The Burnet Institute
AustraliaResearch/Dev
The Institute is the leading group focused on infectious diseases, immunology and cancer in Australia and the region. Its major areas of research and public health activities are infectious diseases of global significance such as HIV, hepatitis, measles, malaria, tuberculosis and avian influenza, and cancers such as breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. The key focus of the Institute is to make a sustainable difference to people’s health in Australia and around the world by developing practical outcomes. Much of the work of Burnet assists socially marginalized groups by tackling tough problems: HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, hepatitis, and illicit drug use.
The Bushnell
United StatesArts/Culture
As Connecticut's premier presenter of the performing arts, The Bushnell has delighted and inspired audiences for more than seven decades and plays a leading role in the state's cultural life. The Bushnell, a not-for-profit organization, is renowned for community programs, as well as being a leading educator and advocate of the arts. The Bushnell presents major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, and children's theater. In 2001, The Bushnell also began presenting off-Broadway, jazz, blues, cabaret and comedy performances as well as concerts and world music events. The theater also serves as the performance home of Hartford Symphony Orchestra and The Connecticut Forum. Educational activities have included everything from spelling bees and cooking classes to children's theater and lecture series with such visionaries as Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Keller.
THE BUTLER TRUST
United KingdomResearch/Dev
The Butler Trust gets its name from "RAB" Butler (Lord Butler of Saffron Walden), a reforming former Home Secretary. The Trust is an independent charity, set up in 1985, which aims to celebrate, support and share good practice in UK correctional settings (prisons, probation, Community Justice Social Work (in Scotland) and Prisoner Escort & Court Services).
The Cable Center
United StatesResearch/Dev
Construction of the Alan Gerry Cable Telecommunications Center Building began in July, 1999, in Denver. The Cable Center, then named the National Cable Television Center and museum, opened our doors in August 2001, as an independent and non-profit institution. Despite cable's role in revolutionizing global communications, technology and programming, the general public is largely unaware of the industry's considerable accomplishments. The Center tells the story of the cable industry, past, present, and looking towards the future through educational programs, library collections, and other industry-related works. The Cable Center provides education and information to the educational community, the cable industry, and the public, while celebrating cable's contributions to society.
The Cambodia Trust
United KingdomDisability
We are recognised as leaders in our field of prosthetics and orthotics. We see ourselves as a specialist ‘task force’, working in countries affected by conflict, disaster and poverty where the rehabilitation services for disabled people are non-existent or inadequate. We work with local partners to build those services up from scratch, training the local staff needed. Our goal is always to hand over our projects to local management/government once there is enough local capacity.
The Camden Society
United KingdomDisability
The Camden Society is a London-wide organisation. We emphasise creativity, innovation and enterprise to generate new opportunities for people with disabilities to achieve greater equality. With an emphasis on human rights, we maintain a person-centred perspective in everything we do to make sure that we support people to develop their lives in whatever ways they choose. Every week the Camden Society supports over 600 people with disabilities to develop their lives in whatever ways they choose. To sustain our work and offer opportunities to even more people, we need to raise substantial funds each year.
The Carbon Monoxide and Gas Safety Society
United KingdomHealth/Medical
We are an independent registered charity with cross party support at the House of Commons and European Parliament. We were founded by Molly Maher and Nigel Griffiths, MP. CO-Gas Safety was launched at the House of Commons on the 25th January 1995 to work to try to reduce accidents from Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning and other gas dangers.
The Care Bags Foundation
United StatesChildren/Education
Care Bags Foundation was founded by Annie Wignall in Jan. 2000 when she was eleven years old. She is currently the President and Director of Care Bags Foundation. Annie got the idea to start this project after she learned there were lots of kids in crisis situations who have to leave their homes with very few of their own belongings. Over the years, with increased support and donations from businesses, groups and individuals, along with numerous agencies who hand-deliver the bags, Annie's idea has grown from a small home-based project helping a few Iowa kids, into a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that provides services to thousands of kids worldwide. Care Bags, which is run entirely by volunteer efforts, is now complete with its own headquarters for storing items and filling bags. As Annie Wignall says, "I know we can't help everyone, but with your help we can make a difference, one Care Bag, one child at a time."
The Carpenter Foundation
United StatesCommunity/Family
The Carpenter Foundation is a private family foundation governed by a Board which includes family members and public trustees who represent a wide range of experience and interests. Trustees make policy, grant and financial management decisions. In 2008 we celebrated the Carpenter Foundation’s 50th anniversary. The major focus of the Foundation has remained constant over the past half century and that is to make grants in four areas: human services, education, the arts and certain public interest issues. The Foundation limits funding to these activities and to the geographic area of Jackson and Josephine Counties in order to make more effective and focused use of limited resources. The Foundation is deeply concerned with the well-being of children and families and their relationship to their neighborhoods and communities.
The Carter Center
United StatesHuman Rights
Led by the Carters and an independent board of trustees, the Center's staff wage peace, fight disease, and build hope by both engaging with those at the highest levels of government and working side by side with poor and often forgotten people.
The Castle
United KingdomCommunity/Family
The Castle is a theatre, a cinema and arts centre serving the local community in Wellingborough and Northamptonshire. The Castle is a registered charity, and as such we always welcome opportunities to raise funds to allow us to offer the best possible service to the local community. We have a range of workshops and projects on offer each season that invite children, young people and adults to get involved. Our programme of events encompasses all art forms and both professional and amateur work. We also host meetings, seminars, conferences, workshops and masterclasses in both our performance and ancillary spaces.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies
United StatesResearch/Dev
A bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, CSIS conducts research and analysis and develops policy initiatives that look into the future and anticipate change. Founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke, at the height of the Cold War, THE Center for Strategic and International (CSIS) was dedicated to finding ways for America to sustain its prominence and prosperity as a force for good in the world. Since 1962, CSIS has grown to become one of the world's preeminent international policy institutions, with more than 220 full-time staff and a large network of affiliated scholars focused on defense and security, regional stability, and transnational challenges ranging from energy and climate to global development and economic integration.
The Center to Prevent Youth Violence
United StatesCommunity/Family
CPYV develops focused and empowering public health and safety campaigns that promote the simple steps parents, kids and others can take to prevent violence affecting youth, including: school shootings; gang-related and other urban violence; firearm suicides, accidents and homicides that, alone, claim the lives of eight children and teens every day. CPYV’s programs are measurable in their impact, in terms of both saving lives and positively influencing social norms. CPYV’s work has achieved unprecedented support from leading organizations in fields including public health, media, education, law enforcement and youth services, and from community-based organizations nationwide. CPYV’s programs have been studied and validated by leading academic institutions including, The Harvard School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The Centre for Cerebral Palsy
AustraliaDisability
The Centre for Cerebral Palsy is a charity, providing services and support to more than 1000 people living with cerebral palsy and their families throughout WA. We have an annual operating budget in excess of $25 million, employ 650 staff and in any given year we rely on the support we receive from more than 200 volunteers. Since 1951, we have forged an enviable reputation as one of the leading disability service providers in our state, with significant leadership also at a national level. Over time, our ability to adapt in response to the changing needs of people with CP has ensured we remain at the forefront of service excellence. We strive to ensure inclusion of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities in every facet of society. Our vision is for a community where all people freely exercise choice. We aim to achieve this by providing a range of quality services and promoting choice in order to address the unique needs of the people that we work with.
The Cerebral Palsy Foundation
AustraliaResearch/Dev
The Cerebral Palsy Foundation was established to take on the global challenge to find the prevention and cure for cerebral palsy. The Spastic Centre founded the Cerebral Palsy Foundation to realise its vision of a future without cerebral palsy. The Cerebral Palsy Foundation has established a partnership with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Some Cerebral Palsy Foundation grants are matched by the NHMRC. This partnership doubles the funding for supported projects and maximises our chances of success. To date, the Foundation has funded research projects in most Australian States and Territories. Around the world, Australian research expertise is highly regarded. The Foundation also funds international research that meets our research priorities.
The Chaeli Campaign
South AfricaDisability
The Chaeli Campaign celebrated its third year as a registered Non Profit Organisation which aims to help children in all communities, and has already helped over 150 disabled children with assistive devices varying from hearing aids to wheelchairs and laptop computers. The Chaeli Campaign also manages therapy programmes (Physio/OT/Communication) in Ocean View and Masiphumelele where children with disabilities receive regular therapy. We strongly believe at The Chaeli Campaign that we don't merely give wheelchairs, we aid improved independence; we don't just provide hearing aids - we open up a hearing world; we don't simply supply laptop computers - we create a canvas on which young children can express their thoughts and feelings. Our goal is to breathe hope into the lives of children with disabilities as we pay forward the blessing of Chaeli in our lives.
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
United KingdomDisability
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) was founded in 1997 by Vivien Cooper, the parent of a child with severe learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. CBF exists to demonstrate that individuals with severe learning disabilities who are described as having challenging behaviour can enjoy normal life opportunities when their behaviour is properly understood and they receive appropriate individualised support. The CBF supports families, professionals and other stakeholders through education, information, research and partnership working to enable this to happen and works strategically to influence national policy and practice.
The Change Exchange
United StatesResearch/Dev
Our organization generates and supports community-based programs within the United States in order to connect children worldwide. Our goal is to educate, motivate, and inspire children and families to take action and lead the way as global citizens of our world. Kids and families that learn and connect with Africa through our awareness events and programs help contribute supplies to schools, orphanages, and counseling centers in the region while also supporting our long-term sustainable development projects. Education is key to making our world a better place. The Change Exchange works to inspire and foster change in the hearts of America's youth while also changing the minds of Africa's youth through educational initiatives, completing "the change exchange." The Change Exchange operates on the principle that successful, prosperous nations are built through both the academic and emotional well-being of its citizens.
The CHEST Foundation
United StatesHealth/Medical
The CHEST Foundation was created by members of the ACCP who were fueled by a philanthropic spirit and driven by commitment to work above and beyond their professional responsibilities to improve lung health. Since its inception in 1996, The CHEST Foundation has awarded more than $3.5 million to ACCP members to foster cutting-edge clinical research that can provide new treatment options for patients around the world. By partnering with ACCP members and forming strategic relationships with public and private sector organizations around the world, The CHEST Foundation has made an impact on world health one community at a time.
The Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation
United StatesChildren/Education
The Foundation is a not for profit organization, which supports the Chi Chi Rodriguez Academy. Whether kids struggle in school, socially or just want to learn golf, all are welcome at Chi Chi's and we have a program for them. The Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation was built upon an idea conceived when Bill Hayes, a teacher, golfer, and part-time detention officer, invited professional golfer Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez to a juvenile detention center in Florida to give a golf clinic for the detained youngsters. The Foundation uses a holistic approach in its programs. Emphasis is placed on tutoring, life management, social skills, personal grooming, business skills, consumer education, reading enhancement, retail, art, landscaping, and golf. Golf was chosen as a key ingredient for the program because it does not require unusual size, speed, or strength for excellence.