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16 Kitchen Gifts That Support Good Causes

It's the season of giving, after all!

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Sarah Ceniceros

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During the season of giving, it's always nice to donate to charitable organizations if you have the means to do so. You can also give gifts to loved ones that are both useful and give back in the process. These food-related gifts, which include everything from snacks to dish towels to spices, donate a portion of their proceeds to organizations or in-need communities. This way, you'll feel good about your purchases and know that they'll be useful in the kitchen.

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Dip Spice Bundle

Dip Spice Bundle
Credit: Women's Bean Project

Women's Bean Project employs chronically unemployed women in underserved communities to create flavorful spice blends and other food products. Each gift bought supports upward mobility for women throughout the state of Colorado.

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Granola Gift Box

Granola Gift Box
Credit: Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day is a Rhode Island-based nonprofit that provides paid career training for refugees. Their homemade granola and granola bars are full of flavor and support a great cause.

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The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook

The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook
Credit: IndieBound

Hot Bread Kitchen is a nonprofit based in New York that provides career training for immigrant women and women of color. Their cookbook is full of recipes from the women they serve.

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kiva Kiva Gift Card

Kiva Gift Card
Credit: Kiva

Kiva is a nonprofit that crowdfunds loans to artisans in underserved communities worldwide. Their gift card keeps on giving—you can fund food businesses across the globe, get your money back, then invest it all over again.

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Steph Trowbridge Spoon Rest

Steph Trowbridge Spoon Rest
Credit: West Elm

This handmade spoon rest supports artisan ceramicists and includes a donation to No Kid Hungry.

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bestseller The reBoard

The reBoard
Credit: Material

These bright and colorful cutting boards are made with sustainable, recycled materials. Another perk: each board purchased in the shade "To Pó-Po with Love" includes a donation of 50 percent of the profits that goes to the organization Heart of Dinner.

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Rise & GRND - Medium Roast Blend

Rise & GRND - Medium Roast Blend
Credit: Blk and Bold

If you want to sip coffee and support charitable causes, Blk and Bold donates 5 percent of their proceeds to initiatives that support improving the lives and futures of traditionally underserved youth.

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Pride Rainbow Towels

Pride Rainbow Towels
Credit: Williams Sonoma

Half of the purchase price of this rainbow towel set goes to The Trevor Project, the world's largest provider of crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ young people.

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St. Jude Mug

St. Jude Mug
Credit: Williams Sonoma

This festive mug is more than just a great gift. For each mug purchased, Williams Sonoma donates 25 percent of the purchase price directly to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

You can never have too much olive oil at home, and Oleamea prides itself on using organic ingredients. They also donate a portion of proceeds to The Conscious Kid, an organization dedicated to promoting positive racial-identity development in youth.

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Final Straw FinalStraw Collapsible Reusable Metal Straw

FinalStraw Collapsible Reusable Metal Straw

Reusable straws are a good way to do your part to reduce single-use plastic, and FinalStraw donates a portion of sales to environmental nonprofits.

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Protest The Australian Animals Mugs

Protest The Australian Animals Mugs

Not only are you supporting an independent artist with these handmade mugs, but you're also helping Australia's wildlife recovery efforts. Five dollars from each mug goes to the Global Wildlife Conservation.

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UncommonGoods Benevolent Brownies

Benevolent Brownies

Benevolent Brownies are made by Greyston Bakery, which hires workers who would otherwise have trouble finding work because of their past or present circumstances. The brownies taste amazing but don't just take our word for it—they're the brownies used in Ben & Jerry's ice creams.

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Mexican Hot Chocolate Truffles

Mexican Hot Chocolate Truffles
Credit: Seattle Chocolate

Seattle Chocolate donates 10 precent of their net profits to Girls Inc., an organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

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Chunky Chocolate Chip

Chunky Chocolate Chip

You can never go wrong with cookies, and buying from Cookies for Kids' Cancer goes toward a great cause. The brand is committed to raising funds to help develop new and less toxic treatments for pediatric cancer.

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4ocean Reusable Bottle

4ocean Reusable Bottle

Look, chances are you probably need to be drinking more water throughout the day. The best way to stay hydrated is by keeping a reusable water bottle nearby. For every purchase made from 4ocean, they pull one pound of trash from the ocean and coastlines.

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