Mercer Street Friends
United StatesCommunity/Family
We develop and deliver services of the highest quality to meet the diverse needs of individuals and families in our community, based on our commitment to excellence which is fundamental to all services and is reflected in staff performance, program integrity and positive results. We operate on principles of sound business, to purposefully and methodically increase resources to fulfill our mission, to create employment and career opportunities under a system of fair compensation, and to be fully accountable to donors, funders, contractors and those we serve.
Mercersburg Academy
United StatesChildren/Education
At Mercersburg Academy, learning is rich, purposeful, and life changing. An independent college-preparatory school in south-central Pennsylvania, the Academy offers a rigorous academic program to 440 boarding and day students from 22 nations. In small classes, students and faculty work eye to eye and mind to mind, as they deepen their understanding of their subjects–and of themselves. Outside the classroom, students immerse themselves in theater, sports, music, competitions, and camaraderie.
Mercia MS Therapy Centre
United KingdomHealth/Medical
We are an independent local charity providing therapies for people with multiple sclerosis, those recovering from stroke, children with cerebral palsy and autism and many more. Everyone is welcome at our centre. Much can be done to relieve and improve symptoms for these and many other conditions. The atmosphere at the centre helps to break down the feelings of isolation and helplessness often associated with this illness.
Mercury Phoenix Trust
United KingdomResearch/Dev
Freddie Mercury died of AIDS related causes in London on 24th November 1991. Immediately the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach their manager took the decision to raise money and awareness about AIDS in his memory. Together they organised the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness. The Mercury Phoenix Trust was founded to distribute the monies raised from this concert and it has continued to be engaged in numerous other fundraising activities. Since 1992 the Mercury Phoenix Trust has been responsible for donating more than $15 million in the fight against AIDS making over 750 grants to charities worldwide. At present the principle object of the Trust's work is being concentrated in the field of HIV/AIDS awareness and education in the developing world which we do through funding registered charities.
Mercy Corps
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Mercy Corps is a team of 3700 professionals helping turn crisis into opportunity for millions around the world. By trade, we are engineers, financial analysts, drivers, community organizers, project managers, public health experts, administrators, social entrepreneurs and logisticians. In spirit, we are activists, optimists, innovators and proud partners of the people we serve.
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls
United StatesCommunity/Family
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls is a long-term residential home for troubled and hurting young men and women, ages 11 to 21. Our fourteen different homes offer each child the structure or independence to work through their problems and to achieve success. At Mercy Home, we heal our children by giving them a safe home and helping them to realize their full potential. We give our children round-the-clock care and support, therapy, tutoring and mentoring. Through our support and love, we spark our children's dreams and turn them into realities. Currently, there are more than 130 young men and women in our care on two campuses in Chicago.
Mercy Housing
United StatesCommunity/Family
In 1981, the Sisters of Mercy of Omaha found that a lack of adequate housing was the root cause of many of the health and education problems they saw in their community. With an initial investment of $500,000, they founded Mercy Housing, Inc., a non-profit, public-benefit corporation in Nebraska. Today, Mercy Housing is a national organization that acquires and develops program-enriched housing for a variety of low-income populations, including families, seniors and people with special needs.
Mercy In Action
United KingdomResearch/Dev
Since 1995, the UK charity Mercy in Action (MiA) has been transforming the lives of some of the world's poorest of poor; in particular, our projects in the Philippines providing vital housing, medicine, food and schooling. In addition to supporting its field-based Project Teams, MiA understands the crucial importance of working closely with locally based agencies and professionals and is constantly expanding these valuable partnerships.
Mercy Medical Airlift
United StatesCommunity/Family
Mercy Medical Airlift (MMA) provides charitable medical air transportation for those in great need. We ensure that no needy patient is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment for lack of a means of long-distance medical air transportation; we also ensure the provision of urgent transportation in situations of compelling human need and homeland security emergencies.
Mercy Ships
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Around the world today, billions of people live in fear and desperation, with impure water, inadequate food, and little or no access to health care. Behind every statistic is a person waiting for hope and healing. Utilizing hospital ships, Mercy Ships delivers medical excellence with integrity and compassion to the world's forgotten poor by mobilizing people and resources worldwide. Mercy Ships serves all people without regard for race, gender, or religion. Mercy Ships, a global charity, has operated a fleet of hospital ships in developing nations since 1978. Following the 2000-year-old example of Jesus, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the poor, mobilizing people and resources worldwide.
Mercy Ships
United KingdomHealth/Medical
Imagine a ship crewed by doctors, nurses, water engineers and agriculturalists visiting some of the world’s poorest countries. Now imagine their life-changing services offered free of charge… Right now dedicated volunteers from around the world are bringing hope and healing to thousands of people who could never have believed it possible. Around the world, billions of people live in fear and desperation, with impure water, inadequate food, and little or no access to health care. Behind every statistic is a story, a life, a person waiting for hope and healing. For those whose lives come in contact with Mercy Ships, they never forget the day everything changed.
Mercy Ships
New ZealandHealth/Medical
In 1978, a team led by Don and Deyon Stephens began the process of finding a suitable vessel to fulfill their dream of a hospital ship that would reach out to the world's poorest people. Since then, various ships in the Mercy Ships fleet have served in more than 150 ports in developing nations around the world, bringing lasting change to hundred of thousands of lives. Mercy Ships provides transformational health care, relief aid, community development and sustainable change in developing nations to meet the immediate as well as the long-term needs of the poor.
Mercy Touch Mission International
CanadaResearch/Dev
Mercy Touch Mission International is a global Christian organization working in partnership with churches, Christian organizations and individuals to provide spiritual and physical help to the needy. The organization recruits, trains and sends missionaries and volunteers in areas of need for the purpose of promoting the Gospel of the Lord Jesus worldwide.
MERDS
IndiaAnimals/Wildlife
MERDS is a Non-Profit voluntary service organization working for the development of rural people and children in Tamil Nadu, India for more than a decade. The Organization is committed To Improve the Socio – Economic Development of the down – trodden masses of Natham, Sanarpatty, Dindigul Taluks of Dindigul District and other parts of Tamil Nadu State, South India.
Merit School of Music
United StatesArts/Culture
Merit School of Music is a non-profit organization founded in 1979. For over 30 years we have been providing high quality music education to Chicago children of all ages and all levels of musical ability. We are devoted to giving children - especially those living in economically disadvantaged communities - the opportunity to grow through music. We provide substantial financial support through program subsidies, need-based tuition relief, low-cost instrument rental, and music supplies, so that motivated students can participate in every program regardless of their economic circumstance.
Merlin
United KingdomHealth/Medical
In early 1993, three young friends - a doctor, a manager and a logistician - decided to create a specialist British charity to send medical teams into disaster zones. Dr Christopher Besse, Nicholas Mellor and Mark Dalton wanted to harness the energy and goodwill of doctors, nurses and other professionals, and enable them to work overseas to care for the sick, prevent disease and help develop local health services. To date, Merlin has worked in 39 countries and responded to some of the most serious humanitarian emergencies of recent history. These include the Rwandan genocide, Hurricane Mitch, the 2003 Iraq War, the tsunami, Darfur, and the Myanmar cyclone. We are one of the world’s leading medical aid agencies, with ambitions to expand our capacity for emergency response.
Merlin USA
United StatesHealth/Medical
Merlin is a medical NGO working to save lives in countries devastated by conflict, disease and disaster. We deliver vital medical aid and lasting health care, wherever it’s needed most. Merlin specializes in health, saving lives in times of crisis and helping to rebuild shattered health services. Merlin works within existing health systems to realize everyone’s right to accessible, appropriate, affordable health care.
Metro Mothers Network
CanadaWomen
The Metro Mothers Network is a volunteer not-for-profit charitable organization which evolved from the YWCA Take-a-Break program. We offer 4 types of programs to provide an opportunity for mothers to meet in a supportive group setting: women with small children (MumNet), women with older children (MumVet),evening aerobics classes (NetFit), and, new for this fall, MumExec for working mums.
Metropolitan Family Services
United StatesCommunity/Family
For more than 150 years Metropolitan Family Services has been a voice for families. With compassionate counsel and services for families struggling to overcome incredible challenges, Metropolitan makes a difference in their lives and provides hope for their future. From early childhood programs to elder care services, every family member is encouraged to work together to realize their amazing strength. They serve close to 55,000 families and individuals receive counseling and other supportive services that build on their strengths and capabilities. Hundreds of thousands more benefit from Metropolitan's public policy and advocacy efforts.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
United StatesArts/Culture
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) was founded in 1870, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in New York City a Museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction. The Met has since become the preeminent cultural institution in the Western Hemisphere, serving a public that extends far beyond New York City to all the United States and the world. As New York's premier tourist attraction, with nearly 4.6 million annual out of town visitors, the Museum serves all ages, from pre-school to senior citizens, and maintains a broad range of community and educational programs.