While many charities provide financial assistance through programs such as education or healthcare, GiveDirectly has a rather unique approach in providing assistance to their chosen recipients in Kenya. There, the organization provides financial assistance to up to $1,000 for a two year period to families of their choice, with total disregard to how the family uses the money.

The funds are transferred through SIM Cards and if a chosen family does not have a SIM Card, the Foundation will provid...

The Mastercard Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of youth in some of the most impoverished nations in the world, through education and financial assistance. Though the foundation was established through a gift shares from Mastercard Worldwide, it remains totally independent. 

The Foundation’s primary mission is to provide the means for impoverished youth to attain a better life through education and financial assistance. 

The Mastercard Foundation operate...

buildOn is an international nonprofit organization established in 1991. It is known for running youth service afterschool programs in different high schools in the United States. It also builds schools in developing countries across the world. The organization’s programs aim to engage young citizens, mostly from urban areas, in community service participation. It also promotes literacy, from your children to adults, in developing nations.

The organization views its service learning and schoo...

Angel Flight is the collective name used by several groups that make free transportation services accessible for needy patients. They also perform other missions related to community service. Non-profit organizations that perform such charitable services are located across the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia. These groups, like other Public Benefit Flying (PBF) organizations, work by helping arrange free, non-emergency transportation for patients who are in need of medical treatm...

Registered on February 25, 2009, Age UK, is a charity in the United Kingdom that focuses on the elderly people. The organization combines the efforts of Help the Aged and the Age Concern and is now considered the largest charity in the country for older people. 

The merger of the two charitable institutions is among the largest in charities in the United Kingdom. The current brand name was not used until April 2010. Tracing the history of the two charitable entities will go back to the year 19...

Specializing in the well-being of dogs, Dogs Trust, formerly known as the National Canine Defence League, is an animal welfare charity and humane society in the United Kingdom. The group aims to rehabilitate dogs and find new homes for those who were abandoned by their owners.

Founded in 1891, the National Canine Defence League (NCDL) campaigned against prolonged chaining, unnecessary muzzling and vivisection of dogs. This charity works also provide care for stray dogs and lobbied against the ...

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is an international nonprofit organization that works to support projects and programs involving and benefiting HIV/AIDS research, prevention, treatment, and education. They also advocate sound AIDS-related public policy. 

The foundation’s history can be traced back to the 1980s, when a group of scientists and researchers, including Mathilde Krim, Ph.D., organized an informal study group with the aim of investigating the condition that have come to be...

The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation, more commonly known as AIP Foundation, is a non-profit interest group of enterprise that works to combat the traffic crisis in Southeast Asian countries. Traffic safety has become an increasingly important and pressing issue especially in developing countries, not only in Asia, but in other parts of the globe as well. While commerce grows rapidly in these nations, it is apparent how travel infrastructures are not allowed to catch up, therefore causing tr...

The Africa-America Institute or AAI is a premier US-based organization that focuses on international education and public policy. It works to advance higher education and professional development for Africans, as well as promote engagement and partnership between Africa and America through training, education, and dialogue.

For six decades, the institute has been unlocking the potentials of African talent to help strengthen the capacity of individuals and societies in Africa to eventually furt...

HIV/AIDS has undoubtedly shaken the world. This deadly disease has brought fear among many. Thankfully, there are organizations and associations that keep on working to find a cure and solution to this medical problem. Among them is the AIDS Research Alliance of America (ARAA).

ARAA is a national community-based 501(c)(3) non-profit medical research institution that strives to find a cure for HIV/AIDS, as well as discover medical strategies to prevent new infections and better treatments for t...