The list below includes 501(c)(3) organizations that have already been vetted and are eligible to be nominated.

Nominations Do Not need to come from this list. If you would like to nominate, this may be a good place to start if you don’t already have a charity in mind.

Past 100WWCA recipients are not eligible for nomination for a period of 2 years.

• • Albany Community Action Partnership
  • Albany Symphony Orchestra’s Tiny Tot Program
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Capital Region
  • Bethlehem Community Fund (recipient 8/2024)
  • Brain Injury Association of New York
  • Building on Love
  • Bus Stop Club Inc
  • Capital District Women Veterans (recipient 8/2021)
  • Capital District Women’s Employment & Resources Center (recipient 2/2023)
  • Capital Region Miracle League
  • Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar (recipient 2/2020)
  • Capital Roots (recipient 11/2018)
  • Caring Together Inc (recipient 11/2024)
  • Center for Community Justice – Supervised Family Visitation Program
  • Christopher House With the Capital District Women’s Veteran Program
  • Community Caregivers (recipient 2/2022)
  • Community Hospice Foundation
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany
  • The Donna Crandall Foundation (recipient 2/2016)
  • Empire State Youth Orchestra
  • Equinox, Inc
  • Family Promise of the Capital Region (recipient 2/2021)
  • 15 LOVE Capital Region Youth Tennis
  • 518 ElevatED
  • FOCUS Interfaith Food Pantry
  • Food Pantries of the Capital District (recipient 2/2024)
  • Gathering Hope Food Pantry (HFCO) (recipient 8/2025)
  • Girls, INC (recipient 8/2019)
  • Girls On The Run Capital Region
  • Grassroot Givers (recipient 2/2018 & 11/2023)
  • HATAS Homeless & Travelers Aid Society
  • Heldeberg Workshop
  • Huntington’s Disease Society of America, Albany Chapter
  • Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley, Inc.
  • Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless (recipient 11/2017)
  • Joan Nicole Prince Home (recipient 11/2022)
  • Joseph’s House & Shelter (recipient 5/2017)
  • Junior Achievement of Northeastern NY (recipient 5/2021)
  • Kelsey’s Promise Foundation
  • Koinonia Primary Care (recipient 5/2019)
  • Let’s Be Superheroes: the Karen Mosseau Fund
  • Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County
  • Mission Accomplished Transition Services
  • Night Out for You, Inc
  • Northeast Avian Rescue Inc
  • Northern Rivers Family of Services (recipient 5/2024)
  • Ohana Foundation (recipient 2/2025)
  • Operation AT EASE
  • The Pine Hollow Arboretum
  • The Red Bookshelf (recipient 2/2018)
  • Refugee Community Health Partnership of Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region
  • RISSE – Refugee and Immigrant Support Services (recipient 11/2020)
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region
  • St. Anne Institute (recipient 2/2019)
  • St. Paul’s Center (recipient 11/2021)
  • Safe Inc. of Schenectady (recipient 5/2025)
  • Samaritan Counseling Center
  • SEAT (Social Enterprise and Training Center)
  • Sidewalk Warriors Troy (recipient 5/2023)
  • Songwriting With Soldiers (recipient 11/2016)
  • Soul Fire Farm (recipient 8/2022)
  • South End Children’s Café (recipient 8/2017)
  • Stride Adaptive Sports
  • TAUM (recipient 11/2019)
  • Things of My Very Own (recipient 8/2020)
  • To Life! (recipient 2/2017)
  • Troy Albany Hockey Association
  • Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region
  • Unity House (recipient 8/2018)
  • USCRI US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
  • Vanderheyden
  • Victoria Acres Equine Facility
  • Westhill Refugee Welcome Center
  • Wizard’s Wardrobe (recipient 8/2023)