Unless you’re living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the hectic, often deadly consumer feeding frenzy known as Black Friday. Then, of course, there’s Cyber Monday, when you can get all kinds of deals without having to leave your bedroom. But less people know about #GivingTuesday, a project started in 2012 by the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact and 92nd Street Y. As its name suggests, #GivingTuesday is all about giving back. If you’re willing and able to donate some of your hard-earned cash, here’s a list of some architecture-relevant organizations that could use your help:

Open Architecture Collaborative

The Open Architecture Collaborative is an international network of local grassroots chapters that teams architects and designers with nonprofits, municipalities, and local community groups in order to utilize their skills to help marginalized communities. Many of the chapters first started off as part of the now-defunct Architecture for Humanity. Find out more here.

Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR)

ADPSR is a 501(c)3 public-benefit organization that focuses on “ecologically and socially responsible development”. They work to raise awareness of social and environment issues, and promote socially responsible design. Find out more here.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity is a Christian, international, non-governmental and non-profit organization founded in 1976 that buildings “simple, decent, and affordable” housing around the world. Habitat for Humanity uses volunteer labor to build the homes—so you can volunteer as well as contribute financially. Find out more here.

Public Architecture

Public Architecture describes itself as a “a key founder in the contemporary social impact design movement”. Their flagship program, 1+, encourages architecture firms to commit to pro bono design services, and helps the firms pair up with nonprofits. Find out more here. 

American Architecture Foundation

The American Architecture Foundation provides training for civic leaders, and other key actors in the development of cities, with design tools to make more livable and more sustainable cities. So far, they’ve served “every major metropolitan region and most second-tier cities in the United States. Find out more here.

Design Corps

Founded in 1991, Design Corps helps underserved communities address social, economic and environmental challenges through design, advocacy and education. “Our mission is realized when people are involved in the decisions that shape their lives,” they state. Find out more here.

Building Trust

Building Trust believes in “good design for all and that design at its core is about developing skills for problem solving and creating better solutions.” Founded in 2010, the non-profit charity has branches all over the world. They team designers with communities, local charities, and key actors in the city to create “holistic, sustainable solutions to building and infrastructure”. Find out more here. 

Architecture Lobby

The Architecture Lobby is more discipline-specific than some of the other organizations on this list. They are an organization that advocates for the value of architecture in both the general public and in the discipline. To that end, they’re dedicated to helping architects organize to get better pay, fairer labor laws,  and “democratic alternatives to the free market system of development”, among other things. Find out more here.

The Center for Urban Pedagogy

The Center for Urban Pedagogy, or CUP, is a fantastic organization that uses design to communicate complex policy and planning issues. For example, with their “Making Policy Public” series, CUP has created a series of posters to help explain things like health care, child support, and rent regulation rights. Find out more here.

Article 25

This UK-based charity organization helps local communities design and build safe, sustainable buildings around the world. Rather than just dropping some design down in a foreign locale, Article 25 strives to have communities take ownership over their projects. Find out more here.

Looking to support a local organization dedicated to advancing conversations in architecture? Here are some great ones:

The Storefront for Art and Architecture — New York City

The Storefront for Art and Architecture is a treasured New York institution housed in a tiny space designed by Steven Holl. They host exhibitions, talks, competitions, and events for the sake of advancing “innovative and critical ideas that contribute to the design of cities, territories, and public life”. Find out more here.

The LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design — Los Angeles

Founded in 1987, the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design hosts events, produces publications, and instigates competitions in order to foster dialogue about design and the built city. An independent nonprofit organization, the LA Forum is responsible for major publications like Everyday Urbanism and the Infrastructural City: Networked Ecologies in Los Angeles. Find out more here.

Chicago Architecture Foundation — Chicago

The Chicago Architecture Foundation, founded in 1966, celebrates and promotes Chicago’s historic and impressive architectural legacy. Through tours, programs, exhibitions, field trips, and curricula, the Foundation educates people of all ages about the value of architecture. Find out more here.

BSA Foundation — Boston

The mission of the BSA Foundation is to build a better Boston by improving public knowledge about the city. Through educational programs, exhibitions, tours, films, and workshops, the BSA Foundation raises awareness about what goes on behind the scenes of Boston. They also distribute small grants for community design initiatives. Find out more here.

SPUR — San Francisco

SPUR is based in San Francisco and the Bay Area. It brings people from diverse disciplines and political inclinations together to address major problems the city faces—from climate change to housing. Find out more here.