When I lived in central CA., I belonged to a tiny group of quilters, the quilts we made were given to the local women's homeless shelter and then we also got in touch with a gal with the County, that worked with foster kids, so we also donated quilts for the kids, to be their quilt, to take with them and do whatever they wanted with them. Here, I was going to donate to the local old age home, but they said that when the person died, if their relatives didn't want the quilt, the home tosses it in the trash, instead of giving it to someone else, so needless to say, I don't donate to them. A couple of my friends and I are making lap quilts to donate to the UC Davis hospital for the very ill children.
I also usually make a donation fund raising quilt for our local Humane Society, we are a no kill shelter and try our best to rescue dogs and cats from the pound.