38 Gifts That Give Back, So You Can Gift Twice the Joy

Black-Owned Spotlight Box

This Black-owned Spotlight Box from Packed with Purpose is a step-up from those holiday fruit baskets. The package includes chocolate chip cookies, cold brew coffee, sea salt heirloom popcorn, seasoned potato chips, granola clusters, and shortbread cookies. Not only is each item in the package from a Black-owned business, but those businesses also support important causes, like providing food access and education to families in need, preserving agricultural biodiversity, and donating meals to soup kitchens.

Gardens of America Hot Sauce Box

For your favorite hot sauce fan, this collection of regional hot sauces may be just the ticket—think a spicy mix of jalapeño and peaches for Atlanta, habaneros with blood orange for LA, and a dash of yellow mustard in the mix for Chicago. Gardens of America uses peppers from community gardens and urban farms to help support and grow these community-based organizations.

Patagonia Provisions Responsible Seafood Sampler

Patagonia may be famous for its outdoor clothing and gear—but it’s also leading the way by providing food that is sustainably sourced and good for the environment. The Responsible Seafood Sampler (including salmon, mussels, and anchovies) features canned and boxed seafood that actually benefits, rather depletes, the natural resources and environment when it’s produced. (And they’re perfect for a seacuterie board, too.)

Like other Patagonia products, 1 percent of the purchase price goes toward environmental and conservation causes to help protect the planet.

Spirit-Infused Coffee

Help your gift recipient enjoy a little (non-alcoholic) boost with a quartet of spirit-infused coffees (Irish whiskey, bourbon, rum, and tequila). Or opt for their spirit-infused club, which will send them a limited edition spirit-infused flavor each month. Either way, this veteran- and firefighter-run coffee shop helps first responders in need through the Fire Dept. Coffee Foundation.

Numi World of Tea Collection

Help them travel the world with this collection of teas, from a Golden Chai from India to a Mate Lemon from Brazil. These teas are organic and Fair Trade Certified, and Numi donates through its foundation and through Together for H2OPE to provide clean drinking water, food relief, and education in communities in need worldwide.

World Central Kitchen Cookbook

World Central Kitchen has been providing food to people affected by humanitarian crises and natural disasters around the globe. This cookbook captures the stories (and recipes) shared during some of their work, such as a chicken chili verde served to California firefighters battling the wildfires, and Ukranian borsch served to comfort families in the war-torn country. Famous supporters of José Andrés and his charity also shared recipes, including chefs Marcus Samuelsson and Guy Fieri, and former First Lady Michelle Obama. All author proceeds will go to WCK to help support their work.

Fashion Gifts that Give Back to Charities

Zuri Dresses

These fun and festive dresses will earn a place of honor in her closet—and her heart. Each dress is ethically made in Africa or India, using cotton from smallholder farms, African textile designers to dream up the patterns, and SOKO members to sew each dress. SOKO supports the local Kenyan community by offering sustainable livelihoods, free childcare, and making and giving away reusable menstrual pads to help to allow young women to remain in school.

Conscious Step Socks That Plant Trees

Conscious Step's organic cotton socks come in pretty colors with little embroidered details that match the cause you choose, whether it's ocean conservation, dog rescue, LGBTQ support, or in this case, supporting Trees for the Future to help them plant more trees.

Bombas Sunday Slippers