National Giving Alliance

National Giving Alliance, formerly Needlework Guild of Philadelphia, Needlework Guild of America, and NGA, Inc., is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides clothing and other essential living items (all of which are purchased by or donated to the organization new) along with other charitable services to children and families in need in the United States, including unhoused families and those from low and moderate income households.

[3] Some notable figures who worked in leadership positions included First Ladies Edith Roosevelt and Frances Cleveland and abolitionist and suffragist Hester C.

[7] In 1885, an American known as Mrs. Alanson Hartpence, travelling through England, found herself so impressed with the work of the Needlework Guild that she enlisted her niece Laura Safford to create a similar organization in the United States.

Over the next decade, the Guild became affiliated with the American Red Cross, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and the National Conference of Social Work.

[3] In 2020, the organization, led by new Executive Director Lisa Tordo, changed its official name again, to National Giving Alliance (retaining the familiar NGA initials) to better reflect a wider scope of its mission.

[10] As of 2023, National Giving Alliance consists of 15 branches, which operate in the following regions: As of October 2023, Lisa Tordo is the executive director and Chris Rosenbaum is the board president.

"The Altruist", an Annual Report journal of the Needlework Guild of America, dated April 1900.
Awards, keys, and ribbons received by the Needlework Guild of America on display at the headquarters of the now-named National Giving Alliance.