Opera Company of Philadelphia
United StatesArts/Culture
Formed in 1975, the Opera Company of Philadelphia has always been and remains committed to delivering outstanding productions of traditional and new repertoire. Through its in-house Production Center, established in 1993, the Opera Company builds new and innovative productions—including 2007's larger-than-life Rigoletto—in its facility located at the Arsenal Business center in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. In addition to creating new productions, the Opera Company of Philadelphia searches all over the world to bring the best of the international opera scene here to Philadelphia. Since the Company’s founding, OCP has a long tradition of identifying and cultivating rising young talent and casting these future stars alongside internationally acclaimed singers. In 1980 the Company began a long-standing relationship with Luciano Pavarotti, establishing the Opera Company of Philadelphia/Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, giving aspiring young singers an opportunity to showcase their talent.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
United StatesArts/Culture
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis was founded in the spring of 1976 by Richard Gaddes, with a small group of opera lovers who were determined to bring festival-quality opera to the St. Louis area. With a budget of $135,000 they presented an 11-performance season of familiar and unconventional operas sung in English by outstanding artists. The company has grown enormously since then, but its dedication to high-quality productions of a varied repertory accompanied by members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra continues to this day. From 1985 through 2008, the company was led by General Director Charles MacKay, along with OTSL's famed, late Artistic Director Colin Graham, and Music Director Stephen Lord. In October 2008, Timothy O'Leary was named General Director following MacKay's departure to lead the Santa Fe Opera, and acclaimed stage director James Robinson was appointed to succeed Colin Graham.
Operating Theatre Company
United KingdomArts/Culture
Operating Theatre Company is one of the UK's leading new writing theatre companies committed to the professional development of writers and directors at all stages of their careers and from all social backgrounds. We constantly seek new ways in which to sharpen skills by providing access to the arts through productions and workshops and by providing all artists the opportunity to play. There are no voices as clear, no ideas as uncensored and no dreams left as intact, as those that are provided by new writing in the theatre.
Operation ASHA
IndiaHealth/Medical
Operation ASHA is a non-government organization (NGO) based out of Delhi, India and Chicago, USA that aims to eradicate tuberculosis worldwide. We treat tuberculosis (TB) amongst more than two million individuals, most of which live in the slum areas of India. With modern medicine, TB is a very treatable disease, unlike so many others. Thus, the number of individuals infected and dying from the disease should be decreasing. Instead, the number of people infected with TB increases every day and every minute a person in India dies of this disease. India is home to more than a quarter of the world’s TB population. We at OpASHA have taken TB treatment to the doorsteps of the underserved and impoverished. By placing treatment centers within the communities where our patients live, the detection rate has increased substantially and the dreaded dropout rate is down by 20-30fold.
Operation Blessing International
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation (OBI) is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) humanitarian organization based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Since 1978, Operation Blessing International has touched the lives of more than 209.3 million people in 105 countries and all 50 states, providing goods and services valued at more than $1.7 billion. Operation Blessing is governed by a national board of directors that includes founder M. G. "Pat" Robertson. Over 98.7% of OBI's spending goes toward humanitarian programs.Operation Blessing International is ranked as one of the top 75 charities in the USA by the NonProfit Times. For every $10 you give, it helps us secure more than $100 of donated food and relief supplies (10 to 1 return on your charitable investment).
Operation Bobbi Bear
South AfricaChildren/Education
The founder of Operation Bobbi Bear, Jackie Branfield, first took action against sexual crimes in 1992. Jackie's challenge was to ensure accurate information was exchanged and clear legal evidence noted without in any way compromising on the care and support for the victim. Operation Bobbi Bear collaborates with and assists the criminal justice system to ensure the rights and safety of the child victim of sexual abuse.
Operation Food Search
United StatesCommunity/Family
Established in 1981 to tackle the growing problem of hunger, Operation Food Search is a St. Louis area food bank that distributes food free of charge to feed the poor and hungry. Each month, Operation Food Search distributes more than 2 million pounds of food and necessities to 265 food pantries, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters in 31 counties of Missouri and Illinois. Operation Food Search feeds approximately 120,000 people every single month - nearly half of these recipients are children. Nutrition education, healthy backpack programs, environmentally-friendly fundraising initiatives, and a 24/7 hunger hotline all help Operation Food Search feed the hungry in the St. Louis bi-state region.
Operation Help Now
United StatesChildren/Education
Operations Help Now, Inc. is a non-profit Corporation Incorporated in Massachusetts. The purpose of this organization is to help people in our communities and around the world. Our goal is to bring awareness of current situations and issues that are not tackled by the media. Our passion is fueled by our strong desire and drive to make a difference in the lives of the individuals we are blessed to work with and support. Our ultimate goal is to empower the youth we work with to then become strong leaders in their communities as a result of a structured living environment backed my an education. OHN works with local communities, OHN college chapters, local churches and similar organizations that have the same desire and willingness to serve the fallen. OHN raises money and seeks sponsorships to help fund community projects, build homes for children and as well as provide the funds for food, lodging and education for children deemed hopeless. We believe that everyone deserves a second chance and in our homes, we aim to give these children just that.
Operation Homefront
United StatesCommunity/Family
Operation Homefront provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors. Operation Homefront leads more than 4,500 volunteers in 30 chapters nationwide and has met more than 105,000 needs of military families. Operation Homefront also hosts the Web community Operation Homefront Online. Through generous, widespread public support and a collaborative team of exceptional staff and volunteers, we aspire to become the provider of choice for emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors. Where there is a need we do not provide, we will partner with others for the benefit of our military families.
Operation HOPE
United StatesCommunity/Family
HOPE is America’s leading provider of economic tools and services. HOPE is an effective facilitator, lender, advocate and educator for and on behalf of the other America. Through a series of public/private partnerships and strategic alliances, HOPE has developed and implemented programs focused on connecting the minority community with mainstream, private sector resources, and empowering under-served communities. HOPE desires to slowly transition out of direct program management, in areas such as lending, replacing the nonprofit with private sector providers. Further, HOPE desires to increase its direct support and involvement with community based non-profit organizations. HOPE brings together, under one organizational umbrella, some of the most talented, experienced and successful individuals that America has to offer, both from the minority and mainstream community. HOPE seeks to create sustainable change within under-served communities by consistently promoting opportunity, self-esteem, self love, optimism and future aspiration.
Operation Hunger
South AfricaCommunity/Family
Operation Hunger came into existence in 1980, as a registered fund-raising organisation, and has a history of concern for the nutritional condition of people in South Africa. Operation Hunger works with local communities to initiate locally specific development programmes designed to create an environment conducive to optimum child growth. The organisation has strengthened its capacity in the areas of water supply, environmental sanitation, health/hygiene education, income generation, small-scale agricultural projects and goal oriented food support to provide much needed assistance to vulnerable communities throughout the country. Operation Hunger has also extended its work to include HIV/AIDS prevention and AIDS home-based care projects as well as TB projects. This is because both diseases have devastating consequences with regard to poverty and malnutrition.
Operation Kindness
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Founded in 1976, Operation Kindness is the oldest and largest no-kill shelter in North Texas. We have saved more than 55,000 animals since our inception. We care for an average of 200-250 animals on a day-to-day basis, with another 60-80 animals in foster homes. More than 2,800 dogs and cats are adopted from Operation Kindness each year. Animals are vaccinated, given worming medication and checked for external parasites. Dogs are tested for heartworms and started on preventive if heartworm negative or treated if heartworm positive. Cats are tested for FeLV and FIV.
Operation Lookout
United StatesChildren/Education
In its national and international capacity, Operation Lookout® offers services and assistance without discrimination as to race, nationality, gender, religious beliefs or economic class. Operation Lookout® is committed to locating missing children who disappeared prior to their eighteenth birthday through active casework investigation, 24/7 Helpline assistance, and to assist law enforcement agencies and prevent child abduction through education and public awareness. Regardless of the duration of the search process for a missing child, Operation Lookout® is dedicated to providing practical help, technical support, and advocacy to the victim families or legal guardians of missing children, through the support of generous contributions of concerned citizens and businesses.
Operation Rainbow
CanadaHealth/Medical
Operation Rainbow is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to performing free orthopedic surgery for indigent children and young adults in developing countries worldwide who do not have access to related medical procedures or equipment. Operation Rainbow also provides continuing education to international health care providers to encourage medical self-sufficiency. The impact of Operation Rainbow’s work is undeniable – over the past three decades, we’ve provided more than 10,000 children with an estimated $60M in medical care for just under $4M!
Operation Stars & Stripes
United StatesCommunity/Family
The organization was founded in May, 2001 in memory of Vietnam War hero, Major George Thompson. To date, over 100,000 packages have been sent to our deployed troops. We are an all volunteer not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting America's military and their families at home and abroad. Our organization operates solely by donated items and monies, as well as funds collected by fundraisers we conduct. All proceeds go directly to support our brave heroes who sacrifice their lives, so that we may live freely. We seek to accomplish our mission by providing troops with requested letters and/or packages for the duration of their deployment. We also provide support for platoons, companies, and units upon request.
Operation USA
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Operation USA is an international relief agency that helps communities at home and abroad overcome the effects of disasters, disease and endemic poverty by providing privately-funded relief, reconstruction and development aid. Working with grass-roots partners on the ground, Operation USA provides material and financial assistance necessary in the face of a disaster, as well as to combat the effects of systemic poverty. Dedicated to rebuilding with commitment and listening to communities’ voices to determine the best way to assist them, Operation USA stays in the field long after many others leave. Long-term projects are supported that promote education and health services, sustainable development, leadership building, income generating activities and advocacy on behalf of vulnerable people worldwide.
Operation Wallacea Trust
United KingdomEnvironment
The Trust is a UK registered charity (Charity number 1078362) which is entirely independent of Operation Wallacea and is chaired by the Rt. Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP. The Trustees are senior biodiversity and conservation management academics (Professor Aubrey Manning, Professor Ian Swingland, Dr Martin Speight) and the business sector (Dr Ben Vivian, Martin Suthers and Simon Notley). The Operation Wallacea Trust activities are all funded by project specific grants rather than from a general pot. Grant proposals are submitted for specific projects and 100% of the grant awarded goes to the project.
Opportunities for the Disabled
CanadaDisability
Established in 1996, Opportunities for the Disabled or O.F.T.D. is a Canadian based registered charitable non-profit organization. We believe it is our social, ethical, and moral responsibility to assist our elderly, veterans, and all physically challenged individuals in our local communities. We offer in conjunction with our public awareness program our recycling programs of special needs medical and computer equipment, and the distribution of our disability resource guides. Our community supported programs address the critical issues of mobility, and the special needs that physically challenged individuals have, needs that are sometimes not readily available.
Opportunity International
United KingdomMicrofinance
We empower people in developing countries with microfinance - small loans, savings, micro insurance - and training so that they can unlock their own potential and better provide for themselves and their families. Opportunity is serving over 1.8 million clients around the world. 85% of our clients are women.
Opportunity International
United StatesMicrofinance
Opportunity International provides small business loans, savings, insurance and training to more than 2.5 million people working their way out of poverty in the developing world. Clients in over 20 countries use these financial services to start or expand a business, provide for their families, create jobs for their neighbors and build a safety net for the future. Opportunity International was founded in 1971 by two visionary leaders who were inspired to take action by their experiences with people living in extreme poverty. Our motivation is to respond to Jesus Christ’s call to love and serve the poor.