Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
United StatesArts/Culture
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1930 by German conductor Ferdinand Schaefer. Its inaugural performance was noted by Time Magazine. Through the years, the group of volunteer musicians who split the original ticket sales grew into a professional orchestra that performs more than 200 concerts each year at the historic Hilbert Circle Theatre and at Conner Prairie Living History Museum, as well as sites around the state. The Circle Theatre opened in 1916 as one of the nation's first grand movie palaces. After a detailed and extensive renovation, it reopened on October 12, 1984 as the home of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Learning Community cultivates music's unique ability to connect people, embrace community need and improve the quality of life in Indiana.
Indianapolis Zoo
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Since opening in 1964, the Indianapolis Zoo has grown into a world-class facility hosting a million visitors each year and playing a major role in worldwide conservation and research, including accomplishing the world's first successful artificial insemination of an African elephant. The Indianapolis Zoo is located in White River State Park downtown and is the only attraction accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the American Association of Museums as a zoo, an aquarium and a botanic garden. Look for the AZA logo whenever you visit a zoo or aquarium as your assurance that you are supporting a facility dedicated to providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for you, and a better future for all living things.
Indianapolis Zoo
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Since opening in 1964, the Indianapolis Zoo has grown into a world-class facility hosting a million visitors each year and playing a major role in worldwide conservation and research, including accomplishing the world’s first successful artificial insemination of an African elephant. Conservation is the motivating force behind the mission of the Indianapolis Zoo. We participate in environmental and conservation programming on multiple levels. Here is a brief review - please click on the links for more information.
Indlela
South AfricaCommunity/Family
Indlela is a non-profit organization that oversees a number of sustainable social responsibility projects that are bound by a common thread: the desire to bring help and hope to the vulnerable, broken and impoverished in the North Durban community. The name ‘Indlela’, which means ‘the way’ in isiZulu, reflects our aim of helping vulnerable, broken and impoverished people find the way to a brighter future by addressing their physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
Indreni
IrelandChildren/Education
Indreni is born out of the vision of its founders who have grown up and lived through childhood poverty and without family support directly in Nepal. Indreni children's home is a non-profit organization established by individuals who have come from similar backgrounds and in turn wish to dedicate their lives to helping others. They themselves are a shining example of how children can come through an organization like Indreni and positively effect change in their society. Their example is far reaching and has inspired a group of Individuals across the globe to help them help the children and grow Indreni to help as many children as possible in their quest to improve their society for the good of all.
Infantia
SwitzerlandChildren/Education
Infantia is a Swiss non-profit foundation created in 1999 by Martin Velasco and regulated by the Swiss Law Foundation. Its principal aim is to help improve living conditions and provide necessary education and healthcare for worldwide disadvantaged children. At Infantia Foundation we are committed to providing a better world for children. We firmly believe that education, health and entrepreneurship are three key ingredients for building sustainable development. Improving the lives of children is a good in itself. In today's world, it is also necessary for long term peace.
Infants' Home Ashfield, The
AustraliaChildren/Education
The Infants' Home Child and Family Services (The Infants' Home), from its inception in 1874, has embraced innovation and diversity and has continuously developed and reshaped services to actively engage with community needs. Today over 1000 families each year in Sydney's Inner West access health and early childhood advice and support through The Infants’ Home services, while the early intervention services reach over 400 families each year. We have a wide range of caring and educational services for children from birth – school age and their families. The Infants’ Home continues to build on its strong tradition of working with and for children and is today one of Australia’s leading providers of early childhood education. Additional services have been successfully integrated into the programs bringing together all children regardless of advantage into a truly inclusive service.
Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
United StatesDisability
The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established to provide financial aid and quality of life solutions to: Marines and Sailors as well as members of the Army, Air Force and Coast Guard who have served in support of Marine forces, when they become injured in post 9-11 combat or training, and their families, Help defray the expenses incurred during hospitalization, rehabilitation and recovery, assist with the expenses associated with the purchase of specialized equipment and educate the public about the special needs of our wounded service members and their families.
Inland Waterways Trust
United KingdomCommunity/Family
IWA is a national charity run by volunteers, and has over 17,500 members whose interests include boating, towpath walking, industrial archaeology, nature conservation and many other activities associated with the inland waterways. We advocate the restoration, conservation, good maintenance and sensitive development of the inland waterways of England and Wales, including the structures and buildings of the waterways that are an integral part of the waterway environment. We also encourage the fullest use of the inland waterways for recreation and commerce in so far as that is commensurate with their preservation, the maintenance and improvement of their historic and natural environment and the enjoyment of others. We educate everyone about the use and benefits of the inland waterways by means of publications, practical examples to demonstrate benefits and participative activities.
Inn from the Cold
CanadaCommunity/Family
Inn From the Cold Inc. is a non-profit organization manned by trained volunteers, providing emergency food, clothing and shelter to the homeless since 2004. Inn From the Cold, Newmarket, builds independent futures for homeless individuals and others in need and would see our communities accept, support and embrace the homeless and create an ever-growing support network.
Inner North Community Foundation
AustraliaCommunity/Family
The Inner North Community Foundation is a community foundation with a major focus on breaking down barriers to employment for disadvantaged local people in Melbourne's inner northern communities. Barriers that local people face on a daily basis include intellectual disabilities, living with mental illness, backgrounds of generational unemployment, migrant or refugee status, language barriers, homelessness, and many other issues. While we have assisted hundreds of local people increase their job-readiness, work and life skills, self-esteem, confidence, and industry and support networks, greater access to employment still remains an issue for many more local people in our region. The Inner North Community Foundation funds local charitable organisations running innovative and creative employment related programs for disadvantaged local people. The programs are based across the municipalities of Darebin, Moreland, and Yarra. With your support, we aim to continue helping hundreds more local people to bridge the gap between unemployment and financial and social wellbeing.
InnoAid
DenmarkResearch/Dev
InnoAid is a volounteer, international network, established in January 2008. Through cross-functional expertise and knowledge sharing InnoAid strives to identify, develop, support and implement user-oriented, sustainable solutions where aid is needed. It is further the interest of the network, to explore and develop new means of communicating and facilitating the involvement and participation of the local people from the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). Members are final year students and professionals with various interests and expertise, e.g. engineering, design, marketing, public health, environment, organic food, medicine, finance and economics. We strive to be a pioneer of new innovations for the developing countries, using available knowledge and technologies in new constellations and translating local needs into new and visionary solutions.
Innocence En Danger
FranceChildren/Education
Innocence in Danger operates in 29 countries throughout the world, with partners who share the same objectives. IID thus brings together militants, Internet specialists, jurists, political decision-makers, businessmen, media and national action groups to sensitise world opinion on the increasing problems of paedo-criminality. Innocence in Danger represents an action force to sensitise and catalyse, educate and inform governmental and non-governmental bodies, European and international intergovernmental bodies, business enterprises, and the general public – schools, community associations, the youth.
Innocence in Danger
FranceChildren/Education
Innocence in Danger operates in 29 countries throughout the world, with partners who share the same objectives. IID thus brings together militants, Internet specialists, jurists, political decision-makers, businessmen, media and national action groups to sensitise world opinion on the increasing problems of paedo-criminality. An international, non-profit association created by a group of citizens on 15 April 1999, at the initiative of the UNESCO Director-General, Federico Mayor, and under the presidency of Ms Homayra Sellier, in response to the recommendations of the UNESCO expert meeting convened in January 1999 on Sexual Abuse of Children, Child Pornography and Paedophilia on the Internet, in order to pursue the objectives of the Action Plan adopted by the experts to combat sexual abuse of children.
Innovations for Poverty Action
United StatesResearch/Dev
We design and evaluate programs in real contexts with real people, and provide hands-on assistance to bring successful programs to scale. We have experience working in over 40 countries around the world, and our research spans a variety of fields, including microfinance, education, health, agriculture, charitable giving, political participation, and social capital. We are committed to not just measuring the impact of a program, but also working with organizations to facilitate integration of research results into operations to ensure continuous improvement and the replication of successful ideas.
INSIGHT
United StatesDisability
We are Rhode Island's largest nonprofit provider of programs and services for people of all ages who are blind and visually impaired.Mission:We inspire confidence, build skills, and empower people who are blind and visually impaired to become fully integrated, equally valued members of society by providing diverse services that produce opportunities and choices.
Inspire Foundation
AustraliaCommunity/Family
The Inspire Foundation was established in 1996 in direct response to Australia's then escalating rates of youth suicide. We combine technology with the direct involvement of young people to deliver innovative and practical online programs that prevent youth suicide and improve young people's mental health and wellbeing. Our 2020 vision is to make a global contribution to young people's mental health and wellbeing, with every young Australian knowing, trusting and using Inspire's programs when they need to. To achieve this we are building an Inspire community of young people, professionals, families, donors, teachers and supporters who care deeply for young people and their wellbeing.
Inspire Nottingham
United KingdomDisability
Inspire was set up in 1999 in response to unmet need for people with learning disabilities who were falling through the net of other provision. Even though much has changed there is still a great need for the service provided by Inspire. We provide services and support to enable people with learning disabilities to develop their potential for living full and independent lives.
Institut Curie
FranceHealth/Medical
The Institut Curie is a center of excellence for childhood cancers. The Curie model "from fundamental research to innovative care" based on close teamwork between the Hospital and the Research Center has recently led to major advances in neuro-blastoma, specifically in diagnosis and the consequent matching of management strategy to tumor type. The Institut Curie continues, according to the will of Marie Curie, a mission of treatment and research against cancer. The continuity of research to the care constitutes the originality of the Curie model to support the excellence, the innovation and the quality of patient management. Foundation accredited as a public service body since 1921, the Institut Curie profits from the generosity of the public by donation, legacy and sponsorship.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
United StatesResearch/Dev
IATP works with organizations around the world to analyze how global trade agreements impact domestic farm and food policies. Alongside a global coalition, IATP advocates for fair trade policies that promote strong health standards, labor and human rights, the environment and, most fundamentally, democratic institutions. We are developing alternative economic models that include clean sources of energy such as wind power and biofuel that would spur rural development. We're working with landowners to form cooperatives that promote sustainable forest management. We're advocating for green businesses and farms that reduce toxic runoff into the Great Lakes and Mississippi River.