Kindness Closet Expansion
ActiveHelp grow community-based hubs where neighbors can find clothing, hygiene kits, winter coats and a welcoming place to connect.
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A conversation about what comes next
Build Something That Lasts
A major gift to Project Kind funds verified needs today — meals, hygiene kits, emergency housing — and the pathways that move neighbors toward long-term stability.
The invitation
Bring the missing pieces together.
Your partnership can help Project Kind respond with care in the present while building the practical systems, relationships and pathways that make stability more possible.
A private, thoughtful conversation starts here.
01 · Our mission
Care that keeps moving.
Project Kind connects communities, donors, businesses and volunteers with people facing homelessness and difficult circumstances. We believe immediate relief and long-term stability belong in the same conversation.
That can mean a meal, a hygiene kit, a safe night indoors, a housing next step or the steady encouragement that helps a neighbor keep going. A major gift gives this work the flexibility, focus and staying power it needs.
02 · Verified impact
See the thread from gift to need.
Project Kind is building transparent, real-time impact tracking so a gift can be traced to a specific approved need or program priority. That means clearer conversations, better stewardship and a more honest picture of what is still needed.
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03 · Current campaigns
A place to begin.
Choose the work that feels closest to your heart. Every campaign begins with a real need and a community ready to help.
Support This Campaign
Sandwich Fund & Notes of Kindness
ActiveSupport nourishing sandwiches paired with personal notes of encouragement for people experiencing homelessness.
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School KIND Competition
ActiveOpen a pathway for schools to build kindness, service and school pride through a safe, structured statewide competition.
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Kindness Circle
ActiveCreate a steady circle of people, businesses and community partners who keep practical care moving when urgent needs arise.
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04 · Major funding opportunities
Choose a doorway into the work.
Statewide School KIND Competition
Help make a statewide season possible for schools that want to bring service, connection and friendly rivalry into the school year.
Talk to us about thisMultiple The Kindness Closet hubs
Support the planning, supplies and community relationships needed to extend a welcoming resource-center model into new neighborhoods.
Talk to us about thisThe Project Kind housing fund
Give Project Kind flexible room to help address practical barriers as neighbors move from crisis toward stable housing.
Talk to us about thisStatewide youth programming
Invest in age-appropriate opportunities for young people to practice kindness and civic participation close to home.
Talk to us about thisEmergency housing
Help respond to an urgent need for a safe place to stay while longer-term housing plans take shape.
Talk to us about thisSchool grants
Make it easier for schools to turn kindness into local service projects shaped by their own communities.
Talk to us about this05 · Sponsorship opportunities
Make room for more kindness.
Sponsorship can give a business, family or community group a visible, practical way to stand behind the work.
06 · The Kindness Closet
A hub that feels like welcome.
The Kindness Closet is a community-based hub in Rockaway, NJ, collecting and distributing clothing, hygiene kits and winter coats with dignity and care.
Funding helps expand reach into new neighborhoods: more welcoming spaces, stronger volunteer coordination and the practical supplies that let people find what they need without having to navigate alone.
07 · The school program
Kindness has a place in the school day.
The School KIND Competition is a safe, structured statewide kindness competition built around school pride, student engagement, service and measurable participation. It gives students an invitation to notice what their communities need and gives schools a shared way to celebrate the good work already happening.
A donor can fund a district’s entry and help more schools take part with the support, supplies and structure to make the experience meaningful.
A gift can open the door.
Talk with us about supporting a district, a season or the resources schools need to participate fully.
Discuss school programming08 · Housing support
From a crisis toward a key.
Major gifts can help fund emergency housing and the housing fund that helps neighbors move from crisis toward stable housing. This is practical, human work: making space for a safe night, a next appointment, a move-in step or a home to become a home.
09 · Specialty giving
Give in the way that fits.
Project Kind welcomes conversations about donor-advised funds, in-kind support, appreciated assets and corporate matching. We will help you understand what may be useful for the work and connect you with the right next step.
This is general information, not tax or legal advice. Please consult a qualified professional about your circumstances.
Donor-advised funds
Let’s explore a thoughtful, practical way to put your giving to work.
In-kind giving
Let’s explore a thoughtful, practical way to put your giving to work.
Appreciated assets
Let’s explore a thoughtful, practical way to put your giving to work.
Corporate matching
Let’s explore a thoughtful, practical way to put your giving to work.
10 · Naming opportunities
Leave a name where kindness lives.
Naming levels are shared privately in consultation, with care for the fit between your values and the work.
A Kindness Closet hub
Name a welcoming place where practical resources and human connection meet.
Request naming detailsA competition season
Put a family, company or community name alongside a season of school-led kindness.
Request naming detailsA championship prize
Honor school service and effort with a prize that carries your name.
Request naming detailsA program area
Create a lasting connection to the part of Project Kind’s work that matters most to you.
Request naming details11 · Giving levels
A scale for the conversation.
These tiers are a starting point for a private conversation, not a promise of a particular outcome. We will connect your interests with approved needs and keep stewardship personal.
Transformational
$250,000+
A wide doorway into long-term growth, infrastructure and the areas of Project Kind’s work you care about most.
Stewardship may include a dedicated contact, private briefings, invitations to see programming and site visits.
Leadership
$50,000–$249,999
A meaningful opportunity to strengthen a program, campaign or community resource over time.
Stewardship may include a dedicated contact, private briefings, invitations to see programming and site visits.
Major
$10,000–$49,999
A focused way to help move an approved need or program priority from intention into action.
Stewardship may include a dedicated contact, private briefings, invitations to see programming and site visits.
Emerging Major
$2,500–$9,999
A thoughtful first doorway into major-gift partnership, with room to learn and grow together.
Stewardship may include a dedicated contact, private briefings, invitations to see programming and site visits.
12 · Impact reports
Bring your questions.
Request a report or a private briefing and we will follow up with the clearest verified information available. We are happy to talk through an area of interest, a program or a potential partnership.
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13 · Contact
Let’s talk about what you want to make possible.
A major gift conversation can begin with a question, a visit or a simple sense that you would like to help. Tell us what matters to you, and we’ll make room for a thoughtful private consultation.
Discuss a Major Gift