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Faith-based charities and religious nonprofits across Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other traditions.

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Access of West Michigan

United States flagUnited States · Grand Rapids, MI · Religion ·

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Anago Partners Inc

United States flagUnited States · Duluth, GA · Religion ·

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Angel Christian Television Tr Inc

United States flagUnited States · Orlando, FL · Religion ·

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Arizona Diaper Bank

United States flagUnited States · Tucson, AZ · Religion ·

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Arrabon

United States flagUnited States · Richmond, VA · Religion ·

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Ascent College

United States flagUnited States · Gainesville, VA · Religion ·

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Buckhead Christian Ministry Inc

United States flagUnited States · Atlanta, GA · Religion ·

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Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix

United States flagUnited States · Tempe, AZ · Religion ·

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Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of St Augustine Inc

United States flagUnited States · Jacksonville, FL · Religion ·

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Catholic Leadership Institute

United States flagUnited States · Malvern, PA · Religion ·

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Cbmc Inc

United States flagUnited States · Chattanooga, TN · Religion ·

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Christian Broadcasting Network Inc

United States flagUnited States · Virginia Beach, VA · Religion ·

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Christian Light Publications Inc

United States flagUnited States · Harrisonburg, VA · Religion ·

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Christ Our Sheperd Ministries

United States flagUnited States · Matthews, NC · Religion ·

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Church Planting Network

United States flagUnited States · Carolina Beach, NC · Religion ·

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Cise

United States flagUnited States · Cincinnati, OH · Religion ·

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Clarence e Mcclendon Ministries Full Harvest International Church

United States flagUnited States · Inglewood, CA · Religion ·

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Clayton King Ministries Inc

United States flagUnited States · Anderson, SC · Religion ·

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Community Combined Ministries

United States flagUnited States · Martinsburg, WV · Religion ·

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Covenant Network

United States flagUnited States · St Louis, MO · Religion ·

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About this cause

What is a religion charity?

Religion charities are organizations whose charitable work is rooted in a faith: congregations, religious education bodies, faith based welfare groups, and the funds that collect and distribute religious giving. The directory above lists organizations carrying the religion cause tag, and you can narrow them by country and organization size. The tag is assigned by GiveRadar from each charity's name, stated mission, and registry classification: organizations cannot choose it and cannot pay for it.

A religion charity is a nonprofit whose charitable work is grounded in faith: running a congregation, teaching a religious tradition, or serving a community because the faith calls for it. That covers a wide spectrum, from a single village church or mosque to national religious education bodies and faith based welfare funds. What unites them on this page is the cause, not the legal form: the work exists because a religious tradition motivates it. Religion is also one of the categories GiveRadar applies to every charity; the full set is on the category index.

What they do

What do religion charities do?

Religion charities do more than hold services: most combine worship with education, welfare, and pastoral care for the communities around them. Typical work includes:

  • Running congregations and places of worship: services, ceremonies, and the upkeep of the buildings that host them
  • Religious education: scripture classes, Sunday schools, madrasas, yeshivas, and clergy training
  • Collecting and distributing faith mandated giving such as zakat, tzedakah, and tithes
  • Faith based welfare run from congregations: food banks, shelters, and visiting the sick and elderly
  • Pastoral care and chaplaincy in hospitals, prisons, and universities
  • Interfaith dialogue and community cohesion work between local faith groups

Organizations whose main work is sending workers abroad to spread their faith carry the separate mission work tag.

Before you give

Checking a religion charity: what filings will and will not show

Religion charities are checked the same way as any other, with one difference that matters: in many countries places of worship are exempt from the full financial filings other nonprofits must submit. So before you read a thin profile as evasive, check the local rules: a congregation with little financial data on file may be disclosing exactly what its country requires, and that is a feature of the rules, not a warning sign by itself. Three things are worth looking at for this cause specifically. First, confirm the organization is registered in its home country; you can look any organization up by name with the charity checker. Second, ask what your gift funds: congregational operations, welfare programs, or both, since religious organizations often run all of these under one roof and the better disclosed ones say which appeal feeds which. Third, look at who governs the organization: a board or council listed alongside the clergy is a stronger signal than a single named leader. Each profile here shows the registration details, filings, and an integrity assessment; the assessment measures how much an organization discloses, not the impact of its faith or its work. The rest of the checks, the ones that apply to any charity, are in our guide for donors.

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Common questions

What is a religion charity?

A religion charity is a nonprofit whose charitable work is grounded in a faith: congregations, religious education bodies, faith based welfare groups, and funds that collect religious giving. On GiveRadar the religion cause tag groups these organizations across every country we cover, each with registration details, filings where published, and an integrity assessment.

How is charity practiced in different religions?

Most major religions build giving directly into practice: zakat and sadaqah in Islam, tzedakah in Judaism, tithes and offerings in Christianity, dana in Buddhist and Hindu traditions, and seva in the Sikh tradition. Many of the organizations listed here are the registered vehicles for that giving: they collect it, account for it, and turn it into services. Whatever the tradition, the same check applies before you give: confirm the organization is registered and see what it has filed.

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