The ARK
United StatesCommunity/Family
The ARK is a not-for-profit, community-funded social service agency based on Chicago's North Side. We recognize that many members of our Chicagoland Jewish family—Jews from all walks of life—are deeply in need of help and kindness. We work with each person or family in distress to create a unique and comprehensive care plan that draws upon The ARK’s wide array of free social and medical services under one roof. Our primary goals are to stabilize our clients’ situations and assist them in achieving the highest degree of self-sufficiency possible.
The Ark Animal Rescue
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
The Ark was established in 1981, by Mrs Pauline Rice, with goats, sheep and a few dogs and cats. Over the past 27 years, Pauline, along with a dedicated band of helpers, has changed the lives of so many animals for the better. We have long-term animals who will stay with us for the rest of their lives as they cannot be rehomed for a variety of reasons and animals which are waiting for a loving home. We take in animals for adoption from private homes, other rescues and sometimes via the dog warden. We have mainly dogs and cats but also have rabbits and small furries, including ferrets from time to time as well as occasional other species.
The Ark Animal Welfare Society
BarbadosAnimals/Wildlife
The Ark Animal Welfare Society is a non-profit registered charity formed in Barbados in 1998. We are a multi-national group dedicated to animal rights and have associated status with The RSPCA INTERNATIONAL. Caring passionately about the welfare of animals, we rescue, rehabilitate and re-home stray and unwanted dogs in Barbados. With a no kill policy, we care for them until new homes can be found, giving them shelter and the highest standards of kennelling and veterinary care. Unfortunately we do not have the space or facilities to shelter cats but we do assist in re-homing them and finding temporary foster homes. Our organisation is run by a team of valued and dedicated volunteers. We are funded solely by donations and fundraising events.
The Art Institute of Chicago
United StatesArts/Culture
The Art Institute moved to its current iconic location on Michigan Avenue after the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, and it remains the largest museum-school partnership in the country. Today, SAIC offers six undergraduate degrees and twelve graduate degrees, as well as post-baccalaureate certificates and continuing studies programs.
The Asia Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation supports programs in Asia that help improve governance, law, and civil society; women's empowerment; economic reform and development; and international relations. Drawing on nearly 60 years of experience in Asia, the Foundation collaborates with private and public partners to support leadership and institutional development, exchanges, and policy research. At The Asia Foundation, we believe in societies that give people the chance to succeed without regard to gender or circumstance and in governments that respond to all citizens. We believe in the unlimited capacity of knowledge to enlighten, and in the ability of empowered communities to overcome poverty and despair.
The Aspen Institute
United StatesCommunity/Family
Chicago businessman Walter Paepcke (1896-1960), chairman of the Container Corporation of America, first visited Aspen, Colorado in 1945. Inspired by its great natural beauty, he envisioned it as an ideal gathering place for thinkers, leaders, artists, and musicians from all over the world to step away from their daily routines and reflect on the underlying values of society and culture. Today the Aspen Institute mission is twofold: to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues. The Aspen Institute does this primarily in four ways: seminars, young-leader fellowships around the globe, policy programs and public conferences and events. The Institute is based in Washington, DC, Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore and has an international network of partners.
The Associated Country Women Of The World
United KingdomWomen
ACWW is the largest international organisation for rural women. It has a uniquely down-to-earth approach, offering mutual support, friendship and practical help to its members. The organisation has a membership of nine million through its 365 Member Societies in over 70 countries. ACWW is entirely dependent for income on annual dues paid by Member Societies and Individual Member donations. It receives no government funding.
The Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society
United KingdomResearch/Dev
Ataxia-Telangiectasia (“A-T”) is a rare, neurodegenerative and progressive condition which starts in early childhood causing severe disability and premature death. It affects many parts of the body robbing the child of his/her independence. A wheelchair is needed usually by the age of ten. The A-T Society is a national charity whose objective is to find a cure or treatment for A-T but it is also committed to supporting families affected by the condition as well as improving quality and length of life through our two specialist A-T clinics. We provide practical support, guidance and advocacy through a professional family support worker, support grants and access to a counsellor and specialist physiotherapist and occupational therapist and we provide information via a range of media to families affected by A-T, professionals, schools and the public.
The Atiamah Trust
United KingdomChildren/Education
It is a charity run on a voluntary basis to raise funds primarily within the UK. The charity has minimal overheads and aims to directly support any projects in Ghana which meet the objectives of the charity. The funds we raise are relatively small but are currently used to support over 1000 adults and children. That support ranges through basic food supplements, medicines and education. We also apply to other charitable trusts for grants which can be used to buy more medicines or vehicles.
The Australia Institute
AustraliaResearch/Dev
The Australia Institute is the country's most influential progressive think tank. Based in Canberra, it conducts research on a broad range of economic, social and environmental issues in order to inform public debate and bring greater accountability to the democratic process. Unprecedented levels of consumption co-exist with extreme poverty. Technology has connected humanity as never before, yet civic engagement is declining. Environmental neglect continues despite heightened ecological awareness. If genuine progress is to be achieved, conscience, equity and concern for the future must be the guiding principles of our democracy. Socially just, environmentally responsible and economically viable solutions are possible, but only if insightful questions are combined with excellent research.
The Australian Ballet
AustraliaArts/Culture
Founded in 1962, The Australian Ballet is one of the country's flagship arts companies, and for over four decades has been the defining face of ballet in Australia. Each year it performs works from the classical repertoire as well as contemporary works by major Australian and international choreographers, and new commissions that explore the development and future of this dynamic art form. The Australian Ballet's diverse repertoire reflects the company’s motto: caring for tradition, daring to be different.
The Ayn Rand Institute
United StatesChildren/Education
The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) works to introduce young people to Ayn Rand’s novels, to support scholarship and research based on her ideas, and to promote the principles of reason, rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism to the widest possible audience. ARI seeks to spearhead a cultural renaissance that will reverse the anti-reason, anti-individualism, anti-freedom, anti-capitalist trends in today’s culture. The major battleground in this fight for reason and capitalism is the educational institutions—high schools and, above all, the universities, where students learn the ideas that shape their lives. Ayn Rand’s philosophy—known as Objectivism—holds that historical trends are the inescapable product of philosophy. To reverse the current political and economic trends in America and throughout the world requires a reversal of our society’s fundamental philosophy.
The Back-Up Trust
United KingdomDisability
Back Up was founded in 1986 by Mike Nemesvary, a tetraplegic and former British and European Freestyle Champion and James Bond stunt double, whose life was devastated after he broke his neck during a workout on a trampoline in the mid 1980’s. Despite being paralysed from the shoulders down, he was determined to get back to the life he enjoyed. Back Up is for everyone affected by spinal cord injury, regardless of age, level of injury, or background. We are here for family members too. Our services include mentoring, wheelchair skills training and activity courses as well as support in getting back to work or school after an injury. All our services help to build confidence and independence.
The Baltimore Museum of Art
United StatesArts/Culture
The Baltimore Museum of Art is home to an internationally renowned collection of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art. Founded in 1914 with a single painting, the BMA today has 90,000 works of art–including the largest holding of works by Henri Matisse in the world. Throughout the Museum, visitors will find an outstanding selection of European and American fine and decorative arts, 15th- through 19th-century prints and drawings, contemporary art by established and emerging contemporary artists, and objects from Africa, Asia, the Ancient Americas, and Pacific Islands. Two beautifully landscaped gardens display an array of 20th-century sculpture that is an oasis in the city.As a major cultural destination for the greater Baltimore region, the BMA organizes and presents a variety of dynamic exhibitions and innovative programs throughout the year, and frequently hosts special events with cultural and educational partners.
The Bangladesh Centre
United KingdomCommunity/Family
The Bangladesh Centre was formed as a Voluntary Community Organisation in 1974 by the combined initiatives and efforts of the Bangladeshi community in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea as well as individuals from other London Boroughs and cities of the United Kingdom. The Centre's Community Education programme includes the teaching of the Bengali and English languages, Art, Music, Dance and Drama to Bangladeshi children and adults. The Centre provides advice and information on health matters to members of the community and promotes cultural activities by organising various important events such as, Bangladesh Victory Day, Independence Day, Bengali New Years Day (BaishakhiMela).
The Banyan
IndiaCommunity/Family
Since 1993 The Banyan has been an integral part of the chain of care for people with mental illness in Chennai. The projects have changed the lives of over 5,000 people by providing services to support them in reaching their definition of recovery. We ensure effective treatments with a model that combines medication and rehabilitation: psychological therapies, vocational training, occupational therapy and reintegration with communities. We encourage those with mental illness and their care givers to seek professional help by making the process easy and accessible, while relieving the resource burden of a mentally ill relative both physically and financially and to ensure effective care at home.
The Baobab Home, Inc.
TanzaniaChildren/Education
We are an NGO based in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, East Africa. We have founded a small orphanage for abandoned children to provide interim care, in the hope that foster or adoptive care can be found. We accept sick and healthy children, regardless of HIV status. We also run a breakfast program for orphans and other vulnerable children, and provide outreach care for families in need. We fully sponsor 9 street boys in secondary school and provide school fees to 7 orphaned teens in secondary. We provide a family style orphanage for up to ten children, regardless of HIV status, ensuring that every child in our care is provided a healthy, stimulating environment with proper food, clothing, medical care and love, and that all children with terminal illnesses have a dignified, comforting death. We sponsor the education of as many Orphans and other Vulnerable Children as we can and sponsor activities to encourage reading and responsibility.
The Barbados Council for the Disabled
BarbadosDisability
The Barbados Council for the Disabled is the umbrella body comprising institutional members only. All the members are organisations which represent a specific category of disability in Barbados. The Council's sources of finance come from a combination of a Government subvention, project funding, donations and fundraising activities.
The Barbados National Trust
BarbadosArts/Culture
The Barbados National Trust is a charitable, non-profit body founded in 1961 to preserve the unique heritage of our island home, be it historic buildings and sites, or places of natural beauty or environmental importance. We are linked through our aims, goals and structure to all the international National Trusts from England to Australia.
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
United StatesChildren/Education
Since our Foundation's launch over 20 years ago, we have awarded over $40 million to support the development and expansion of 902 family literacy programs in all 50 states including the District of Columbia. And, many of our programs have continued their important work with money from other sources long after our Foundation’s one-year grant has finished. Family literacy programs are so important! The staff, teachers and volunteers at these programs help parents and their children learn and read together, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to thrive in all aspects of their lives. Thanks to the support of our generous donors and the excellent work of literacy providers across the United States, our Foundation has truly been able to help make a meaningful difference in countless lives.