Each week this congregation gives half of all offerings collected in our plate to local organizations whose work furthers our mission. Here are some of our prior recipients. All members and friends are invited to nominate an organization that they’re familiar with or inspired by.

• Share the Plate – 6/21/26 Side With Love

  The offering on 6/21/26 will support Side with Love, the organizing strategy team of the Unitarian Universalist Association.  They harness the power of love to confront oppression and build a world where all people can thrive.  Through organizing, leadership development, political education, and collective action, Side with Love equips Unitarian Universalists and aligned communities to take spiritually grounded, justice-driven action in this decisive moment.

• Share the Plate – 6/7/26 and 6/14/26 Friends of State Street Family

  The Share the Plate recipient for Sunday June 7 and 14 is Friends of the State Street Family. FSSF provides help, hope, and friendship to our neighbors struggling with the challenges of homelessness by giving them basic need services for survival. Their goal is to help our homeless neighbors on their journey to permanent, supportive housing, support for sobriety, trauma counseling, medical or mental health care. They were nominated by Liz Green.

• Share the Plate – 5/24/26 and 5/31/26 GSAFE

  The Share the Plate for Sunday May 24 and Sunday May 31 is GSAFE.  GSAFE increases the capacity of LGBTQ youth and students, educational staff and families to create just school environments where all LGBTQ youth and students thrive. They do this through developing youth leadership, advancing educational justice, deepening racial, gender and social justice, supporting gay-straight alliances and training educators. They were nominated by Virginia Harrison.

• Share the Plate – 5/10/26 and 5/17/26 Black Girl Magic

  The Share The Plate for Sundays April 26 and May 3 is Black Girl Magic. Black Girl Magic Educational Services is a Black women-led non-profit organization that provides opportunities for Black girls by empowering them to let their natural gifts shine, cultivating leadership skills while centering youth voice in decision making, and forming a safe and affirming community where girls can authentically and unapologetically be themselves. Black Girl Magic cultivates safe, affirming, and liberating programming for Black girls in 4th to 10th grade. Thank you to Heike Saynisch for nominating them.  

• Share the Plate – 4/25/26 and 5/23/26 – Cafe Coda Cool School

  The Share The Plate for Sundays April 26 and May 3 is Friends of Cafe Coda Cool School. Cafe Coda is Madison’s premiere jazz space located on Willy Street which offers Cool School a Saturday morning session for young musicians interested in learning the basics of improvisation in music and the “language” that occurs when making music together. Cool School offers young people an opportunity to have a tactile experience with real acoustic musical instruments. Percussion, woodwind, brass and string instruments are available to all participants.Young people are welcome to Cool School with or without instruments, and are not required to read music. They were nominated by Ed Kuharski. 

• Share the Plate – 4/12/26 and 4/199/26 – Kennedy Heights Community Center

  The Share the Plate recipient for 4/12 and 4/19 is the Kennedy Heights Community Center. Their mission is to create a community support network for low-to-moderate income families; increase available resources and programs to improve the lives of residents, and to develop and present social, educational, recreational, and cultural programs for children, youth and adults. Their services include afterschool programs, summer camps, a food pantry and more. Thank you to Mary Wichita for nominating them!

• Share the Plate – 3/29/26 and 4/5/26 – Voces de La Frontera

  The Share the Plate recipient for Sunday March 29th and Sunday April 5th is Voces de La Frontera. Voces de La Frontera is Wisconsin’s leading immigrant rights organization and has been empowering and organizing immigrant workers and families for over 20 years. Led by low-wage workers, immigrants and youth, its mission is to protect and expand civil rights and workers’ rights through leadership development, community organizing and empowerment. They were nominated by Kirsten Johnson.

• Share the Plate – 3/15/26 and 3/22/26 – LIFT Wisconsin

  The Share the Plate recipient for 3/15 and 3/22 is LIFT Wisconsin: Legal Interventions For Transforming Wisconsin. Each year in Wisconsin, over half a million individuals face a civil legal issue that they either do not know how to solve or cannot afford legal representation to resolve. As a consequence, many get trapped in a revolving door of unpaid fines and fees, forms, and hard-to-navigate processes that prevent them from accessing employment, a driver’s license, and housing. Unmet civil legal needs have an outsized impact on vulnerable and marginalized communities, exacerbating poor economic and health outcomes. LIFT Wisconsin is committed to improving access to justice by transforming and reforming legal systems, increasing personal agency, democratizing data, and dismantling legal barriers. Thank you to Joan Kemble for nominating them!

• Share the Plate – 3/1/26 and 3/8/26 – Nehemiah Center

  The Share the Plate for Sunday March 1st and Sunday March 8th is the Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development. The Nehemiah Center cultivates innovative Black and non-black leaders through culturally grounded programs including youth empowerment and leadership development, community leadership and capacity building, Justified Anger and criminal justice and reentry services. They were nominated by Virginia Harrison. 

• Share the Plate – 2/15/26 and 2/22/26 – Madison Street Medicine

  The Share the Plate recipient for Sundays 2/15 and 2/22 will be Madison Street Medicine, a community leader in providing and coordinating compassionate, holistic healthcare for individuals experiencing homelessness. They develop programming and services to fill gaps in access to healthcare and housing in the Madison area and envision a community where individuals experiencing housing insecurity have housing and healthcare. Thank you to Joan Kemble for nominating them!

Share the Plate Past Recipients

2024

• Allied Food Pantry
• Great Turning Hospitality House
• Get Kids Outside Wisconsin

2023

• Odyssey Behind Bars
• Wheels for Winners
• Raza United
• Veterans for Peace
• Wilma’s Fund
• Ho-Chunk Housing and CDA
• Centro Hispano
• Operation Fresh Start
• GSAFE
• One City Schools
• Moms On a Mission
• Black Business Hub
• UUSC
• Urban Triage – Inspired House
• Centro Hispano (x2)
• White Helmets
• Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership and Development
• Illustrated English Dictionaries for Madison Public Schools
• UUA Disaster Relief Fund
• Neighborhood Food Solutions
• Yahara House

2022

• Community Action Coalition
• Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency
• Goodman Community Center
• Movin’ Out
• Community Immigration Law Center
• Briarpatch
• Solace Friends, Inc
• UW Nurses Union
• Literacy Network
• League of Women Voters
• The River Food Pantry
• Women’s Medical Fund
• POWERS
• Focused Interruption
• Urban Triage
• UU Service Committee’s Emergency Fund
• The Farley Center
• The Catfish River 4H
• The Progress Center for Black Women
• Social Justice Center
• Wisconsin Network for Peach and Justice and Sustainability
• WUUSAN
• Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice
• The Center for Black Excellence and Culture
• The River Food Pantry

2021

• Catalyst for Change
• East High Food Pantry
• Porchlight Drop-In Shelter
• Goodman Center Thanksgiving Baskets
• MOSES
• Open Doors for Refugees
• Worker Justice Wisconsin
• JSS Madison Refugee Resettlement Project
• Madison Tenant Power
• Freedom Inc Books & Breakfast
• Honor the Earth
• Madison Adaptive Cycling
• TRUUst
• DRUUM
• Wisconsin Network for Peace Justice & Sustainability
• Safe Skies Clean Water
• DANEnet
• Second Harvest
• Domestic Abuse Intervention Services
• Women in Focus
• Giniw Collective
• Tenant Resource Center
• Occupy Madison Village
• River Food Pantry