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The American Humane Society and its Efforts at Keeping Animals and Children Safe

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, April 22, 2014,

The American Humane Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization dedicated towards uplifting the welfare of animals and children. When it began in 1877, it was known as the International Humane Association but the organization changed its name the following year. By 1940, the AHA was the sole monitoring institution for humane animal treatment on Hollywood film sets and other broadcasting outfits, becoming well-known for its trademark certification "No Animals Were Harmed" which was shown at...

The AFCA: Joining the Battle Against HIV and AIDS to Give Children a Healthier Future

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, In : Health

The American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA) is a non-profit geared towards helping children and their guardians in sub-Saharan Africa who have contracted AIDS or are HIV positive and do not have access to the medical care they need. As of 2008, sub-Saharan Africa represents over two-thirds of new HIV infections in the world and the number keeps growing. To help in the battle against HIV and AIDS, the AFCA provides critical antiretroviral medicine and other medications, medical suppl...

AIDA: Protecting Human Health and the Environment

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, February 21, 2014, In : Environment

AIDA or the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense was established in 1996. The organization was founded through a collaboration of five environmental groups in the US that included Earthjustice. It is an international non-profit organization that tackles environmental law. AIDA is headquartered in Oakland, California and has numerous partners around the globe. This includes countries such as Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, Chile and Colombia.

The organizatio...

American Printing House for the Blind: Enhancing Education for Blind Students

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, In : Education

American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is a not-for-profit corporation based in Louisville, Kentucky, Unites States. It promotes independent living among individuals who are blind or visually impaired. For more than 150 years, the corporation has already created unique products and services to support all aspects of its clients and beneficiaries even without sight or limited seeing abilities.

In the 1830s, the first of the schools for blind children opened in the United States. Back then...

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: Helping Jews Around the World

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, December 6, 2013, In : human rights

Established in 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has been actively involved in helping to alleviate hunger and hardships of Jews around the world. JDC operates in Israel and 70 other countries. Although known to serve the Jewish communities, JDC also provides their services to areas in need of immediate assistance. One of their latest programs was to provide aid to victims of Typhoon Haiyan when it hit the Philippines.

JDC was formed during World War I when the Jewi...

American Forests: Protecting and Restoring Forests

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, In : Environment

American Forests is a nonprofit organization composed of a group of people who care about the forests and work to conserve them. It is the oldest national organization in United States that focuses on promoting the protection and expansion of America’s forestry. Since 1990, they have already planted over 40 million trees in different forests across the country. Aside from caring for the forests, they have also helped restore watersheds to provide clean drinking water to beneficiary communit...

American Bird Conservancy: Working to Conserve the World’s Beautiful Creatures

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, November 8, 2013, In : Environment

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is a non-profit membership organization that focuses on conserving native birds and their natural habitats all over the Americas. It is committed to expelling the threats to birds inhabiting the western hemisphere, including overuse of pesticides, habitat destruction, urban sprawl, and invasive species.

The organization works in cooperation with other agencies and groups that are also dedicated to the advocacy, such as The Bird Conservation Alliance, Fundac...

American Civil Rights Union: The Conservative Civil Liberties Organization

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, November 1, 2013, In : human rights

The American Civil Rights Union, or ACRU, is an American organization focused on advocating civil liberties in the country, for its people. It was founded by Robert B. Carleson, a former Reagan administration official, in 1998. It was established in response to views that the more prominent civil rights organization, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLA), was too liberal or leftward-leaning. Because of this, ACRU has been considered as a conservative civil liberties advocacy group.

Since ...

The American Civil Liberties Union: Securing Every Citizen’s Liberty and Human Rights

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, In : human rights

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that works around the mission, “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in the country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.” They fulfill their mission and perform their programs through lobbying, litigation, and community education.

ACLU was founded in 1920 by Roger Baldwin, Walter Nelles, and Crystal Eastman. However, it rooted from its predeces...

American Childhood Cancer Organization: Supporting Children with Cancer

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, September 13, 2013, In : Health

The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) is a non-profit charitable institution that focuses on providing support to families of children diagnosed with cancer. The organization is also involved in funding research projects that target the prevention of the disease.

The ACCO was established in 1970 by parents of children who had survived cancer. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization’s initial focus was to create awareness in the government and to lobby for more resources to...

The American Heart Association: Leading the Way to Healthier Lives

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, In : Health

Based in Dallas, Texas, the American Heart Association (AHA) continues to lead the way for people to live healthier lives by promoting programs that create awareness of heart diseases and healthier ways of living. The AHA recognizes that heart diseases are the #1 killer in America and strokes are not far behind, thus, the association is active in creating awareness and funding research programs in the prevention of heart diseases and strokes.

In addition to providing information to the gen...

Theodore H. Friedman and The North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry

Posted by Charity Watcher on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, In : human rights

Attorney Theodore H. Friedman embarked on his career in the legal arena following the completion of his studies at Harvard Law School. Still practicing today, Friedman enjoys a reputation as one of New York's most talented trial lawyers, a distinction he leverages outside of the courtroom to spearhead a number of commendable charitable endeavors. Throughout his career, Theodore H. Friedman has always set time aside to take on pro-bono cases, both independently and in collaboration with collea...
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Ellen Scharaga of OncoMed Pharmaceutical Services: Supporting Cancer Research for a Healthier Future

Posted by Charity Watcher on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, In : Health

Maintaining an impressive resume of professional accomplishments in pharmacy management and administration, Ellen Scharaga currently acts as Senior Vice President of Operations at OncoMed Pharmaceutical Services, a position she has held since 2009. Awarded a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology from the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions at St. John’s University in 1982, Ms. Scharaga moved on to serve in high-level posts at Health Infusion, Homedco Infusion, Advanced C...

Steven Bangerter and the American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Endeavors

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, May 29, 2012,

A seasoned attorney with nearly two decades of applied professional experience, Steven Bangerter currently heads the Oakland, California-based firm Bangerter Sheppard, PC in the capacity of Managing Partner, a role he has maintained since co-founding the company in 2005. Also overseeing Bangerter Sheppard’s offices in Los Angeles and St. George, Utah, he holds an A.V. Preeminent 5.0 rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a distinction only extended to an elite group of lawyers ...

Reginald F. Lewis

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, November 18, 2011,

In 1993, Reginald F. Lewis donated $3 million to Harvard Law School, the largest contribution the school had ever received from an individual. The section of the school devoted to international law was renamed the Reginald F. Lewis International Law Center in his honor. Lewis intended the grant to provide fellowships for minority lawyers who aspired to become law professors.

18 years after the creation of the program, the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, now run by his wife, Lioda, continues to s...