Homes for Our Troops is a national non-profit organization started in 2004 with the aim of building specially adapted homes for more than 1,700 service members across the country who have returned from duty with life-altering injuries after 9/11. The organization's veterans are among the most severely injured in the nation, with varying levels of traumatic brain injury and paralysis and missing limbs. Homes for Our Troops assists veterans and their families by not only raising money for their...

As a non-profit organization, Catalyst, Inc. is geared towards promoting inclusive workplaces for women. Founded in 1962 by writer, advocate, and feminist Felice Schwartz, the organization came as a natural result of its founder's history of social activism. There was acceleration in the movement for social equality during the 1960s which began after the Second World War ended, but workplace equality for women at the time was still but a dream. Through Schwartz's efforts and funding from the ...

Games for Change is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 with the goal of facilitating the production and distribution of social impact games which are considered to be critical tools in educational and humanitarian efforts. The organization aims to leverage engagement and entertainment to do social good and convenes stakeholders, incubates games, highlights best practices, and opens up opportunities for new projects in order to grow the field. 

Steadily becoming a global presence, Games ...

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is a US non-profit organization established in 1986 with the aim of protecting the First Amendment rights of the comics medium. CBLDF's work takes the organization into classrooms, libraries, conventions, and courtrooms across the country where it provides education, legal aid, and advocacy in an effort to protect the First Amendment rights of all creators, retailers, librarians, publishers, and readers of graphic novels, manga, and comics. Since its ...

Offering their services to those who are emotionally distressed, Samaritans’ phone lines are open 24/7 ready to listen and all ears to those who wants to talk. Through their telephone helpline, they are able to reach out to those who are struggling to cope and those who are at risk of suicide in the United Kingdom and in Ireland.

Until 2002, this non-profit organization was known as The Samaritans. It was in 1953 that they started their charitable assistance to those who are in need. Though ...

There is always value in honoring the elderly and this has been the advocate of Methodist Homes, a charitable institution that addresses the needs of older people. This charitable organization is considered one of the largest groups in the United Kingdom and was founded in 1943 by the members of the Methodist Church. 

Supporting older people throughout Britain, this group not only provides shelter and accommodation but also gives support services and care. This organization is also responsible...

The Breast Cancer Fund functions to connect the association between breast cancer and levels of exposure to radiation and chemicals found in everyday environments. By translating a growing body of scientific works that link breast cancer to environmental exposure, the Breast Cancer Fund is able to create advocacy campaigns and public education sessions that are aimed at not just reducing risks of breast cancer but protecting the overall health as well of all individuals. By aiding in the tran...

CureSearch for Children's Cancer is a non-profit foundation geared towards accelerating cure for children's cancer by eliminating barriers to research, solving the most challenging problems in the field, and driving innovation. Every day, the foundation strives to make treatment possible and cures feasible for the 42 children diagnosed with the disease daily. There are three ways employed by CureSearch to do this: accelerating cure for patients at greatest risk by challenging scientists and i...

International SeaKeepers Society encourages business and yachting executives to be more conscientious of their undertakings, and to work together in protecting the already deteriorating state of the world’s oceans. The organization, founded by Paul Allen and other yacht owners in 1998, is not a mere blind advocate of the marine cause. The small but strong membership of International Seakeepers Society is composed of business men, yacht clubs, marine scientists, divers, government bodies, va...