Fighting Blindness
IrelandResearch/Dev
Fighting Blindness funds world-leading research into cures and treatments for blindness. It also provides a unique professional counselling centre for people with visual impairments and their families. We work to anticipate and lead positive change for people living with sight loss and developing research into cures and treatments for blindness. We foster collaborations between relevant organisations and stakeholders to achieve our mission.
FightSMA
United StatesResearch/Dev
Since its creation in 1991 as "Andrew's Buddies," FightSMA has worked to bring higher levels of awareness and understanding of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). It began its crusade with a successful 30-day campaign to raise $100,000 to supply researchers with vital gene-search equipment. FightSMA has brought attention to the disease, winning praise from the White House, Congress, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), generating news coverage, and its programs have won numerous awards from various community and professional organizations.
Fikelela Aids Project
South AfricaCommunity/Family
Fikelela means reach out and is the name of the HIV /AIDS outreach programme of the Anglican Church in Cape Town, South Africa. Fikelela was founded in 2000 with the vision to provide an active Christian response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa. Fikelela is working to mobilise churches through the three Dioceses of Cape Town, Saldanha and False Bay. So far out of the 132 churches, 114 churches have task teams or caring groups. This has been a very encouraging development.
Filmmakers For Conservation
United KingdomEnvironment
Filmmakers For Conservation is a global community of passionate people who work in, or have an association with, the global film and television industry. The organisation was born almost a decade ago out of a growing sense of frustration among many producers and directors that there was very little funding and airtime being made available for films that dealt with conservation and the environment. Critical to this goal is to reach news audiences inspiring, educating and motivating people to actively participate in, and support, conservation. Also important is the network that has been established. Like-minded filmmakers have been able to spread new and innovative ‘green’ ideas, build lasting relationships with peers all over the globe and support one another in spreading the conservation message.
FINCA International
United StatesResearch/Dev
FINCA International provides financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. We target the poorest of the working poor: those who have the least access to services such as loans, savings programs, and insurance. Our clients include women, who make up 70 percent of the world's poor; individuals unable to find work in the formal sector; families displaced by war and internal conflict; the rural poor; and those affected by chronic poverty. With more than 20 years' experience and over 700,000 clients on five continents, FINCA offers a proven solution to poverty.
FIND
SwitzerlandResearch/Dev
FIND is a Product Development and Implementation Partnership (PDIP) devoted to developing and implementing diagnostic tools for poverty-related diseases. An independent non- profit Swiss foundation based in Geneva, FIND focuses on a disease portfolio covering tuberculosis, malaria and human African trypanosomiasis. In its commitment to develop technologies that can be used as near as possible to where patients seek care, FIND has accumulated an impressive pipeline of new improved diagnostic tests that are expected to be deployed in the next few years.
Find the Children
United StatesChildren/Education
Find the Children is the coordinating agency for the Child Abduction Task Force, a multi-agency team sponsored by the Inter-Agency Council for Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN). Find the Children assists families searching for missing children by helping them to access local and federal law enforcement, advising them on the appropriate legal documents, and connecting them with other non-profit organizations or community resources that may help them in their search for their children.
Fine Arts Fund
United StatesArts/Culture
In 1949, the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts established the Fine Arts Fund to provide annual operating support to four local arts organizations. Over fifty years later that number had grown to the 18 member and associate member organizations listed below. In addition to member support, a portion of funding goes to the Fine Arts Fund Grants Program which subsidizes small and mid-sized arts organizations in the form of operating and project support grants.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
United StatesArts/Culture
Comprising the de Young in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (FAMSF) are the largest public arts institution in the City of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in the United States. Located in Golden Gate Park, the de Young is San Francisco's oldest museum. Its collections include American paintings, decorative arts and crafts; arts from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; and western and non-western textiles. Long known as the City's Museum, the de Young is particularly recognized for its many educational arts programs for children and adults.
Fingal Volunteer Centre
IrelandCommunity/Family
Fingal Volunteer Centre is an independent and free matching service to encourage more people to become involved in volunteering across the county. Our role is to provide information and advice to people interested in volunteering and to organisations looking for volunteers. Fingal Volunteer Centre acts as link between such organisations and individuals. We will advertise vacancies, advise people on their options and help organisations support their volunteers by adopting principles of best practice
Finn Church Aid
FinlandResearch/Dev
Formed in 1947, Finn Church Aid (FCA) is today the largest non-governmental organisation in Finland working in development cooperation, and second-largest in humanitarian assistance. We have programs in 30 countries and provide assistance when and where it is most needed. We work with the poorest and most vulnerable people, regardless of their religious beliefs, ethnic background or political convictions. FCA carries out development cooperation, humanitarian assistance, advocacy work and inter-church aid on behalf of the Evangelic Lutheran Church in Finland.
Fire Hall Arts Centre
CanadaArts/Culture
What make Vancouver truly special is not just the mountains and the ocean, but it is the city's diverse cultural mix, it's rich history and it's amazing visual and performing artists. At the Firehall, we are proud to play a part in celebrating all of these things through our productions, presentations and exhibitions.
FIRST
United StatesChildren/Education
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. Based in Manchester, NH, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.
First Book
United StatesChildren/Education
Kyle Zimmer, a corporate lawyer by day, tutored children at an inner-city soup kitchen by night. She discovered that the children she tutored had no books to read. By providing new books to children in preschools and after-school programs, mentoring and tutoring programs, shelters and day care centers and beyond, First Book provides resources to empower teachers and administrators. With access to high-quality books, educational materials and more, these caring leaders can better teach, plan curriculum and impart a love of learning, elevating the quality of the programs and opportunities available to children in need. Now, nearly 20 years later, First Book has delivered more than 65 million books to programs serving children in need across the United States and Canada.
First Candle
United StatesHealth/Medical
First Candle is a national nonprofit health organization uniting parents, caregivers and researchers nationwide with government, business and community service groups to advance infant health and survival. With help from a national network of partner organizations, we are working to increase public participation and support in the fight against Stillbirth, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other causes of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID).
First Focus Foundation
United KingdomResearch/Dev
The First Focus Foundation is a Registered Charity no. 1116518, regulated by the Charities Commission and was founded in 2006. Our main objectives are: To advance the education of children in the Kyrgyz Republic, Central Asia, and Senegal, West Africa through the provision of financial and material assistance. To relieve orphan and street children of financial hardship, sickness and distress and to preserve their health and to promote the conservation of forests and forest habitats in West Africa. To contribute to the restoration and preservation of the ecological balance of the Sub-Saharan biospheres in particular in the Ferlo-Sud reservation, Senegal. To combat the advancing desertification with reforestation.
First Fruit
United KingdomCommunity/Family
First Fruit is a close-knit group of social businesses, projects and hostels based in the London Borough of Newham. The organisation is founded on Christian principles, but works with people of all faiths and none. We are pioneering cross-denominational approaches to making a real impact on the local community and breaking down the sacred/secular divide. First Fruit was founded in 1997 by Revd Peter and Mrs Hannah Watherston. We now employ around thirty people across the organisation, and accommodate over forty people in our hostels and houses.
First Peoples' Cultural Foundation
CanadaEthnic/Religion
The First Peoples' Cultural Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that generates support to raise awareness and funding for the revitalization of Aboriginal language and arts. The Foundation works with its sister organization, the First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council to ensure fair and equal access to arts, culture and language funding for communities across B.C.
First Story Limited
United KingdomChildren/Education
First Story is an inspiring initiative and an opportunity for writers to meet some of the most creative and enthusiastic young people in this country. It's a joyful project that deserves as much support as we can give it. We arrange and pay for acclaimed authors to be writers-in-residence in state schools across the country. We aim to celebrate and foster creativity and literacy in young people. We're cheerleaders for books, stories, reading and writing. We've seen how creative writing can build students' self-esteem and self-confidence. We help the students publish their work in magazines and anthologies, and arrange "open house" events at which the students can read their stories aloud to friends, families and teachers. Since September 2009, we have had fourteen residencies under way at schools in London and Oxford. Through its Professional Development Programme, First Story works in partnership with a number of teacher training organisations including The Prince's Teaching Institute and Teach First. First Story CPD consists of workshops led by First Story writer-tutors in conjunction with a member of the First Story team.
FirstLight Trust
United KingdomCommunity/Family
The FirstLight Trust is a grass-roots, community-based charity which assists the 'hard to reach' veterans who have fallen through the net and may have ended up on the streets. Those who don't know where to turn, where to go or what to do. We help the 'hard to reach' often homeless veterans as defined by other charities. Those who don’t know what is wrong with them; who cannot cope. We work with the veterans who have walked through our door and tap into their network. We provide whatever it takes to make that tiny difference between life and suicide. And, most importantly, set them on the road to recovery. We provide drop-in centres where there are like-minded people. We are a mix of civvies and veterans and have first-hand experience of what it is like to be down on your luck and not know where to turn (which is probably why we all share a very black sense of humour!). We can assess what needs doing and how and then utilize existing services if possible, or provide/fund alternatives. Help us enable our veterans to stand on their own two feet. Like you and I they do not want to depend on hand outs, charities and services. They want to be part of our community and give back into it what they have received. Help us to do that.