Ally’s Wish is a nonprofit organization based in North Texas devoted to granting a last wish to young, terminally ill mothers with children.

Vogel Alcove is a nonprofit on a mission to help young children and families overcome the lasting and traumatic effects of homelessness.

Texans Can Academies is a nonprofit working to reduce school dropouts by guiding students toward graduation and beyond for brighter, more prosperous futures.

Lunches of Love provides free and nutritious sack lunches to children in food insecure households during extended school holidays and weekends. No child should go hungry.

Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Houston provides surgery and rehabilitation for kids with special conditions, including facial clefts, regardless of the family’s ability to pay.

Bo’s Place is a bereavement center that helps children, adults and families cope with the death of a loved one through a variety of free grief support services.

Read Fort Worth is reducing high school dropout rates by improving literacy among 3rd graders at Fort Worth ISD. 

Camp For All is a barrier-free camp. It gives children and adults with special needs and challenging illnesses the opportunity to discover life. 

Undies for Everyone enhances the self-esteem, dignity, hygiene and success of disadvantaged students by providing them with new underwear. 

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Collin County advocates for the best interest for abused and neglected children in foster care.

The Rose saves lives through quality breast health services, advocacy and access to care for all.

SIRE improves the quality of life for people with special needs through therapeutic horsemanship activities and therapies.

Operation Kindness is the original and largest no-kill animal shelter in North Texas. Its mission is to care for homeless cats and dogs until each is adopted into a responsible home while advocating for humane values and behavior.

Casa de Esperanza is a safe place for Houston’s children in crisis caused by abuse, neglect or the effects of HIV. The organization provides residential care and coordinates medical and psychological services attuned to the needs of each child.

Kids' Meals delivers free, healthy meals year-round to the doorsteps of Houston’s hungriest preschool-aged children. Each weekday, Kids’ Meals provides approximately 2,700 meals to children under five who are impacted by hunger and food insecurity.

A 2nd Cup is a nonprofit coffee shop dedicated to ending human trafficking. The shop encourages conversation to the cause and invests in survivor after-care programs and other anti-trafficking organizations.

Girlstart increases girls’ interest and engagement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through innovative education programs and reaches over 16,500 girls and communities annually in Central Texas.

Southwest Transplant Alliance serves as a bridge between organ donors and people awaiting lifesaving transplants. They play a vital role in organ and tissue donation and transplantation through recovery and allocation.

The Warren Center serves, empowers and advocates for children and families impacted by developmental delays and disabilities. Their vision is to make sure all children, no matter their condition, reach their full potential.

Snowdrop Foundation provides scholarships to childhood cancer survivors and current patients attending or planning to attend an institute of higher education in the U.S.

Changing Young Children's Lives through Education is a children's charity dedicated to improving literacy for at-risk children in Grades K – 3 in Title One elementary schools in the Greater Houston area. CYCLE's program enables students who improve their literacy skills in the classroom to earn a new bicycle.

Friends For Life Animal Rescue and Adoption Organization is the only no-kill, LEED-certified animal shelter in Texas, with cageless rooms, natural light and noise-reducing acoustics.

Metrocrest Services provides assistance to individuals, families and seniors dealing with crisis situations who need help stabilizing their lives or who require support to live independently.

Driscoll Children’s Hospital is a world-class, 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center — the only hospital in South Texas with an intensive care unit devoted solely to the care of critically ill or injured children.

The Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC) helps individuals affected by domestic and sexual violence in their efforts to move their lives forward by providing shelter, counseling and advocacy.

RETREET is a group of tree and bicycle enthusiasts with strong backs, sharp minds and big hearts who volunteer to replant communities in the wake of disaster, thereby redefining the concept of disaster relief.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society — Texas Gulf Coast Chapter seeks to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.