NPO spotlight

Community Volunteers in Medicine
Founded in 1998, Community Volunteers in Medicine provides medical, dental, health and wellness education, and social services for people who live or work in the Chester County, Pennsylvania region who lack access to insurance....

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science supports the efforts of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, to advance science for the benefit of humanity....

FamilyForward
Created from the 2017 merger of the St. Louis-based Children's Home Society of Missouri and Family Resource Center, FamilyForward offers a comprehensive suite of services aimed at advancing safer, healthier relationships for children and families in the region....

Global Fund for Women
Founded on the belief that women's human rights are essential to social, economic, and political change around the world, Global Fund for Women envisions a world where movements for gender justice have transformed power and privilege for a few into equity and equality for all....

Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Established in 1972, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance works to strengthen and amplify the voices of more than four hundred and sixty nonprofit and for-profit arts and cultural organizations in the greater Philadelphia region....

YWCA USA
The first United States-based chapter of the YWCA was formed in 1858, the national organization was incorporated in New York City in 1907, and today YWCA USA includes two hundred local associations serving more than two million women, girls, and their families annually....

Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless
Established in 1990, the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless works to end homelessness guided by three principles: housing first, harm reduction, and trauma-informed care....

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Founded in 1917, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago serves a million people annually regardless of religious, ethnic, or economic background through more than a hundred and fifty programs....

Mission St Louis
Mission St. Louis works to help individuals and families in St. Louis move beyond the cycle of poverty....

Ireland Funds America
Ireland Funds America (aka the American Ireland Fund) works to help people in need by supporting worthy and innovative projects in both Ireland and the United States....

SAY Detroit
Established by Mitch Albom, author of the best-selling memoir Tuesdays with Morrie, SAY Detroit serves as an umbrella organization for initiatives that provide health care, afterschool programs, scholarships, housing, and other services for homeless and underserved families, seniors, and veterans in the Motor City....

Open Hand Atlanta
Open Hand Atlanta provides home-delivered meals, nutrition services, and healthy food to critically or chronically ill, disabled, and homebound elderly individuals as well as low-income children and families....

Homeboy Industries
Founded in 1988 by Father Gregory Boyle, pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, Homeboy Industries today is the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world for formerly gang-involved and incarcerated men and women....

GoPhilanthropic Foundation
An international grantmaking public charity established in 2011, the GoPhilanthropic Foundation partners with small, grassroots, community-based and -led organizations working to ensure equitable access to education, health care, and human rights in Cambodia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Laos, Nepal, and Vietnam....

Semper Fi & America's Fund
Established in 2004 by Karen Guenther, a nurse, and other Marine Corps spouses at Camp Pendleton, Semper Fi & America's Fund supports ill and injured members of all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families, ensuring that they have the resources they need during their recovery and transition back to civilian life....

First Responders Children's Foundation
Established in New York City following the 9/11 attacks, the First Responders Children's Foundation awards scholarships and grants to the children and families of first responders killed or injured in the line of duty as well as grants to public safety agencies in support of educational programming....