
We are proud to support global charities serving underprivileged
communities, fighting for animal and environmental conservation,
standing up to racial injustice, and on the front lines of the
COVID-19 pandemic. We will be donating two dollars from each entry fee
to charities currently dealing with these issues, and you can choose
where that donation goes on the registration form. The current
charities we are donating to are listed below. If you would like to
recommend a charity for future competitions, please email us at
feedback@nycmidnight.com.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone on the front lines
of these crises!
Thanks to the participants for helping to donate $10,902
to the
charities listed below! Receipts for each donation are listed
below.
Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) Global Recovery Fund -
The CDP regularly monitors the status of disasters internationally,
including the global COVID-19 outbreak, the massive fires in Australia
and in the Amazon rainforest; the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic
Republic of Congo; the far-reaching Venezuelan refugee crisis; the
destructive impacts of Tropical Cyclone Idai; and the world’s largest
humanitarian disaster in Yemen. The CDP Global Recovery Fund is
exclusively for international disasters and allows donors to earmark
contributions to meet specific philanthropic goals for any global crisis
to support medium- to long-term recovery work.
$1,120
donated (receipt)
Color of Change - Color
of Change leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities.
We challenge injustice, hold corporate and political leaders
accountable, commission game-changing research on systems of inequality,
and advance solutions for racial justice that can transform our world.
$2,772
donated (receipt)
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
- MSF is an independent, global movement providing medical aid where
it’s needed most. Teams are responding on multiple fronts, including
caring for patients, offering education and mental health support, and
providing training for infection control measures in health
facilities. MSF works with local authorities in many countries to
prepare for the impact of COVID-19.
$2,950
donated (receipt)
Natural
Resources Defense Council - The Natural Resources Defense
Council's (NRDC) purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its
plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.
We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -
air, land, and water - and to defend endangered natural places. We
seek to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as
central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC affirms the
integral place of human beings in the environment. We strive to
protect nature in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present
and future generations. We work to foster the fundamental right of all
people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment.
$1,942
donated (receipt)
Save the Children - We champion the rights of the world’s
2.3 billion children. In the U.S. and around the world, Save the
Children does whatever it takes — every day and in times of crisis —
to ensure children grow up healthy, educated and safe. We are often
the first or only child-focused organization working in the
hardest-to-reach places, where it’s toughest to be a child.
$2,118
donated (receipt)
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