Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, June 13, 2014,
Food for the Hungry is an international relief and development organization operating in over 20 countries around the world. It was started in 1971 by Dr. Larry Ward, with the mission of walking with leaders, churches, and families to beat human poverty in all its forms by pursuing thriving relationships with God. Since 1980, Food for the Hungry has been an Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability charter member.
After numerous relief efforts and programs, Food for the Hungry launched ...
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Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, May 30, 2014,
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...
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Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, May 23, 2014,
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 ...
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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...
Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, April 8, 2014,
In :
Youth
The
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is a not-for-profit charity that functions to fund, raise funds, and support the Toys for Tots program under the US Marine Corps Reserve. Founded in 1947, the program was established to distribute toys to children when their parents cannot afford to buy them any for Christmas. Think of it like a US Marine version of Santa Claus. Targeting the youth, the foundation operates out a headquarters in Quantico, Virginia. With revenues amounting to nearly $249 mill...
Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, April 4, 2014,
The
Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian organization promoting discipleship and evangelism in over 190 countries across the globe. Founded in 1951, the organization started out at the University of California through the efforts of Bill Bright as a means of ministry that college students can imbibe. Since then, members of the Cru have extended to families, adult professionals, athletes, and more. The organization's headquarters is located in Orlando, Florida. The org...
Posted by Charity Watcher on Wednesday, March 12, 2014,
In :
Youth
The
Global Action for Children or GAC was a results oriented coalition committed to improving the lives of highly vulnerable children and orphans in developing nations. Founded in 2003, it advocated for improved policies as well as expanded investments in proven interventions and programs. It also worked to help increase effectiveness of initiatives and make for efficient spending of taxpayer dollars to serve children better. GAC led advocacy initiatives that ensure access to life-saving yet...
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...
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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...
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Posted by Charity Watcher on Wednesday, December 4, 2013,
In :
Education
Low income families have severely limited choices on where they can send their children for education. Step Up for Students is a charity that provides scholarships to K-12 students of poor families in Florida. Families of these students are then able to choose the educational institution they deem is best for their children.
Step Up for Students can trace it roots back to 1998 when their founder, John Kirtley, realized that low income families in Florida had trouble selecting schools for thei...
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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...
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Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 29, 2013,
The
National Coalition for the Homeless is a network of people who have experienced or are currently experiencing homelessness, as well as advocates and activists, community and faith-based service providers, and other individuals and groups who are committed to the single mission of ending homelessness.
NCH’s history can be traced back to 1981 when founder Robert Hayes filed a lawsuit on behalf of a homeless man in New York City. The case was settled out of court and from then on, people su...
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Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 8, 2013,
In :
human rights
Thousands of children around the world die every year due to reasons that may have been avoided. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) works hard to radically reduce this amount by providing vaccines, healthcare, and educational support to millions of children and their families around the world. UNICEF is supported by other charitable organizations. In the US, the
United States Fund for UNICEF is one of the largest charitable organizations that support the advocacies of UNICEF throug...
Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, October 4, 2013,
In :
human rights
Witness for Peace or WFP is an activist organization based in the United States. Founded in 1983, it was originally established to oppose the then administration, led by Ronald Reagan, as it supported the Nicaraguan Contras. They alleged and worked against the widespread atrocities that the counterrevolutionary groups got involved with back then.
In order for the organization to be able to show people the real deal, they took US citizens to Nicaragua for them to personally see what their gover...
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Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, September 6, 2013,
In
a democratic society, we have been taught since early childhood that nobody is
above the law – not even law enforcers. Like anybody else, law enforcers can at
times get into situations wherein they would have to defend their actions in
the line of duty in front of a court of law. Unfortunately, the cost of
enlisting specialized defense counsels can be a bit more than a law enforcement
officer can afford.
The
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF) was founded by David Henderson Martin ...
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Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, September 3, 2013,
In :
human rights
In the highly developed world that we live
in today, it can sometimes be unimaginable that human rights violations would
still exist. Unfortunately, they do and a good part of the population living in
advanced, protected, and highly sophisticated communities and countries can
often forget that there are people on this planet who are being subjected to
human rights violations every single minute of every day. It is also saddening
that some of the supposedly civilized individuals and groups are...
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