Committed to stamping out muscular dystrophy

Strongest Hearts is so excited to have you here.  We founded Strongest Hearts in 2022 after our son’s diagnosis with Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy.  BMD is an incredibly serious disease that affects the muscle systems of young boys and men.  Like the more common and more severe Duchenne’s, it is progressive and life threatening.

Strongest Hearts intends to end that threat.  Our non-profit is designed to exclusively work to find a cure or treatment, educate and advocate for this deadly disease.  DMD is the number one killer for adolescents in the US and we search to find a solution that will help over 90% of the DMD and BMD community.  

Like so many people and families, we have felt fear, anxiety and hopelessness and have received massively conflicting data from doctors and websites.  It is time to stop that cycle and move towards a day when we can say that a diagnosis of any muscular dystrophy, while unsettling, is no longer a tragedy.  We truly believe that we have the people, the skill and the technology to end this scourge once and for all.  

Join us in our fight.  Many Hearts, One Mission

Strongest Hearts Foundationis a project of Players Philanthropy Fund a Maryland charitable trust recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178). Contributions to Strongest Hearts Foundationqualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. 




Strongest Hearts Foundation

Ensures that all eligible immigrants understand and have access to the path to citizenship.

With a singular focus on increasing the naturalization rate in Massachusetts and beyond, Project Citizenship transforms the lives and futures of immigrants in the U.S.!  Our free legal services have enabled over 10,000 permanent residents to achieve U.S. citizenship since 2014.  By accepting the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, our new citizens achieve expanded opportunities, greater economic stability, family reunification, a voice in our democracy, and a deeper sense of belonging in this country.  We all benefit when immigrant groups are not isolated but are full participants in our social and civic life, creating more cohesive communities.

Project Citizenship focuses on those who would not be able to naturalize without assistance through the complex and lengthy process. We coach, we encourage, we inform, and we advocate for each client with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) - from application to Oath of Allegiance.  We submit requests for waivers of the USCIS application fee and for special consideration for clients who are older or who have a disability. The Project Citizenship community includes over 1,000 attorney volunteers and many local organizations who partner with us. Our clients have a remarkable 95% success rate in achieving citizenship.  Our work is at the intersection of economic vitality, civic engagement, and social justice.

Project Citizenship

Through sport, Special Olympics is building communities of acceptance and inclusion for all people. 

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Special Olympics

Our mission is to lower the suicide rate and prevent homelessness in the veteran population.  

Formerly known as Operation Combat Bikesaver. Our flagship program is what we call "Hotrod Therapy," which teaches veterans the skills and techniques to rebuild an old beat up motorcycle and create the bike of their dreams.  Through this distractive therapy veterans also get to work through their problems and end up "rebuilding" themselves as well.  We have seen some great men and women go through incredible changes in this program.  The veteran then gets to keep their project at no cost, and they usually end up sticking around to help mentor the next veteran through the process.  
While we are most known for our Hotrod Therapy program, we offer a variety of programs to improve the lives of veterans that served their country.  The "On Your Feet" program helps veterans going through hard times.  Our weekly veteran peer support group "Lima Charlie" meets every Thursday and gives veterans a safe space to workshop their problems with like-minded individuals who have been through similar experiences.  Our F.A.T. Program, or "Fitness and Tranquility" helps veterans to live a healthy, active, and peaceful lifestyle, which can be an adjustment to some.  Just to name a few.
100% of your donation goes to helping veterans, whether that be a part for their motorcycle build, getting them a safe ride to work in the morning, or enabling them to make positive impact in their community.  
We do not believe in just "raising awareness."  People are definitely aware.  We are making a positive impact.  

Operation Charlie Bravo

We provide snowsports for people with disabilities at Eldora Mountain Resort in Nederland Colorado. 

Our mission is to ignite personal growth, independence, and confidence in people with disabilities by providing adaptive winter snowsports opportunities.

Our History
In the 1970’s, ten passionate University of Colorado students saw an opportunity to enhance the lives of other CU students with disabilities, by providing them access to Colorado’s great winter sport of skiing. In 1975, this dedicated group gained permission from Eldora Mountain Resort to create an Alpine Adaptive Skiing program for ten athletes with disabilities. Since then, Ignite Adaptive Sports (formerly Eldora Special Recreation Program ESRP) has grown into a volunteer team of over 230 people serving over 300 athletes each year.

Today, outdoor sports enthusiasts of all ages and disabilities are welcome to take part in our nationally recognized program. Our dedicated team donates between 15,000 – 20,000 hours (worth more than $350,000 according to The Independent Sector) of their time and energy each year to provide private snow sport lessons to hundreds of people living with disabilities in Colorado. This includes wounded active duty and military veterans served through a US Paralympic Military Program Ignite developed in 2009, in collaboration with the U.S. Olympic Committee.

While other adaptive winter sport programs exist in Colorado, Ignite is the only comprehensive program located along the Front Range and the only program accessible by RTD’s public transportation system.

Our Work
All of us at Ignite believe everyone should be able to enjoy winter sports regardless of skill or ability level. We provide the best possible winter sports experience to each athlete we serve.

Our current offerings include alpine and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ski biking, and snowshoeing opportunities. Full and half-day snow-sport lessons run from January through March and are held Thursdays through Sundays.

Our Athletes
Outdoor sports enthusiasts of all ages and ability level are welcome to take part in Ignite’s nationally recognized program. Ignite’s athletes range in age from 5 to almost 90 and have varying disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy, missing limbs, paralysis, visual impairments, and post-traumatic stress disorder, with many experiencing more than one type of disability.

Our Volunteers
Volunteers are the key to Ignite Adaptive Sports’ success. They provide 100 percent of our lessons and support all other aspects of the organization – from program management to fundraising – contributing over 15,000 hours of their time, talent and energy, providing over 1,300 individual lessons to more than 200 people living with disabilities. Many Ignite volunteers have family members or friends who participate in the program and return to Ignite year after year.

 

Ignite Adaptive Sports

We are a 501(c)3 partnering with the Lord to rebuild, restore, and providing healing to families in the disability community.

Through our Bags of Hope program, we ship internationally to families who receive a prenatal diagnosis for their child. Our goal is to extend this program to the Autism community. Through our Bags of Comfort program, we ship internationally to families who have lost a child with a disability. 

Love That Surpasses

Working with partners in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam to remove unexploded ordinance, reduce casualties and assist victims.

American aircraft dropped over 5 million tons of bombs on Vietnam– the largest bombardment of any country in history– and more than twice as much tonnage as the U.S. Air Force dropped in all of World War II. Over 4 million tons fell on the mostly rural areas of the former South Vietnam, plus 400,000 tons of napalm and 19 million gallons of herbicides.

Since 2008, RENEW has found, removed, and destroyed over 105,000 cluster bombs and other war explosives in Quang Tri Province. In 2020 that total was 8,546, and rapid response teams responded to 645 emergency calls from local people in villages.

Quang Tri Province is about 43 miles square– smaller than the State of Delaware– with a population of rural farmers and two small towns. Yet it was pummeled by the most intensive aerial bombing of the Vietnam War– including widespread carpet bombing by B-52 bombers– making it by far the most bombed province in Vietnam. Besides the 750- and 500-pound bombs delivered by aircraft, many of which remain in the ground unexploded, Quang Tri suffered intense land battles that left the surface littered with a seemingly limitless number of every type of bomb used in ground combat, from cluster bomblets and artillery shells to hand grenades, rockets, mortar rounds and mines. Together they make Quang Tri the most bombed place on earth.

RENEW also collaborates with local government, community organizations, and teachers’ unions to deliver risk education programs to school children and adults. Artificial limbs and assistive devices have been given to more than 2,000 war amputees in the province hospital and by a mobile team in the remotest villages. In addition, RENEW provides micro-credit loans and other income support to families affected by explosions and runs six vocational facilities for blind war victims.

Agent Orange is now being addressed through cooperation between the government of Vietnam and the U.S. government.  Dioxin cleanup of key hotspots is underway.  Support and interventions, in the homes of severely disabled persons suffering from problems related to Agent Orange, is the next step in bringing closure to this painful tragedy.  Project RENEW is preparing to step up to that challenge as well.

Friends of Project RENEW is an active, all-volunteer U.S. organization that works closely with Project RENEW to advance its work in Vietnam, including inspiring support and increasing public awareness of RENEW’s goals and activities. It the main conduit for individual donations to operations in Vietnam. FPR does not take any portion of contributions as an administrative fee or management overhead.

Project RENEW website (Vietnam side): https://landmines.org.vn/

Friends of Project RENEW

Harmony Theater is an organization focused on performing arts for people with disabilities based in southeastern PA. 

Harmony Theater

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power of people with disabilities. As a national cross-disability rights organization, AAPD advocates for full civil rights for the over 60 million Americans with disabilities by promoting equal opportunity, economic power, independent living, and political participation. Learn more at www.aapd.com.

American Association of People with Disabilities

Building specially adapted custom homes for severely injured Veterans nationwide.

To build and donate specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post – 9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives.

Homes For Our Troops

Fistula Foundation focuses exclusively on delivering fistula repair surgery because of its enormous impact.

With each surgery we provide, we know that we can help change one woman’s world forever. And we know that the ripple effect of her restored health—on both her family and community—is profound.

Fistula Foundation

The Dyslexia Reading Center Of Central Pennsylvania, based in Pine Grove Mills, focuses on helping those with dyslexia. 

Dyslexia Reading Center Of Central Pennsylvania

Whose mission is to fund specialized medical and psychological care for severely wounded and disabled Colombians who are victims of the war against drugs and terrorism.

UFC is a non-profit organization whose mission is to fund specialized medical and psychological care for severely wounded and disabled Colombians who are victims of the war against drugs and terrorism.

United for Colombia

Children who attend ATG Achieve Their Goals

We strive to clear a path for students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to pursue academic success, gain independence, and contribute their unique gifts to our community and the world.

ATG Learning Academy

We strive to empower individuals and end stigmas regarding addiction, HIV, HCV and mental illness.

We provide comprehensive services to assist people in achieving their highest level of personal empowerment.

Our programs include:
- Syringe Services
- Prevention, Care & Navigation Services
- Vaccinations

One Voice Recovery

United Ability envisions a world where disability is neither defining nor limiting.

United Ability's mission is to provide innovative services connecting people with disabilities to their communities and empowering individuals to live full and meaningful lives.  We envision a world where disability is neither defining nor limiting.

For more than 70 years, United Ability has addressed the medical, social, educational, therapeutic, and employment needs of individuals living with disability in the Birmingham Metro Area and surrounding counties. From birth through senior years, individuals - and their families - find hope for a life they may have never thought possible. 

United Ability

Transforming the lives of people with autism and those who care for them through lifetime services and collaborative partnerships

Els for Autism Foundation was established in 2009 by Liezl and Ernie Els. The Els’ son, Ben, is impacted by the disorder which affects 1 in 44 children in the U.S. The world-class pro golfer and his wife have devoted their efforts to a game-changing, philanthropic undertaking – The Els Center of Excellence® Center. The Center is a world-class, 26-acre campus that is home to three distinct nonprofit organizations: Els for Autism Foundation, The Learning Center, a tuition-free, nonprofit, Palm Beach County public charter school serving students ages 3 – 14, and The Learning Academy, a tuition-free, nonprofit, Palm Beach County public charter school serving students ages 14 – 21. 

The Foundation offers innovative, evidence-based programs for families and individuals across the lifespan in three areas of focus: Early Intervention & Education Services, Recreation Services, and Adult Services. Els for Autism Foundation serves families around the world, offering programs and services both virtually and in person at The Els Center of Excellence campus in Jupiter, Florida. 

Your generous donation will help provide services to individuals with autism and their families.  Our staff uses evidence-based practices to guide the development of new and effective ways to provide services and support to individuals of all ages on the autism spectrum.  - Where possibilities are endless - 

Els for Autism Foundation

Lunch Box of Love brings sustainable solutions to – disasters, extreme poverty, food insecurities, displacement. 

Lunch Box of Love wants companies, businesses, and people in the community to know that In order to make a difference, we rely on the support of generous individuals and businesses in our community and Your support is critical to the completion of our projects, events and programs. We will gladly keep you updated regarding our progress should you wish.

Lunch Box Of Love

Family To Family Network creates success for children with disabilities by empowering their families with knowledge & support.

Family to Family Network creates success for children with disabilities by empowering their families with information, training, referrals and support as they navigate the complex education, health care and social service systems.

Family to Family Network believes that ALL children should be included and supported in our schools and community in order to ensure the future success of children with disabilities. 

F2FN transforms lives by helping people discover possibilities, see potential when others see barriers, and advocate for what their children need to achieve their dreams.  By changing attitudes and mindsets about disabilities, our organization changes lives to make sure every individual gets to live THEIR best life.

By 2031, Our Goal is to Help 25,000 Families See Possibilities in their children with disabilities!
You can help us reach our goal by:
1) Supporting the development of a bilingual learning platform where families can access training at their own pace;
2) Providing intensive case management to families in underserved communities, especially our communities of color and those that are non-english speaking; 
3) Updating & maintaining our bilingual website that provides accurate & consistent information on the special education process;
4) Subsidizing our annual conference for 500 family members & youth with disabilities. 

Through these services, families and individuals with disabilities have an opportunity to network and learn from one another.

By working together, we can create communities where ALL children belong and excel!
Help create success for children & youth with disabilities!

OTHER INFORMATION:
There are over 127,000 students with disabilities receiving special education services in the greater Houston Region 4 Education Service Center area.  This does not include those receiving accommodations only through 504 plans or children who are home schooled or in private school placements.

Last year, Family to Family served families with the primary disability labels of:
59% Autism Spectrum Disorder
16% Intellectual Disability
10% Other Health Impairment
7%   Orthopedic Impairment
6 %  Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Blind Visual Disability, Deaf Blind
2%   Learning Disability

The age ranges of the children in the families that we serve are:
2%      Age 0-3
10%    Age 3-5
22%    Age 5-11 (elementary)
12%    Age 12-15 (junior high/middle school)
19%    Age 16 – 18  (High School)
8%      Age 18+  (18+ High School)
27%    Adults (Out of School)

The ethnic diversity of the families served are 19% Black, 31%White, 33% Hispanic/Latinx, 15% Asian and 2%  identified as Two or More.

29% Request help with the Individualized Education Program (IEP) special education process. 28% Request help finding resources in the community.  39% Needed help navigating Adult Service systems, Medicaid Managed Care or Social Security.

Family to Family helps families understand their rights & responsibilities, while also aiding them in understanding the right words to use, right place to look, right person to connect with when trying to find services & supports for their children with disabilities.  

Education is the only FREE service available to children with disabilities.  Adult services are not free, and there are over 150,000 Texans with disabilities waiting over 10 years for long term services & supports.  That is why it is imperative for children with disabilities to receive the necessary supports and services at school so that they can become contributing members of our community and live meaningful lives after high school.









Family To Family Network

Serving the nearly 65,000 people in Colorado and Wyoming living with epilepsy.

The Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado and Wyoming is the leader in connecting, educating, and empowering to make a difference in the lives of everyone impacted by epilepsy.  We connect people to healthcare providers, support networks, and mental health resources. We educate schools, employers, and the community at large, to reduce stigma and raise awareness. And we empower people affected by epilepsy with knowledge, resources, and advocacy to live their best lives.  We are a non-profit, charitable organization, designated as a 501(c)3 by the IRS (tax ID 84-0607069).

Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado & Wyoming

Pull Up Park Jam is a nonprofit community fitness organization. It received nonprofit status in 2015.

The World's Longest-Running Calisthenics Competition

THE WORD CALISTHENICS DERIVES FROM THE GREEK TERMS KALOS, MEANING BEAUTY, AND STENOS, MEANING STRENGTH.  CALISTHENICS IS A FORM OF EXERCISE IN WHICH PEOPLE USE ONLY THE WEIGHT OF THEIR BODY AS RESISTANCE.  BECAUSE OF ITS SIMPLICITY CALISTHENICS IS ACCESSIBLE TO A WIDER RANGE OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A GYM.  ADDITIONALLY, WITH NO ADDED WEIGHTS, CALISTHENICS IS A SAFER LIFE-LONG ACTIVITY FOR PEOPLE FROM AGE 1 TO AGE 100.

O U R  H I S T O R Y:  T H I S  I S  W H E R E  I T  B E G A N 

THERE IS NO ORGANIZATION THAT HAS CULTIVATED THE CALISTHENICS COMMUNITY LONGER THAN THE PULL UP PARK JAM.  FOUNDED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY IN 1998 BY RAY FUNN AND KEITH FIELDS, THE EVENT OPERATED AS A NON-PROFIT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RODNEY "REDD" HARRISON.  THE PULL UP PARK JAM GREW TO BE THE LARGEST CALISTHENICS COMPETITION IN THE WORLD, ATTRACTING 100 COMPETITORS PER YEAR FROM COUNTRIES AS FAR AWAY AS JAPAN AND UKRAINE.  EVENTS AROUND THE GLOBE LAUNCHED TO EMULATE THE CAPTIVATING EVERGY OF THE PULL UP PARK JAM, WITH NOTABLE GLOBAL ICONS GETTING THEIR START IN CALISTHENICS THROUGH THE PULL UP PARK JAM.

O U R  H I S T O R Y:  T H I S  I S  W H E R E  I T  B E G A N  
THERE IS NO ORGANIZATION THAT HAS CULTIVATED THE CALISTHENICS COMMUNITY LONGER THAN THE PULL UP PARK JAM.  FOUNDED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY IN 1998 BY RAY FUNN AND KEITH FIELDS, THE EVENT OPERATED AS A NON-PROFIT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RODNEY "REDD" HARRISON.  THE PULL UP PARK JAM GREW TO BE THE LARGEST CALISTHENICS COMPETITION IN THE WORLD, ATTRACTING 100 COMPETITORS PER YEAR FROM COUNTRIES AS FAR AWAY AS JAPAN AND UKRAINE.  EVENTS AROUND THE GLOBE LAUNCHED TO EMULATE THE CAPTIVATING EVERGY OF THE PULL UP PARK JAM, WITH NOTABLE GLOBAL ICONS GETTING THEIR START IN CALISTHENICS THROUGH THE PULL UP PARK JAM.

THE PULL UP PARK JAM EXPANDED TO CHICAGO IN 2015 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OMARI JINAKI.  THE CHICAGO EVENT ALONE HAS BECOME THE LONGEST-RUNNING CALISTHENICS COMPETITION IN THE WORLD.  THANKS TO COMPETITORS FROM NEW STATES AND NEW COUNTRIES, CHICAGO BECAME THE SECOND-LARGEST CALISTHENICS COMPETITION IN THE COUNTRY.   IN RECENT YEARS, THE FOCUS IS NOT ON MAKING THE EVENT LARGER EACH YEAR, BUT ON CONTROLLED, PURPOSEFUL GROWTH -- WITH JUDGING OBJECTIVITY AS THE PRIORITY IN CHICAGO.  YEARLY ENHANCEMENTS MAKE THIS THE MOST STRICT CALISTHENICS COMPETITION IN THE UNITED STATES, WHILE STAYING TRUE TO OUR ROOTS OF REACHING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.  THE CHICAGO EVENT MAKES ELITE CALISTHENICS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY IN THE FREEDROM OF A PUBLIC PARK.

The Pull Up Park Jam is a 501(c)(3) non-profit (EIN: 30-0745794).  For more than 20 years the event has run solely on the financial contribution of the competition host(s).   There have been a small few financial contributors for which we are eternally and extremely grateful.  Additionally, there are also a few notable in-kind donors that provide their time to store equipment, build and upgrade equipment, move and set-up equipment.  Without this ongoing equipment storage, the Chicago Pull Up Park Jam, the only annual calisthenics competition in Chicago, would not exist at all.  The entire Chicago calisthenics community owes this donor and all donors immense gratitude.

We welcome others to learn more about our operations and financial expenditures to determine if they'd like to contribute financially or in-kind to offset the ongoing event costs. 

Every year, the annual costs to host the competition include:

* venue permit
* venue insurance & attendee personal injury insurance
* competition equipment and heavy-duty construction tools
* trucks and vans, gas, vehicle insurance, overnight parking (3 days)
* portable restrooms and sanitation
* pre-event overnight security
* electronics (outdoor generator, time clocks, extension cords, megaphone) 
* competitor apparel & design revisions
* trophies, medals, & awards
* website maintenance
* videography & photography
* staff as needed (equipment movers and judges)

CHICAGO PULL UP PARK JAM

D×P works in Japan to solve the isolation of teenagers who have difficulties.

10代の孤立という社会課題に取り組む、認定NPO法人D×P（ディーピー）です。

DxP offers career counseling, classroom, placement project, and work experience programs for teenagers who have financial difficulties, have disabilities, are not attending school, or have other difficulties. 

Projects are undertaken to help young people acquire the power of autonomy to make decisions, empowering each young person with the knowledge that they have a responsibility for their own future. 

DxP's goal is to create a society where people can have hope.


ひとりひとりの若者がどんな境遇にあったとしてもつながりが得られる状態をつくるために、「学校」と「インターネット」の2つのフィールドで生きづらさを抱えた10代と出会います。
コロナ禍では経済的困窮する若者に食糧支援・現金給付も実施しています。

D×P

We sponsor programs for literacy, injury prevention & education for Native American youth, primarily living on the Navajo Nation.

Eve’s Fund is a small non-profit organization with a big mission: to promote hope and wellness for young Native Americans living on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

We accomplish this mission through our injury prevention, literacy, and educational scholarship programs. We also provide funding to local organizations and programs that share our vision.

Eve’s parents, Dr. Bob Crowell and Barbara Crowell Roy, started Eve’s Fund for Native American Health Initiatives in 2005 as a way to honor the memory of their daughter, Eve Erin Crowell. Since that time, we have developed a strong community presence and our programs have had a positive impact on over 63,000 Navajo children and teens.

Eve’s Fund is a 501 (c)(3) organization incorporated in New Mexico. Our team includes health educators, VIP speakers, consulting partners, volunteers, and a Board of Directors. Barbara Crowell Roy, Eve’s mother, oversees all programs and daily operations.

Eve's Fund for Native American Health Initiatives

Committed to supporting autistic individuals to achieve their maximum potential, while building connections for a happy life

Optimal Rhythms uses our unique neurologic approach to provide a therapeutic K-12 day school, ACCESS Academy; our A2A K-12 and adult virtual education programs; and an innovative Summer "CAN-Do" Camp for student with complex communication, motor, and sensory needs. We challenge communities to #rethinkautism by providing valuable training to equip parents and professionals to best support the sensory and communication needs of nonspeaking individuals.  Our Rethinking Autism Programs bring crucial training and resources to parents/caregivers, teachers, therapists, medical professionals and first responders.  We help those who care for nonspeaking children and adults to recognize their true potential, provide effective supports and accommodations, and afford them the human rights we all enjoy. Individuals who gain access to our programs experience acceptance, hope-giving opportunities for a true academic education, and meaningful connections with their peers and families. Will you help us extend our reach to more deserving students and families?


Optimal Rhythms / Access Academy

Habitat for Humanity NWMA is a nonprofit org serving Cobb, Douglas, & Paulding GA, giving a hand up through decent shelter.

In 1985, Chrys and John Street met Millard Fuller, who challenged them to start an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity in Cobb County, GA. They distributed brochures to local churches and gathered 12 people to form a Board of Directors. On April 1, 1986, Cobb County Habitat for Humanity was officially incorporated as an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. In 2008, the organization expanded to include Douglas and Paulding counties and the name changed to Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta. Since 1986, over 500 homes have been built, rehabilitated, or repaired as part of our pursuit to provide decent, affordable housing in Cobb, Douglas, and Paulding counties. 

We are driven by the vision that everyone deserves a decent place to live, and our mission states that: "Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope." 

Our principles are to: 
1. Demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ.
2. Focus on shelter.
3. Advocate for affordable housing.
4. Promote dignity and hope.
5. Support sustainable and transformative development.

Non-proselytizing policy: 
Habitat for Humanity and its affiliate organizations will not proselytize. Nor will Habitat work with entities or individuals who insist on proselytizing as part of their work with Habitat. This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.

People in your community and all over the world partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. With our help, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and their families.

Homeowners are selected based on: 

1. Need for housing, 
- Your present housing is not adequate (unsafe, not maintained, overcrowded, and/or 
   unaffordable).
- You are unable to obtain affordable housing through other conventional means.

2. Willingness to Partner
- You agree to complete 200 hours of sweat equity. Sweat equity hours are earned by 
   helping to build your home alongside volunteers and doing community service.
- You agree to complete 100 hours of homeowner education.

3. Ability to Pay
- You have a steady source of income.
- You have a positive monthly cash flow (net balance of cash on hand after expenses are 
   paid).
- You have good credit (based on your credit report, NOT your credit score).
- Charged-off debts or debts in collection are $250 or less.
- If you have declared bankruptcy, it must have been discharged for three years. If it was 
   dismissed, you must have paid off all of the debts to the bankruptcy.

In addition to building new homes, we also have a Repair Program, in which we assist seniors and veterans on fixed incomes with home repairs to ensure they have a safe, warm, and dry home, as well as accessibility modifications if they are disabled. 

Individuals and organizations can get involved with us by making a gift to support our mission of building homes, communities, and hope; sponsoring a house or build day(s), volunteering, or becoming a skilled volunteer member of our build crew. 

Learn more at habitatnwma.org. 


Habitat For Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta

Multiple is a (501c3) non-profit dedicated to catalyzing innovation and supporting technologies for the autism community at scale.

Multiple is the engine for innovation—a global community of dedicated families, entrepreneurs, funders, and experts collaborating to solve the greatest challenges for people with autism. We are an early-stage autism innovation platform; a force-multiplier, supplying data, resources and relationships to fuel innovation and solve the greatest challenges for people with autism.

Autism innovation lacks the critical support it needs to power positive change for the autism community, which is perhaps a reflection of the spectrum itself, a fantastically dis-integrated community. The solution is Multiple: a hub where we can create greater impact by creating together. 

Multiple

Founded in 1979, Imagination Stage is a holistic theatre arts organization for all children and youth.

Imagination Stage empowers all young people to discover their voice and identity through performing arts education and professional theatre.

Imagination Stage

Physicians for Peace brings quality education to surgical care providers around the world. It received nonprofit status in 1994.

Physicians for Peace is dedicated to educating and empowering local providers of surgical care, to alleviate suffering and transform lives in under-resourced communities around the world.  

For 35 years, Physicians for Peace has brought long-term, sustainable, replicable, and evidence-based training to underserved communities, helping them to sustainably build local capability and capacity.

We believe access to quality surgical care is essential to transforming lives in communities around the world.

We believe in the exponential impact of education to empower.

We build local capacity through training, not service provision.

We work through partnerships, by invitation and in collaboration.

We respect diverse cultures and traditions.

We emphasize being relevant and adaptable, prioritizing locally identified needs and sustainable interventions, over our own supply of volunteers or donor mandates.

We innovate, through use of new technologies and ongoing technical support.

We commit to monitoring and evaluation; holding ourselves accountable.

We value learning.

Physicians for Peace

We envision all communities in Oregon having access to resources needed for everyone's health and well-being.

We promote healthy communities by collaboratively addressing local needs to improve access to care and health-related services through advocacy, education, and technical assistance. 

Access Care Anywhere

Creating a world for kids with intellectual disabilities in Lusaka, Zambia.

Studies in low income, middle income countries in Sub-Sharan Africa have shown that many parents perceive severe disability as worse than death, and ironically, some families might even view premature death as a welcome relief because of the substantial lifetime costs of supporting disabled children without any social welfare benefits, especially in rural settings.  Special Hope Network has stepped in the Zambian community where the government has not.  We are currently working with 325 children and their care givers in 5 Community Care Centers around Lusaka, Zambia.

We believe every child with an intellectual disability has a God-given right to the following: 1. Home - A space where they are loved, nurtured, cared for and challenged. 2. Health - Resources that allow them to be cared for body, soul and mind. 3. Education - An environment where they are encouraged to grow, learn and progress to their next developmental level.

Special Hope Network

On a mission to provide social, vocational and residential opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.

“Looking forward, we are gaining momentum with what we can offer. We know the needs will continue because this problem is not going away. We know mentally/physically our members are healthier when they are socialized, feel good about themselves, working and that impacts their entire family. That has always been our True North since our founding, and no matter the growth or needs that increase, that will remain our focus for the future.”

— Cheri Weaver, Executive Director

Wings Special Needs Adult Community

Theatre starring people with intellectual disabilities and autism. Actors gain confidence, social skills, friends.

Mission: Through collaborative performance and lifelong learning opportunities, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities gain the skills and confidence to engage with the world.

ArtStream fuels students' imagination, creativity, and focus. We offer over 850 classes and workshops each year for 1,617 participants, six Theatre Companies totaling 90 participants and four Cabaret Companies totaling 30-40 participants, all of whom create and perform original theater works.

WHY ARTSTREAM?
People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - including Autism - frequently face isolation or marginalization, and are excluded from activities and spaces where community, friendships, and connections are made. Creative opportunities are even fewer and farther between. In ArtStream’s drama and performing arts classes, workshops, and theatre companies, participants learn skills that apply to all aspects of life, including how to be present, pay attention, listen to instructions, participate in the activities that the class is doing that day, and perhaps most important of all, build friendships. 

Performance is transformative for every actor. This is also true for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, including Autism. Whether in classes, workshops, or rehearsals, ArtStreamers play theatrical games that require them to listen, to engage, to communicate, and to collaborate with each other; and improvisational games that teach them how to make eye contact, think on their feet, make connections, synthesize information, and solve problems. ArtStream’s demanding and very entertaining process encourages ArtStreamers to discover their creativity and strengths, and perform with confidence! What’s more, at ArtStream, our participants create their own scenes, dances, and songs for their performances, whereas most other theaters and non-profits serve people with disabilities by enacting or adapting plays or scenes written by professional playwrights. This is the “ArtStream difference.” 

A 55-year-old, 15-year ArtStream veteran expressed it better than we could ourselves: “I don’t get nervous on stage because I feel such happiness. I like to perform 24 hours a day! I love this place! ArtStream is making me happy!” 

ArtStream’s collaborative programming gives people with interest, talent, drive, and creativity – but few opportunities – a unique chance to build skills they will carry with them throughout their lifetimes. Our retention rate is 90%, attesting to the effectiveness of our organization in carrying out our mission. 



ArtStream, Inc.

An organization focused on education of orphans and transforming the lives of the poor.

Friends of Agnes Charitable Foundation is working in Nellore, Andhra Prdesh state, India to educate orphans, train young women and men in skills to find jobs, provide clean drinking water, care for the persons with disabilities and elderly, and conduct free medical camps in rural areas.

In the years 2020 and 2021, our focus was to keep everyone safe in the pandemic and mitigate the spread. We organized vaccination. We gave essential food items like rice, dry beans, vegetables, cooking oil to 450 poor families in 12 villages.  

At present, our focus is on the construction of "Alexandra Orphanage and Skill Training Center" to provide quality education to twenty to fifty orphans, teach skills to women and men to find jobs, care for the elderly, provide clean safe drinking water, feed the hungry, and free medical camps.

Friends Of Agnes Charitable Foundation Inc

On a mission to increase representation in the Entertainment, Gaming, Media & Tech industries, BRIC by BRIC.

BRIC Foundation has one main goal: to increase representation in Entertainment, Gaming, Media and Tech. By strategically engaging with leaders across these industries, along with Government and Education Partners, BRIC strives to Break, Reinvent, Impact and Change the foundations of these businesses and create inclusive opportunities for women and underrepresented people to be successful.

Bric Foundation

The NLF dba The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever focuses on raising awareness for nonprofits in Tarrant County, Texas.  

Giving through The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever (a program of The National Leadership Foundation) is the best way to give to benefit Tarrant County neighbors in need.
Gifts are matched dollar for dollar, and those dollars are leveraged by each orgnization in amazing ways.  Matching funds are directed to the nonprofits at a rate of 100%.

Each page in the catalog, or on the website, shows where the money goes, and how it is matched.  For example, for every $1000 donated, a neighbor with a long term disability such as cerebral palsy or demetia can be enrolled into a lifetime of attendant care services valued at over $26,000 a year or an estimated lifetime value of $650,000 per client!

Supporting local charities can be a wonderful gift idea as well.  We have a gift card program where the donor gives a set amount, and gifts that amount to a co-worker, family member, friend, neighbor, teacher, or client so that they can read all about the opportunities to give and then decide where that donation should be directed.   It's the gift that puts a smile on more than one face!
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The National Leadership Foundation

Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for 3 of the largest civil legal aid providers in WI.

WEJF promotes the availability and public awareness of the need for free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Wisconsin, secures resources for providers of such services, and distributes resources to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations which provide such services. The three organizations for which we raise funds – Legal Action of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Judicare, and Disability Rights Wisconsin – provide pro bono civil legal aid services to economically disadvantaged residents and people with disabilities across the state in a wide range of practice areas including domestic violence, housing, bankruptcy, unemployment, employment, tribal, veterans, and disability law. Free attorneys for those in need means fewer Wisconsinites facing threats of unemployment, unsafe situations, and homelessness.

Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund

Serving South Florida, since 1992, we are one of the most effective vehicles for connecting those in need with those who can help.

Neighbors 4 Neighbors is unlike any other organization in that we are non-self-serving. Our forte is to bolster the resources of our private and community-based partners to serve more families. We've connected those in need with those who can help since 1992.

Working in partnership with CBS4 and myTV33 News, we also organize several campaigns dealing with the issues that dominate local headlines. No other nonprofit and television network in the United States has paired together this way, for this long.

With a staff of dedicated professionals and scores of volunteers, we can launch an immediate and effective community response to any emergency. Born from a natural disaster, we can maximize the support of South Florida viewers, aiding victims of many major hurricane, tornado, earthquake, flood, accident, terrorist attack, and other major crises where help was needed. The uniqueness of our organization is that we continue our work long after the media and government aid has ended.


Neighbors 4 Neighbors

Uplifting spirits across the globe by delivering inspiring handmade cards.

Cardz For Kidz is dedicated to uplifting the spirits of people of all ages across the globe by delivering inspiring handmade cards. We've been able to partner with independent artists, nonprofits, corporations, and schools and have sent over 400,000 around the world. We partner with other global nonprofits (e.g. Ronald McDonald House Charities, Make-A-Wish, Amnesty International), as well as donating cards to local hospitals, nonprofits, and schools impacted by tragedy. Please join in if you're interested in making a difference.

Cardz For Kidz

Nuestra misión es proveer servicios excepcionales, médicos, terapéuticos y educativos, incluyendo el método de enseñanza Montessori, a personas con discapacidad y autismo para que tengan igual oportunidad de vivir, aprender, trabajar y recrearse en s

La Misión de SER de Puerto Rico es proveer servicios excepcionales, médicos, terapéuticos y educativos, incluyendo el método de enseñanza Montessori, a personas con discapacidad y autismo para que tengan igual oportunidad de vivir, aprender, trabajar y recrearse en sus comunidades al máximo de su potencial de forma independiente, productiva, participativa y autosuficiente.  Visión:  Mantener los servicios con la más alta tecnología en la rehabilitación y métodos comprobados de calidad mundial.  Política de comunicación en esta página:   Los parámetros de comunicación en esta página son de respeto, inclusivos, con el fin de educar y brindar ayuda a los usuarios.  SER de Puerto Rico no discute casos de pacientes ni divulga ningún tipo de información que ponga en peligro la salud y la privacidad de sus participantes y futuros.  No se permite el uso de palabras soeces, comentarios que las incluyan serán removidos de la página.

SER de Puerto Rico

To provide the necessary tools for academic, social, and emotional success.

Transformations Autism Treatment Center has made it our mission to provide every family and individual with Autism Spectrum Disorders with a place that they can recieve the help that they need to reach every goal in a safe loving environment.

Transformations Autism Treatment Center

Journey Forward is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to bettering the lives of those with paralysis through an intense exercise based program.

Journey Forward

Showing Special Needs people of all ages that they are loved, cared for, accepted and can do things many say they can not. It's more than just being cowboys and cowgirls. "Willing Hearts Outstanding Abilities"

We are a 501c3 organization that produces exceptional rodeos with real life cowboys & cowgirls sharing the adrenaline rush & sense of accomplishment of the western way of life with special athletes who fight battles in a different arena.

Rascal Rodeo

INCLUDING KIDS, INC. provides evidence-based behavior analytic interventions for persons with autism and related disabilities to maximize individual potential and to facilitate their meaningful inclusion in the community.

Including Kids, Inc.

McCormick Research Institute is a therapeutic riding facility located in Saint Cloud, Florida. We use horses to help people!

McCormick Research Institute provides equine-assisted therapies to veterans and individuals with disabilities, and serves as a research and educational center for the equine-assisted therapeutic industry.

McCormick Research Institute

Providing equine assisted activities and therapies to individuals seeking growth opportunities.

Equestrian and farm related activities for individuals with special needs or those seeking growth opportunities.

Sprout Therapeutic Riding and Education Center

We provide a college-like experience for young adults with developmental disabilities, specializing in building independent living and employment skills in a music-infused learning environment.

Berkshire Hills Music Academy

Smart-Kids are fun and colourful South African workbooks and readers designed especially for kids aged 2 -12. Go to www.smart-kids.co.za for more info.

Smart-Kids

Dedicated to helping people with developmental disabilities lead productive, happy lives and connecting with the human spirit in us all.

Lambs Farm is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people with developmental disabilities lead productive, happy lives and connecting with the human spirit in us all.

Lambs Farm

Our mission is to provide all those who come to us with a healthy learning environment that contributes to healing the body, mind, and spirit.

Saddles of Joy, Inc. is a non-profit providing an equine therapeutic riding program that serves special needs children, their families and the community. Our mi…ssion is to provide all those who come to us with a healthy learning environment that contributes to healing the body, mind and spirit."  Our Vision is an equine therapeutic riding program dedicated to introduce children, or any other person with the desire to know the joy and values of one of God's most beautiful creations, "The Horse." It is our desire to educate the community and any interested party to the therapeutic value of horse and rider. Be it child or adult, we continue on with understanding and physical ability of our riders. We here at Saddles of Joy, Inc. acknowledge the level of success is simply putting the two together, horse and rider, with positive results. Be it child or adult, we continue with the education in horsemanship and care of the horse are at the level of physical ability of all our riders. We allow the gentle nature of our four-legged therapists to produce any and all healing physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual. That is what therapeutic riding at this level is all about. It is our hope and desire here at Saddles of Joy, Inc. that as we provide this service, we are improving the quality of life for both horse and rider, as well as produce a bond of healing. We are a non-profit organization and offer our services to the community as such.  The dedication of our ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF, ADVISORY BOARD, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS is very sincere!

Saddles of Joy Inc.

Was founded in 1997.  Our program offers Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies (EAAT) for veterans and individuals with special needs.

It is the mission of the Challenged Champions Equestrian Center, Inc. to enrich and change the lives of children and adults with special needs through facilitated equine activities.