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Some long-
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Page last updated November 16, 2006

Some Long-Established
Nonprofits on Cape Cod

Notes:  

Requests for information would be warmly welcomed at any of the nonprofits listed here, as would donations of any size.  (Most of the nonprofits listed here can receive donations over the Internet.)

If your favorite organization can be accessed via the Internet but it isn't listed here, let us know,  and we'll try to include it. 

An excellent list of Cape Cod nonprofits may be found on the Village Green Web site, a project supported jointly by the Cape Cod Times and the Cape Cod Foundation. 

* Asterisked organizations
assist other local nonprofits as part
of their mission.  

Academy of  Performing Arts

American Heart Association 

American Legion Department of Massachusetts

Association to Preserve Cape Cod

Audible Local Ledger

A Baby Center

Barnstable Comedy Club

Barnstable Land Trust

Boch Center for the Performing Arts

Boston Children's Hospital

Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod

Boy Scouts, Cape & Islands Council

C3TV, Cape Cod Community Media Center

Cahoon Museum of American Art

* Cape & Islands Chamber Music Festival

Cape & Islands Self-Reliance Corporation

* Cape Cod & Islands United Way

* Cape Cod Center for Sustainability (also known as SustainCapeCod.org)

* Cape Cod Chamber of  Commerce

Cape Cod Child Development

Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation

Cape Cod Conservatory

Cape Cod Disability Access Directory (CCDAD) (JAM Specialists, Inc.)

* Cape Cod Foundation 

Cape Cod Hospital

Cape Cod Literacy Council (a Cape Cod Times project)

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

* Cape Cod Technology Council (CCTC)

Cape Cod Times Needy Fund

Cape Cod Writers' Center

Cape Cod Kennel Club

* Cape Cod SCORE

* CapeCorps (Volunteer Center of Cape Cod) 

Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMA) (formerly the "Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts, CMFA")

Cape Symphony Orchestra

Center for Coastal Studies

Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands, Inc.

Catholic Charities

Catholic Social Services, Diocese of Fall River

Champ House, Hyannis

Children's Center, Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless

Children's Trust Fund, Massachusetts

Community Connections

* Community Leadership Institute of Cape Cod (CLI)

Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts

Computers for Seniors

Consumer Assistance Council

Dennis-Yarmouth Ecumenical Council to Prevent Homelessness

Easter Seals Massachusetts

Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands

Falmouth's Promise, The Alliance for Youth

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore

Girl Scout Council of Southeastern Massachusetts (covers Cape and islands Girl Scouts)

Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod

Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless

Hospice & Palliative Care, Cape Cod

Housing Assistance Corporation (HAC)

Independence House

Kiwanis International; Kiwanis Club of Hyannis

Latham Centers

Legal Services for Cape Cod and the Islands

Lions Club on Cape Cod (District 33S)

Literacy Council, Cape Cod (a Cape Cod Times project)

Living Independently Forever

Lower Cape Outreach Council

March of Dimes

Marine Biological Laboratory

Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

Massachusetts Air National Guard

Massachusetts Bays Program

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC), Cape Cod chapter

MSPCA Cape Cod Animal Shelter

National Marine Life Center

Nauset Light Preservation Society

Needy Fund, Cape Cod Times

Ocean Quest, Woods Hole

Orenda Wildlife Land Trust

Penikese School

Provincetown International Film Festival

Provincetown Repertory Theater

Red Cross Cape Cod

Rotary International, Club District 7950, Cape and islands

Salvation Army, Hyannis Corps

Samaritans, Cape Cod chapter

Sea Education Association (SEA), Woods Hole

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Sight Loss Services, Cape and islands

Society for Children in Need

Special Olympics, Massachusetts

Spirit of America (helping our troops helping those in need in Iraq and Afghanistan)

St. Vincent de Paul Society

Sturgis Library, Barnstable

* SustainCapeCod.org: (also known as Cape Cod Center for Sustainability)

Toys for Tots Foundation, U.S. Marines

United Way, Cape Cod & Islands

USO (United Services Organization), "proudly serving the men and women who serve our country"

Veterans Service Organizations, a database maintained by the office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Visiting Nurse Association

* Volunteer Center of Cape Cod, CapeCorps  

WOMR, 92.1 FM

Woods Hole Film Festival

Woods Hole Research Center

YMCA Cape Cod