Since 1980, DAWN’s mission and purpose has been to provide advocacy and supportive services that empower individuals, families, and communities to live safe and compassionate lives. They support, empower, and shelter survivors of domestic abuse. Their vision is for everyone to live in peaceful communities.

The Junior League of Austin (JLA) is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. The Junior League of Austin has supported our community since 1934. Each year, The Junior League of Austin gives hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct financial support and more than 160,000 volunteer hours to support more than 20 local non-profit organizations that help strengthen our Central Texas communities. Material provided by Ridwell Members will provide support to our community through The Junior League of Austin's programs.

Intown Cares is the nonprofit that goes the extra mile to help Intown Atlantans meet their most essential human needs – food and housing. The organization specializes in serving neighbors who have the hardest time getting housing transition to their own homes and providing easy access to food for any who need it. Materials provided by Ridwell Members will help Intown Cares in its efforts to support individuals experiencing homelessness and hunger.

Northwest Center (NWC) was founded in 1965 by Seattle parents who refused to give up when their kids with disabilities were rejected from schools. Northwest Center (NWC) is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive organizations serving the community with disability inclusion programs and services that advance equal opportunities for people of all abilities. Today, Northwest Center provides Early Supports and inclusive Early Learning for children from birth to school age, where kids of all abilities share classrooms, playgrounds, and high expectations; and Employment Services where candidates with disabilities find employment as meaningful to them as it is beneficial to their employer. Northwest Center is living proof: when people of all abilities learn and work together, everyone benefits.

Youth Uprising's mission is to transform East Oakland into a healthy and economically robust community by developing the leadership of youth and young adults and improving the systems that impact them. They provide comprehensive, fully integrated health, wellness, educational, career, arts, and cultural programming to Alameda County youth and young adults, ages 13-24. In order to benefit our communities, Youth Uprising believes that if the community provides youth with relevant services and programs, meaningful engagement with caring adults, and opportunities to practice leadership they will become change agents and contributors to a healthy thriving community, our community. Materials provided by Ridwell members will help in their programs to provide a strong platform needed to help support the youth of our community!

Atlanta-based nonprofit CHRIS 180 was founded in 1981 and provides life-changing trauma-informed behavioral health services and wraparound support to children, adults, families and communities that empowers them to change the direction of their lives. Over the past 40 years, the organization has worked with more than 200,000 clients to build resilience and heal from trauma, while becoming a well-respected leader in child welfare and a thought leader in supporting underserved and traumatized communities across Metro Atlanta. Their mission is to heal children, strengthen families and build community. CHRIS is an acronym for their core values: Creativity, Honor, Respect, Integrity and Safety.

A merger of Austin Children’s Shelter and SafePlace, The SAFE Alliance is a Central Texas nonprofit working to stop abuse for everyone. SAFE supports children, adults, and families who have experienced abuse by providing safety, stability, and healing. To more effectively put an end to child abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and sex trafficking, SAFE provides shelter, counseling, legal assistance, sexual assault forensic exams, a charter school, and more. In addition to direct services, SAFE works to prevent violence before it occurs through parenting assistance and education, programs that promote healthy teen relationships, and working with communities disproportionately affected by abuse. Materials provided by Ridwell Members will be used to help support their many programs.