Affiliate Member Directory

The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.

Baby Buggy, a 501 c 3 Accredited Charity founded in 2001, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing New York City’s families in need with essential equipment, clothing, and products for their infants and young children.

Since 2001, Baby Buggy has delivered over 4,000,000 essential items to thousands of families through our network of over 50 qualified social service partners.

Description: An all-volunteer collective that provides donated books directly to prisoners
nationwide, with a focus on history and the social sciences.

Books Through Bars is an affiliated project of ABC No Rio, a collectively-run nonprofit
center for art and activism.

Books (primarily history and social sciences). Note: Please call or email before donating.

Description: A social service organization which promotes economic self-sufficiency by providing interviewing skills, business clothing, ongoing career development, and support programs for economically disadvantaged New York City women.

Bottomless Closet provides services throughout the five boroughs of New York City and each year provides over 15,000 garments to women in their transition to work.

Not only do the good people at the NYC Department of Sanitation's Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling (BWPRR)fund all of NYC MEDP's programs and services (including the NYC Wastematch program), they also plan, implement, and evaluate the invaluable recycling, composting, and waste prevention programs.

CancerCare is a national nonprofit organization that provides free professional counseling, educational programs, financial assistance and practical help to people with cancer, their loved ones, and the bereaved.

Cauz for Pawz promotes the health and well-being of all animals by donating funds and supplies to animal shelters. We will create food pantries, neuter programs, and build farms. This will offer care and dignity to all animals.

Description: An organization providing recycled and redesigned computers to schools and affiliates.

Using computer donations from commercial businesses; these systems are refurbished by software experts and tested by students and education executives from around the country.

Materials accepted from: General public, businesses & institutions (30 units or more).

Type of organization: Nonprofit

A food-rescue organization that feeds NYC’s hungry population by collecting excess food from the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, farms, and manufacturers.

City Harvest delivers this food, free of charge, to more than 600 community food programs throughout NYC using a fleet of 16 trucks and volunteers on foot.

Eco Brooklyn Inc. is a general contractor and community outreach company passionate about using ancient and new construction technologies. Using the Zero Building Technique - salvaged materials and high efficiency - we aim to create buildings that do not consume materials to build and do not consume energy to run. Our mission is to turn NY green through cutting edge building techniques and community involvement.

How we help people and the environment:

• We salvage construction materials for use in our own projects and for affordable resale to contractors.
• We do green construction jobs, specializing in the Passive House, an all salvage and natural building.
• We partner with other contractors to get the jobs and ensure the jobs are done as ecologically as possible.
• We have a green show house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
• We make ourselves available for talks and presentations around the city.