Legs4Africa work with amputees in the UK and mobility centres in Africa to help people live more independent, fulfilled and active lives despite their limb-loss. They collect and recycle prosthetic limb components, sourced from UK hospitals and private donors, for adaption and fitting by trained technicians at partnering hospitals in Africa. Read More
Mercy For Animals is on the front lines fighting to protect farmed animals. From factory farms to corporate boardrooms, courts of justice to courts of public opinion, Mercy For Animals is there to speak up against cruelty and to shift the food industry toward plant- and cell-based products. Read More
Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature. Our food, our water, our health, our jobs — they all rely on the health of the planet’s ecosystems. But we’re taking more from nature than nature can give. We’re weakening the Earth’s ability to provide the clean air, fresh water and food we depend on. In short, we’re creating a crisis. We can end this crisis. But we need big ideas and even bigger solutions. Conservation International works at every level, from remote villages to the offices of presidents and CEOs, to find these solutions. Their work is moving entire societies toward… Read More
Brynn Children Home is a non- governmental and non- profitable Organization working for underprivileged children- Orphans, abandoned, destitute and other vulnerable groups. This is a home with ample of love and Affection towards Orphan and abandoned children. Some of these children have lost their parents to uniquely painful situations. Brynn Children Home traces these children through pathetic stories published in News papers, reported on TV channels and some abandoned by parents because of socio-economic reasons and left with no family, no home and no hope. Brynn Children Home embraces such children and moulds them into happy, healthy and self-confident ones. Read More
Code to Inspire empowers young women in developing countries to drive economic and social progress by teaching them how to code, find programming jobs and launch technology ventures. Code to Inspire (CTI) was established in 2015 starting in Afghanistan as the first coding school for young women by Computer Science Professor and former refugee Fereshteh Forough. Supported by organizations and individuals committed to the advancement of women in technology, the nonprofit training program has taught 150 young women how to code, build mobile apps and games. Over 70% of graduates have found work, earning above-average wages in their country. Read More
The Central Texas Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief charity in Central Texas. They work with food donors across the country, financial supporters and volunteers to fill unmet needs in Central Texas. This commitment from private, government and charitable partners has allowed The Central Texas Food Bank to bring 45 million meals to their community last year and into the hands of families and local nonprofits that turn to them for help. There are three key ways how they do this. Read More
Zam Zam Water is a humanitarian organization devoted to playing a vital role in eradicating poverty by providing clean, sustainable water and access to quality education to villages across the globe. The term well is a play-on-words and is intended to exemplify how water and education are intertwined. We support orphanages and schools because Zam Zam believes wellness through access to clean water, the empowerment of women, children, and education are all connected. Read More
United Way is engaged in nearly 1,800 communities across more than 40 countries and territories worldwide. They are focused on creating community-based and community-led solutions that strengthen the cornerstones for a good quality of life: education, financial stability and health.They envision a world where every community is a strong one, with jobs that pay a livable wage, good schools and a healthy environment. Around the world, they engage people and organizations in innovative solutions that are transforming that vision into reality. Read More
Worldwide, 570 million children live in extreme poverty, vulnerable to many factors that threaten their well-being. Children need protection, support and care at each stage of childhood to stay safe, healthy, learning and on track to achieve their potential. Read More
Dream Out Loud Productions (DOL) is a Los Angeles based non-profit independent film company. They specializes in true stories about people and events, focusing on social and human rights issues. DOL Films is dedicated to the creation of media projects that touch hearts, transform attitudes and foster positive change. Their goal is to deliver compelling films that will inspire audiences to get involved in the issues that affect us all. They are committed to making a difference in the world we live in. Academy Award winning Founder and Director, Louise Hogarth, has worked across many genres including documentary, feature film and… Read More
The Turing Trust supports education in sub-Saharan Africa by reusing computers and improving teacher training using ICT. They provide skills development in the UK while reducing waste and contributing to an environmentally friendly society. They have reused over 4,200 PCs enabling more than 41,000 students to gain a digital education. Read More
You believe, as they do, that every child deserves a future. Every last child. The world has made great progress for children. More children are alive and thriving today than ever before.But here's the problem. Millions of children in the U.S. and around the world still aren't getting what they deserve. They are talking about children in need. Dying, when the world knows how to save them. Vulnerable children in poverty. Denied an education. Forced to flee violence. Orphaned, abused, abandoned. Children with no reason to smile. No hope for the future. Read More
Education is a fundamental human right, and every child has the potential to grow and learn. Yet millions of students and their teachers do not have access to the tools and resources necessary to unlock learners' full potential. Millions more around the world are denied any schooling at all. Even after decades of effort, closing the opportunity gap still remains elusive. Khan Academy is working with teachers, students, and education leaders around the world to transform education. Their resources are 100% free and provide personalized learning in core academic subjects from preschool to university and beyond in more than 40… Read More
Peduli Anak Foundation helps underprivileged children in Indonesia by providing family based residential care, education, family care, medical treatment and legal support. Peduli Anak received a Grade A accreditation from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social Affairs. Read More
PETA was founded in 1980 and is dedicated to establishing and defending the rights of all animals. PETA operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way. PETA educates policymakers and the public about animal abuse and promotes kind treatment of animals. PETA is an international nonprofit charitable organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, with affiliates worldwide. PETA believes that animals have rights and deserve to have their best interests taken into consideration, regardless of whether they are useful to humans. Like you, they are capable… Read More
Our Children's Trust is working to support youth and attorneys around the world to develop and advance legal actions to compel science-based government action on climate change in their own countries. The success of their partners include Norway's successful adoption of a public trust-based constitutional climate amendment; Urgenda’s big court win in the Netherlands mandating specific national emission reductions; and the Supreme Court of Pakistan allowing young Rabab Ali’s constitutional climate case to proceed on behalf of the public and future generations. They streamline their global work by cultivating relationships with partnering attorneys and youth who lead the efforts in… Read More
APOPO is a non-profit organization with Belgian roots. For 20 years they have tackled landmines or tuberculosis around the world. APOPO provides a low-tech, cost-efficient solution to pressing humanitarian challenges. APOPO's innovative scent detection technology has a massive potential to relieve human suffering and promote development when deployed in the fight against tuberculosis and landmines, as well as other applications under development. When integrated into conventional methods the HeroRATs help speed up landmine and tuberculosis detection. They also present a massive potential to help fight other global issues. Read More
From the gentle giants of the sea to its smallest creatures, Sea Shepherd’s mission is to protect all marine life species living in our oceans. Their campaigns have defended whales, dolphins, seals, sharks, penguins, turtles, fish, krill and aquatic birds from poaching, unsustainable fishing, habitat destruction, and exploitive captivity. Read More
Forgotten Animals founded in 2011 by a Russian-born trader Anna Kogan Nasser, Forgotten Animals became the first international organisation to work in towns and regions of Russia. Unlike in the main cities Moscow and Saint Petersburg, animal welfare community there was virtually inexistent. After getting a full picture of the scale of animal abuse, stray problem and lack of private or public organisations actually doing something about it, Anna decided to put her career in trading on hold and dedicate her life and resources to raising animal welfare standards in former Soviet countries. Instead of merely fighting the consequenсes, the… Read More
Since their founding the American Red Cross has been dedicated to serving people in need. They received their first congressional charter in 1900 and to this day they are tasked by the federal government with providing services to members of the American armed forces and their families as well as providing disaster relief in the United States and around the world. Even while the Red Cross adapts to meet the changing needs of the people they serve, they always stay true to those roots. Are you familiar with the classic images of Red Cross nurses helping American soldiers and civilian… Read More
The Rainforest Foundation protect the rainforests of Central and South America by working with the indigenous communities that call them home. Human life depends on our rainforests. They are vital to the stability of our climate. Rainforests are carbon sinks that surpass our most sophisticated technology; they absorb 30% of the world’s CO2 emissions each year. Rainforests are also home to more than half of the world’s animal and plant species. They are a constant source of life-saving medicines. Millions of indigenous peoples depend on the forest for their survival, including our planet’s last uncontacted cultures. Read More
Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF) was founded in 2014 to reduce poverty amongst Indigenous peoples. They do this by empowering communities to develop and sustain their own cultural-based education solutions. IEF was built from the ground up to empower a marginalised community in the Mentawai Islands, whom had initiated a strategy to reconnect with their Indigenous culture but lacked important resources to get their program off the ground. IEF Founder, Rob Henry, had been living with the Mentawai since 2009, gathering research and documentation on the impacts of cultural displacement. As a result, through listening to the community, IEF’s empowerment and… Read More
The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization, developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. By utilizing the ocean currents to our advantage, our passive drifting systems are estimated to clean up half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years’ time. Read More
Experience Camps are free one-week camps for boys and girls who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver. It's a place where kids can laugh, cry, play, create, remember the person who died, or forget the grief that weighs them down. It's a place where they can feel "normal", because everyone there has been through something similar and understands what it's like to lose someone important to them. It's a home away from home. And just about everyone will tell you..."It's the best week of the year". Read More
War Child Canada is helping mothers and families around the world give their children a safe start in life and give their communities the best chance of a peaceful future.We live in an increasingly violent world. Armed conflict is spreading at an alarming rate. At the same time, the very nature of war is changing. It is presenting terrifying new dangers for children and their families. Conflicts are now led by armed groups that defy borders and rules of war. Civilians – particularly women and children – are often targeted with extreme violence to inflict maximum casualties and terrorize communities.… Read More
RNLI. The charity that saves lives at sea. Every day of every year, people of all backgrounds get into danger in the water. It’s a problem that they are here to tackle. Working together with partners and communities, they aim to educate, influence, supervise and rescue those at risk from drowning. The RNLI philosophy remains the same as it was in 1824: to provide their lifesaving service using volunteers wherever possible, with voluntary donations supplying the funds needed to do so. Every day of every year, people of all backgrounds get into danger in the water. They are here to… Read More
The Water Project, Inc. is a non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing reliable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitation. For ten years, they have been helping communities gain access to clean safe water by providing training, expertise and financial support for water project construction through their staff and implementing partners. Read More
Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization, active in all 50 states and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies. Without regard to politics, religion, or ability to pay. Direct Relief's assistance programs are tailored to the particular circumstances and needs of the world's most vulnerable and at-risk populations. This tradition of direct and targeted assistance, provided in a manner that respects and involves the people served, has been a hallmark of the organization since its founding in 1948 by refugee war immigrants to the U.S. Read More
Humanity Road connects people, animals and emergency officials with help and resources when disaster strikes. During a disaster, impacted areas become overwhelmed, and viable lifesaving solutions and information can become impossible to find. Humanity Road is an additional lifeline (the bridge) for the affected public, local officials and emergency response teams. Using innovative technology and social listening platforms, Humanity Road helps locate, organize and connect people and communities with valuable information and critical resources. Read More
Dignitas International is a medical and research organization dedicated to improving health care for people facing a high burden of disease and unequal access to services. They are committed to working with patients, health workers, researchers and policymakers to tackle the barriers to health care. Dignitas was launched by Dr. James Orbinski and James Fraser as a humanitarian response to a global health catastrophe. In 2004, the AIDS epidemic was ravaging Malawi, a small country in sub-Saharan Africa, destroying its social and economic infrastructure and threatening its very survival as a nation. Without access to treatment and care, AIDS was… Read More
SEED Madagascar (Sustainable Environment, Education & Development in Madagascar) is an award-winning British registered charity. Operating in southeast Madagascar, they manage a wide range of sustainable development and conservation projects across the Anosy region. Alongside this, they aim to raise global awareness of Madagascar’s unique needs and build constructive partnerships to aid development. Read More
Rainforests sustain us. They help regulate the global climate and are vital to maintaining the earth's fragile balance. The Amazon rainforest is the world's largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest, covering an area larger than the continental United States. It houses one-third of the Earth's plant and animal species and produces one-fifth of all its flowing fresh water. Nearly 400 distinct indigenous peoples depend on the Amazon rainforest for their physical and cultural survival. At current rates of deforestation, nearly 50 percent of the Amazon could be lost or severely degraded by the year 2020, and the vast majority will… Read More
Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.Some people look at a forest, and all they see is lumber. But there are millions more who see a home, a heritage, a future. Around the globe, they are standing up for our communities, and they are holding governments and corporations accountable. Whether on the streets or at the ballot box, they hold the real power when they work together. Read More
Malaria kills half a million people every year and 400 million fall ill. Before bed nets were made available, it was three or more times that. Nets are a proven intervention - a more effective a way of saving lives than any other. There is still a long way to go and every death from malaria is preventable. Read More
Global Impact is a leader in growing global philanthropy. The organization builds partnerships and raises resources that help the world’s most vulnerable people by providing integrated, partner-specific advisory and backbone services; workplace fundraising and representation; campaign design, marketing and implementation for workplace and signature fundraising campaigns; and fiscal agency and technology services. Global Impact works with hundreds of public and private sector workplace giving campaigns to generate funding for an alliance of more than 100 of the most respected international charities. Through these partnerships, Global Impact meets real needs with real results by supporting programs focused on clean water, disaster relief and resiliency, economic development, education, environmental… Read More
World Aid is a organization / Public Charity as determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service. Through their network of volunteers, donors, and contacts, they have been involved with projects ranging from basic needs to education. While they are not a faith-based charity, they do welcome partnerships and cooperative agreements from all religious organizations. Read More
No other organisation has UNICEF's experience, expertise and reach. Every child is born with fundamental human rights, but conflict, disease, exploitation and poor education keep millions of children from reaching their full potential. UNICEF fights for every child's right to survive and thrive into adulthood. UNICEF's mission is to create a better world, by advocating for the protection of children's rights. To do this, they bring people together: governments, donors, humanitarian agencies, businesses and children themselves. This is what UNICEF does, every day, for all children around the world. They want health, education, a fair go and protection, for every… Read More
Pathways to Education provide youth from low-income communities with the resources they need to graduate from high school and break the cycle of poverty. Pathways to Education believes in the strength and potential of young people and the communities that stand behind them. They believe in the power of their partners, including individual volunteers, organizations, and government supporters. They believe in their ability to learn from others and apply that learning to make their work the best it can be. They strive for impact, whether in the life of one student, the strength of one community, or the health of… Read More
After receiving thousands of e-mails from parents and children across America who did not have a safe, legal place to skate and in some cases arrested for skating on public property, Tony Hawk decided to set up a foundation whose mission would be to serve this population. He wanted to help them develop quality places to practice the sport that gives them much needed exercise and a sense of self-esteem. So in 2002 he established the Tony Hawk Foundation, financed the organization with a personal gift, and assembled a Board of Directors that represents a diverse range of backgrounds and… Read More
Give2Asia is based in San Francisco, CA, Give2Asia is an international nonprofit that serves as a strategic partner and ally working on the ground in more than 25 locations across the Asia Pacific. Their role is to strengthen the work of local organizations and mobilize support through philanthropic giving from Individuals, Family Foundations, and Corporations. Their funding partners want to invest in social change in Asia, and they help them do it.They build and sustain innovative collaborations between philanthropic investors and vetted, community-based organizations in Asia that are addressing the most pressing issues at the local level. Read More