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The mission of The Ability in Disability Association (TAD) is to advance the dignity, equity, and self-determination of children and youths with disabilities and their families through advocacy, policy change, research, and community-based interventions. TAD works to promote inclusive education, access to sexual and reproductive health services, economic empowerment, and protection from gender-based violence, particularly in underserved rural communities.

Our primary mission is to contribute the health rehabilitation education and wellbeing of children with physical and or mental disabilities around the Island.

We, in partnership with our community, provide a comfortable and caring home-away-from-home that supports keeping families together and reduces stress during a child's serious illness. Since our founding in 1979, we have grown from a single location with room for eight families to four locations with 71 overnight rooms, a daily meal program that serves hundreds of day-use families and visitors, an on-site K-12 school, and age-appropriate programming to support all family members.

The mission of Uplift a Child Interntional (Former name -Vonumu International) is to identify the poor and needy children, place them in a school, and support them through 10 -12 years of schooling through the high school. This will keep the children off the streets, provide them with the basic skills to develop, and give them an opportunity to emerge as self-reliant and productive members of the society. By the time the children completes high school, they will have the necessary social skills and will be mature enough to plan and work towards a brighter future. Until then, we work with each child in helping the child grow in the right direction.

Beaver Brook Association's mission is to promote an understanding of interrelationships in the natural world and to encourage conservation of natural resources through education and natural resource stewardship.

Actively promoting philanthropy and managing donated resources for the advancement of UCLA.

from the website: "It is the mission of STEM Center of Excellence, Inc. to create an environment that connects STEM students to STEM professionals."

World Ocean School is a nonprofit organization that empowers students of diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential as responsible, productive and engaged community members. We deliver an authentic method of experiential education at sea that empowers students of diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential as responsible, productive and engaged community members. Aboard the historic schooner Roseway we provide transformative life skills and character development: inspiration for academic and vocational advancement; strong relationships with caring and responsible adults, and a safe environment for learning.

Northeastern University's (Northeastern or the University) mission is to educate students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and to create and translate knowledge to meet global and societal needs. We provide a world-based approach to education and research. Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global, experiential research university. Grounded in its signature cooperative education program, the University today provides unprecedented experiential learning opportunities around the world. Northeastern's rapidly growing research enterprise is strategically aligned with three national imperatives: health, security, and sustainability.

The mission of Tenacity is to improve the scholastic, character and physical development of urban youth through a combination of academic support, life skills development, family engagement, and fitness/tennis.

At Poker Hill School we view learning developmentally. It is a process which we can nurture and guide but we trust each child to develop in his or her own unique way. We support each child’s growth as an autonomous individual within a caring and democratic community. We strive to make each child feel respected and valued. Teachers facilitate children’s growth by encouraging the children to make significant decisions to direct their own path of learning.

Babson College educates entrepreneurial leaders who create great economic and social value—everywhere. Babson wants to be the preeminent institution in the world for Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®—and known for it. We want to expand the notion of entrepreneurship to embrace and celebrate entrepreneurs of all kinds. We want to put the power of entrepreneurship as a force for economic and social value creation in as many hands in the world as we can. Babson's core values are: Integrity, Diversity, Innovation, Collaboration, and Excellence.