A quiz to identify your Giving Tuesday ‘charity soulmate’

WASHINGTON — The goal of Giving Tuesday is to inspire generosity.

Held on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, it’s a global movement that’s taken off in the sixth years since its inception at the 92nd Street Y in New York.

“As a sort of antidote to the more commercially focused Black Friday and Cyber Monday, they came up with Giving Tuesday,” said Cari Rudd, with The Catalogue for Philanthropy Greater Washington. “It gives people a way to kick off the giving season.”

Whether you’re interested in volunteering time, sharing talents or donating money, there are so many worthy causes to consider that Rudd’s group has created a nine-question online quiz to help narrow down your interests.

“It takes you through several quick questions about where you live, what you like to do on a Saturday, where we would find you on a rainy day — and matches you to what we would like to think of as your charity soul mate,” Rudd said.

Rudd emphasized that organizations featured by her group are small, local and focused.

An example of a local charity now accepting donations, The Washington Youth Garden encourages healthy lifestyles and teaches people in low income communities about taking care of the environment. (Courtesy Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington) — An example of a local charity now accepting donations, The Washington Youth Garden encourages healthy lifestyles and teaches people in low-income communities about taking care of the environment. (Courtesy Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington)

The local nonprofit Reach Inc. Tutoring helps improve literacy by training teens how to be tutors. (Courtesy Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington)

Calvary Women's Services provides computer and job training for women and is another local nonprofit now accepting donations. (Courtesy Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington) — Calvary Women’s Services provides computer and job training for women and is another local nonprofit now accepting donations. (Courtesy Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington)

Culmore Clinic provides low-income adults with high-quality, compassionate healthcare.
(Courtesy Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington) — Culmore Clinic provides low-income adults with high-quality, compassionate health care. (Courtesy Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington)

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“They’re not the Red Cross; they’re not the Nature Conservancy — some of these huge, enormous ‘United Way’ organizations,” Rudd said. “They really are in our communities, in our neighborhoods, working day to day making sure kids have food to eat, places to go and safe places to be.”

On the group’s website, you can search charities filtered by interests such as education, culture, nature, ethnic groups, ages and populations served.