelters, community centers, food pantries and community fridges.  

Lotus House

Since its inception, Lotus House has sheltered over 9,000 women and children. It’s the largest women's shelter in the nation, with the capacity to shelter over 500 women, youth and children nightly, nearly half of whom are children struggling to find safety.

The Smile Trust

Since February 2014, The Smile Trust, formerly known as Make the Homeless Smile, has served over 250,000 meals via our Smile Day program. We also provide hot showers, clean clothing, shoes, toiletries and haircuts.

Homestead Soup Kitchen

The Homestead Soup Kitchen served its first meal on Thanksgiving of 1983 and was incorporated in January of 1984. This nonprofit organization run solely by volunteers serves a hot lunch to anyone who arrives at their door during serving hours.

Helping Hands Food Ko-Op

This group provides a week’s worth of nutritionally balanced kosher food to individuals and families in the community.

Food Rescue US – South Florida

Committed to reducing food waste and hunger in our community, Food Rescue US – South Florida helps the environment by keeping food from decomposing in landfills. Using their web-based app, they engage volunteers to transfer unused surplus food from local businesses to local social service agencies providing for the food insecure.  

Green Haven Project

This nonprofit organization focuses on creating community gardens and providing sustainable food sources in areas that are considered food deserts. Food deserts are urban areas where residents reside in low-income housing with limited access to fresh produce within a .5 – 1-mile radius. GHP provides education on horticulture and nutrition to youth in the surrounding schools. Food grown is given to local residents free of charge. Our mission is to empower the community to live a healthy, sustainable life, through fresh locally grown food.

Urban Oasis Project

Their goal is making healthy, fresh, local food accessible to all using a multi-faceted approach forging relationships to connect diverse issues and communities. They operate farmers markets and an online virtual farmers market, and distribute tons of produce from local farms to consumers.  

Amigos de la Huerta

Dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive space for sustainable gardening education in Miami, Amigos de la Huerta pledges to empower individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs to learn about environmentally responsible gardening practices while fostering community connections. Through their programs, they aim to promote environmental conservation, improve food security, and contribute to the well-being of Miami's local communities.

Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry

They organize and distribute groceries to approximately 220+ households every week, relying on the generosity of private individuals as well as educational, civic and religious organizations for food donations and financial support to assure their successful operation.

Buddy System MIA

This young non-profit fights food insecurity by creating innovative ways to engage its Miami community and empowering neighbors to support neighbors, beginning with access to free, healthy food. Their programming includes 10 Community Fridges painted by local artists that provide free, healthy food throughout Miami; a food pantry that supports their distributions to homebound individuals, 400,000 pounds of food waste rescued and repurposed yearly with community partners and local restaurants, and large-scale community events with entertainment, community partners, free food and classes.

Slow Food Miami

This 100% volunteer organization is made up of people who are passionate about good food, supporting local growers, producers, fishers and artisan food and beverage makers that celebrate Miami's diverse food culture. By acting locally, we are helping to build a world where the food we eat is good for us, good for farmers and workers, and good for the planet. Slow Food Miami focuses on education through our Edible School Garden grant program.

The Education Fund

Their mission is to maximize every child's potential and ensure each one graduates with every opportunity for success. Among their programs is ther first-in-the-nation Food Forests for Schools

Sereia Films

Their community events include film screenings, monthly beach cleanups called 'Trashy Tuesday,' and hands-on seafood events. Their web series Eating Out: The Hunt for Sustainable Seafood explores seafood in Florida and they recently filmed the 11th episode featuring a Florida tilapia farm.

Friends of the Underline

Their mission: To deliver and activate a 120-acre, world-class linear park spanning 10 miles below Miami's Metrorail that will transform regional mobility and celebrate diversity, culture and lifelong learning.

Tropical Audubon Society

This group has been leading South Florida bird walks, championing wildlife, and protecting Biscayne Bay and the Everglades since their 1947 founding.

FillABag

This group works with coastal communities to bring awareness to the problems of marine debris, beach litter, single-use plastic consumption & pollution.

Miami Waterkeeper

Their mission is to defend, protect, and preserve South Florida's watershed through citizen engagement, environmental education, and community action rooted in sound science and research. Their overarching goal is to ensure swimmable, drinkable, and fishable water for all.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

They aim to preserve Vizcaya’s cultural and environmental resources to engage people in connecting with the past, understanding the present and shaping the future.

Miami Beach Botanical Garden

This Miami Beach garden promotes environmental enjoyment, stewardship and sustainability through education, the arts, and interaction with the natural world. The garden is a unique, subtropical oasis of beauty and tranquility within an urban setting-a community resource that refreshes, inspires and engages their visitors.

The Kampong

As one of the five gardens of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, their mission is to enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems, and cultural heritage. The Kampong serves as the mainland campus for National Tropical Botanical Garden’s educational courses, as a living classroom used by FIU's International Center for Tropical Botany and other colleges and universities for botany and horticulture courses, and is a popular spot for plant enthusiasts of all ages

The Deering Estate Foundation

Their mission is to raise public awareness, outreach, understanding and the enjoyment of the Deering Estate and to raise funds to support education, research, exhibits and collections, natural conservation and historical restoration and preservation. All funds converge on a single goal - to ensure in perpetuity the Deering Estate's viability as a center for preservation, education, and recreation.

HistoryMiami Museum

HistoryMiami Museum is where history comes to life and the future is shaped by the lessons learned from our storied past. Through exhibitions, artistic endeavors, city tours, education, research, collections and publications, HM strives to help everyone understand the importance of the past in shaping our collective future.

Dade Heritage Trust

Dade Heritage Trust's mission is to preserve Miami-Dade County's architectural, environmental and cultural heritage through education and advocacy. DHT is also preserving naturally occurring affordable housing in historic apartment buildings in urban Miami and have a robust K-12 educational program called Historic Places, Green Spaces. They present Baking in Historic Places, urban Miami bike tours and walking tours to educate and inform residents and visitors about Miami's diverse neighborhoods and architecture.