Charities
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Access Fund
The Access Fund is the only national advocacy organization that keeps climbing areas open and conserves the climbing environment.
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ALBA
AG & Land Based Training Association; ALBA provides farm workers and low-income people with a small business training program for their long-term economic empowerment. Our work results in the establishment of organic family farming businesses.
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Amnesty Inernational USA
A Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 2.2 million members in over 150 countries, who campaign to stop discrimination, unjust imprisonment, torture, and for other basic human rights.
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Bay Nature Institute
The Bay Nature Institute is a gateway to nature in the Bay Area. Based in Berkeley, CA, Bay Nature is dedicated to exploring, protecting, and celebrating the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Bead For Life
Eradicates extreme poverty by creating bridges - Ugandan women make jewelry out of recycled paper and Americans open their homes and hearts to buy and sell the beads.
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Born Free USA
We work to alleviate the suffering of wild animals in captivity, rescue individual animals in need, protect wildlife - including highly endangered species, and encourage compassionate conservation globally.
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Breast Cancer Fund
In response to the public health crisis of breast cancer, the Breast Cancer Fund identifies and advocates for elimination of the environmental and other preventable causes of the disease.
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Care
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. Care focuses on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole communities.
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Cascade People's Center
Cascade People's Center's mission is to empower people to build strong and sustainable families and communities through education, leadership and social connection.
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Children International
Children International helps children living in poverty by providing them with program benefits and services that meet basic needs, enhance their self-esteem and raise their physical and educational levels.
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COACH
Cedars-Sinai's COACH for Kids and Their Families is a mobile medical clinic that has been providing free health care services to medically underserved children and their families in Los Angeles for over 13 yrs.
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Common Threadz
CommonThreadz is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is working to build and fund sustainable projects that help save children living in extreme poverty in Africa and other developing nations.
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Conscious Alliance
Hunger Relief - The Conscious Alliance creates opportunities for social action within music, art, and athletic communities to eliminate hunger and promote hunger awareness.
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Earth Pledge
Earth Pledge promotes innovative solutions that restore the balance between human and natural systems and delivers these viable models to government, industry and communications.
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Ecotrust
Ecotrust works with native peoples and in the fisheries, forestry and farming sectors to build a regional economy based on social and ecological opportunities.
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Farm Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary works to end cruelty to farm animals and promotes compassionate living through rescue, education and advocacy.
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Global Giving
GlobalGiving connects you to over 500 grassroots charity projects that are making a difference around the world. Browse projects by topic or location and find one that you feel most passionate about!
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Global Oneness Project
The Global Oneness Project is a global inquiry that seeks to inspire dialogue about new ways of working in our interconnected world.
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Grist
We exist to tell the untold stories, spotlight trends before they become trendy, and engage the apathetic. We're fiercely independent in our coverage; we throw brickbats when they're needed...
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Heatlhy Child Healthy World
Healthy Child Healthy World is dedicated to protecting the health and well being of children from harmful environmental exposures. We educate parents and engage communities to make responsible everyday choices.
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ICLEI
An international membership association of local governments committed to advancing climate protection and sustainable development.
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iDE
iDE is an international social enterprise unleashing the power of innovation and market forces for poor rural households in the developing world, helping them access the tools and knowledge they need to increase their income. For over 28 years, iDE has de
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IBRRC- Int'l Bird Rescue
IBRRC has been the world leader in oiled sea and aquatic bird rescue and rehabilitation since 1971. Our mission is to mitigate the human impact on aquatic birds and other wildlife worldwide.
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TIES- Int'l Eco Tourism
TIES is the oldest and largest association dedicated to promoting responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people.
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IMA- Int'l Midwife Assistance
International Midwife Assistance is a nonprofit organization that strives to raise the standard of maternal/infant care in developing nations and areas experiencing crises in maternal/infant care.
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Jane Goodall Institute
The Jane Goodall Institutes works to protect chimpanzees and their habitats, supports community-centered development projects in ecologically-significant areas, and engages youth in making a positive difference
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Just Think
Just Think teaches young people to succeed in the twenty-first century. We develop and deliver cutting edge programs and curriculum that teach critical thinking and creative production skills.
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Marion Institute
The Marion Institute is dedicated to identifying and promoting programs that seek to enhance life for the Earth and its inhabitants.
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MBAs Without Borders
Founded in Canada in 2004, to develop people and nations! We contribute to the business and social development of upcoming nations through work rotations of MBA professionals.
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Ocean Champions
Ocean Champions is the only nonprofit political organization that endorses pro-ocean Congressional candidates and lobbies members of Congress on behalf of the oceans.
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Piyara Kutta
Piyara Kutta, Inc. ("beloved dog" in Hindi) was founded on a belief best stated by Mahatma Gandhi: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated"
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The Nature Conservancy
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
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Playpumps International
PlayPumps International provides access to clean drinking water for children and families in sub-Saharan Africa through the PlayPump water system, a merry-go-round water pump.
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Riverkeepers
Over its 41-year history, Riverkeeper has led the battle to wrest control of the Hudson from polluters through its reliance on law, science and our unique brand of hard-hitting grassroots advocacy.
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Sustainable Travel Int'l
Promotes sustainable development and eco-friendly travel by providing programs that help travelers and companies protect the environmental, socio-cultural and economic needs of the places they visit
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Sweatshop Watch
Serve low-wage workers nationally and globally, to obtain living wages, and safe, decent work environments. Believe that those responsible for exploitation must be held accountable.
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Tennis Opportunity
A not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide economically disadvantaged children with the opportunity to achieve excellence - as students, as players, and as citizens
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Hunger Project
The Hunger Project is a global, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. Our bottom-up, gender-focused strategies empower millions to build lives of self reliance and dignity.
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Pollinator Partnership
The Pollinator Partnership works to protect the health of managed and native pollinating animals vital to our ecosystems and agriculture. We work with over 120 orgs. to encourage pollinator friendly activities.
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Thorne Institute
In its 53rd year, Thorne Ecological Institute builds Earth stewardship by connecting kids to nature through hands-on environmental education experiences.
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Transfair USA
TransFair USA is the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the U.S. Fair Trade enables sustainable development and community empowerment by cultivating a more equitable global trade model.
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Urban Sprouts
Urban Sprouts uses school gardens to help youth engage in school, eat better, and connect with the environment and each other.
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Waterkeeper Alliance
Waterkeeper Alliance connects and supports grassroots advocates on more than 170 waterways around the world. Waterkeepers stand up to polluters and fight for clean water worldwide.
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Womens Wilderness
Strengthening the courage, confidence and leadership qualities of girls and women, through the challenge and support of wilderness- and community-based experiences.
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