Find your favorite nonprofit or choose one that inspires you from our database of over 2 million charitable organizations.
Displaying 481–492 of 20,651
Mentoring dental professionals in diversity and clinical practice within their field. Providing a professional network to create growth and success in their profession, and offering printed, online other media forms of information in diversity.
Bring on the Books (BOB) aims to reroute gently-used books by connecting people who have books to children who have limited access to them.
Animal Wonders Inc. and employees dedicate themselves to adopting displaced wildlife and other animals in need, giving them a life-long home, and providing education about exotic and native animals. Through the use of live animal aids in presentations, meeting Montana science standards, Animal Wonders will educate the public about animals, their environments, and conservation efforts. Animal Wonders will provide exceptional care and respect to any animal that becomes a resident. The animals that are shown in the presentations will demonstrate their species in the wild and give the audience a deeper understanding of that specific animal and how it is a critical part of its environment.
Rotary International is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 31,000 Rotary clubs located in 166 countries. Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds. The main objective of Rotary is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other professionals, and vocational and career development. The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes world understanding through international humanitarian service programs and educational and cultural exchanges. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and others who share its vision of a better world. Since 1947, the Foundation has awarded more than US$1.1 billion in humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local Rotary clubs and districts.
GRACE Mission To foster social change through strengthening families and eradicating the vulnerabilities of human trafficking. GRACE Vision serves as the framework to accomplish the stated mission. Our vision is to see families rise above poverty and abolish human trafficking. We do this through: *Provision of a Family Resource Center providing a safe environment and educational enhancement programs for children *Provision of English Language Studies *Provision of nutritional support enhancing the growth and development *Provision of educational scholarships to mitigate school attrition rates *Provision of adult enrichment courses enhancing the educational, financial, and social skills of parents and guardians *Establishing and building relationships with families *Provision of venues of growth and development for antitrafficking workers; thus, promoting longevity *Establishing community partnerships to enhance effectiveness *Conducting Research to understand best practices in antitrafficking work
The Smithsonian's mission is "the increase and diffusion of knowledge." It was established in 1846 with funds bequeathed to the United States by James Smithson. The Institution is as an independent trust instrumentality of the United States and holds more than 137 million artifacts and specimens in its collections. It is a center for scientific research and scholarship in the arts, history, and culture.
To facilitate God-appointed Ministry
The Horace Mann League exists to perpetuate the ideals of Horace Mann, the founder of the American public school system. Its basic purpose and activities are to strengthen our public schools. The League believes that the public school system of the United States is an indispensable agency for the perpetuation of the ideals of our democracy and a most necessary unifying and dynamic influence in American life.
Central Asia Institute empowers communities of Central Asia through literacy and education, especially for girls, promotes peace through education, and conveys the importance of these activities globally.
Scranton Rd. Ministries Community Development Corporation actively contributes to the social, economic and physical revitalization of Cleveland's west-side community and its people.Serving in arguably, one of Ohio's most diverse neighborhood, we are focused on representing, protecting, and investing in our youth and families, and promoting a community-based economic development. Our vision is to revitalize our community, one life at a time.
We are organized to improve and enrich the lives of children living in orphanages and group homes in South Korea; to support these youth after they leave the institutions and start their own lives by providing post-high-school-graduation education, support services, and resources; to aid the institutions and staff that devote their resources to the upbringing of these youth and spread awareness and build compassion for these children.
Families Overcoming Obstacles Together(F.O.O.T) is purposed to provide families with needed information resources, and tangible services to strengthen families one at a time. Emphasis for community engagment has focused on healthy living and its relationship to emotional balance, and behavioral improvements.