Watertown has many worthy organizations to support on Giving Tuesday, whether it is supporting children, the arts, troops overseas, history, and more.
Watertown Community Foundation
Watertown families are under pressure.
Benefits for food, housing and health support are in peril,
as the overall cost of living continues to rise.
When you donate to the Fund for the Most Vulnerable, you help support Essential Needs Grants.
You designate your gift for programs to address food insecurity, housing assistance, emergency assistance, mental health, health and wellness for Watertown’s
most vulnerable residents.
Donate to the Fund for the Most Vulnerable.
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network
Food insecurity continues to rise across Massachusetts, and families are feeling the strain more intensely as winter approaches. Many parents are working multiple jobs yet still can’t keep up with the rising cost of groceries. Young adults living on their own for the first time are struggling to afford even the basics. No family should have to choose between paying a bill and buying food.
That’s why this Giving Tuesday we are providing direct food support to the youth and families who need it most. Through grocery gift cards, we offer immediate relief—and we do it in a way that preserves dignity by allowing families to choose the foods that best meet their needs.
Your Giving Tuesday donation will make an immediate impact. Together, we can make sure no family goes hungry this winter. Thank you for standing with us—and with the families who count on Wayside.
Watertown Boys & Girls Club
GIVE NOW and your donation will be doubled up to $5,000 thanks to a matching gift from Cambridge Savings Bank!
Mosesian Center for the Arts
Giving Tuesday is here, and your support today directly impacts the artists, students, friends, and families who call Mosesian Arts home. Thanks to the generosity of so many in our community over the past weeks, we are currently $10,000 away from reaching our expanded year end goal of $40,000 – let’s close that gap!
If we are able to raise $10,000 today, we will be able to make an extraordinary difference, ensuring another year of creativity, access, and community connection.
Operation American Soldier, located at 215 Mt Auburn St. Serving our deployed troops. If you know anyone deployed, let them know. Find out how to contribute here.
Helen Robinson Wright Fund, a charitable fund at First Parish Church. The fund assists those in need of food, heat, and other basic needs. Need help paying an electric bill, call the church at 617-924-6143. Donate by clicking here.
Historical Society of Watertown
The Historical Society of Watertown, believing that a sense of history is fundamental to understanding human experience, collects, preserves, and shares materials from Watertown’s past, so that present and future generations can comprehend more fully their predecessors, their community, and themselves. Pursuing the highest standards of collection, preservation, presentation, and management, the Society encourages and assists people of all backgrounds and interests to learn more about Watertown’s varied history.
Become a member or donate here.
Armenian Museum of America
Charitable contributions to the Armenian Museum of America, the only independent Museum outside Armenia, are vital to its continued success in preserving the Armenian heritage. Generous donations support the exhibits and programs, as well as operational expenses.
Perkins School for the Blind
For kids with visual impairments and other disabilities, your gift today can support moments like:
- Learning through play
- Discovering the joy of reading
- Learning to navigate independently and confidently
- Opening up a world of communication
At Perkins, your gift is more than a donation, it’s a moment of opportunity.
Be one of the first 100 donors to support these life-changing moments for children who are blind or visually impaired.
Gore Place
Your generous support makes it all possible, allowing us to maintain pastures for the sheep, host lectures and workshops that bring history to life, and keep the gates open for all who seek a moment of peace.As the year draws to a close, it is your donation that will ensure the history and pastoral beauty of Gore Place in perpetuity for many spare moments yet to come.Please consider making a gift to Gore Place today. Your donation is a commitment to the simple pleasures that sustain us all.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
It’s #GivingTuesday! If you come to Mount Auburn for peaceful walks, to take part in our events, or to visit loved ones, please consider giving a gift to the Friends of Mount Auburn. Your support allows Mount Auburn to take on more thoughtful horticultural improvements, preservation projects, and experiential programming throughout the year. Donating to the Annual Fund at any of our giving levels also qualifies you for a Friends of Mount Auburn membership, which gets you exclusive access to our annual Members Week programming, pre-sale access and discounts on SOLSTICE tickets and parking, and more!
If you’re already a member, consider supporting our upcoming wildlife habitat improvement at Willow Pond! Your gift will go directly to the installation of native plantings around Willow Pond that will provide food and refuge to the avian, amphibian, mammal, and insect populations that utilize the Pond all while improving the health of the waterbody.
Learn more and donate to either (or both!) of these initiatives below:
Annual Fund/Membership: https://buff.ly/x1HKkF1
Willow Pond Habitat Restoration: https://buff.ly/V2FtaNJ
Armenian Cultural and Educational Center
Charitable contributions to the Armenian Cultural and Educational Center, serving Greater Boston area since 1980, are vital to its continued success in catering to the needs of the Armenian and non-Armenian community in and around Boston and preserving the Armenian heritage. Generous donations support activities, programs, and operational expenses.
If you know of other non-profits in Watertown to support, add it in the comments below or email watertownmanews@gmail.com