Each year since 2005, UUCF members have donated $1,500-$3,000 a month to local, national, and international charities through the Share the Plate program. Share the Plate contributes half of cash and 100% of designated checks from each service’s collection plate to organizations nominated by UUCF members and pledging friends. UUCF Share the Plate collections are designed to raise awareness within the congregation about local, regional, national, and international social justice concerns and at the same time give congregants the chance to financially support a wide variety of social justice organizations. Social Justice Coordinator Andrew Batcher and the Lay Minister for Social Justice review nominated organizations each November for designation in the following year. They select the recipients based on their compatibility with UUCF’s mission. If you have a non-profit organization that stirs your passion, please use the form at the bottom of this page.
Links
- Share the Plate policy and procedures
- Nominate a Share the Plate recipient
- Donate online to this month’s Share the Plate recipient (select Share the Plate from the drop-down menu)
2025 Share the Plate Recipients
- January: Food Justice DMV
- February: United We Dream
- March: Centreville Immigration Forum
- April: Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS)
- May: New River Abortion Access Fund
- June-July: Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary
- July-August: Culmore Clinic
- September: Congregation Action Network (CAN)
- October: Transgender Education Association
- November: Open Medicine Foundation
- December: SafeSpot
Past Share the Plate Recipients
Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation, DC Abortion Fund, SCAN of Northern Virginia, Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, Earth Sangha, Fellowship Square Foundation, OAR Fairfax, Fairfax County Court-Appointed Special Advocates, UU Service Committee, Bringing Resources to Aid Women’s Shelters (BRAWS), Better Angels, Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence Program of The Women’s Center, FACETS, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (Burke-Fairfax chapter), No Child Goes Hungry, Greater DC Diaper Bank, Committee for Helping Others, BRAC USA, Interfaith Power & Light, International Mayan League, Oxford Houses of Virginia, Northern Virginia Mediation Service Conflict Resolution Center, Insight Memory Care Center, Plant NOVA Natives, Blue Ridge Abortion Fund, Our Stomping Ground, Foster the Family DC