Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
United StatesArts/Culture
Devoted to the history and heritage of Western Pennsylvania, the Senator John Heinz History Center is Pennsylvania's largest history museum and a proud affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The six-floor, 275,000-square-foot museum and research facility presents the most compelling stories from American history with a Western Pennsylvania connection, all in an interactive environment perfect for visitors of every age. The History Center is located in the city's historic Strip District, home to a wide array of ethnic food shops, lively restaurants and bustling nightlife. The museum's Smallman Street home combines the former Chautauqua Lake Ice Company building with a five-story Smithsonian wing that opened in 2004. A variety of long-term and changing exhibits reveal the fascinating scope and impact of the region's past.
Hives Save Lives - Africa
United KingdomResearch/Dev
We create opportunities for self-sufficiency and income generation through beekeeping - helping people to help themselves. We provide practical support in the form of hives, training and equipment, delivered directly to those who need it most. We work with non-governmental and registered community building organisations, such as farmers' cooperatives, rural development organisations, youth projects, schools, and women's groups.
Hivos
NetherlandsResearch/Dev
Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organisation guided by humanist values. A number of its core values are human dignity and self determination, an aversion to dogmas and totalitarian regimes, and a sense of mutual solidarity. The organisation is committed to poor and marginalised peoples in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It strives for the long-term improvement of their circumstances and for the empowerment of women in particular. The work of Hivos aims at structurally alleviating poverty, with an emphasis on civil society building and on sustainable economic development.
Hoag Hospital Foundation
United StatesCommunity/Family
Under the direction of a volunteer Board of Directors, the foundation conducts programs and campaigns that generate about $20 million per year in new gifts and pledges. Funds are earmarked for capital projects, equipment purchases, innovative program development and clinical research. Foundation funds are transferred directly to Hoag Hospital and represent the community's interest in improving the healthcare community. All of our funds are used exclusively for programs that have a direct, positive impact on the health and well being of our community. Donated funds are not used for normal hospital operating expenses. Funds pay for advanced technology and facilities, world-renowned staff and medical innovations which would not be possible without HHF activities.
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
United StatesArts/Culture
The Hobby Center is operated by the Hobby Center Foundation, a nonprofit organization. The vision of the Hobby Center is grounded in the philosophy of serving the entire community and reflecting the contemporary spirit that is so unique to Houston. The mission is to bring world-class entertainment and innovative works to current performing art lovers, and perhaps most importantly, to inspire the next generation of performers and patrons. This outreach effort is part of the Hobby Center’s identity. One of our performance halls is Zilkha Hall. It is the home for small to mid-size art groups looking to expand their audiences and a place where families can bring their children for cost-effective and meaningful educational programs. The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is home to several resident performance companies and other exceptional series providing exceptional and diverse entertainment.
Hockaday School
United StatesChildren/Education
The Hockaday School was started in 1913 by Miss Ela Hockaday. Ten students enrolled in the school in 1913 on Hockaday's first campus, located in a house on North Haskell Avenue in Dallas. In the next few years, Hockaday increased in size, adding a Lower School and a large boarding department. By the end of the 1920s, Hockaday's reputation for high academic standards was well-established.The Hockaday experience is like few others. As an all girls' school, our students are set apart by two visible advantages: the opportunity to participate and the opportunity to lead. Our top scholars, team captains, yearbook editors, the leads in school plays and musicals - they are all girls. Girls are the ones raising their hands, using the microphone, and being heard.
Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre
South AfricaAnimals/Wildlife
The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre focuses on the conservation of rare, vulnerable or endangered animals. Cheetah Conservation is one of our core disciplines. We are actively involved in the breeding of endangered, vulnerable or rare animal species; the education of learners, students and the general public in conservation and conservation activities; eco-tourism; the release and establishment of captive-bred cheetahs back into the wild; the treatment and rehabilitation of wild animals that are brought to the Centre. The HESC also offers an intensive, hands-on Student's Programme to conservation and adventure enthusiasts from around the world.
Holland Bloorview
CanadaDisability
With invested assets of more than $50 million to further support and advance the cause of childhood disability, the merger creates Canada's largest foundation exclusively devoted to improving the health of children with disabilities. The new Foundation wants to ensure children with special needs will always have access to programs and services they need, obtain specialized equipment they require and the critical medical care they can't live without.
Holland Hall
United StatesChildren/Education
Founded in 1922, Holland Hall strives to offer a challenging and supportive environment for each student. It is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest; recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, National Association of Episcopal Schools, National Association for College Admission Counseling, The College Board, and since 1968 a member of Cum Laude. Holland Hall has been recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for superior college preparation. Holland Hall is one of only three Oklahoma educational institutions to belong to the Center for Academic Integrity. Holland Hall is a PreK through Grade 12 coeducational Episcopal affiliated day school.
Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
Holly Hedge Sanctuary was first registered as a charity in 1982, but until 1992, when kennels were purchased and became Holly Hedge Sanctuary, Pauline, the founder, worked from her own home and with the support of foster carers. Her aim has always been to provide a safe haven for animals until caring permanent owners can be found and this continues to be the purpose of the charity today. The accommodation at Holly Hedge Sanctuary is of a very high standard and our rescued animals get the best care, comfort and veterinary treatment when needed. They also get lots of exercise and love. Our team of dedicated staff work tirelessly to ensure their stay with us is as pleasant as possible. We pride ourselves on maintaining exceptional standards and our re-homing policies have been set, with the benefit of years of experience, to maximise the chances of the animals staying with their new owners for life. Sick, badly neglected and elderly animals are placed in foster homes until they can be rehomed, as they benefit from individual attention in a home environment. The numbers of animals that have arrived in poor health and with ongoing medical expenses has increased dramatically as have cases of abuse and neglect.
Home for Life
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Home For Life® is a new kind of animal shelter, the long-term animal sanctuary. We provide life-time care for the special needs animal, the cat or dog that, while still able to lead a quality life, is unable to find a home due to age, chronic treatable disorder, handicap or similar reason. Once an animal comes to us, it truly has a home for life. We believe that animals should live in a setting that is appropriately scaled to allow for individual attention and specialized care. This is why Home For Life® is able to give its residents a quality life and not just a warehoused existence.
Home From Home Trust
South AfricaChildren/Education
Home from Home Trust was registered in May 2005 and much has been achieved since this date. The Trust was set up by Jane Payne and Pippa Shaper, who had both worked with this model of care for the past five years and saw the profound benefits for orphans and vulnerable children. Believing that this model of care provided a viable alternative to institutionalized child-care, the Home from Home Trust was formed with the support of other interested parties. Home from Home now has ten homes open and is currently caring for 72 children. Several more homes will be opening within the next few months in conjunction with community partners. We also run the Lizo Nobanda Day Care Centre in Harare, Khayelitsha, providing pre-school care for the under 6's, about a third of whom live in Home from Home houses, the others being from the local community. This facility cares for 60 children on a daily basis.
Home-Start UK
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Home-Start offers a unique service. We recruit and train volunteers who are usually parents themselves to visit families with at least one child under five, at home, and offer them informal, friendly and confidential support. We help to increase the confidence and independence of families by visiting them in their own homes to offer support, friendship and practical assistance, we reassure parents that their childcare problems are not unusual or unique. We encourage parents' strengths and emotional well-being for the ultimate benefit of their children and try to get the fun back into family life. When Home-Start was founded in 1973 no-one involved in this unique parent-to-parent support service imagined that one local Home-Start in Leicester would be so effective and so popular with families that it would expand to more than 300 within 30 years. It did and now Home-Start is the UK's leading family support charity and is expanding into even more areas of the UK.
Homeless Advocacy Project
United StatesCommunity/Family
With a legal staff of six and a corps of 300 volunteer lawyers, paralegals, and law students, HAP engages in direct outreach to homeless individuals and families, conducting legal clinics at shelters, soup kitchens, and other reception sites, and thereby ensuring that homeless Philadelphians have access to attorneys, advocates, and legal remedies.
Homeless Coalition Of Palm Beach County
United StatesCommunity/Family
The Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County was formed in 1986 as a voice for the homeless in our county. We work with the community to advocate for the rights of the homeless and to raise funds and awareness for the homeless. The Homeless Coalition serves as a catalyst for community collaboration to prevent and end homelessness. Our members include homeless advocates, the business community, government, service providers, faith-based communities, people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, academics and many other community stakeholders.
Homeless International
United KingdomResearch/Dev
All the initiatives supported by Homeless International are implemented by local partner organisations who support community based organisations. By supporting local organisations rather than implementing projects directly, we are able to help build up local capacity and ensure the sustainability of the work. Advocacy is often a rather abstract activity, based around talk as opposed to action. Homeless International recognises the value of laying claim to rights, and of calling governments to account, but we believe that this is most effectively done where dialogue takes place in parallel with practical demonstrations of community capacity.
Homeless Link
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Homeless Link is the only national charity supporting people and organisations working directly with homeless people in England. We represent homelessness organisations among local, regional and national government. As the national collaborative hub for information and debate on homelessness, we seek to improve services for homeless people and to advocate policy change. Through this work, we aim to end homelessness in England. Our vision is for a country free from homelessness and rough sleeping. We are campaigning to end rough sleeping by the 2012 Olympics.
Homeless Solutions, Inc.
United StatesCommunity/Family
Our guests receive services including case management, transportation to work and necessary appointments, money management and employment assistance, housing search assistance and daily living skills training. Referral services for counseling, substance abuse intervention, and prevention are also provided. Homeless Solutions, Inc. employs 38 staff, 30 full time and 8 part time. Homeless Solutions, Inc. is governed by a Board of Trustees and is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of New Jersey.
Homemakers Community Recycling
United KingdomEnvironment
Homemakers Community Recycling is a community based social enterprise that aims to help reduce landfill within the counties of Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent by collecting unwanted furniture and other household items through it's bulky collection and house clearance services. Homemakers hopes to recycle or re-use as much as possible through it's work. Homemakers is an educational non for profit organisation, run by staff and volunteers from all walks of life, and is part of both Monmouthshire County Councils' and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Councils' Waste Strategies.
Homes for Our Troops
United StatesCommunity/Family
We are Homes for Our Troops, a national non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2004. It is our duty and our honor to assist severely injured Servicemen and Servicewomen and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and to coordinate the process of building a home that provides maximum freedom of movement and the ability to live more independently. The homes provided by Homes for Our Troops are given at NO COST to the Veterans we serve.