Non-Profits

The RecognizeGood Program affords individuals who wish to recognize other individuals for their good deeds the opportunity to both, recognize and reward them, with a donation to the program. In many cases matching donations are contributed to the program by individuals, corporations, foundations and special entities. All donations go to non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations. The Samaritan Center in Austin is the primary beneficiary and RecognizeGood host organization. However, the RecognizeGood Program and the Samaritan Center in Austin wish to share these program recognition and reward donations with their non-profit youth and family community organizations.

Current Participating Non-Profit Partners

Samaritan Counseling Center of Austin
www.samaritan-center.org/ The Samaritan Counseling Center saves lives, heals emotional wounds and gives hope to Central Texas families. The Center provides affordable counseling for children, adults, couples, families, older adults, veterans, and military families.

Communities in Schools of Central Texas
www.cisaustin.org Communities In Schools of Central Texas provides support and leverages resources for students and their families so that students stay in school and succeed in life.

Austin Children's Shelter
www.austinchildrenshelter.org Austin Children's Shelter is an emergency shelter for abused and neglected children providing critical services to reduce the emotional trauma in a safe and nurturing environment.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas
www.bigmentoring.org Big Brothers Big Sisters provides professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships to Central Texas children between the ages of 6 and 16.

Austin Partners in Education
www.austinpartners.org Austin Partners in Education connects the community with Austin ISD and supports teachers in the classroom to ensure the success of every student.

Heart House Austin
www.hearthouse.org Heart House Austin provides free after-school and summer programs to low-income children, offering academic support, adult mentors, health and safety education, and literacy

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
www.bgcca.net Austin's leading provider of youth development programs and services for kids coming from low-income and single-guardian households. Serves more than 1,500 kids per day at a cost of only $200 per year per child.

Capital Area Food Bank
www.austinfoodbank.org Provides food, training, and other resources to more than 355 human service agencies in 21 Central Texas counties including food pantries, shelters and soup kitchens

Caritas
www.caritasofaustin.org/ Caritas of Austin provides emergency rent/utility assistance; lunch in our community kitchen; case management, housing, education, employment and resettlement services for documented political refugees.

Many non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations may find the RecognizeGood Program beneficial to their organization. The program may be utilized in their specific acknowledgement of their volunteers and support organizations. All interested non-profits are encouraged to apply as a participating non-profit partner to utilize the program’s acknowledgement capabilities and resources, as well as other special program benefits. The RecognizeGood Program is happy to acknowledge these non-profits as participating RecognizeGood partners.

Click here to apply as a RecognizeGood participating Non-Profit Partner.

RecognizeGood Participating Non-Profit Partners

Many non-profit 501(c)(3) organization may find the RecognizeGood Program beneficial to their organization. The program may be utilized in their specific acknowledgement of their volunteers and support organizations. All interested non-profits are encouraged to apply as a participating non-profit partner to utilize the program's acknowledgement capabilities and resources, as well as other special program benefits. The RecognizeGood Program is happy to acknowledge these non-profits as participating RecognizeGood partners.

RecognizeGood Eligibility Guidelines for Charity Partners

1. The organization must have a substantial local presence in youth and related family services in the geographical area covered in the licensed area. Substantial local presence is defined as:
   • facility or headquarters in the defined area, or
   • outreach services in the defined area
2. The Internal Revenue Service recognizes the organization named in this application as tax-exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) and to which contributions are tax deductible pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 170C-2.
3. The Organization is a human health and welfare organization providing services to youth.
4. The Organization reports total revenues of $250,000 or more on its IRS Form 990 (or pro forma IRS Form 90) covering a period ending not more than 18 months and meets both of the following two conditions:
   • accounts for its funds on the accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP): and
   • has an audit of its fiscal operations completed annually by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS).
5. The Organization prepares and submits to the IRS a complete copy of the Organization's IRS Form 990.
6. The administrative and fundraising rate for the Organization is less than 25%. The percentage has been computed from information on the IRS Form 990 submitted with this application by adding the amount spent on "management and general" (line 14) "fundraising" (line 15) and dividing the resulting total by "total revenue" (line 12). No other method may be used to calculate this percentage.
7. The Organization has an active and responsible governing body, whose members have no material conflict of interest and a majority of which serve without compensation.
8. The Organization conducts publicity and promotional activities based upon its actual program and operations, and that these activities are truthful and non-deceptive, include all material facts, and make no exaggerated or misleading claims.
9. The Organization effectively uses the funds contributed for its announced purposes.
10. The Organization is in compliance with all statutes, executive orders, and regulations restricting or prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in transactions and dealings with countries, entities, or individuals subject to economic sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Ineligible Organizations:

1. Organizations that promote political views, influence legislation, or support candidates for public office.
2. Endowments and private foundations that are themselves grant-making organizations.
3. Research or advocacy organizations and think-tanks that do not provide direct services to beneficiaries.
4. Fraternal organizations.
5. Organizations that fund direct service and related organizations.
6. Organizations that provide advocacy or information services (including organizations that primarily provide publications and web sites)
7. Organizations that provide academic scholarship services.
8. Organizations whose clients are other nonprofit organizations.
9. Organizations, such as churches, houses of worship, and seminaries, whose primary mission is religious.

Please contact us for an application.