The Seva Foundation is an American non-profit and international health organization with the aim of treating blindness around the world. Founded in 1978, the organization was started by Govindappa Venkataswamy, Nicole Grasset, Wavy Gravy, Ram Dass, and Dr. Larry Brilliant. In 2013 alone, Seva’s Sight Program was reported to have provided eye care services to one million individuals around the globe. Since its inception, the organization has worked in various parts of the world, active in 14...

For nearly two decades now, Human Relief Foundation (HRF) has been a pillar of hope and an instrument to save lives in the poorest regions of the world. Since its founding in 1991, this non-profit organization has been consistently working on their commitment to provide developmental programs and relief to local communities.

The creation of a better life and finding solutions to global issues has been part of the focus of HRF. This international non-governmental organization is a registered ch...

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...

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...

The Swedish billionaire, Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of well loved brand IKEA created the Stichting INGKA Foundation. This institution is considered as second largest nonprofit organization in the world and is ranked as one of the largest charitable foundations as of. 

Stichting is a Dutch word for foundation and INGKA is the contraction of the founder’s name whose main objective of creating the organization is to promote and support innovation in various fields of interest in interior desig...

To enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty are the primary interest of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private foundation in the world. The organization was of course founded by the world’s richest man and his wife, Bill and Melinda Gates.

There are three trustees of the foundation. Other than the couple, the third person is billionaire Warren Buffett. As of June 2013, the organization has an endowment of $38.3 billion. $28 billion of which was donated by Bill Ga...

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...

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...

By Davide Grasso

 

In keeping with Nike’s reputation as a socially responsible corporate citizen, the company channels considerable resources toward a number of philanthropic projects that target underserved and economically unstable communities across the globe. Recognizing that we all possess potential for greatness, Nike’s leadership team came together in 2004 to establish the Nike Foundation, a catalyst for change that has deeply impacted many lives in an actionable and meaningful capac...