Each time you order with UncommonGoods, you can select a non-profit organization from the ones on this page to receive a $1 donation from us. At the end of the checkout process - after your order is confirmed - a browser window will prompt you to choose an organization to receive our contribution on your behalf.

We’ve included in our Better to Give Program a handful of non-profit organizations in which we believe strongly and whose missions dovetail with our company values.

Americares
As part of our commitment to the world around us, UncommonGoods donates to AmeriCares. Due to devastation caused by the recent 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, UncommonGoods has increased our Better to Give donation to $5 per order when you choose Americares at checkout. Americares has committed $5 million in relief aid and is urgently requesting funds to support additional emergency relief efforts. Americares has provided more than $145 million worth of medical and humanitarian aid to since 1984.
All contributions will go to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.To learn more: AmeriCares.

American Forests
American Forests is a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry, and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests.

American Forestsis the nation's oldest nonprofit citizens' conservation organization and is proud of its historic roots in the development of America's conservation movement. The organization focuses on assisting communities in planning and implementing tree and forest actions to restore and maintain healthy ecosystems and communities. They also work with community-based forestry partners in both urban and rural areas to help them participate in national forest policy discussions. American Forests seeks to broaden awareness of the interdependence of communities and forests through our policy and communication activities with local partners. For each dollar donated from UncommonGoods to American Forests, a tree will be planted.To learn more: AmeriCan Forests.

Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)
Artisans and their works are a key part of UncommonGoods’ mission to celebrate individuality and creativity. Through Better to Give, we are supporting CERF, a non-profit organization that helps craftspeople throughout the United States sustain craftsmaking as a livelihood by providing immediate support to professional craftspeople suffering career-threatening emergencies such as natural disasters, diseases and other crises.

CERF was founded in 1985, when Carol Sedestrom Ross, then president of American Craft Enterprises, ceramicist Marilyn Dintenfass, and glassblower Josh Simpson decided they wanted to tap into the inherent generosity that they had observed within the craft community. It is common practice at craft fairs for exhibitors to “pass the hat” for fellow craftspeople who were dealing with emergency situations. CERF was founded in an effort to formalize and build upon this simple grassroots gesture. Since its founding, CERF has helped hundreds of craftspeople from across the country. To learn more: Craft Emergency Relief Fund.

Tranquility Trail Animal Sanctuary
Founded in 2008, Tranquility Trail Animal Sanctuary is dedicated to the compassionate care of companion animals.
At Tranquility Trail, our mission is to rescue, shelter, rehabilitate and hopefully find a forever home for every animal that finds its way to us. Tranquility Trail Animal Sanctuary is wholly committed to the preservation, protection and rehabilitation of companion animals considered untreatable and unadoptable. The sanctuary is designed specifically around the needs of the animals who will be fortunate enough to call Tranquility Trail home - whether that be for a month or the rest of the animal's natural life. Tranquility Trail offers exceptional programs of rescue, spay/neuter, rehabilitation, adoption, sanctuary, holistic care, community outreach and education, pet parenting support and collaborative partnerships.
To learn more: Tranquility Trail

Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. UncommonGoods endeavors to feature merchandise made without harm to people or animals (for example, we do not sell leather products). Defenders focuses its programs on what scientists consider two of the most serious environmental threats to the planet: the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction. Long known for leadership on endangered species issues, Defenders of Wildlife also advocates new approaches to wildlife conservation that will help keep species from becoming endangered. Their programs encourage protection of entire ecosystems and interconnected habitats while protecting predators that serve as indicator species for ecosystem health. To learn more: Defenders of Wildlife.

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