The gold was already there. You took the time to notice.

Somewhere right now, a grandmother in a refugee camp is teaching teenagers the dances she's known her whole life. An artist is painting a mural on a wall that was never supposed to be his home.

A community is planting a garden in place that began as a dusty hill. They didn't wait.

They made beauty anyway, because that's what humans do.

Your monthly gift makes sure they're not doing it alone.

The Gold · Monthly giving

Welcome to The Gold

A community of monthly donors who believe that beauty is not a reward you earn once everything else is fixed.

Here's what the world tells refugees: food first. Shelter first. Medicine first.

Beauty? Maybe someday.Maybe never.

We think that dignity can’t wait for displacement to end. And that beauty and basic needs aren’t in competition. Both are needed.

The Gold is our community of monthly donors who believe beauty is not a reward you earn once everything else is fixed. It's not sprinkles on a cupcake. It's how you tell a person: you matter. You are here. This place is yours.

We work internationally alongside refugee artists, community leaders, and neighbors who are already making beauty: gardens, murals, dance, music, gatherings.

When you give monthly, you're not just giving money. You're making it possible for us to say yes, every single month, to the garden, the mural, the party nobody thought to fund. One-time gifts help us respond. Monthly gifts let us plan, commit, and show up the same way our partners do: consistently, joyfully, without waiting for permission.

Flowers where there was only dust

A community planted a garden nobody gave them permission to grow, in soil that was supposed to just be a stop along the way. Now there are flowers and trees where there was only dust, and neighbors who tend it together.

A wall covered in color

An artist painted a mural on a wall that was never supposed to be his home. It's the first thing people see when they walk in, and it says what a sign never could: someone lives here, and they matter.

This is what beauty looks like in a refugee camp. This is gold.

An 82-year-old and a room of teenagers

A grandfather taught the songs he's known his whole life to a room full of teenagers, and everyone laughed, with joy. Culture carried forward, not because anyone asked, but because beauty doesn't wait.

You're someone who knows beauty isn't extra. It's essential.

Count yourself among The Gold and back the people already making it happen.

When you join the The Gold you’ll have:

  • Something true to say about refugees.
    Most of what reaches you about displacement is grim and secondhand. You'll have specific people, specific places, and an argument, from a monthly note that tells you what's being made and what we're learning. It's the letter I already write, and you'll be on it.

  • Proof, not appeals.
    You'll see what your gift actually funded - the outcomes, the measures and the stories. And the parts that didn’t go as planned.

  • A place among the people who first believed.
    Your name on the Gold Member wall, if you want it there. This is the year the thing either becomes an organization or stays a good demonstration, and you'll have been in it before that was obvious.

You're the kind of person who knows beauty belongs everywhere.

The news is heavy. The problems are big. And you've been carrying that rock in your chest, caring so much, not knowing what one person can actually do. Here's what you can do: be part of The Gold. Every month, while the news cycle churns, you'll know something true and hopeful about what's happening in refugee communities around the world, because you're the one making it happen. A garden went in. A mural got painted. An 82-year-old taught his dances to a room full of teenagers, and everyone laughed.

You're not rescuing anyone. You're the friend who shows up to cheer at the game. They're already playing. You're just making sure they know they're not playing alone.

Beauty doesn't wait. Neither do you.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. Every Place is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, ppf.org/pp). Contributions to

    Everyplace qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. You will receive a receipt for your records.

  • Your donation directly supports our partnerships with refugee-led organizations and locally-based groups, including program implementation costs, community mobilization, and project materials. Donations also support Everyplace’s organizational growth and capacity—enabling us to reach more communities, deepen our impact, conduct research, and build the infrastructure needed to scale this work globally.

  • Choose which way works best for you:

    • Online/Credit Card/ACH/Wire: Click here

    • Check: Make checks payable to ‘Every Place’ and mail to:
      Players Philanthropy Fund
      ATTN: Stephanie Steelman
      1122 Kenilworth Drive STE #201
      Towson, MD 21204

      You may send checks by priority mail with a tracking number if you’d like (not required).

    • Donor Advised Fund: If giving via your DAF, input PPF’s EIN# 27-6601178 and earmark the donation for ‘Every Place’

    • Cryptocurrency: We partner with Engiven.com to accept crypto donations.

      Please contact hello@every-place.org to facilitate this this option.

    • Stock/SecuritiesTransfer: Please contact hello@every-place.org in advance of any transfer so we have donor information and purpose of gift. We’ll provide dedicated banking information for the transfer.

  • If you don’t want to join our Gold monthly giving community, you can make a one-time donation here: https://givebutter.com/everyplace

  • Yes. We accept donations from anywhere in the world through our secure online donation system.

  • Research is a core part of what we do. We monitor and measure impact through participatory methods that center refugee voices and experiences. We track both community-level outcomes—such as changes in social cohesion, sense of home, and community agency—and individual wellbeing indicators.

    Our approach combines qualitative storytelling with systematic data collection to understand how beauty-driven interventions create meaningful change.

  • Yes. Donors receive regular updates about our work, stories from the communities we partner with, and impact reports showing the real outcomes of your investment.