"The Asiatic cheetah is on the brink of extinction due to worsening conditions. Unfortunately, wildlife conservation in Iran is not a top priority for the government, which is under intense pressure from sanctions. These sanctions not only affect the government but also the livelihoods and employment conditions of the people across the country. Companies and factories are going bankrupt, and their workforce is being downsized. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep experts at non-governmental and non-profit organizations that are dedicated to preserving wildlife. Individuals are forced to migrate from hope to despair to sustain their paths of career growth and prosperity for themselves and their families. The Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS), which used to have over 50 members, now manages all conservation, educational, and advocacy activities with only six individuals. Among them, we manage to pay a modest salary to only one person and struggle intensely with a shortage of manpower and budget. In the past year alone, three key members decided to migrate. If we are to dedicate more time and resources to the conservation of the Asiatic cheetah, there is no solution other than preserving the few remaining workforce. It is important to note that extinction won’t wait for political issues to be solved. The current supporters of the ICS have somewhat assisted in keeping ongoing conservation activities in the field, despite sanctions and economic hardships. However, the lack of sufficient manpower for field deployment renders project budgets futile, no matter how much they increase. Therefore, this year, we intend to request assistance for covering the salaries of our conservationists and aim to secure project costs from larger institutions throughout the year since they are generally uninterested in covering human resource expenses. According to our estimates, by Giving Tuesday next year, each full-time expert will incur at least 4100 euros in expenses. This amount covers only the salary and does not include insurance and other expenses, which we hope to obtain from other sources. With every 4,100 euros, we will be able to contract a full-time force for one year. We hope to raise a minimum of 8,200 euros from Giving Tuesday to International Cheetah Day this year. You can also contribute by securely donating money through PayPal at HelpCheetah.com or by sharing this message with others, helping us remain hopeful for preserving the Asiatic Cheetah."

- The words of Iranian Cheetah Society CEO Morteza Pourmirzai.

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Hey, QLL has been open for one whole month! Here are some fun stats from that time.

Keep an eye out for our Giving Tuesday drive tomorrow! Let’s keep this ride going. <3

Which Museum exhibits are a must-see when you visit?

Today is Giving Tuesday—and all gifts are being *matched.* Your contribution enables us to continue to serve our community and offer transformative experiences to generations of visitors. None of our work is possible without supporters like you! Donate here.

One thing to know about us? From day ONE, we’ve been on a mission to change the culture around voting. That’s why we’ve brought conversations about voting to:

📺 TV screens, with the casts of black-ish and The West Wing 🎶 Music festivals like Roots Picnic, One Music Fest, Broccoli City 🎟️ Cultural conventions like CultureCon, Afro Tech, Complex Con 📱 Social media feeds, with messages from our talented Co-Chairs and Ambassadors 🎉 Parties at the Polls, in communities across the country

Help us continue our work to bring voting into the culture, and prove that voting can actually be FUN. Make your #GivingTuesday donation at weall.vote/givingtuesday today!

Did you know that Giving Tuesday is a holiday where you can give back to your favorite organizations to help fulfill their missions of bettering this world? This year, we’d like you to consider Better Future Program (BFP) for your donations! Founded in 2016 @reaux07, BFP is a 501(c)(3) youth-run nonprofit headquartered in Bulbancha, also known as New Orleans, Louisiana. Our mission is to globally expand peer-led political education, support, and imagination for marginalized youth!

You still have 12 hours TODAY to donate to Better Future Program! Tap the link in our bio or attached below for more [emoji] 🔗

And if you can’t donate? Share this post as well as our volunteer application, attached below:

Today is Giving Tuesday!! Help us give the gift of housing security for 50+ families across the country!

Donate to Rent for Moms with Reparations Roundtable!

We at RR are raising $2000 today, and I am hoping to raise $100!

Send funds to Paypal.me/ReparationsR with "giving tuesday" in the memo.

Can you share widely, give, and comment below when you've donated so we can tally here? Together we can celebrate the season by giving housing security.

I also have Venmo (@amanda-darer) and Cashapp ($teababe27) if you prefer using those!

#GivingTuesday #RentForMoms #homefortheholidays

I'm dealing with some serious family issues over here so I missed the social media updates yesterday. But there were still new webcomics for everyone!

At A Girl and Her Fed, the wild naked man gets the boot.

At Side Quested, Charlie scarpers.

And it's Giving Tuesday, which is "a global movement that reimagines a world built upon shared humanity and radical generosity." If you're sharing today, please consider joining the Patreons of @alepresser and myself.

KBSpangler's Patreon

AlePresser's Patreon

Hey everyone! Wanted to share a nonprofit organisation with a team on the ground in Gaza that I don't think gets as much attention.

For Ramadan they have something set up on JustGiving which is almost at its goal and brother Abdel Hazama is helping with that fundraising. Human Appeal does work not just in Palestine but in Yemen, Syria, Pakistan and other places as well so you can check out their Linktree to see all the projects they have and ways you can help. Donate if you can or share please!

X Harry quietly made a significant donation towards the completion of the St. Laurence Arts Incubator on Chicago's South Side.

Trans Santa on Instagram is an effort to fulfill the wishes and provide some comfort to trans youth and young adults.

If you can, please browse though and see if you can fulfill someone's holiday wish!

Wishes range from simple little comforts to big asks, but anything helps! (I've included some examples here but there are tons more on their page.)

- https://instagram.com/transanta/ to browse more letters

https://linkin.bio/transanta for links to wish lists

Help Carolina Waterfowl Rescue!

Hi everyone, I know a lot is going on right now, and there are plenty of people and organizations who are struggling and need help, so I'm only asking this of people who are really able to.

Carolina Waterfowl Rescue is a non-profit in my area that focuses on rehabilitating more than just waterfowl, honestly, pretty much any animal you can think of that's not a cat or dog can receive treatment or care there. They're one of very few places in the entire country that does the kind of work they do, and people drive from out of state to bring animals to them to receive care. You might have heard of them when a few years back, Jeffrey Dean Morgan adopted a donkey and emu from there!

Their ultimate goal is rehabilitating and releasing the animals back into their natural habitats, but CWR is the permanent home of various birds, snakes, lizards, you name it, with disabilities that wouldn't otherwise be able to survive in the wild.

Running the rescue is expensive, and CWR has experienced their lowest donations in years due to Amazon cancelling the Smile program and Facebook eliminating the ability to make monthly payments (and also withholding suspicious amounts of donations to nonprofits, apparently). Unfortunately, CWR is at risk of shutting down after over 20 years of helping animals in need.

If you're able to, please donate to CWR! I'm in no way personally affiliated with them through employment or volunteering, I just donate to their Patreon. CWR is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and all donations are tax-deductible. Please reblog if you see this!

Network for Good - Rebuild the Roost

A donation-matching campaign through the end of 11/28/23 to rebuild the chicken coop that CWR keeps for its chickens!

Network for Good - Haven for the Raven

A donation-matching campaign through the end of 11/28/23 to build a permanent habitat for the corvids that live at CWR!

Network for Good - Serenity for Swans

A donation-matching campign through the end of 11/28/23 to perform critical repairs and maintenance to the pond at CWR that their resident swans live in!

PayPal @waterfowlrescue

Venmo @cwrescue

Cashapp $cwrescue

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It’s Giving… TUESDAY. ✨ Our goal between now and the end of the year is to grow our list of monthly donors! This will give us a bigger monthly operating budget which means:

📚MORE QUEER BOOKS FOR YOU! We’ll be able to add new titles to the collection AND add more copies of our most popular books, reducing wait times on holds!

🌈 SUPPORT FOR MORE MEMBERS! Our number of patrons is growing rapidly (over 2,200 of you in this first month — AMAZING!) and we want to continue to accept new members without waitlisting.

QLL is an entirely donor funded operation: we wouldn’t exist without YOU. So if you can spare a few bucks a month to keep us running, please donate!

Can’t afford to donate, or want to stretch your gift? Share our fundraiser with your friends! Or your rich gay aunt! Ask your employer to match your donation! Do you know Dolly Parton? Tell her about QLL! She’ll love us!

THANK YOU! We love you, and hope your holiday season is filled with joy, chosen family, and maybe slyly reading your favorite queer ebook on your phone instead of listening to that one weird uncle at dinner. :)

<3, the team at QLL

Would you like one of my tiny paintings?

I don't sell my art, but I do give it away! It's Giving Tuesday, so if you're going to donate and would like some art as a thank-you, I'm happy to ship a small canvas to you in the US (I'll pay shipping!).

Find my list of favorite charities and the tag for all my available paintings on my website: https://knitmeapony.com/tags-and-warnings I ask for a $10-20 donation for one of my existing paintings.

That's not a complete list of my available art; I'm still trying to get that all loaded into the site. Anything on this blog that's not tagged 'waking the witch' is probably still available - just ask!

For my Tumblr friends and mutuals only, if you donate at least $50 I will make a custom painting just for you; I'm very fond of pet portraits, historical images, and internet memes but I'm open to many subjects. Please DM me to negotiate a subject before you donate.

(If you don't have the ability to donate, I'm also happy to trade for my art -- make a little art of your own, or send me little treasures you already own but don't mind sharing. I love broken jewelry so I can make new stuff out of it!)

In 2020, we reached more than 100 million people to educate them about voting and helped more than half a million voters get registered and ready to vote.

In 2024, we are planning to make an even BIGGER impact, mobilizing thousands of volunteers to host voter registration events in their communities — which YOUR support will help us do.

Join us as we gear up for the big year ahead, and make a #GivingTuesday donation at weall.vote/givingtuesday that will power our work to reach voters across the country.

Guess what? #GivingTuesday is right around the corner, so we’re bringing back this beloved post.

Audre Lorde tells us, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” As Better Future Program (BFP) finds the balance between being a recognized youth-run nonprofit and a radical leftist organization, we want to make clear: we reject the nonprofit industrial complex, and we will continue to abide by these community-centric fundraising principles.

11 LGBTQ+ Organizations to Donate to on Giving Tuesday