The Free Library of Philadelphia
United StatesArts/Culture
Our Library offers one of the country's most extensive collections - more than 6 million items, ranging from books and magazines to art, music, film, and other media. The Free Library creates a welcoming and inspiring environment for learning and promotes individual enlightenment, community enrichment, and economic vitality throughout the region. The Free Library has four primary roles: providing current materials of high interest in a variety of formats for persons of all ages, providing timely, accurate information, and reference services employing a highly qualified staff, and support the educational goals of Philadelphians by providing materials and programs for children, as well as for their parents and caregivers.
The Freedom Theatre
SwedenArts/Culture
The Freedom Theatre - a theatre and cultural centre in Jenin Refugee Camp - is developing the only professional venue for theatre and multimedia in the north of the West Bank in Occupied Palestine. Since it opened its doors in 2006, the organisation continues to grow, develop and expand, enabling the young generation in the area to develop new and important skills which will allow them to build a better future for themselves and for their society.
The Fresh Air Fund
United StatesChildren/Education
Since 1877, The Fresh Air Fund, a not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences in the country to more than 1.7 million New York City children from disadvantaged communities. Each year, thousands of children visit volunteer host families in 13 states and Canada through the Friendly Town Program or attend one of five Fresh Air Fund camps. Throughout the year, The Fresh Air Fund utilizes its facilities at Sharpe Reservation to offer camping and educational opportunities to a variety of organizations and associations. The Fresh Air Fund has been serving children from New York City’s toughest neighborhoods for more than 130 years.
The Friedkin Conservation Fund - FCF
TanzaniaEnvironment
The Friedkin Conservation Fund (FCF) is a registered (US and Tanzanian) non-profit, non-governmental organization incorporated in 1994. Our role is to assist the Tanzanian Government with the conservation and preservation of more than 9 million acres of Tanzania's protected areas. We achieve this through our internationally recognized anti-poaching initiative, our innovative community development program and our field research projects. Based out of Arusha, northern Tanzania, we operate in five Game Reserves, two Open Areas, three Forest Reserves and one Game Controlled Area. The organisation has a flat structure, with the majority of staff operating in the field. We engage rural communities in the conservation of their natural heritage and empower them to alleviate some of the conditions in their lives that contribute to poverty while monitoring, research and facilitating developments in sustainable utilization of natural resources.
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
United StatesChildren/Education
The Foundation for Educational Choice is a non-profit organization established in 1996 as the Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, founded upon the ideals and theories of Nobel Laureate economist Milton Friedman and economist Rose D. Friedman. The best way to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education is to give all parents the freedom to choose the schools that work best for their children. Milton Friedman first articulated and applied this idea of liberty and free markets to our education system in 1955. As he has pointed out numerous times, this was not merely a reaction to a perceived deficiency in schooling, but rather an interest in a free society. We strive to educate parents, public policymakers and organizations about the desperate need to return power to the parents of America who have minimal choices and limited voices in the education of their children. And we serve as an important resource and partner for the many parents and community groups who want greater choice in education, and who are ready to fight for it.
The Fund for American Studies
United StatesChildren/Education
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) has been educating young leaders on the values of freedom and free-market economies since 1967. Twelve Institutes around the world bring college students together for educational programs engaging them in a rigorous examination of economic concepts, political systems and moral philosophy. Our goal is to prepare young people for honorable leadership by educating them in the theory, practice and benefits of a free society. TFAS was founded to help instill in young people an appreciation for the American form of government and the free-enterprise system. TFAS sponsors Institutes that teach college students about the principles and values upon which the United States was founded. Ten Institutes are held each summer in Washington, DC, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hong Kong and Latin America and are sponsored in part by Georgetown University. One more Institute is held during the fall and spring semesters in Washington, DC., and an additional Institute is held in Athens, Greece during the fall. In addition to our summer and semester Institutes, TFAS sponsors other educational programs and conferences for professors and students throughout the year.
The Gairdner Foundation
CanadaChildren/Education
The Gairdner Foundation was created in 1957 by James Arthur Gairdner to recognize and reward the achievements of medical researchers whose work contributes significantly to improving the quality of human life. Since the first awards were made in 1959, the Gairdner Awards have become Canada's foremost international award. The Gairdner Foundation is proud of its 50 year history of awarding the world's most creative and accomplished biomedical scientists. The Awards recognize scientific discoveries from every field of bioscience. We are also proud of the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award, which identifies for particular recognition, Canadian leaders in medical science. The Foundation has gained a superb international reputation, for recognizing and rewarding early the work of the world's leading scientists.
The Geoff Thomas Foundation
United KingdomResearch/Dev
n 2003, Geoff Thomas, the ex-England and Crystal Palace footballer was diagnosed with leukaemia. A bone marrow transplant from his sister saved his life. Other blood cancer sufferers aren’t so lucky. They need new state-of-the-art drugs to save their lives and that’s where the Geoff Thomas Foundation is trying to help. We build a network of national centres of excellence allowing patients to benefit from the latest advances in leukaemia diagnosis and treatment, and fund research into the design of new drug and transplant therapies for patients with blood cancers. The Foundation wants to help speed up the delivery of new drugs to the patients who need them. All we need to get these new drugs to patients are NURSES. Our plan is to fund blood cancer nurses at six hospitals across Britain. We will also campaign to raise money to fund an integrated network of leukaemia drugs trials at six world class centres - in Oxford, Cambridge, Barts London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Manchester. The GTF wants to help save lives and increase the availability of life-changing drug therapies for blood cancer. We have the magic bullets to zap leukaemia – they’re just not hitting their target yet.
The George Washington University
United StatesChildren/Education
Our University actively engages Washington, D.C., and the world. Our location in the heart of Washington places us at the core of U.S. government, policy and law. We sit where the worlds of science, technology, media and the arts converge. Our students and faculty have the unparalleled opportunity to study and work alongside leaders and practitioners in every discipline, to take part in the interchanges that shape our community and the world. GW is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. We have more than 20,000 students—from all 50 states, the District and more than 130 countries—studying a rich range of disciplines: from forensic science and creative writing to international affairs and computer engineering, as well as medicine, public health, the law and public policy. GW pursues academic and research excellence with a focus on fostering scholarship that is relevant to the nation and the world. Our campuses are teeming with opportunities for student engagement and involvement, creating for our community of learners a vibrant, fun, intellectual and cultural home.
The Glassco Foundation
CanadaChildren/Education
The Glassco Foundation received its charitable status in 1996. Our mandate is to seek out children's issues in Canada and overseas, mainly Zambia, provide financial and organizational assistance as well as on site support. As the administration expenses of the Foundation are covered by a special donation 100% of all outside donations go directly to the children. We are one of the founding sponsors of the organization that every year flies 135 Children who are chronically ill and/or mentally, physically, and emotionally challenged to Disneyland for a very exciting day. The Glassco Foundation provides funding for the organization that provides inner-city children with much needed lunches during the summer months when the school programs have stopped for the summer. In Zambia our program examines, medicates, educates the children, performs surgeries as required and provides clean water for them and their families.
The Glaucoma Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
Founded in 1984 by Dr. Robert Ritch, The Glaucoma Foundation (TGF) is one of the premier not-for-profit organizations dedicated to eradicating blindness from glaucoma through vital research and education. The Foundation works to encourage and support basic and applied research in glaucoma, to gain and disseminate new information about the causes and treatment of glaucoma, and to further efforts to identify and develop novel approaches to preserve visual function and reverse blindness caused by glaucoma. Over the past 10 years The Foundation's Grant-in-Aid Program has awarded more than $3 million dollars in seed money for cutting-edge research projects. Preliminary data from these projects have frequently been used to support proposals for larger grants from entities such as the National Institutes of Health.
The Global Exchange for Social Investment - GEXSI
United KingdomMicrofinance
GEXSI is a UK charity based in London with an additional office in Berlin. It counts on a small, high-calibre staff, senior advisors with strong international development expertise, volunteers, and partner organizations around the world. GEXSI links charitable donors, entrepreneurs and investors in funding social businesses in low-income regions around the world. We support social entrepreneurs in moving "from Aid to Market": from charity dependence towards sustainable business.
The Global Fund
SwitzerlandHealth/Medical
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing institution that invests the world's money to save lives. To date, it has committed US$ 18.4 billion in 140 countries to support large-scale prevention, treatment and care programs against the three diseases. The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases.
The Goodman Theatre
United StatesArts/Culture
Goodman Theatre has been a part of life in Chicago for over 80 years. Every season, the Goodman presents the work of an extraordinary group of local, national and international artists. Goodman Theatre, Chicago's oldest and largest not-for-profit theater, has won international renown for the quality of productions, the depth and diversity of artistic leadership, and the excellence of its many community and educational programs. Under the guidance of Artistic Director Robert Falls and Executive Director Roche Schulfer, the Goodman is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works, giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. Central to that mission is the Goodman Artistic Collective, a diverse group of outstanding theater artists whose distinctive visions have given the Goodman an artistic identity of uncommon richness and variety. By dedicating itself to three guiding principles—quality, diversity, and community—Goodman Theatre seeks to be the premier cultural organization in Chicago, providing productions and programs that make an essential contribution to the quality of life in our city.
The Gorilla Foundation
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
The Gorilla Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation, protection and well-being of gorillas through interspecies communication research and education. The foundation was established in 1976 and is best known for it's groundbreaking work with two western lowland gorillas, Koko and MIchael, who were taught to become fluent in American Sign Language. The Gorilla Foundation is constructing a unique and critically important gorilla preserve on west Maui, Hawaii. The Maui Ape Preserve will provide a natural environment for Koko and other gorillas, and is a vital step toward saving the species from imminent extinction. MAP will consist of a secluded Sanctuary on 70 acres of land provided by the Maui Land and Pineapple Company, and a unique high-tech Visitor Education Center in a convenient tourist location.
The Gorilla Organization
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
Gorilla Organization is an international charity led by experienced African conservationists. Our unique community-based approach to conservation promotes sustainable livelihoods, nurtures young conservationists of the future and empowers local people to tackle the main threats to the gorillas’ survival. At the Gorilla Organization, we understand that if gorillas are to have a realistic chance of survival in the context of Africa's significant challenges, conservation and poverty alleviation need to happen side-by-side. And so we work with local communities to find alternative resources to those found in the forest, lessening encroachment into the gorilla habitat and lifting local people out of poverty.
The Governor's Academy
United StatesChildren/Education
Founded in 1763, The Governor's Academy is the oldest boarding school in America. The Academy educates students in grades nine through twelve by combining centuries of tradition with a dedication to educational innovation. Students flourish in a diverse community distinguished by enduring relationships with teachers and defined by a commitment to learning and a thoughtful balance of academics, athletics, arts and service to others. Academy graduates are life-long learners who embrace their civic duty and global responsibility.
The Grasslands Trust
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
The Grasslands Trust is the only national charity working specifically to protect our wildflower-rich grasslands and we need your help to save what is now Britain’s most threatened habitat. 97% of our hay meadows and other wildlife-rich grasslands have disappeared since the Second World War. We need to stop this catastrophic loss which is why The Grasslands Trust exists. We are the UK's only national charity that concentrates all its efforts on protecting our beautiful wildlife-rich grasslands and flowery meadows
The Greater Boston Food Bank
United StatesCommunity/Family
The Greater Boston Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.The Greater Boston Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and one of the largest food banks in the country. We distribute approximately 30 million pounds of food and grocery products annually to a network of approximately 600 member hunger-relief agencies. We are a trusted and efficient resource for these local food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless and residential shelters, youth programs, senior centers, and day-care centers, providing the food they need to feed the hungry. Still, the need for food is growing in the 190 communities we serve.
The Green Belt Movement
KenyaResearch/Dev
GBM Kenya is a non-profit grassroots non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kenya. The Green Belt Movement is one of the most prominent women’s civil society organizations, based in Kenya, advocating for human rights and supporting good governance and peaceful democratic change through the protection of the environment.