Sharklife Conservation Group
South AfricaAnimals/Wildlife
As a registered non-profit organisation, Sharklife addresses the alarming exploitation of both shark populations and ocean fisheries in South African waters. We actively engage the urgent need for research and protection of many marine species. We develop a compassionate desire to conserve sharks by altering public misconceptions about sharks and replacing the "Jaws" syndrome with positive understanding and respect. We Reduce anthropogenic threats to over exploited marine species by increasing awareness and encouraging sustainable seafood choices.
Sharks Foundation
United StatesCommunity/Family
The San Jose Sharks are as deeply involved with the neighborhood we live in as we are with the game that we play. As role models, we feel responsible to give back to the community that so strongly supports us. To this end, the Sharks Foundation was created in 1994 in an effort to increase our organizational impact on Santa Clara County. With the help of Sharks players, coaches and staff, the Sharks Foundation invests in the community with the hope of enhancing the lives of our youth. The Sharks Foundation supplies emergency aid when appropriate, executes unique and relevant programming, supports the advancement of youth hockey and provides financial support and resources to organizations that enrich the lives of those in need.
Shaw Trust
United KingdomDisability
Shaw Trust is the UK’s largest third sector provider of employment services for disabled and disadvantaged people. We work in partnership with public sector organisations to develop and deliver effective social care services which empower people to live more independent lives. We provide a range of diversity management services for business including recruitment, help to retain valued staff, ensuring websites are accessible to all and much more. We work with over 75,000 clients, around 6,500 employers and many public sector organisations every year. During our 25+ years as a registered charity, we have supported almost 370,000 people to change their lives through work and greater independence. Shaw Trust offers practical, tailored solutions for all employers, from small family firms, to large corporates, the public sector, the third sector and insurers. Shaw Trust started in the village of Shaw in Wiltshire. It was set up originally by five local people to help a small group of individuals achieve their employment aims. All were disabled, but each one had valuable skills and abilities.
Shedd Aquarium
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
We engage and inspire, entertain and inform. We are a vital teaching and learning resource, conservation leader, neighborhood partner and global collaborator. We are passionate about our animals, their habitats and the planet we share. We’re cool teachers, creating experiences in which learning is fun. We’re dedicated stewards, caring for animals, people and the living world. We’re great managers, running a model organization. And it goes deeper, to the fundamental ways in which we act towards our guests and each other: Teach and learn something every day. Create an environment of fun. Be a connection to the collection. Be courageously creative. Be passionate.
Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust is an independent, registered charity that raises, manages and distributes funds to support better healthcare for the people of Sheffield and the wider region. Every year, we raise and distribute over 2 million pounds, making a real and positive difference to the lives of NHS patients and staff.
Shelby Humane Society
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Shelby Humane Society cares for homeless, abused and neglected animals from Shelby County, Alabama. Each year, approximately 7,000 animals receive shelter and care within our facility. Because we are a nonprofit organization, Shelby Humane Society relies on individual donor support, fundraisers, special events and corporate sponsorships. In addition to the thousands of owner-surrendered animals we take in each year, we also provide medical attention and a safe-house to abused and neglected animals that come into our shelter via local Animal Services. Many of these animals require expensive medical care and constant nurturing.
Shelter
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Shelter tackles the root causes of bad housing by lobbying government and local authorities for new laws and policies, and more investment, to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people. Our influential campaigns bring aspects of bad housing to the attention of the media and the public, who help us fight for solutions. As a leading expert on housing in Britain, we develop practical solutions to address the housing crisis. We also work in conjunction with the housing sector to promote good practice, publish reports, and deliver professional training.
Shelter For Life International
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
When we first began to help refugees, SFL's main concern was to help them find safe shelter. We did not fully understand or appreciate the critical role shelter plays in creating or restoring a sense of dignity, security, and hope for the future. Our commitment to "shelter the poor wanderer" remains the essential focus of our programs; however, we have expanded our programs to incorporate comprehensive, grassroots projects that enable beneficiaries to rebuild not only homes but entire communities in order to fully restore their lives.
Shelter Network
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Shelter Network was founded in 1987 to provide a comprehensive and coordinated network of housing and social services for the homeless residents of the San Francisco Peninsula. Initiated by a broad-based community response to the plight of homeless families and single adults, Shelter Network is a model of community involvement. Since the beginning, the community's residents, businesses, local government organizations and religious communities have contributed their talent, time, and financial support to Shelter Network.
Shelterbox
United KingdomHumanitarian Aid
We respond instantly to natural and manmade disasters by delivering boxes of aid to those who are most in need. Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless. The contents are tailored depending on the nature and location of the disaster, with great care taken sourcing every item to ensure it is robust enough to be of lasting value. The cost of a box is £490, including delivery direct to those who need it. Each box bears its own unique number so as a donor you can track your box all the way to its recipient country via the website. Highly trained ShelterBox Response Teams distribute boxes on the ground, working closely with local organisations, international aid agencies and Rotary clubs worldwide. Since its inception in 2000, ShelterBox has firmly established itself at the forefront of international disaster relief, providing emergency shelter for the people who need it most on every continent.
Sheltering Arms Senior Services
United StatesCommunity/Family
Sheltering Arms Senior Services is a nonprofit organization committed to the health and well-being of older adults and their family caregivers. Its mission is to promote the dignity and independence of older adults through service, advocacy, and support for caregivers. Sheltering Arms Senior Services is the lead agency for Care For Elders, 1 of 8 partnerships in the nation selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for its Community Partnerships for Older Adults program. Sheltering Arms Senior Services is leading more than 80 organizations in improving long-term care and supportive services for Harris County's older adults and their caregivers. Sheltering Arms Senior Services is also a partner in Healthy IDEAS, a national model programs project funded by the Administration on Aging. The project uses evidence-based intervention to screen, address and prevent depression in older adults.
Shine
New ZealandCommunity/Family
We are a national domestic violence charity and we help to keep people safe from abuse. Domestic violence is very common in Aotearoa New Zealand, with 1 in 3 women reporting being abused by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Overwhelmingly, the vast majority of the victims of domestic violence are women and children but it can also affect men. It is not limited by ethnicity, culture, disability, sexuality, age or whether someone is rich or poor. Domestic violence affects children, women, men, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, aunties, uncles, nephews, nieces, grandparents, grandchildren, friends, workmates, it affects us all.
Shine
IrelandCommunity/Family
Shine is the national organisation dedicated to upholding the rights and addressing the needs of all those affected by enduring mental illness including, but not exclusively, schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder and bi-polar disorder, through the promotion and provision of high-quality services and working to ensure the continual enhancement of the quality of life of the people it serves.
SHINE for Kids
AustraliaChildren/Education
Each year 1,800 public school children in need come to Stewart House from many parts of NSW and the ACT. During their stay, children are provided with optometric, dental and medical treatment as well as emotional support. This is balanced with health and educational programs and out of school activities to boost their self-esteem and to promote a healthier lifestyle. Children in the care of Stewart House attend a specific purpose school onsite for 8 days of their 12-day stay. The NSW Department of Education and Training provides infrastructure and staffing support for this school. All others costs associated with the childrens' stay are met from charitable donations. Stewart House needs your support to ensure we can continue to provide important services to children.
Shipley School
United StatesChildren/Education
Shipley has a long tradition of preparing students for college and for full participation in the world. We also have a long tradition of supporting diversity and of encouraging each student's development as an individual. Committed to becoming the best school possible, we are driven by the question: What is best for the students? Well before the term "the whole child" was coined, the School's faculty and staff made it their business to understand the intellectual, physical, spiritual, and emotional growth and needs of each student. They still do. Another important Shipley tradition is service learning. Encouraging our students in "compassionate participation in the world" is as fundamental to our mission as the pursuit of excellence. Likewise, character education is an integral part of our curriculum. We want our students to be good people as well as good students, athletes, artists, actors – wherever their talents and interests lie.
Shoes That Fit
United StatesChildren/Education
What began in Claremont, California in 1992 as the vision of one person with a heart for children and a passion for empowerment, has turned into the largest national organization of its kind. Today, Shoes That Fit is helping children in need in thousands of schools across America. Hundreds of thousands of new shoes and other items have been given out and that number is growing rapidly. Most importantly, Shoes That Fit is helping kids improve their self-esteem and fit in at school by eliminating one of poverty's most visible and debilitating marks.
Shooting Star CHASE
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Shooting Star CHASE is the children's hospice service, supporting local families with a child or teenager not expected to reach their 19th birthday. We currently help over 500 families living in western London, Surrey and West Sussex. We are committed to caring for these families. We are here for every step of their journey, sharing the good times, and helping them through the tough times with practical, nursing and emotional support. Families receive our support free of charge, 365 days a year, in their own homes and communities and at our children’s hospices. With no guaranteed Government funding we must raise £23,000 a day to continue our vital service.
Show Racism the Red Card
United KingdomHuman Rights
Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racism charity, which was established in January 1996. The aim of our organisation is to produce anti-racist educational resources, which harness the high profile of professional footballers to combat racism. Our educational materials are very accessible and have been highly successful over many years. Footballers are role models for young people who will listen to them and learn from them. We have added to the range and quality of our resources over the years, but the central resource remains our Show Racism the Red Card film, which features professional footballers. The organisation has built up a pool of professional footballers as patrons and one of the highlights of our work remains the interaction of the players with young people at our events at Football Clubs.
Shriners Hospitals for Children
United StatesHealth/Medical
Shriners Hospitals for Children is a one-of-a-kind health care system dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs. Every year, the Shriners Hospitals for Children provides care for thousands of kids with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate, in a family-centered environment at no charge. It's how Shriners Hospitals has been helping kids defy the odds since 1922. Children up to the age of 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family-centered environment at no financial obligation to patients or families.
Sick Children Foundation
CanadaChildren/Education
Established in 1972, SickKids Foundation is the fundraising organization for The Hospital for Sick Children. The Foundation's fundraising is driven by the belief that improving the health and wellbeing of children is one of the most powerful ways to improve society. SickKids Foundation ranks as the country’s fourth largest foundation by total assets and the third largest in grant making out of 2,887 foundations. Donations are a critical source of funding for The Hospital for Sick Children. Last year, SickKids Foundation made an investment of $64.1 million in children's health research, education and care. A direct result of community support, this is the largest investment in paediatric health care and one of the largest contributions to a hospital anywhere in Canada.