A Child's Right (ACR)
is a nonprofit relief organization working to change the current living
standards and health of impoverished children the world over. Its
staff, members and consultants come from very diverse backgrounds
working with water purification and sanitation technologies, water
quality issues at U.S. governmental standards, hygiene education
practices, pediatric care, and international relief work. ACR has
provided clean drinking and cooking water for tens of thousands of
children. |
Africaid's WhizzKids United program
is a revolutionary HIV prevention package that targets kids from 12-15
years of age, teaching them essential life skills through the medium of
soccer. Founded in 2002, Africaid is a U.K. registered charity working
to positively affect individual people's lives through HIV / AIDS
prevention and by improving the care and support available to those
living with the disease. |
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)
is the leading international conservation organization focused solely
on Africa. For over 45 years, AWF has worked to help ensure that
Africa's wild resources endure. AWF has identified eight targeted
regions, or "African heartlands" -- vast stretches of land combining
national parks and local villages, government lands and private lands --
into a large, cohesive conservation landscape that often spans
international borders. Within the African Heartlands, AWF implements a
variety of efforts that conserve land, protect species and empower
people. |
AutismCares
is a consortium of leading autism organizations who have come together
to support individuals with autism and their families during natural
disasters and other catastrophic life events. AutismCares is funded by
the contributions of the its partners and other individual donations.
100% of donations from member organizations are distributed to the
families in need. |
Baal Dan
works in India to help children in need such as orphans, street
children or impoverished children with food, supplies and education to
break the cycle of poverty. Baal Dan researches and evaluates
organizations that serve street children and orphans, and then works
with them to help the children in the ways they need most. |
BRAC
works with people whose lives are dominated by extreme poverty,
illiteracy, disease and other handicaps. With multifaceted development
interventions, BRAC strives to bring about positive changes in the
quality of life of the poor people of Bangladesh. |
Cambodian Children's Fund (CCF)
is a nonprofit organization working to improve the lives of Phnom
Penh's most impoverished children and families. Providing hundreds of
children with nutrition, housing, healthcare, and vocational training,
CCF gives them the tools to break the cycle of poverty. |
The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed)
is dedicated to fighting poverty and AIDS in rural communities in
Africa by educating girls. Camfed began in 1993 by supporting 32 girls
in rural Zimbabwe, and in 2007 this number grew to more than 400,000
children in some of the poorest regions of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana and
Tanzania. |
Cecily's Fund
works with local Zambian partner organizations to enable orphans and
vulnerable children to attend primary and secondary school, giving them
hope for the future. Cecily's Fund also trains 40 to 50 graduates each
year as health educators, giving them the chance to contribute to the
fight against AIDS, and supports a number of orphan school-leavers to
study on teacher-training programs. |
The Charities Advisory Trust
is a registered UK charity set up over 25 years ago providing practical
help to charities and pioneering new ways of charitable giving. |
Community Partners International
(formerly Planet Care/GHAP & Foundation for the People of Burma)
works with local partners and communities in Burma to improve conditions
for the most vulnerable people, in places where there is little or no
access to health and education. Working with local partners, CPI brings
a wide range of health services to more than a million people, and
strengthens thousands of communities in Burma and its border regions
through educational initiatives. |
Cree & Sueña (Believe & Dream)
is a Bolivian nonprofit charity with volunteers based in La Paz and
Seattle. Its mission is to spread joy and bring smiles to the faces of
Bolivian children in rural areas by distributing toys, gifts, and school
supplies to children whose families cannot afford them. |
The Darfur Peace & Development Organization (DPDO)
is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization with headquarters in
Washington, D.C. and offices in Khartoum and El Fasher, Sudan. DPDO
provides humanitarian and development assistance to the victims of
conflict in Darfur, Sudan without regard to ethnicity, gender, age or
religious beliefs. |
The Darfur Stoves Project
(DSP) seeks to improve the safety and livelihoods of women in Darfur by
providing fuel-efficient cookstoves which reduce firewood requirements,
limit women's exposure to violence during firewood collection and
decrease the use of money and food rations to obtain fuel. |
Defenders of Wildlife
is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the
protection of all native animals and plants in their natural
communities. Founded in 1947, they are one of the country’s leaders in
science-based, results-oriented wildlife conservation. They work to
protect and restore America’s native wildlife, safeguard habitat,
resolve conflicts, work across international borders and educate and
mobilize the public. They stand out in their commitment to saving
imperiled wildlife and championing the Endangered Species Act, the
landmark law that protects those animals. |
The Elephant Nature Foundation
works tirelessly to preserve and protect Asian elephants. It is their
mission to save the Asian elephant from extinction and give domesticated
elephants a life worth living by preserving habitat and increasing
public awareness on humane treatment practices. |
The Fabindia School
offers an exceptional education to more than 700 students in rural
Rajasthan, India, using English as the medium of instruction. The school
views primary education as a major stepping stone towards social
mobility, equality and employment opportunities, and is committed to
encouraging education and leadership opportunities for girls, as well as
children from socially and economically marginalized communities who
otherwise do not have access to quality education. |
Feed Our Vets
is a non-profit food pantry organization that is working to have fully
stocked veteran food pantries set up in accessible locations all across
the country. Feed Our Vets pantries distribute free food and groceries
at regular, scheduled times to U.S. military veterans in need and their
families. |
Feeding America
(formerly America's Second Harvest) is the nation's leading domestic
hunger-relief charity, with a network of more than 200 member food banks
and food-rescue organizations serving all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Each year, Feeding America secures and
distributes more than 2 billion pounds of food and grocery products to
support feeding programs at approximately 50,000 local charitable
agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters,
after-school programs, and Kids' Cafes. |
First Book
is a nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children
from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new
books. The primary goal of First Book is to work with existing literacy
programs to distribute new books to children who, for economic reasons,
have little or no access to books. First Book has provided more than 50
million new books to children in need in hundreds of communities
throughout the U.S. |
Forests For Monarchs
is a project of La Cruz Habitat Protection Project, Inc., a U.S.
non-profit organization, in partnership with La Cruz Habitat Protection
Project - Mexico in support of the planting and management of
sustainable new forests in Michoacan, Mexico and beyond. |
Friendship Bridge
is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides
microcredit and educational programs so women and their families can
create their own solutions to poverty. The organization promotes women's
empowerment through access to education and capital; offers a means to
self-employment and self-sufficiency; and inspires women to become
leaders and agents of change. Rooted in the belief that when offered
microloans, education and encouragement, women embrace the hand-up they
desire to make a better life for themselves, their families and their
communities, Friendship Bridge currently empowers more than 12,000 women
in Guatemala. |
Friends of WFP
is a U.S.-based, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on
building support in the United States for the United Nations World Food
Program (WFP) and other hunger relief operations. Friends of WFP unites
organizations and individuals committed to solving world hunger. Its
education, advocacy and fundraising efforts in the United States support
WFP's life-saving global food assistance and development programs. |
The Fund for Animals,
one of the largest, most active and successful organizations working
for the cause of animals, operates four direct care centers, including
the world-famous Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch. This haven is
unique in that it is home to not only horses and burros but also a
refuge to hundreds of other animals -- from chimpanzees to bobcats and
camels. |
Fundación Tradiciones Mayas
has worked since 1992 with women artisans and their families in remote,
rural Guatemala. FTM promotes and preserves the ancient art of back
strap weaving with 85 artisans in six cooperative groups, and has a long
term commitment to the artisans and their children, including access to
health care, business development for the artisans, and scholarships
for their children. |
Established in 2006, Gardens for Health
was founded in the belief that a comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention,
care and treatment plan requires access to adequate, nutritious food.
Gardens for Health supports Rwandans living with HIV/AIDS to establish
cooperative gardens and other agricultural initiatives throughout the
country. |
Gifted Hands Innovation Center is a Rwandan nonprofit affiliated with
Gahaya Links, which works with weaving cooperatives throughout the
country. With over 50 affiliated cooperatives in which Hutu and Tutsi
members work side by side, Gifted Hands enables the weaving of
reconciliation as the country recovers from the lasting wounds of the
1994 genocide. Gifted Hands seeks to improve Rwandans' access to medical
insurance and care, nutritious food, education, and the tools that are
needed to build towards a better life. |
The U.S.-based non-profit GirlSportWorks
helps girls in the Peruvian Andes gain the skills and confidence to
pursue their dreams with a sports program created exclusively for girls.
Students aged 9–14 participate in the classes two times per week, and
the curriculum cycles through seven sports, including football, track
and field, volleyball, and Frisbee, helping foster life-success
attributes such as self-confidence, leadership, and teamwork. |
A volunteer effort of health professionals begun in 1982, the Haitian Health Foundation (HHF)
is a four-star charity on Charity Navigator. 93% of funds collected go
directly to services for the poor. In 1985, after working for four years
in Port au Prince, HHF moved its outreach to Jérémie, Haiti, at the
suggestion of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, in order to bring health care,
hope, and opportunity to this especially poor and remote area. |
The HALO Trust
is the world's largest demining agency. With more than 8,000 staff
working in ten war-ravaged countries around the world, The HALO Trust
has destroyed 13 million landmines and items of unexploded ordnance
since 1988. |
Home For Life®
is a long-term animal sanctuary that provides lifetime care for cats
and dogs with special needs who cannot find a home, but who can still
lead a quality life. Animals come from almost every state in the U.S.,
as well as from Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, and from major U.S.
shelters that cannot find homes for them. Home For Life® also offers a
home for retired service animals like Seeing Eye dogs and retired K9s. |
Hope For Two
The Pregnant with Cancer Network strives to remove barriers preventing
women from obtaining complete and accurate information about their
options for dealing with cancer while pregnant, and respects and
supports every woman's personal decisions without judgment. Hope for Two
serves women in all socioeconomic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds
world-wide. |
Intelligent Mobility International (IMI)
was formed as a nonprofit organization to empower people and their
communities around the world. IMI designs, produces, and distributes
affordable and durable wheelchairs to help people with disabilities find
sustainable employment, and new hope in their lives. |
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
works to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout
the world by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting
wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress. IFAW seeks to
motivate the public to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote animal
welfare and conservation policies that advance the well-being of both
animals and people. |
Journeys Within Our Community (JWOC)
focuses on improving living conditions for people in Cambodia, Laos and
Burma. By working at the local level and focusing on basic needs such
as clean water, education, health, emergency relief and other community
based issues, JWOC helps to develop projects that start small, but with
outside support, gain momentum and change lives. |
Jungle Friends Primary Sanctuary,
located on 12 acres in Gainesville, Florida, rescues and offers a
permanent safe haven to monkeys from around the United States who have
been abused, confiscated by authorities, retired from research, or who
are former pets. |
Lekotek
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing children who have
disabilities access to the benefits of play experiences. Lekotek's play
development model consists of professional play sessions, the
prescriptive use of toys and strong family involvement. |
Lights For Life International
works to increase the opportunities available to children who are
lighting-impoverished by providing them with LED lighting so they can
study after dark. Lights for Life also works to reduce total global
carbon dioxide emissions by discouraging the use of kerosene for
lighting. |
Making Memories'
mission is to grant wishes, including memory-making events, for
metastatic breast cancer patients, while continuing to support, educate
and increase resource awareness. |
Mapendo International
works to fill the critical and unmet needs of people affected by war
and conflict who have fallen through the net of humanitarian assistance.
This commitment is expressed through targeting individuals, families
and groups of people overlooked by existing aid programs. Mapendo
strives to alleviate human suffering, to protect life and health, and to
raise awareness for these vulnerable people. |
Mayo Clinic
is the first and largest integrated group practice in the world.
Doctors from every medical specialty work together to care for patients,
joined by common systems and a philosophy of "the needs of the patient
come first." Nearly 3,500 physicians and scientists and more than 48,000
allied health staff work at the sites in Rochester, Minnesota.,
Jacksonville, Florida., and Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona. Collectively,
the three clinic locations treat more than half a million people each
year. |
Mercy Corps
exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people
build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps works amid
disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the
potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Since
1979, Mercy Corps has provided $1.5 billion in assistance to people in
106 nations. |
Millennium Promise's
flagship initiative, Millennium Villages project, offers a bold,
innovative model for helping rural African communities lift themselves
out of extreme poverty. With simple solutions like providing high-yield
seeds, fertilizers, medicines, drinking wells and materials to build
school rooms and clinics, Millennium Promise is effectively combating
extreme poverty and nourishing communities into a new age of health and
opportunity. Currently, Millennium Promise works in 80 villages across
ten different countries -- Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. |
MSUK (Manob Sakti Unnayan Kendro)
is a Bangladeshi non-profit charitable organization established in 1999
to combat the devastating effects of widespread arsenic contamination.
MSUK works to protect and promote basic human rights -- including the
right to clean, safe drinking water -- and uses technology to transform
deprivation and poverty into development and possibility. |
The National Autism Association
responds to the most urgent needs of the autism community, providing
real help and hope so that all affected can reach their full potential. |
The National Breast Cancer Foundation
mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer
through education and by providing mammograms for those in need. |
The Nature Conservancy
is a US charitable environmental organization working to preserve the
plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of
life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy works in more than 30 countries,
including all 50 United States, with an increasingly global reach. The
Conservancy has over one million members, has protected more than 69,000
square kilometers (17 million acres) in the United States and more than
473,000 square kilometers (117 million acres) internationally. |
Nepal Youth Foundation
is a U.S. based nonprofit organization devoted to bringing hope to the
most destitute children in Nepal. With a personal touch, NYF provides
them with what should be every child's birthright -- education, housing,
medical care, and loving support. |
The Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter
in Smithers, British Columbia, is dedicated to giving injured and
orphaned wildlife a second chance at survival. A haven for bears, moose
and deer, Northern Lights also accepts other mammals, and has become an
expert in bear rehabilitation. With a proven track record of raising and
releasing wild animals without causing them to become overly used to
humans, Northern Lights is a last refuge for wildlife in need of help. |
North Shore Animal League America
is the largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization in the
world. Since 1944, The League's mission has been saving the lives of
pets through adoption, rescue, spay/neuter and advocacy initiatives.
Every year, the League reaches across the country to rescue, nurture and
adopt nearly 20,000 pets into happy and loving homes. |
Nyaya Health
is a unique assembly of Nepal- and US-based public health experts and
healthcare providers who use collective expertise to develop long-term,
system-level improvements in healthcare delivery in impoverished areas
of Nepal. The Nyaya Health clinic in Achham is run by an all-Nepali
staff, and focuses on primary care, maternal and child health, HIV, and
tuberculosis. Nyaya Health is expanding its network of mobile health
workers to reach outlying areas. Its services have been developed in
collaboration with the government of Nepal; the ultimate goal is full
integration with public-sector health programs. |
The Ocean Foundation's
mission is to support, strengthen, and promote those organizations
dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments
around the world. |
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
in Laguna Beach, California, is the only rescue group in Orange County
licensed to rescue, rehabilitate, and release animals that strand
themselves on Orange County beaches. PMMC also conducts ongoing research
into pathological conditions affecting the marine mammal population,
and works to increase public awareness through education and outreach. |
Partners in Health
is a non-profit corporation active in the Caribbean, Latin America,
Africa, Russia, and the United States. Its mission is to provide a
preferential option for the poor in health care. Through service,
training, advocacy, and research, and by establishing long-term
relationships with sister organizations, PIH strives to achieve two
overarching goals: to bring the benefits of modern medical science to
those most in need of them, and to serve as an antidote to despair. |
PATH
is an international nonprofit organization that creates sustainable,
culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break
longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse
public- and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health
technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and
act. Our work improves global health and well-being.
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Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation
is an independent non-profit established in 2004 and dedicated to
assisting patients who cannot afford the out-of-pocket costs associated
with their treatment needs. With 20 disease-specific funds, PAN assists
the underinsured in accessing health care treatments. |
Paws With a Cause®
trains Assistance Dogs for people with disabilities, provides lifetime
team support that encourages independence, and promotes awareness
through education. |
The Petfinder.com Foundation
was created in 2003 to assist the thousands of animal organization
members of Petfinder.com through problem solving, fundraising, and
providing relief in times of stress or disaster. Its mission is to
ensure that no pet is euthanized for lack of a home. |
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation
aspires to be a catalyst for change in developing countries to help
ensure that children and adults who suffer from limb loss and limb
deformities have access to high-quality orthopedic and non-clinical
rehabilitation services. Its main goal is to help create conditions
within developing countries that allow children and adults who suffer
from limb loss and limb deformities to obtain the often life-long care
required for their successful (re)integration into their communities. |
Rainforest Conservation Fund's
mission is ensuring the future of tropical rainforests through
practical solutions and with respectful commitment to local people. |
The Remote Area Medical (RAM) Volunteer Corps
provides free healthcare, dental care, eye care, veterinary services,
and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of
the United States and the world. Founded in 1985, RAM coordinates
volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers in
expeditions to provide no-cost healthcare in some of the world's most
remote places. |
Room to Read
partners with local communities throughout the developing world to
establish schools, libraries, and other educational infrastructure. They
seek to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that
education is a lifelong gift that empowers people to ultimately improve
socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities, countries, and
future generations. Through the opportunities that only an education
can provide, they strive to break the cycle of poverty, one child at a
time. |
The Save Darfur Coaltion
was founded in 2004 with the signing of a unity statement demanding
peace and security for the people of Darfur. The Coalition is an
alliance of over 180 faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian
organizations, representing 130 million people of all ages, races,
religions and political affiliations united together to stop the
genocide in Darfur. |
Save the Rain
teaches water-starved communities to use the rain as a sustainable
water supply. The rain catchment systems are built with local materials,
by the local work force, ensuring that they are repairable by the
communities themselves. Rain is caught in both roof and surface
collection systems, and filtered with a Slow Sand Filtration system -- a
filtration system that requires no electricity, chemicals, cartridges
or moving parts. With a rain catchment and filtration system in place,
even the most rural, impoverished areas can now capture clean water from
Nature's own faucet -- the sky above -- preventing the waterborne
diseases that kill thousands of people around the world every day. |
Sit Stay Read
has worked since 2003 to help inner-city children in Chicago learn
basic literacy skills by pairing hesitant readers with trained volunteer
dogs. Commitment to ongoing evaluation, quality programs, and volunteer
training makes Sit Stay Read a leader in the fight for childhood
literacy. |
Soles4Souls
facilitates the donations of shoes, both new and used, which are used
to aid the hurting worldwide. Its simple mission is to impact as many
lives as possible with the gift of shoes. |
SPEED Trust (Slum People Education and Economic Development)
is a charitable public trust which acts in the slum areas of Chennai,
the fourth largest city of India. SPEED Trust works to improve
educational levels for children, earning power for socially and
economically deprived women, and independence and self-sustainability
for all slum residents, without regard to their color, caste, sex, or
religion. |
The Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS)
is dedicated to the conservation of Sumatran orangutans and their
forest home. Together with a team of committed Indonesian
conservationists, it works with local communities living alongside
orangutan habitat. SOS visits schools, plants trees and provides
training to help the local people work towards a more sustainable future
for their forests. |
Tibetan Healing Fund (THF)
is a nonprofit organization working to improve healthcare and education
for Tibetans. THF's current programs include midwife training, health
education and outreach, and Tibetan-language educational materials. The
majority of Tibetan Healing Fund's programs are designed, implemented
and managed by Tibetans themselves, using transparent and participatory
methods while incorporating local and traditional knowledge. |
Trees For Cities
started in 1993 as Trees for London when a group of young Londoners
recognised the need for more trees in the capital. Today, in addition to
tree planting, the charity is now involved in a wide range of
activities that include educational work with schools and community
groups, vocational training in arboriculture and horticulture,
re-landscaping the public realm, and campaigning. |
The U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center
provides its patients diagnostic, treatment and support services in a
collaborative environment, focused on excellence in patient care.
Drawing on the strengths of the University of Michigan faculty, the
Cancer Center has assembled a team of specialists who are leaders in
their fields to unravel the threat of cancer and to provide care and
comfort to those it afflicts. |
Veteran Homestead.
provides medical, psychological, and spiritual care to veterans who are
diagnosed with a terminal illness, elderly, disabled, or otherwise in
need. |
With five locations throughout San Diego County, Veterans Village of San Diego
serves more than 2,000 military veterans, men and women, annually. VVSD
extends assistance to homeless veterans and their families by providing
substance abuse recovery, counseling, job training and job search
assistance, housing, food, clothing, and legal services. |
The Volunteer Development Poverty Children's School was established in
2005 by two Buddhist monks, Rathana Nn and Togh Main, who wanted to help
some of Siem Reap's poorest children achieve a positive future through
education. It achieved registered NGO status in 2007 under the name Volunteer Development Poverty Children's Association. VDPCA offers free classes to more than 600 children, 60% of them girls. |
Visakha Society For Protection and Care of Animals (VSPCA)
works to aid suffering animals, prevent cruelty and neglect, protect
wildlife such as baby turtles, and educate about animal issues in the
Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its eco-friendly, no-kill shelter
compound provides shelter to over a thousand animals in need. VSPCA
receives no grant funding for any of its wildlife projects, and relies
on direct donations and support in order to continue its vital work. |
HelpAge India
is a secular, not-for-profit organization registered under the Societies' Registration Act of 1860. We were set up in 1978, and since then have been raising resources to protect the rights of India's elderly and provide relief to them through various interventions.We make society aware of the concerns of the aged and promote better understanding of ageing issues. |
Women's Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE)
is a non-profit organization established in 1990. With project centers
in the ethnic Karen and Karenni refugee camps along the Thai-Burma and
Indo-Burma borders, WEAVE works to improve the lives of marginalized
indigenous women and children by improving education, health, and
self-reliance. |
World Bicycle Relief's
mission is to provide access to independence and livelihood through the
power of bicycles. World Bicycle Relief is partnered with a
USAID-funded, World Vision-led coalition of relief organizations to
address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Zambia. The initiative will provide
23,000 bicycles to community home-based care volunteers, disease
prevention educators and vulnerable households, and also provide
training and equipment for more than 400 bicycle mechanics in the field.
Through the power of bicycles, World Bicycle Relief improves the
quality of life for men, women and children in developing nations. |
World Land Trust-US
is an international conservation organization dedicated to buying,
protecting and sustainably managing lands that conserve rare or
endangered species and threatened ecosystems rich in biodiversity.
Working with local conservation organizations who negotiate, acquire and
manage private lands, WLT-US has saved 1.6 million acres of rainforests
and other threatened habitats over the past 21 years. |
Meaning "Golden Thread" in the Dari language, Zardozi - Markets for Afghan Artisans
is a non-profit non-governmental organization based in Kabul,
Afghanistan. Zardozi was originally founded in 1984 as the Sewing Centre
Project of Danish non-profit DACAAR, and benefits from over 20 years'
experience promoting work and training opportunities for Afghan women in
refugee camps. Zardozi continues to create income opportunities for
women in Afghanistan while at the same time preserving traditional
handicrafts. |