Charity Watcher

The American Heart Association is by far the oldest and the largest volunteer organization focused on fighting cardiovascular diseases. Headquartered in Dallas Texas, the foundation has more than 22.5 million supporters and volunteers working on the efforts to reduce deaths and disability caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.

This charitable organization is working on their mission of “building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.” Founded by a  group ...

There are over 300 independent Lutheran health and human service organizations that the Lutheran Services in America coordinates. Considered as a non-profit corporation, the group also works with other organizations that are affiliated in any way to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and other human service organizations.

Despite the name, the organization doesn’t limit their assistance to just members of the Lutheran church, in fact the majori...

Providing the needed medicines and other critically needed supplies are the two main missions of the non-profit organization based in Goleta, California. Named Direct Relief International, the group is on the move of improving the quality of life by distributing these supplies to health care providers worldwide.

Based on private support, the institution is considered as the largest international non-profit group in California by Chronicle of Philanthropy. This organization is also one of...

You would be surprised what you can accomplish if your idea is less than perfect but your heart is in the right place.  This is what happened when the Reverend Ray S. Wilkie, a Lutheran minister, made a missionary trip to Latvia and Russia back in 1992.  These were countries that had just witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union and were now in desperate need of food and basic goods.  The reverend envisioned a train that would go across the American heartland and gather food to ship to th...

If all rules and regulations for incarceration were followed, being in prison would be difficult enough.  However, the prison environment is a brutal place and many prisoners say that they learn more about crime inside the slammer than out.  The battle for a safe environment is unending.  One of the most pervasive problems is prison rape.  As terrible as it is, it is often difficult to get authorities to take the problem seriously.  Just Detention, a prison advocacy group believes that this...

Unlike any other charitable institutions, Good360 focuses on the new and nonperishable products of companies that are already considered as obsolete, slow moving and seasonal products. They help out these companies effectively dispose these items through pre-qualified charities, schools and other organizations that are in need of these products.

Created in 1983, Group360 has received various citations including those from Forbes and the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy for th...

Reaching out to over 122 million people with their 1015 poverty fighting projects in over 84 countries are just some of the statistics that the organization has reported in 2011. Care USA has been ranked as the 24^th largest U.S. charities and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian aid organizations.

Focusing on the fight against poverty, emergency relief and long term international development projects, the organization headquartered in Atlanta Georgia is taking their cause globa...

Convoy of Hope is a faith-based non-profit organization that has been spreading hope and giving help for almost two decades now. They reach to their beneficiaries by facilitating children’s feeding and community outreach programs. They also offer assistance during disasters. Since establishment, they have already served over 55 million people across the world.

Convoy of Hope was formed in 1994 and slowly, it has developed into a global movement that collaborated with government agencie...

In the United States, some parents struggle to give their children clothes and toys while other parents try to figure out where to store all the clothes and toys their kids have.  Most of us would see this and just roll our eyes.  Lynn Margherio saw that her nephews and nieces had too many clothes and saw an opportunity to make a change; she saw an opportunity to help the underprivileged kids in her hometown in Boston.  Thus Cradles to Crayons (“C2C”) was born.  The organization, which ...