Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
United StatesResearch/Dev
OCRF was founded in December 1994 by Sol Schreiber to honor the memory of his wife Ann, a distinguished public administrator, and her courageous five-year battle with ovarian cancer. Today, thanks to the ongoing commitment of these industries and the support of countless individuals, OCRF is one of the leading independent agencies dedicated to advancing ovarian cancer research in the United States. Since 1998, OCRF has awarded 59 leading medical centers 147 grants for ovarian cancer research: an investment totaling more than $33 million.
Overlook Hospital Foundation
United StatesCommunity/Family
Overlook Hospital Foundation raises funds for state-of-the-art equipment, facilities and programs that help Overlook Hospital remain a leading provider of medical care. Contributions to Overlook remain “at home” to serve the needs of the greater Summit-area communities. Our aim is to raise funds to transform cancer care by constructing a 26,400-square-foot cancer center to consolidate cancer diagnosis, treatment, specialists, and services in one location, and to focus on women's health with a new maternal-fetal center and a new breast health. We want to install PatientVision touch-screen computers at every bedside so patients have medical information to assist them in decisions about their care; have full access to the Internet, television, music, on-demand movies, and games; view lab results and images with their doctors and order services and meals. The installation of computers at every bedside is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States.
Overtown Youth Center
United StatesCommunity/Family
The Overtown Youth Center was the vision of local real estate developer Martin Z. Margulies. He built the Overtown Youth Center with the support of Alonzo Mourning in hopes of creating a safe haven for the children in Overtown. Opening in early 2003, the Overtown Youth Center (OYC) is a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Miami's inner city. The Center co-locates academic and recreational activities in a safe environment, working with children, families, and schools from grade 2 to graduation. We offer in-school, after-school, weekend, and summer programs that include academic enhancement, physical fitness, health care and nutrition, creative arts, prevention, character-building, and family-oriented activities, including parent orientation.
Oxfam
United KingdomHumanitarian Aid
Oxfam GB is a leading international NGO with a worldwide reputation for excellence in the delivery of aid and development work. Our purpose is to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Oxfam GB is a member of Oxfam International. Oxfam is famous for helping people in crisis. Our teams are saving lives around the world, right now. Through decades of experience, Oxfam has come to focus on a number of core issues that are vital in helping poor people to lift themselves out of poverty. It’s a basic question, but a good one. Why does Oxfam bother? Why put so much energy into saving lives, campaigning for change, and developing projects to give people more control over their future? The answer is basic too. Belief – belief that in a wealthy world poverty is unjustifiable, and can be prevented. Belief that injustice must be challenged. And belief that with the right help, poor people themselves can change their lives for the better, for good.
Oxfam America
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Together with individuals and local groups in more than 100 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. We are an affiliate of Oxfam International. Our vision: A just world without poverty. Oxfam America is a member of Oxfam International, a confederation of 13 organizations working together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice.
Oxfam International
United KingdomHumanitarian Aid
Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives.
Oxfam Ireland
IrelandHumanitarian Aid
Oxfam Ireland works with people around the world to end the injustice of poverty. We are an independent and secular not-for-profit organisation. Oxfam Ireland is a member of Oxfam International, a confederation of thirteen independent members. The members work together to achieve greater impact by their collective efforts. Oxfam believes that all human beings have the right to a home, enough to eat, clean water, a way to make a living, education, healthcare, freedom from violence, a voice, and an identity. Oxfam is many different things. It's the organisation which helps poor people to build a better future for themselves. It's the relief agency which brings help when disaster strikes. And Oxfam is the campaigner for a fairer world.
Oxfam New Zealand
New ZealandResearch/Dev
Oxfam exists for a very simple reason – because poverty and injustice are unacceptable. Oxfam New Zealand is part of a global organisation that has been dedicated to working with poor communities for over 60 years. We believe in the power of people to change the world. Together we can address the root causes of inequality and injustice and help people lift themselves out of poverty. Oxfam New Zealand’s work is made possible by a network of people committed to Oxfam’s vision, including supporters, volunteers, interns, staff, Board of Trustees and overseas partners.
Oxfam Novib
NetherlandsHuman Rights
Poor people can't build independent livelihoods when their rights are not respected. That is why we support them to stand up for their rights. We believe that people must have access to indispensable resources like land and water, and that unfair trade rules must abolished. Everybody has the right to quality education and healthcare. The spread of HIV and AIDS must be halted.
Oz Child
AustraliaChildren/Education
We work to make the lives of children who are disadvantaged better in terms of both their current wellbeing and their future life opportunities. While we work with some of the most socially and psychologically damaged children in our society, we also work with children who are disadvantaged in other ways - children with learning and language difficulties, children with a disability, children with mental health issues or young people whose future job prospects are very limited. We are also aware that children face new forms of disadvantage such as childhood obesity and cyber bullying that are emerging as a consequence of changes to the way we live in contemporary society and we are aware we need to be working towards minimising their impact. To meet these various needs, we work in most of the contexts that shape children's lives -the home, the school environment and in the community.
OzHarvest
AustraliaCommunity/Family
OzHarvest is a non-denominational charity that rescues excess food which would otherwise be discarded. This excess food is distributed to charities supporting the vulnerable in Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle and Adelaide. OzHarvest was founded in Sydney, November 2004. We began with one van and delivered 4,000 meals in our first month of operations. Currently in Sydney OzHarvest delivers 150,000 meals per month with a fleet of 7 vans. OzHarvest believes that good food should not go to waste. In fact, by distributing it to those in need, we turn excess food into a resource and save thousands of kilograms of food from being dumped as landfill each year.
P.C.I.F.
IndiaHealth/Medical
The P.C.I.F. is a non-governmental charitable organization started by R.Gopalakrishnan at Mumbai in 1982. Gopal conceived the idea of an agency to address the needs of patients requiring hospitalization, after an agonizing experience with a family member’s treatment, and shared it with all his friends and well wishers. PCIF has now grown into a full-fledged charitable organization and helped thousands of people from both India and abroad.
Pace University
United StatesChildren/Education
For more than 100 years, Pace University has been preparing students to become leaders in their fields by providing an education that combines exceptional academics with professional experience and the New York advantage. Pace has three campuses, in New York City, Westchester, and White Plains. A private metropolitan university, Pace enrolls approximately 13,500 students in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lienhard School of Nursing, Lubin School of Business, School of Education, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and School of Law. The future of Pace University will be shaped by its traditions and values as they respond to the current needs and expectations of today's students.
Pacific Centre Family Services Association
CanadaCommunity/Family
Pacific Centre Family Services Association is dedicated to maintaining outstanding services for the people we work with through education, counselling and creative programming. Professionally trained counselling staff includes social workers, counsellors and child, youth and family care workers. Pacific Centre Family Services' child and family programs are accredited through the Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
Pacific Justice Institute
United StatesHuman Rights
Pacific Justice Institute is a non-profit legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties. Pacific Justice Institute works diligently, without charge, to provide their clients with all the legal support they need. Through our dedicated attorneys and supporters, we defend the rights of countless individuals, families and churches. Pacific Justice Institute is providing an important service to the people of our country by defending our constitutional right to freedom of religious expression. The institute fills a critical need on the West Coast for those whose civil liberties are threatened.
Pacific Legal Foundation
United StatesHuman Rights
Established March 5, 1973, Pacific Legal Foundation is the oldest and most successful public interest legal organization that fights for limited government, property rights, individual rights and a balanced approach to environmental protection. Pacific Legal Foundation is devoted to a vision of individual freedom, responsible government, and color-blind justice. Like America's founders, we believe the blessings of liberty are beyond measure. And like them, we believe each generation must defend those blessings against government encroachment. Every day, PLF attorneys litigate to build a future of economic freedom and equal opportunity. PLF's litigation focuses on three major projects: to defend the fundamental human right of private property; to promote sensible environmental policies that respect individual freedom and put people first; and to create a nation in which people are judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. In addition, PLF's Economic Liberty and Free Enterprise Projects are devoted to protecting the right to earn a living, and protect businesses against unfair burdens.
Pacific Northwest Ballet
United StatesArts/Culture
Pacific Northwest Ballet, one of the largest and most highly regarded ballet companies in the United States, was founded in 1972. In July 2005, Peter Boal became artistic director, succeeding Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, artistic directors since 1977. The Company of nearly fifty dancers presents more than 100 performances each year of full-length and mixed repertory ballets at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle and on tour. The Company has toured to Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, and throughout the United States, with celebrated appearances at Jacob's Pillow and in New York City and Washington DC. Pacific Northwest Ballet's Community Education Programs invites the community to see, learn, and engage in dance. PNB reaches students and teachers of all backgrounds and experience levels through in-school programming, visits to PNB studios, and specially-priced matinees. PNB also offers unique audience education opportunities for adults wishing to expand their theater experiences.
Pacific Parklands Foundation
CanadaCommunity/Family
We are an open, responsive, independent organization with the highest level of integrity and accountability serving as a champion and a catalyst for regional parks and their community. We are inspired by our belief in the role parks and natural spaces play in the quality of community life. Pacific Parklands Foundation is a public foundation doing something unique in all of Canada. We are working right here in our own communities to fill the gap between government funding and the pressing demands on our urban parks.
Pacific Research Institute
United StatesResearch/Dev
Since its founding in 1979, PRI has remained steadfast to the vision of a free and civil society where individuals can achieve their full potential. Put simply, public policy is too important to be left just to the experts. Individuals are the real decision makers when it comes to their schools, health care, and environment. PRI reinforces this ideal by providing you with the information, inspiration, and opportunity to make decisions about the daily issues that matter most to you. The Institute’s activities include publications, events, media commentary, legislative testimony, and community outreach. Worthy policy goals with such broad impact are not easily attained, and they require sustained effort and struggle. Together with its alliance of dedicated supporters, PRI is committed to leading the way toward a more free and prosperous future for all. The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy promotes the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility. The Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government.
Pacific Symphony
United StatesArts/Culture
Pacific Symphony, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2008-09, is the largest orchestra formed in the United States in the last 40 years. Recognized as an outstanding ensemble making strides on both the national and international scene as well as in its own burgeoning cultural community of Orange County, Calif., the orchestra launches a significant and celebratory season in 2009-2010. In addition to classical music, Principal Pops Conductor Richard Kaufman leads a spectacular Pops season, starring some of the world's leading entertainers and enhanced by a state-of-the-art high-definition video and sound system. Each season also includes a three-concert chamber music series and "Classical Connections," which offers an intimate exploration of selected works hosted by St.Clair. The Symphony has played a central role in the phenomenal growth of the performing arts in Orange County.