Welcome to National Charity League, Inc. For more than 50 years, National Charity League, Inc. (NCL), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has thrived as one of the nation’s most distinctive and well-respected mother-daughter membership organizations. Today, NCL has more than 158 Chapters with more than 40,000 actively engaged members – women and daughters in grades 7 through 12 – in 16 states.
In fact, ours is the only such volunteer force of its kind serving local communities around the United States.
Annually, NCL members volunteer approximately one million hands-on hours in local communities, and as many or more supporting their own non-profit Chapter corporation.
NCL mother and daughter members from coast to coast volunteered a cumulative total of 966,056 hands-on hours directly with philanthropies in their communities in the 2008-2009 fiscal year alone. Using the 2008 published statistic that each volunteer hour is worth $20.25, NCL Chapters provided a value of $19,562,634 to communities nationwide!
Our mission is to foster the mother-daughter relationship in a philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences.
Our vision is bold: National Charity League, Inc. will be the premier mother-daughter organization in every state involved in valuable philanthropic and leadership activities and focused on the educational development and cultural competence of its members.
- Honoring the mother-daughter bond by together learning, growing and modeling responsibility and graciousness
- Empowering women with the skills and confidence to lead
- Nurturing through mentorship
- Inspiring a legacy of social awareness and compassion
- Providing depth of support in local communities
- Integrity and excellence in everything we do
Our Commitment
We are committed to the development of our members as leaders and are dedicated to community support, consistently improving local communities through hands-on volunteerism. We hold strong the traditions of the past, which we honor through cultural education and awareness. We were established in Los Angeles, California in 1925, and incorporated in 1958.
To learn more about our history, click here.
We invite you to explore more about NCL, Inc. on this website and hope you’ll consider membership.