Alpha-1 Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
The Alpha-1 Foundation is a not-for-profit Florida corporation founded in 1995 by John Walsh, Susan Stanley and Sandy Lindsey, three individuals diagnosed with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AAT Deficiency or Alpha-1). The Foundation has realized continuous growth since its inception and has developed a solid infrastructure to promote research and the development of new therapies for improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with AAT Deficiency. It has fostered collaborations with investigators throughout the United States and Europe, working closely with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), individuals affected with AAT Deficiency, and the pharmaceutical industry to expedite the development of improved therapies, including aerosol delivery for augmentation therapy.
ALS Association
United StatesResearch/Dev
The ALS Association symbolizes the hopes of people everywhere that Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis will one day be a disease of the past – relegated to historical status, studied in medical textbooks, conquered by the dedication of thousands who have worked ceaselessly to understand and eradicate this perplexing killer. As the only not-for-profit voluntary health agency dedicated solely to the fight against ALS, we direct the largest privately-funded research enterprise engaged to uncover the mystery of a disease that affects as many as 30,000 annually. With more than 5,600 people diagnosed each year – an average of 15 new cases each day – our mission is urgent. The search for answers knows no bounds.
ALS Society of Essex County
CanadaAnimals/Wildlife
Our organization focuses on the needs of people living with ALS in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent counties. We help provide information and equipment to meet the many challenges that ALS can present, and we support the research of Dr. Michael Strong and provide Studentship funding every year. We are a volunteer charitable organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for those afflicted with this disease and supporting research to eradicate ALS. Our organization started in 1983, was formalized in 1984 and was incorporated with charitable tax status in 2000.
ALSAC - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
United StatesHealth/Medical
St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. With research and patient care under one roof, St. Jude is where some of today's most gifted researchers are able to do science more quickly. St. Jude researchers are published and cited more often in high impact publications than any other private pediatric oncology research institution in America. St. Jude is a place where many doctors send some of their sickest patients and toughest cases. A place where cutting-edge research and revolutionary discoveries happen every day. We've built America's second-largest health-care charity so the science never stops. All patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family's ability to pay.
Alternate Shelter Society
CanadaCommunity/Family
Established in 1977, the Society provides residential and support services to a population of youth variously described as abused, homeless, at risk, and behaviourally disordered. All youth come to us through the Ministry of Children and Family Development and are between the ages of twelve and eighteen, inclusive. If a youth is sent to us, it means that they have nowhere else to go. The length of their stay is dependant on how long it takes to find them a stable place to live more permanently. We are a last resort for the youth we serve. In many ways we are the safe haven to them that "home" is to most young people. Youth are housed in one of our three resources: Valley House, Murrayville, and Clover House.
Alternative for Rural Movement
IndiaHumanitarian Aid
ARM is a Non Government Development Organisation working for the empowerment & sustainable development of deprived village people of North Orissa with emphasis on backward rural Women, Children and Dalit communities. It has been striving steadfastly to establish an alternative and prosperous rural social order so that all people cutting across the barrier of caste, creed, economic condition and gender can have a decent living without any discrimination and inequality. Thanks to the Lord, by way of conducting multifarious activities ARM has already projected itself as the harbinger of grassroots liberty and empowerment of in Coastal North Orissa during the last two decades. ARM has been accredited for desirable norm by Credibility alliance & Give India, Mumbai.
Alternative Gifts International
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
We offer donors the option to designate charitable gifts through carefully selected agencies in the name of their relatives, friends and associates. Each year AGI develops a global shopping list designed to meet the needs of hungry-sick-homeless people and our endangered planet. In order to send designated gifts overseas and to poverty areas of the United States it is necessary to cooperate with many sending agencies. AGI has chosen nonprofit agencies with excellent reputations and track records to send its gifts to the poor. Over eighty validated nonprofit agencies and their established projects have received grants to benefit their international mission.
Alternative House
United StatesCommunity/Family
Alternative House, founded in 1972, provides support to at-risk children, youth and families through counseling, shelter, crisis intervention and neighborhood outreach. Our programs recognize that families are interdependent and that a crisis or challenge facing one family member affects everyone. We therefore empower children, teens and families to work together and build on their strengths.
Alternative Learning Organization
NetherlandsChildren/Education
The Alternative Learning Organization (ALO) was created in 1999 to provide information on various alternatives to traditional education and schools. It is officially a non-profit educational foundation. Since founded in The Netherlands (Holland), ALO is also known by its Dutch name "Stichting alternatieve leervormen"(SAL). "ALO group" represents five associated websites which evolved from one original website created in 1995, called 'Alternative Learning Exchange'.
Alternatives
CanadaResearch/Dev
We were founded in 1994 by a coalition of non-profits working towards social justice. They came together to innovate, finding new paths to transform the communities in which we live. Alternatives’ programs leverage and reinforce the work of local men and women. Our partnerships facilitate networks of social movements to develop shared solutions to shared problems and to open new avenues for action by ensuring that social progress, respect and justice are at the core of our communities. Alternatives has become a community of communities. More than a charity organization, Alternatives is a movement, a network. A dream, a reality, a space from which social change emerges.
Alterra
NetherlandsEnvironment
Alterra is the research institute for our green living environment. We offer a combination of practical and scientific research in a multitude of disciplines related to the green world around us and the sustainable use of our living environment. Flora and fauna, soil, water, the environment, geo-information and remote sensing, landscape and spatial planning, man and society: just a few of the numerous aspects of our green environment that Alterra focuses on. Alterra is part of the Wageningen University and Research Centre concern (Wageningen UR). Together with our partners we contribute to a high quality and sustainable green living environment. The exchange of expertise and capacity and the match between fundamental and practical research in various projects give us a scientific advantage.
Altru Health System
United StatesHealth/Medical
Altru Health System is a community owned system. Altru Health Foundation is the philanthropic arm that helps make many of Altru's programs, services and technologies possible. Established more than 28 years ago, Altru Health Foundation has raised over $25 million through the support of caring individuals, foundations and organizations. These funds help to sustain the patient care programs and services at Altru Health System that save and improve the lives of thousands of North Dakota and Minnesota residents and visitors every year.
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation
United StatesArts/Culture
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is the umbrella organization that supports the activities of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, The Ailey School, Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs and The Ailey Extension.
ALYN Hospital
IsraelHealth/Medical
ALYN Hospital is Israel's only pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation facility. ALYN treats children with a wide range of congenital and acquired conditions including cerebral palsy, neuromuscular diseases, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, burns, terror and motor vehicle accident victims. ALYN – leading the field of Pediatric Rehabilitation. ALYN Hospital employs a multidisciplinary staff including doctors and para-medical therapists. ALYN Hospital was established in 1932 by Dr. Henry Keller, an American orthopedist who had dedicated himself to voluntary work amongst physically challenged children in Jerusalem.
Alzheimer Association
United StatesHealth/Medical
The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. The Alzheimer's Association, today a multimillion-dollar organization, has been the catalyst and leader for a generation of advancements in Alzheimer research and care. Our organization's achievements and progress in the field have given thousands of people a better quality of life and brought hope for millions more. Our vision is world without Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer Scotland
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s leading specialist dementia charity and works to improve the lives of everyone affected by dementia. We provide information, support and a network of services and support groups from more than 60 sites around Scotland. We also campaign to improve public policies and services for people with dementia and their carers. Our members, who are people with dementia, current and former carers, health and social care workers, plus community groups and organisations interested in dementia, share our aims: to be the national voice of and for people with dementia and their carers, improve public policies, and provide and secure the provision of high quality services.
Alzheimer's Australia
AustraliaCommunity/Family
Alzheimer's Australia is the peak body providing support and advocacy for the 245,400 Australians living with dementia. We invest in dementia research now to promote continuing advances and bring hope for all people with dementia and their families. Alzheimer’s Australia provides practical information and support to family members and carers of people living with dementia. We also support health professionals and care workers by providing a range of services including regular workshops, information sessions and events.
Alzheimer's Foundation of America
United StatesHealth/Medical
The Alzheimer's Foundation of America was founded by a consortium of organizations to fill the gap that existed on a national level to assure quality of care and excellence in service to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses, and to their caregivers and families. AFA unites more than 1,600 member organizations from coast-to-coast that are dedicated to meeting the educational, social, emotional and practical needs of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses, and their caregivers and families.
Alzheimer's Research Trust
United KingdomHealth/Medical
Four members of the public founded the Alzheimer's Research Trust in 1992 as a result of their deep concerns at the lack of funding for Alzheimer's research. Today, the Alzheimer's Research Trust is the UK's leading research charity for dementia. The ART is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees, consisting of up to 10 Directors and overseen by our President, the Countess of Onslow. The Alzheimer's Research Trust's groundbreaking research programme is recognized in its membership of the Association of Medical Research Charities.
Alzheimer's Society
United KingdomHealth/Medical
Many of our 25,000 members have personal experience of dementia, as carers, health professionals or people with dementia themselves, and their experiences help to inform our work. Alzheimer's Society staff and volunteers provide both local information and over 2,000 services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to people affected by dementia in their communities. Our local services include day care and home care for people with dementia, as well as support and befriending services to help partners and families cope with the demands of caring. From Alzheimer's Café's and innovative 'singing for the brain' sessions to memory-book projects and group outings, our services provide both practical support and an essential point of human contact.