Trees provide the very necessities of life itself. They clean our air, protect our drinking water, create healthy communities, and feed the human soul. But these life necessities are threatened around the globe. The Arbor Day Foundation’s vision is to make the world greener and healthier through conservation and education programs around trees. ADF works to restore forests, improve tree cover in communities, and inspire the next generation of tree planters to ensure this important work endures.

Black Girls Code empowers girls of color ages 7 to 17 to become innovators in STEM fields and leaders in their communities. Through exposure to computer science and technology workshops and after school programs, underprivileged girls are introduced to basic programming skills in languages like Scratch and Ruby on Rails. The skills they acquire give these young women a chance at well-paying professions, as well as the ability to enter into the workforce as entrepreneurs and leaders of technology.

Give Essential is a matching platform that gifts basic living items to essential workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. An essential worker is anyone who is unable to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic or has to risk their health in order to make ends meet—nurses, postal workers, delivery drivers, fast-food workers, etc. Every dollar gifted allows Give Essential to send a care package valued at $100 to two essential workers in America.