Founded in 1970, Africare, a leader among organizations assisting Africa, has more projects on the continent than any other U.S.-based charity. Africare works to improve the quality of life for the people of Africa. Our programs address...

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of Amnesty International. Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International (AI) is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide. is...

Bicycle for a Day's mission is to empower individuals with tools which they can use in their everyday lives to make a measurable, tangible difference to our community, our environment and our personal health. There are dozens of things...

A Wider Circle says no to nobody! Anyone in need of help can find it here. In addition to all of the individuals and families that call us, more than 280 social service agencies regularly contact us for help in serving their clients. A...

Acterra offers a broad range of programs, from habitat restoration to carbon reduction and more. As impo1rtantly, they teach people how to become effective environmental change agents in their communities, neighborhoods, workplaces and...

Beatbullying has gained significant recognition for it's anti-bullying work in schools and communities across the UK, working with more than 1.6 million children and young people since it's launch in 1999. Beatbullying believes that the...

BeCause films showcase the extraordinary compassion, resourcefulness, and dedication of ordinary people and communities: A doctor who treats the homeless in Pittsburgh (One Bridge to the Next); An innovative, multi-disciplinary group of...

The mission of the Big Shoulders Fund is to provide support to the Catholic schools in the neediest areas of inner-city Chicago. 100% of the funds raised by Big Shoulders are used for scholarships, special education programs, equipment,...

BrazilFoundation is a non-profit established in 2000 with the goal of generating resources for social entrepreneurs who propose creative and innovative solutions to challenges faced by communities throughout Brazil. In 10 years has $17...

Enhancing education and empowering youth in the U.S. to make a positive difference in their communities while helping people of developing countries increase their self-reliance through education.

We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE International will be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ...

Most of us have never really been thirsty. We’ve never had to leave our houses and walk 5 miles to fetch water. We simply turn on the tap, and water comes out. Clean. Yet there are a billion people on the planet who don’t have clean...

Do Something believes young people have the power to make a difference. It is our aim to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of do-ers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then a...

Here's how it works: public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides a...

They document human rights and environmental abuses in countries where few other organizations can safely operate, and they expose and publicize earth rights abuses through campaigns, reports and articles. They organize the human rights...

Our strategy is to energize diverse communities – including students, religious groups, activists, business leaders, celebrities, and diaspora networks – to ensure that their voices are heard on some of the most pressing foreign and...

Promoting Food from Family Farms We know that to keep family farmers on the land we have to increase the number of people buying their good food. From our annual concert event that features family farm food and unites farmers, artists,...

Friends of the Earth, as an outspoken leader in the environmental and progressive communities, seeks to change the perception of the public, media and policy makers--and effect policy change--with hard-hitting, well-reasoned policy and...

The Trust is a unique public-private partnership raising funds from individual, corporate and government donors to establish an endowment fund that will provide complete and continuous funding for key crop collections, in eternity. In...

Choose where you want your money to go, and we get it there, quickly and efficiently. GlobalGiving enables you to fund the underdog. We give access to new sources of funds to creative ideas and projects that might never be funded and We...

Founded in 1993 by activist and philanthropist Diane Meyer Simon, Global Green USA is the American Arm of Green Cross International (GCI), which was created by President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to foster a global value shift toward a and...

Guide your child • GreatSchools has launched a groundbreaking new program calledCollege Bound, an online approach to helping parents raise college-ready high school graduates. This resource is available in both English and Spanish. ...

The Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA), located in Harding Township, NJ, is the nonprofit member-supported environmental organization that monitors and protects water quality, and investigates and participates in land use issues...

CORE VALUES SOCIAL JUSTICE -- We support people in their effortts to live free of poverty, oppression, and exploitation. SUSTAINABILITY -- We promote strategies for improving human well-being that simultaneously restore and protect and ...

In September 1976, Millard and Linda called together a group of supporters to discuss the future of their dream. Habitat for Humanity International as an organization was born at this meeting. The eight years that followed, vividly in a...

As our two regions toss accusations and stereotypes about, we want to bring people together, face to face, into conversations that challenge their assumptions and build bridges of understanding.

Heifer envisions…
A world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet. Heifer’s mission is…
To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth. on a...

Goals: To provide education scholarship and other academic opportunities to bright children and from poor families and disadvantaged communities. To unlock the unexplored potential in children and young persons from disadvantaged by to...

In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a YouTube video with his partner Terry Miller to inspire hope for young people facing harassment. In response to a number of students taking their own lives after in...

When it comes to making sure every kid gets a first-rate education, music matters. Little Kids Rock believes that learning to play a musical instrument can be a transformative experience in students’ lives, with the power to inspire...

The sad truth is that for many American children, the public schools in their neighborhoods have not been delivering a high-quality education that prepares students for academic and social success. When a family feels that the school In...

Finding Solutions to the Climate Crisis Global warming is the single biggest threat to wildlife and wild places. The impacts of global warming, caused by increased carbon pollution, are already being felt: more droughts, food and and...

Network for Good has created a secure, convenient donation system that makes it possible to give to any charity, anywhere, anytime online. They have returned $25 to the sector for every $1 invested in Network for Good. They have over ...

We are working to create a future in which every child, regardless of race or economic status, has access to the resources he or she needs to succeed in college and beyond. Diligence and Investment We rigorously screen ventures, and in...

Our mission is to focus global attention and resources towards putting an end to mass atrocities around the world. Drawing upon the powerful voices of artists, activists, and cultural leaders, Not On Our Watch generates lifesaving and...

The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air,...

We believe the barriers to a clean energy transition include: 1) the political influence of the oil industry, particularly in the United States; 2) the myth that oil production and consumption brings affluence, particularly in the and a...

One World Children’s Fund was founded in 2000 by Shanti Cliff, Patricia 'Savitri' Burbank and Michael Kilgroe, who, while traveling in India, were moved by the extreme poverty they witnessed. Knowing that effective change is possible...

ONEXONE works closely in partnership with carefully selected local organizations on the ground in each area of focus around the globe. Together with these partner organizations we implement and operate a variety of charitable programs...

Project Happiness, a 501(c)3 organization, specializes in emotional resilience-building programs that are used by people of any age and endorsed by public schools, private institutions and Universities around the U.S. and the world. Our...

In 1989, Sting and Trudie Styler founded The Rainforest Foundation in response to a direct request for help from a Kayapo Indian leader in Brazil who was seeking to protect his peoples' land and culture. The organization's initial led a...

Share Our Strength’s highest priority is to make sure that every child in America gets the nutritious food he or she needs to learn, grow and thrive. We are doing this by improving the access that families all across the country have...

Today the Soil Association is the UK's leading organic organization, with over 200 staff based in Bristol and Edinburgh and working as certification inspectors across the country. The Soil Association's director is Helen Browning, who a...

The Soldiers Project is a private, non-profit, independent group of volunteer licensed mental health professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, registered nurses and marriage and family therapists.