International Planned Parenthood Federation
United StatesHealth/Medical
We are a network of 40 sexual and reproductive health organizations across North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Our Member Associations provide 19.4 million services each year. These range from sexuality education, contraceptive services, and prenatal care to HIV testing, abortion-related care, and screening for gender-based violence. We also act as advocates for sexual and reproductive rights at the local and international levels. Our clients are women, men, and adolescents from diverse economic, cultural, and geographic backgrounds. Our work is grounded in the belief health care is a basic human right.
International Red Cross Federation
SwitzerlandHumanitarian Aid
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. Founded in 1919, the International Federation comprises 186 member Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, a Secretariat in Geneva and more than 60 delegations strategically located to support activities around the world. There are more societies in formation. The Red Crescent is used in place of the Red Cross in many Islamic countries. The Federation's vision: We strive, through voluntary action, for a world of empowered communities, better able to address human suffering and crises with hope, respect for dignity and a concern for equity.
International Relief & Development
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
We accomplish our mission by running targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs that improve the lives of these vulnerable groups. We work in regions of the world that present social, political, and technical challenges, and particularly specialize in helping communities going through and coming out of conflict and war to recover and improve. As a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization, we collaborate with a wide range of organizations to design and implement humanitarian relief and development aid programs.
International Relief Teams
United StatesHealth/Medical
International Relief Teams is a nonprofit, international relief organization dedicated to organizing volunteer teams to provide medical and non-medical assistance to the victims of disaster and profound poverty worldwide. International Relief Teams (IRT) promotes confidence and self-sufficiency by "training the trainers", while establishing a solid foundation upon which health care can be dramatically improved in emerging nations.
International Rescue Committee
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
We are the International Rescue Committee - a critical global network of first responders, humanitarian relief workers, healthcare providers, educators, community leaders, activists, and volunteers. Working together, we provide access to safety, sanctuary, and sustainable change for millions of people whose lives have been shattered by violence and oppression.
International Rescue Committee - IRC
United KingdomHumanitarian Aid
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a leading international relief and development organisation working with people and communities affected by conflict around the world. Working in 42 countries worldwide we save lives, relieve suffering and rebuild communities, protecting rights and creating new opportunities. When an emergency arises, the IRC arrives on the scene within 72 hours with urgently needed supplies and expertise that protect people caught in the midst of chaos. We commit to stay as long as we are needed, helping survivors to heal, recover and rebuild their communities to be stronger, more stable and more democratic. Building local capacity and self-sufficiency and promoting human rights, participation and accountability are at the core of all of our innovative programs.
International Rhino Foundation
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
During the late 1980s, Zimbabwe's black rhino populations were decreasing at an alarming rate due to intense, organized poaching. In 1989, a group of concerned individuals and institutions founded the Black Rhino Foundation to assist in the conservation of black rhinos in Zimbabwe both through efforts in the wild and in zoos. In part, because of the International Black Rhino Foundation's support, poaching was virtually eliminated and black rhino populations began to stabilize. In most areas throughout the species' range, black rhino populations now are increasing.
International Society for Human Rigths
GermanyHuman Rights
The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) and its national branches are independent non-governmental human rights organisations (NGOs) which base their work on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the United Nations on 10 December 1948. The ISHR seeks to promote international understanding and tolerance in all areas of culture and society. It is a non-profit organisation, independent of all political parties, governments or religious groups. It acts according to the philosophy that the realisation of human rights and the improvement of social conditions cannot be pursued by use of force. ISHR was founded in order to support individuals who share this principle and, consequently, claim their rights in a non-violent manner.
International Tree Foundation - ITF
United KingdomEnvironment
The International Tree Foundation has been protecting and planting trees for over 80 years. We support projects that achieve the twin goals of improving lives and healing the planet. The projects we support primarily involve planting trees that provide food and income for local people; in many cases this simultaneously addresses environmental issues such as habitat restoration. There are often also fundamental rights issues involved such as access to ancestral land. In the UK we focus on tree planting where there is an environmental need, often working with schools. The International Tree Foundation (ITF) is a UK registered non-governmental organisation (NGO), it is one of the oldest established forestry organisations in the UK, having originally been set up in 1924. Our Patron is His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
International Voluntary Service
United KingdomResearch/Dev
IVS GB is a peace organisation working for the sustainable development of local and global communities throughout the world. We are the leading charity involving volunteers in international exchanges (international voluntary projects). IVS GB is the British branch of Service Civil International (SCI), a world wide network of like minded branches and partner organisations supporting the mutual exchange of volunteers to work on projects of direct benefit to local communities.
International Women's Development Agency
AustraliaWomen
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) is an Australian non-profit organisation that creates positive change for women and their communities. Our practical and rights-based projects directly address poverty and oppression in developing countries. For 25 years, IWDA has worked with more than 100 grassroots organisations in the developing world, to support and advance the life choices and well being of women and their families. IWDA undertakes projects in partnership with women from the Asia Pacific region. These projects are devised and managed by women who live and work in the communities themselves, which fosters practical and innovative responses to the issues womens view as most critical.
International Women's Health Coalition
United StatesWomen
The International Women's Health Coalition is making every woman's right to a just and healthy life a global reality. IWHC shapes international policies and budgets and builds local capacity for women's health and human rights. We leverage our work in these two very different but critically linked worlds to change thinking, redirect funding and motivate action by people and institutions that can secure rights and health for women and girls. This requires a strategy in which we empower local organizations, mobilize women and young people to act, inform powerbrokers and advocate for women in nations' capitals and the UN.
International Youth Foundation
United StatesChildren/Education
The International Youth Foundation (IYF) invests in the extraordinary potential of young people. Founded in 1990, IYF builds and maintain a worldwide community of business, governments, and civil society organizations committed to empowering youth to be healthy, productive, and engaged citizens. IYF programs are catalysts of change that help young people obtain a quality education, gain employability skills, make healthy choices, and improve their communities.
Interplast Australia & New Zealand
AustraliaHealth/Medical
Founded in 1983 as a joint project of the Royal Australiasian College of Surgeons and Rotary District 9800, Interplast Australia & New Zealand is a charity that sends teams of fully qualified surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied therapists to developing countries in the Asia Pacific Region to provide free surgical treatment and medical training. Interplast volunteers provide free treatment to people living with a disability from a congenital condition such as cleft lip and palate, or an acquired condition such as burn scar contractures. Treatment is targeted to the indigent population who would otherwise not be able to afford to access services. Interplast assists with developing local capacity to provide surgery and ancillary services by providing training and mentoring programs for medical and allied health professionals. All Interplast programs are training programs — leaving a legacy long after the team has gone.
INTERTEAM
SwitzerlandResearch/Dev
INTERTEAM is an organization of the Swiss Personnel Development Co-operation, placing and supporting experts on three-year missions to Africa and Latin America. About 70 INTERTEAM experts offer their experience and commitment on service assignments to the people in the South, being committed to dignified living conditions and reducing poverty in the fields of nutrition, health and education. Donations in favour of INTERTEAM experts are fully used for their commitment to the South. INTERTEAM service assignments are always a mutual learning process. INTERTEAM experts also create awareness in Switzerland about the concerns of people living in the South. INTERTEAM has been committed to justice, peace and the conservation of creation since 1964.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
United StatesChildren/Education
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is an evangelical campus mission working with more than 32,000 students and faculty on approximately 550 college and university campuses. InterVarsity groups meet on campus to study the Bible, worship, develop leadership skills, reach out to other students and faculty, and serve the campus and the world and continues its mission beyond the campus with programs and resources for students, faculty and others.
INTERVITA
ItalyResearch/Dev
The Association Intervita Onlus is a non-confessional, non-political, independent Non-Governmental Organisation cooperating for development. Founded in Milan in 1999, we work in the countries of the world’s south, collaborating with local partners to improve the living conditions of the populations of the poorest areas. Intervita Onlus specialises in integrated development projects. We choose to intervene in areas with high poverty indexes by working in various sectors at the same time: health, education, food safety, production, rights for women and children, environmental sustainability and community participation. We can lay solid bases for a real, lasting community development. With a team of professionals specialised in various different sectors, Intervita was able to take action whenever natural disasters strike the countries with which we are involved. We make our experience available in first aid and reconstruction works, as we did, for example, during the tsunami that destroyed the eastern coast of India in December 2004, or cyclone Nargis in Myanmar in May 2008.
INTRA
IsraelDisability
The center is located in an idyllic setting on the Mediterranean coastline in the village of Neurim, North of Tel Aviv. We welcome anyone both from Israel and abroad who can benefit from horseback riding including mentally and physically challenged adults, children, survivors of terror attacks, injured soldiers, their families and friends. Students receive individualized, hands-on training from a team of dedicated and highly skilled staff. Within weeks of starting INTRA’s sessions, most riders show dramatic improvement in their ability to face the challenges of their disability. INTRA has successfully integrated into Israeli communal life. Its therapy is generally recognized as a special holistic therapeutic force now used by many health professionals, practitioners, psychologists and medical institutions. The program has the support of the Ministry, the Ministry of Education and Sport, the Animal Society Tel Aviv University the Equestrian Federation, the Sports for the Disabled and other local institutions.
IntraHealth International
United StatesHealth/Medical
Dedicated to strengthening health workers and the systems that support them, IntraHealth International has served the public health needs of developing countries for 30 years. We bring about positive change by harnessing the potential of technology, valuing the power of partnership, and maintaining a sharp focus on the health worker. Founded in 1979 as the Intrah program at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, IntraHealth incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization in 2003. We have worked in more than 91 countries throughout our history, and currently have programs in over 30 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Eurasia.
Intrepid Foundation
United StatesArts/Culture
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is one of America's leading historic, cultural and educational institutions. Opened in 1982, the Museum has welcomed more than 10 million visitors. The Museum is centered on the aircraft carrier Intrepid (CVS-11), one of the most successful ships in US history, and now a national historic landmark and one of the most unique attractions in New York City. The Museum features a range of interactive exhibits and events providing a snapshot of heroism, education, and excitement. Since 1982, the Intrepid has become a national icon. More than 750,000 people visit each year.