text: are there organisazations that directly help the less priviledged who do not belong to charity organizations? like getting financial assistance for personal basic needs. it depends what kind of financial assitance, but check your government page in the phone book.  if you live in the us, the united way is a group which can tell you which direction to go.  it's not necessarily a charity, but they do work with agencies as well as charitable organizations.  you can find the united way at www.unitedway.org