Silverchair has served as an active patron of the following local, national, and international charitable organizations devoted to improving the world in a variety of areas.

Education and literacyTOP

• Walker Upper Elementary School, Charlottesville
  http://www.ccs.k12.va.us/schools/walker/
• Charlottesville High School
  http://www.ccs.k12.va.us/schools/chs/
• The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
  http://www.library.phila.gov/
• Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic
  http://www.rfbd.org/UNITS_VA_home.htm
• The Mariposa School
  http://www.mariposaschool.org/
• Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle
  http://avenue.org/lva/opener.htm
• Living Education Center
  http://www.livingeducationcenter.com/
• The Future Fund – Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
  http://www.cacfonline.org

The support of children and families at riskTOP

• Piedmont Family YMCA
  http://www.piedmontymca.org/
• Shelter for Help in Emergency
  http://www.shelterforhelpinemergency.org/
• Legal Aid Justice Center, Charlottesville
  http://www.justice4all.org/
• Piedmont CASA
  http://avenue.org/casa/
• NOVACO: Transitional Housing for Victims of Domestic Abuse
  http://www.novaco.org/
• Homes for Kids
  http://www.homesforkids.org
• Ronald McDonald House of Charlottesville
  http://www.rmhcharlottesville.org
• Partners in Health
  http://www.pih.org/home.html

First amendment rightsTOP

• The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Speech
  http://www.tjcenter.org/

Health care and medical researchTOP

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
  http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm
• University of Virginia Cancer Center
  http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/cancer/
• Charlottesville Free Clinic
  http://www.cvillefreeclinic.org/
• American Cancer Society
  http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
• TJ Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer, and AIDS Research
  http://www.tjmartellfoundation.org/
• National Autism Association, Virginia Chapter
  http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/
• Hospice of the Piedmont
  http://www.hopva.org/
• Doctors Without Borders
  http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
• St. Baldricks Foundation
  http://www.stbaldricks.org/
• The Jimmy Fund of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  http://www.jimmyfund.org/
• PamMass Challenge
  http://www.pmc.org

The visual and performing artsTOP

• Light House, Charlottesville
  http://www.lighthousestudio.org/
• City Center for Contemporary Arts, Charlottesville
  http://www.c3arts.org/
• Live Arts, Charlottesville
  http://www.livearts.org/
• Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville
  http://www.secondstreetgallery.org/
• Art In Place Foundation, Charlottesville
  http://www.artinplace.org/
• The Oratorio Society of Charlottesville-Albemarle
  http://www.oratoriosociety.org/
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
  http://www.vcca.com/
• The Aperture Foundation
  http://www.aperture.org/