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Member Organizations

Community Shares lists all of its member agencies on all of its campaign pledge forms. This ensures that all of our nonprofit member agencies have equal representation in workplace giving campaigns. Donors are able to select the particular agency or issue that would like to donate to. All money donated through Community Shares is unrestricted. Each agency that receives money through Community Shares can determine how to best use the donation in the community.

The nonprofits that are involved with Community Shares make our community a more healthy, equitable and harmonious place. The well-established member organizations address issues in four categories: animal rights and the environment, education and the arts, health and human services, and social justice and peace.



Animal Rights and the Environment
  • Maumee Valley Save-a-Pet
    www.maumeevalleysaveapet.org
    A no-kill, all-volunteer adoption organization serving sick, injured, and homeless pets in northwest Ohio. A spay / neuter program serves stray / feral cats, and pets from low-income homes.
  • Nature's Nursery Center for Wildlife Rehabilitations & Conservation Education
    www.natures-nursery.org
    Provides an educational phone line for people with questions and concerns regarding wildlife, conducts educational programs, and accepts injured and orphaned wild animals for rehabilitation.
  • The Wood County Humane Society
    www.woodcountyhumanesociety.org
    Services include cruelty investigation, discount spay / neuter program, and education about human animal treatment. The no-kill shelter provides for abused, injured, and homeless animals until adoption.
 
Education and the Arts
  • Children's Theater Workshop
    www.childrenstheaterworkshop.org
    Providing life skills training for children 5 to 18 years of age using theatrical skills. Offering theatre for children by children since 1954.
  • Collingwood Arts Center
    www.collingwoodartscenter.org
    Multi-discipline arts facility that nurtures the growth of the arts by providing visual and performing arts a center to meet, create, perform, teach, and reside.
  • Masterworks Chorale
    www.masterworkschorale.us
    Northwest Ohio's premier chamber choir provides outreach and education programs to the community as well as a four-concert ticketed season.
  • Mountain Mentors
    www.mountain-mentors.org
    At-risk youth are paired with mentors who assist with personal goal setting / development. Monthly meetings and week-long mountaineering experiences are combined with regular student contacts.
  • Old West End Association
    www.toledooldwestend.com
    Provides education and preservation to an historic district central city neighborhood. Educating the community by holding an annual festival that raises funds for scholarships, security, and children’s programs.
  • Perrysburg Symphony Chorale
    www.perrysburgsymphonychorale.org
    Encourages community interest and appreciation of classical and semi-classical music through local performance. Develops musical interests and skills of young musicians. 
  • Scrap4Art
    www.scrap4arttoledo.org
    Promotes conservation, education and art by diverting clean, usable items otherwise destined for solid-waste stream for re-use by educators, artists, crafters, scout groups and the general public.
  • Toledo Repertoire Theatre
    www.toledorep.org
    The Toledo Repertoire Theatre, begun in 1933, provides theatrical performances and educational programming throughout the year to audiences of over 16,000 adults and children.
 
Health and Human Services
  • Assistance Dogs of America, Inc.
    www.adai.org
    Helps children and adults with disabilities achieve greater independence by training and placing service and therapy dogs to help with their daily needs.
  • Beach House Family Shelter, Inc.
    www.beachhousetoledo.org
    Providing temporary shelter since 1912 to women, single-parent households with children, intact families, and married couples and assisting their return to independent family living.
  • Family and Friends of Northwest Ohio Development Center
    Advocates for, supports, and increases opportunities for individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities through education, habilitation, recreation and community involvement.
  • FOCUS (Family Outreach Community United Services, Inc.)
    www.focustoledo.org
    As an interfaith agency offering long-term solutions to homelessness, FOCUS provides housing and intensive services to Toledo’s forgotten homeless men, women, and children.
  • Family Promise, Interfaith Hospitality Network
    www.ihntoledo.org
    Serves Toledo's homeless families, providing shelter, meals, comphrensive assessment, case management, goal setting, and referrals using community resources and an innovative collaboration with faith-based partners.
  • Hannah's Socks
    www.hannahsocks.org
    Gives new socks and undergarments to people in needs. Serving homeless and domestic violence shelters, dignity is given - one pair of socks at a time.
  • Make a Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio
    www.northwestohio.wish.org
    Granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
  • MLK Center / Kitchen for the Poor
    www.kitchenforthepoor.org
    Feeds an average of 200 people daily, Monday-Friday, provides home-delivered meals to seniors daily and gives away clothing donations.
  • Sylvania Area Family Services
    www.sylvaniaareafamilyservices.org
    Improving the quality of life for low-income or at-risk families in Sylvania. Services include afterschool, summer programs, youth diversion program, food and rent/utility assistance, referral information, and holiday baskets.
  • Toledo Area Ministries
    www.tamohio.org
    Toledo Area Ministries is the “Church of the World,” meeting human needs, creating community, and working for justice. Thousands are served through ministries of compassion.
 
Social Justice and Peace
  • Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE)
    www.ablelaw.org
    Provides critically needed, high-quality civil legal assistance to eligible low-income residents of western Ohio.

  • ACLU Foundation of Ohio, Northwest Ohio Chapter
    www.acluohio.org
    ACLU is America’s guardian of liberty, working in the courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the rights of all individuals guaranteed by our constitution.

  • Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice (Farm Labor Research Project)
    www.cmwj.org
    Provides training and education for low-wage immigrant workers to improve their wages, working conditions, and housing through organizing on the job and in the community.

  • Equality Toledo
    www.equalitytoledo.org
    Works for equality for all Ohioans, regardless of their marital status, sexual orientation or gender expression, through education, antidefamation efforts, and activism.
  • League Of Women Voters, Ohio Education Fund (Toledo-Lucas County Chapter)
    www.lwvtoledo.org
    A non-partisan organization of women and men encouraging informed and active participation of all citizens in government, and influencing public policy through education and advocacy.

  • Toledo Area Jobs with Justice Coalition
    www.jwjtoledo.org
    Toledo Area Jobs with Justice works in coalition with labor, community, and religious organizations to raise awareness on workers’ rights and social justice issues.
 
Welcome New Agencies

Community Shares is proud to welcome five local nonprofits as new Member Agencies:

     Family Promise: Partners with faith communities to provide shelter, case management, and referrals
           for homeless families.

     Hannah's Socks: Serving homeless and domestic violence shelters, dignity is given - one pair of

           socks at a time.

     Perrysburg Symphony Chorale: Encourages appreciation of classical music through performance, and by

          developing skills of young musicians.

     Scrap4Art: Supports education and the visual arts while encouraging conservation of natural resources.

     Sylvania Family Services: Improving the quality of life for Sylvania families in need.