Eliminating obstacles on the path to the comprehensive medical control of aging and age-related disease.

Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation exists to proactively identify and address the most challenging obstacles on the path to the widespread availability of genuinely effective treatments to prevent and reverse human age-related disease.

Pending a change of registered name, LEV Foundation is a project of the Ichor Research Institute, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (EIN 84-4001770.)

Ichor Research Institute Inc

Marshall ROC -  Restoring Our Community is a coalition helping our neighbors recover from the devastating Colorado Marshall Fire  

Marshall ROC -  Restoring Our Community  is a coalition of community organizations, funders, and government agencies bound together by the common interest: Helping our neighbors, particularly those who are most in need, recover from the Devastating Marshall Fire & Windstorms which destroyed over 1000K homes.  

Marshall ROC is led by its members, who are a dedicated community of volunteers and organizations, in collaboration with government representatives. Many organizations in the surrounding communities offered their help after the Marshall Fire. Coordinating these efforts is challenging, but important. Marshall ROC is structured as a Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG), which is a nationally recognized, tried-and-true method for coordinating limited money, muscle, and materials among multiple organizations, on behalf of individuals and communities impacted by disaster. The Marshall ROC Mission is to support and empower individuals and households affected by the Marshall Fire and windstorm to lead their own recoveries by identifying needs and coordinating assistance on their behalf

The Marshall ROC Mission – Restoring Our Community
The mission of Marshall ROC is to support and empower individuals and households affected by the Marshall Fire and windstorm to lead their own recoveries by identifying needs and coordinating assistance on their behalf. Marshall ROC is a collaborative coalition of existing agencies and all Marshall ROC related services will be provided without regard to race, creed, color, gender, disability, religious or political affiliation, documentation status, or sexual orientation. 

Disasters are, by their nature, overwhelming. If it wasn’t overwhelming, we’d call it an “inconvenience,” not a “disaster.” The Marshall Fire and Windstorm is overwhelming. Our neighbors lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property and belongings. So many individuals and organizations have rallied to help and it is inspiring to see how engaged and supportive the communities responding to this disaster have been. However, it is now clear the need is greater than the available resources. Marshall ROC and its members will work to help as many people as possible, while managing community expectations.
One of the most important efforts of Marshall ROC is the launch and opening of the Marshall Fire Recovery Center, which is a centralized Louisville, CO location dedicated to expediting the access and delivery of disaster related support, services and resources to fire survivors in Superior, Louisville and Unincorporated Boulder County as they navigate the complexity of their recovery. The Marshall Fire Recovery Center will house the Marshall ROC office and provide spaces for mental health, rebuilding and technical programs, and the network of professionals who are all helping to support the impacted community as well as to facilitate coordination and collaboration among local, national and governmental organizations. The Navigating Disaster for Boulder County program, operated by Lutheran Family Services – Rocky Mountains, will also be located at the Center. 
The Marshall ROC Marshall Fire Recovery Center is a testament to the power of community and our coalition of organizations. We / Marshall ROC felt it was important the financing of this Marshall Fire Recovery Center effort should be separate from donations previously collected so as to not detract from funds raised for the direct support of fire families, and we’re exceedingly grateful to the many organizations who have contributed so far to  help us launch the Recovery Center and effort:
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) Colorado Wildfire Fire Recovery Fund
Stephen Tebo and Tebo O'Conner 
Colorado 211-United Way
The Episcopal Diocese of Colorado
Ascent Community Church
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

We also appreciate the in-kind contributions which have furnished the offices, conference rooms, website graphic design and technology:
A Precious Child
The University of Colorado Boulder Property Services Division
ITDRC (Information Technology Disaster Resource Center
Crisis Cleanup
Voltage


Marshall ROC - Restoring Our Community 

Serves in partnership with our stakeholders to support quality of life for seniors - allowing them the choice of safely aging in place with dignity and independence.

Silver Key Senior Services is a local, non-profit organization dedicated to providing services to keep seniors living the lives they want--with safety, independence, and quality of life.

Silver Key Senior Services

We are dedicated to creating a quality, dignified end-of-life experience.

Although hospice is often misunderstood as care just for cancer patients, we care for patients with a broad range of diagnoses, including heart and lung disease, AIDS, renal failure, ALS and end-stage Alzheimer’s. Any disease with a predictable prognosis of six months or less is within our admission criteria.

Tidewell pays tribute to the principles that distinguish hospice from other types of health care providers:
-Holistic care
-A team of professionals serving every family
-An in-home centered philosophy
-A patient and family focus
-Cost-effectiveness

Tidewell Hospice

The Dojo of Exceptional Wellness (DEWINC®) is a 501c3 nonprofit based in Doral, FL. It received its nonprofit status in 2018.

The Dojo of Exceptional Wellness, Inc. (DEWINC.org), a duly designated 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit and registered Charitable Organization with the State of Florida, improves the quality of life of the Special Needs and General Population communities with our Wellness & Martial Arts (W&MA) programs. 

DEWINC®’s Mission is to empower our youth, adult and senior participants promoting a safe, peaceful and welcoming environment for self-expression, inner strength, self empowerment and self-confidence development through the instruction of traditional martial arts. We believe, as we teach martial arts and its benefits become evident first hand, these benefits shall transcend to participants' routines, their family and community relationships, improving their quality of life.

We have serviced dozens of participants in our W&MA Programs, carried under provider agreements, partnering with Miami-Dade County Municipalities already tasked to service these communities and with the ADA compliant spaces that belong to the communities we aim to serve.

DEWINC®’s goal is to offer the W&MA Program for the Special Needs and General Population Communities throughout Miami-Dade County and beyond, in time. The Special Needs population in our area comprises nearly 10% of the total population, according to the Department of Labor and Statistics (dol.gov). The foundation is governed by a three member Executive Board of Directors.

We believe and understand that a great number of individuals with special needs already receive therapies on a weekly basis. Adding a traditional martial arts, non-fighting, program to their existing regimen of therapies can only assist them in reaching their goals faster. Think about it; when an instructor focuses on YOUR child, sibling, parent or relative’s needs there is no doubt the results are immediate. Focus, concentration, balance, muscle tone, spatial and self awareness, self regulation, core strength, reduced anxiety are just a few of the benefits your child, adult or senior will receive at the right martial arts school, or dojo. Providing repetition of same location, same faces, same class agenda (explore our YouTube video library) and knowing what to expect are all part of the recipe. With continuous structure, discipline and fun exercises, even the individual with multi-sensory issues almost immediately rises to the occasion, peeks to see the other side of the veil.

DEWINC®’s STEP AHEAD W&MA Team courageously participated and proudly brought home ELEVEN (11) GOLD MEDALS from the 2019 Miami Karate Open that took place in Miami, FL on May 25th. Also during Q2 2019, the foundation began operations of a second W&MA Program for the Community at the Legacy Park Community Center in the City of Doral. The Wellness & Martial Arts (W&MA) Program, however, is NOT just a Martial Arts class. We integrate an appropriate number of trained mental health professionals (FL Certified ESE Teachers, Board Certified Behavioral Technicians) in accordance to the applicable ratio of students:teacher (1:6, 1:8, etc.). Our goal is to ensure the proper monitoring, safety and management of the participants’ special needs conditions as they may manifest themselves during the course of the W&MA Program sessions. 

During in-person instructions, metrics are developed on each participant to monitor their progress objectively, based on data metrics for Duration, Frequency and Transition. Karate specifically, and martial arts in general, assists kids on the autism spectrum, for instance, with the ability to concentrate and focus their attention in a consistent and highly structured environment. Budo is a philosophy and a way of life that utilizes Martial Arts as a means for continuous self-improvement; a lifelong tool.  

Briefly recall Q2 2020. In April 2020, all of our programs were asked to stop activities due to COVID-19. DEWINC® along with the rest of the world was challenged to reassess, realign for an uncertain immediate future. Few were more exposed under these circumstances than those in the Special Needs communities, where services were curtailed, interrupted or abolished. 

Our foundation reassessed, realigned and went online, figured out a way to effectively deliver W&MA services to our population. The W&MA Online Program successfully launched during Summer 2020 and provided tools for resiliency, coping, entertainment, exercise, fitness, wellness and overall quality of life improvement for dozens of participants, while the planet was dealing with a kind of crisis not experienced in 100 years. In May 2021, more than a year after mandatory lockdowns and isolation from groups and services, the absence of the expected social dynamics and so much more, seven very courageous participants braved attending the 2021 Miami Open International Karate-do Championship held in Hialeah, FL. This was a USA Karate Federation and World Karate Federation sanctioned event. This was no small challenge to overcome, it was monumental. During the most contentious day of competition, organizers stopped the tournament to allow for the members of DEWINC®’s W&MA Program to demonstrate to the arena. They resoundingly succeeded, garnering seven (7) Gold Medals and positively impressing the more than 430 competitors and additional family members, coaches, referees and judges in attendance at the event. 

Today, subject to the latest Government and Health officials guidelines, we are operating all programs in-person and offer online instruction, upon request. DEWINC® counts and depends on the financial support from donations, grants and financial participation from sponsorship or scholarship programs to ensure the access to and the viability of this quality of life improving program for the Special Needs and General Population communities everywhere.

DEWINC  -  YOUTUBE  -  INSTAGRAM  -  TWITTER  -  LINKEDIN  -  FACEBOOK

Have a healthy day! I hope to speak with you in the near future. You are encouraged to visit our social media outlets and website or our in-person activities, to discover more about our mission, our enterprise and our programs.

Dojo of Exceptional Wellness Inc.- DEWINC®

Studio Zero develops programming and resources on the subjects of meditation, philosophy, theology and the contemplative life.

In the past ten years we have helped hundreds of people to find greater serenity in their lives through meditation practice.

We have sponsored over 100 days of residential retreat practice.

A surprisingly large part of our impact has been among seniors, who have benefited from our gentle techniques.

Many have found our services to be supportive of longterm recovery from addiction.

Our non-sectarian approach to spiritual development has been beneficial to people both inside and outside of traditional religious communities.

Studio Zero Inc

Feeding Pets of the Homeless® believes in the healing power of pets. 

Mission Statement
Feeding Pets of the Homeless® believes in the healing power of companion pets and of the human/animal bond, which is very important in the lives of many homeless. They find solace, protection and companionship through their pets. They care for their pets on limited resources so they themselves have less. Our task, nationwide, is to feed and provide basic emergency veterinary care to their pets and thus relieve the anguish and anxiety of the homeless who cannot provide for their pets.

History
Several years ago, our founder, Genevieve, and her husband visited New York City. They saw a homeless man with his beautiful healthy, mixed breed dog at his side. He wasn’t panhandling. She had always ignored the homeless but this time, something was different. She couldn’t get that dog out of her mind.

She tried to imagine what brought the man to be homeless. Was it drugs, alcoholism? That’s the conclusion most people make about the homeless. This man didn’t look like an addict, and she wondered why and how he got to where he was in life. And, what about his dog? It was obvious the dog was devoted to the man. He was not on a leash and could have run away at any time. She was confused about why anyone homeless, who could barely feed or take care of themselves, would even consider having a pet.

When she returned home, she researched the homeless with pets and came across the “National Coalition for the Homeless.” At the time, their estimates indicated that 3.5 million people in America were homeless and that between 5%-10% of homeless have dogs and/or cats. In some areas of the country, the rate is as high as 25%. Most people who experience homelessness are homeless for a short period and usually need help to find housing or a rent subsidy. Unfortunately for those with pets, it becomes more difficult, and many homeless are forced to choose between their pet and a roof over their head. Surprisingly, most choose to stay on the streets with their pets. Why? The answer became evident to Genevieve. Their pets are nonjudgmental; provide comfort and an emotional bond of loyalty. In some cases, they provide the homeless with protection and keep them warm.

Genevieve’s family has almost always had dogs and cats, which made her wonder, what would she do if faced with homelessness? Could she give up her pets? It felt equal to giving up her children. While they would possibly be better off emotionally, it would be a devastating decision to make because of the comfort and unconditional love they give.

It was one of those “ah-ha” moments when she realized that she could do something for those pets. And so began Feeding Pets of the Homeless®. 

Donors have told us over the years that they feel such compassion for the pets of the homeless but were afraid to approach due to safety concerns and welcomed the opportunity our organization give for a safe and easy way to help. 

That one day in New York changed Genevieve’s life. It created a passion she did not know she held that utilized her past education, life experiences, and careers to start this unique nonprofit. Each day, she looks forward to knowing that Feeding Pets of the Homeless® is providing pet food and veterinary care to the hundreds of thousands of pets that wander the streets with their owners. And she looks forward to each day knowing that we can assist the calls from the homeless or about to be homeless.

The homeless with pets are often desperate to find a shelter to go to that will allow their pets. They seek help to find an agency that will give them pet food. They are frantic to find emergency veterinary care for injuries or illnesses.

Next time you see a homeless person with a pet, think of Genevieve’s story. Please share it with your friends and consider donating to our organization. Such donations help pay for emergency care, wellness clinics, and pet crates for homeless shelters. Check to see if there is a pet food and supplies donation site in your community. If there isn’t, consider helping us to get one started.

Thank you for your interest and support,

Genevieve Frederick

Feeding Pets of the Homeless

Meals on Wheels SW OH & N. KY delivers meals and other essential services that promote independence and allow seniors to thrive.

Providing care to seniors is a distinctly challenging balance of providing appropriate levels of intervention, while fostering independence and protecting dignity. Meals on Wheels Southwest Ohio & Northern Kentucky is uniquely positioned as the region’s leading agency to address and meet these challenges.

Meals on Wheels Southwest OH & Northern KY

Neighbor to Neighbor improves the lives of residents in need throughout the Greenwich area.

Neighbor to Neighbor improves the lives of residents in need throughout the Greenwich area and strengthens our community by creating access to food, clothing, and basic living essentials in an atmosphere of kindness and respect.

In 1975, a group of concerned individuals began collecting gently used clothing and redistributing to those in need in our area. Christ Church provided basement space, and Neighbor to Neighbor was formed. Linens, towels, and household items were included in the distribution, and soon Neighbor to Neighbor began supplying food on an emergency basis. In 1984, responding to the increasing cost of living, the Greenwich Department of Human Services asked Neighbor to Neighbor to initiate a weekly food program for Greenwich families in need of assistance. Volunteers packed bags with a variety of food items to supply families with three meals, for three days, for each member of the family.

In September 2005, Neighbor to Neighbor opened its “client choice” Food Pantry, one of only a few operating in the state of Connecticut and a model for neighboring towns’ food pantries. Clients now had the opportunity to choose their own nutritious food with the aid of a shopping list based on the number of people in their families.

Today, Neighbor to Neighbor offers three food programs out of the Food Pantry and provides clothing and basic living essentials through the Clothing & Essentials Room.

Neighbor to Neighbor

Jacob's House helps support families who have a loved one in the hospital. 

Jacob’s House is a home of refuge where families and loved ones of those in hospitalized traumatic medical need can find hope, comfort, peace and inspiration.  We are a community resource dedicated to serve families in crisis.  We do this by providing a shelter for the physical, emotional and spiritual support. Learn more at www.jacobshousetemecula.org

Jacob's House 

Pet adoption, animal hospitals, pet boarding, teaching children to love animals and more can be found at www.animalcenter.org .

"Where people help animals and animals help people."  Helen Woodward Animal Center's passionate belief that animals help people and people help animals through trust, unconditional love, and respect, creates a legacy of caring.  Sharing this philosophy with others, the Center inspires and teaches, locally and globally, the importance of the animal-human bond.

Helen Woodward Animal Center was founded as the San Dieguito Animal Care and Education Center in 1972 with its primary focus on pet adoption and humane education.  In 1986 the Center was renamed after its founder, Helen Woodward, and program offerings were expanded to include Pet Encounter Therapy, Therapeutic Riding, and AniMeals. These programs helped further our goal of serving as a place where “people help animals, and animals help people” by bringing people and animals together for the mutual benefit of both.  In 2017, the Center added Pets Without Walls to provide no-cost vet care to the pets of the homeless population in San Diego. Since then, we have added additional services including a top-rated boarding facility, a state-of-the-art equine hospital, an affordable small animal hospital for the public, and a designer resale store. 
Helen Woodward herself would be proud of the over 10,000 pets and more than 90,000 people these programs touch each year, and that the Center continues to teach and provide programming for all of San Diego County, across the nation, and globally the importance of the human-animal bond.

Helen Woodward Animal Center

The MANY is a fully volunteer-run organization dedicated to helping our most marginalized community members.

WHO ARE WE?
We are a collective of community organizers structured as a worker self-directed 501(c)3 nonprofit.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Creating survival programs for our most marginalized community members while building alternative systems to move our community towards economic cooperation, self-determination and abundance.

HOW ARE WE DOING IT?
Our methodology is one of mutual aid and solidarity – meaning we are working and struggling with our neighbors and community instead of taking the conventional “top down” charity approach that replicates the systems of inequality and contributes to the very poverty and scarcity that we are fighting against. We aim to accomplish this by inviting the community into this work, sharing our access and privilege and building solutions together.

The Mutual Aid Network Of Ypsilanti

CAPSLO's mission is to help people become self-sufficient.  Every day we are helping people and changing lives.

The mission of Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County is to address the causes of poverty, empowering low-income people to achieve self-sufficiency through community-based collaborations and programs.

Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.

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

We are the community's safety net, providing critical support services that preserve and promote stability, self-reliance, and dignity.

Since 1957, Community Services Agency has been providing vital social services for residents of Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. We understand that hardship can come at any time and knows no age limit. We provide a safety net so independence and self-sufficiency can be restored and maintained. Our clients may be a young, working poor family or an elderly person looking for companionship.

Community Services Agency

Legacy provides behavioral health, mental health, intellectual/developmental and addiction services for individuals of all ages. 

Legacy Treatment Services is a vibrant, behavioral health nonprofit agency with more than 70 programs and services throughout New Jersey, serving more than 20,000 individuals a year. The organization utilizes cutting edge technology and evidence-based practices in treatment and clinical care that ensure our continuum of integrated care meet individuals and families at their specific points of need. 

Legacy's mission is to change the behavioral health and social service outcomes for people of all ages from surviving to thriving. Legacy’s mission is the cornerstone for providing state-of-the-art services and best practices in multiple levels of care. This continuum of care provides continuity and stability in Legacy’s wide range of expert services such as prevention programs, crisis intervention, outpatient therapy and psychiatric services, substance abuse services, therapeutic foster care, residential programs, juvenile detention alternatives, case management, developmental disability services, and a special education school. 

Legacy was created as a merger between The Children’s Home and The Drenk Center.

The Children’s Home was established in 1864 as an orphanage for children of the Civil War. Initially only providing custodial care, the Children’s Home responded to community needs in 1937 and became the first agency to employ a social service caseworker and begin therapeutic treatment in a residential setting. 

The Drenk Center, founded in 1954 by Judge Lester A. Drenk, began as a counseling program for Burlington County juveniles and their families. Since 1954, The Drenk Center has seen a steady expansion of services to meet higher levels of consumer needs in outpatient settings. Together, these organizations formed Legacy Treatment Services in 2014. Community Treatment Solutions affiliated with Legacy in 2017. 

Since Legacy responds to children, youth and adults who have a variety of complex mental and behavioral health needs, the organization ensures that its multidisciplinary staff is well-trained and mission-driven with programs are individualized, strength-based and trauma-informed. 

Legacy Treatment Services

Plateau Outreach Ministries is a nonprofit organization focused on providing human services. It is based in Enumclaw, WA. It received its nonprofit status in 1999.

VISION
Our vision:  A plateau where every family, every person, thrives in a community of love and support  

MISSION
To provide Christ-centered social services to the community on behalf of the churches of the Plateau Ministerial Association.  

VALUES
Plateau Outreach Ministries joyfully serves as Christ’s hands. We:
• Value the dignity of all people
• Respond compassionately to spiritual, physical, and emotional needs
• Promote church community involvement and support
• Help those in need regardless of faith, age, gender, gender identity, LGBTQA+, ethnicity, or national origin  

Plateau Outreach Ministries

Trucks With Room To Spare Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on public safety, disaster recovery and relief.

During Hurricane Michael in 2018 there was a desperate need, many relief groups and organizations were desperately asking for transportation help.

Transportation and supplies have always been a vital need in times of disaster, many organizations are small and distributing donated supplies, so the cost of transportation is out of reach.  Especially with donations coming in from many areas of the Country and World.

These organizations are nonprofits, church groups and community organizations, that work to fill the voids that FEMA and other organizations miss, and these groups stay in the areas long after the media leaves to help in the rebuild and clean-up process for the disaster victims.

We are a group of truck drivers that have come together because we believe that “old-school” values still exist in the trucking industry, and the need to help these families is important!  So, we formed Trucks With Room to Spare.

Trucks With Room to Spare is a nonprofit who works with fellow drivers to provide transportation, warehousing, and distribution of donated supplies for these hard-hit families and communities.  Through education and community outreach we also inspire to change the industry image as well as promote safety and giving back to the people we serve daily.

Because one pallet of supplies to a community that has none can help hundreds and a truckload can impact thousands!

Trucks With Room To Spare Inc

E N C Inc is a 501c3 nonprofit organization since 2019, based in Marsfield, WI focused on older adults and adults with autism.

Adults with autism need society to understand what autism is for each individual.  The education system, in much of the US, has gained a great deal of expertise in meeting individual needs and reliably creating a environment for individuals to be successful.  Unfortunately after high school there is a cliff rather than a bridge to more productive opportunities.

Our older adults in America are very often isolated by circumstances of where they live and how their lives have changed.  Children have grown up and moved away.  The social activities that the children obligated them to attend are gone so many have no social contact for weeks.  Isolation leads to boredom, loneliness and depression.  Loneliness has been shown to be as hard on health as 15 cigarettes a day.  

The Pandemic has taught us how all of us NEED social engagement.   It is not a luxury it is a need and each person needs social engagement differently.   The model for aging in America right now is to stay in one’s home as long as possible, move to assisted living if it is feasible, and ultimately to a nursing home as independence deteriorates.

The people who live the longest active lives on the planet are engaged in family and community and are needed members of the community.  In assisted living and nursing home models our older Americans often feel meaningless and crave a more meaningful life.

What if we could create a multigenerational community that understands autism and cultivates volunteer activities that support one another?  What if we could create a pedestrian community where one could walk down to the community center to meet for coffee and conversation?  What if we had close working relationships with property management, social services and our coordinating staff?  We could create successful long-term places to live for families, older Americans and autistic people in a vibrant connected community.

It has been estimated before the pandemic that up to 40 % of homeless people had intellectual or developmental disabilities.  We don’t really know what percentage have autism, but I can tell you a story about a young man near me.

Tim, not his real name, was 28 years old, with a job and living in his own apartment for three years in a complex for people with disabilities when he was arrested for cutting the cords on the vacuum cleaners for the second time.  For those of us who live with loved ones who are autistic we ask, “Why did it happen a second time?”  Autistic people have a variety of sensory hypersensitivities that may be sounds, sights, tastes, smells, and touch, basically any sensation that can be felt.  The manager could have told Tim when he was going to vacuum so that Tim could put on a headset, or the manager could have vacuumed when Tim was not home.  Likely the vacuum sound was torture for Tim.

Instead of working out a solution Tim was arrested and could have ended up in jail.  Fortunately Tim’s parents were still in the picture, and just as fortunate, the judge recognized that Tim was not competent and as such had not committed a crime.  Unfortunately, Tim was evicted from his housing, and would have been homeless except that his parents found him a place to live.

Many people with autism will never be able to self-advocate.  This is an inherent part of autism.  Navigating the social world is confusing at best and one of the biggest challenges for autistics to navigate the social world of the neurotypicals.

My autistic son has taught me a lot about how different autism perception of the world is from mine.  I like to say that living with him “Everyday is Opposite Day.”

What do we mean by opposite?
 
An autistic person may run back into a burning building after being rescued, seeking their place of comfort.  Unfortunately people have died, both the autistic person and would be rescuer when this has happened.  The person with autism may seek comfort when stressed and want to return to a bedroom.
 
A person with autism is likely to be unable to look at you and listen at the same time.  Most people assume if someone is not looking at them they are also not listening.  This is not only untrue but can also lead to worse issues.  Law enforcement is often trained that avoiding eye contact is a “guilty look.”
 
“Time out” may not be an effective strategy for discipline, as many autistic minds prefer isolation.  The isolation with “Time out” is often exactly what the person with autism likes; it is quieter, much less confusing and overwhelming and can be a situation that they want to experience over and over.

Services are not enough for our older Americans, our autistic loved ones, or any of our isolated people.  What is missing from our choices of assisted living and nursing homes?  A meaningful life.  People need opportunities to do meaningful things on their own terms.

We are interpreting an award-winning model, “Treehouse Community” in Easthampton, MA, that brought together older Americans with families adopting children who have experienced foster care.  They have a high school graduation rate near 100% for those children with near 90% who go on for higher learning.  The community is all about building long term relationships.  The older Americans we met there voiced, "I never imagined I could have a life like this."  The older Americans support one another, the kids, the parents and love what they are doing.

In the model they have a three-way cooperation between Treehouse staff, property management, and social services.  They are able to match peoples’ needs to available services, leveraging what is available already.  It is a neighborhood community that considers itself trauma informed and encourages 6 hours or more a week of volunteering in the community for seniors.  This might be giving rides, teaching a skill like cooking, or taking a walk.

We have spoken to church groups, employee groups and clubs and the most common question is, “Why doesn’t this exist already?”  This kind of community is not for everyone.  Grouches need not apply.  For people who want to build a new social life where they are needed it is a new choice.

Imagine a community where people appreciate one another, where we grow understanding of one another’s’ unique qualities.  I imagine a community where my autistic son can greet everyone enthusiastically and the people get a charge out of it.  I call him “My Tigger” for the way he bounds and bounces from person to person greeting them repeatedly with his big smile.  He seems to understand that greeting people makes them happy so I imagine his repeated greetings as him multiplying the happiness he is spreading.  Who wouldn’t want someone who is happy to see them?

We will be nurturing understanding of one another, not just the autistic individuals.  We will be fostering volunteer activities of all kinds that can introduce people to one another and create teamwork in efforts desired by the community members.   We see many of the needs and abilities that may dovetail, like our older folks needing house cleaning and a few of our autistic people who love to clean.  We see working with local agencies and creating new opportunities to expose our special people to new activities but with agencies that know how to do it.

As a parent I worry about what will happen to my son when I can no longer advocate for him?   Family is not enough.  He needs a community.  We need to grow advocacy both for our aging population and our adults with disabilities.

Autism is very challenging because each person is so different.  The saying in the autism community is, “If you know a person with autism you know ONE person with autism.”  In a neighborhood community it is our aim for people to know one another and look out for one another.  

We are partnering with Wisconsin Housing Preservation Corporation (WHPC), a nonprofit developer to create the rental properties that will include a portion of affordable rental units and a community center.  We would also like to have a home ownership option immediately adjacent to the rental community.

We aim to have an outreach activity that includes the general public and those with autism in the greater community who wish to engage.

We don't have a committed timeline yet, but an estimate is three years.  We don't have a final budget yet but our estimate is $1,000,000 for our part of the capital fund and $500,000 for start up costs and staffing.  The Treehouse model has  a Community Facilitator, an education officer, coordinators for volunteers and outreach coordinators.

We believe our town is the right place for the first community like this.  We have many retired teachers and healthcare personnel who have the passion for helping one another.  A small town has its challenges in fundraising and we are grateful for the opportunity on Every.org.  We believe that this community model will be replicated and will promote a better healthy aging option for our growing population of older Americans.

I imagine a community where people understand and value one another.  I imagine a community where "My Tigger" can greet and spread happiness to all he meets there.  One need only understand that he will not likely be a conversationalist but he has a great smile and enthusiasm that is contagious.

I imagine a community where my son and others like him are safe in the world when parents are gone.


E N C Inc

Project BEE provides client-centered care for rural communities.

Project BEE provides client-centered care for rural communities. We are committed to providing equity through our anti-poverty programs and wrap-around services. Every person deserves dignity and respect.

Project BEE

We provide surplus food and essential goods for those in need. 
Check us out at https://www.notimetowaste.live

With so much excess and so much need in our community, we hope to lessen our global and poverty footprint by using goods, rather than wasting them.

We have provided 130K lbs of food; 93K meals; 61K sides; 25K essential goods; reduced our CO2 by 44 tons and saved 60M gallons H20.

No Time To Waste

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

Providing vital onsite health, education, and employment services to families living in affordable housing communities.

Founding in 1999, Project Access has been operating Family & Senior Resource Centers onsite in affordable housing communities. At these Centers, we provide access to tools, knowledge, and opportunities that cultivates strong communities, positive changes, and hopeful futures. 

Our Resource Centers serve as a “one-stop-shop” to help families, children, and seniors cultivate strong communities, positive changes, and hopeful futures. This model of service delivery allows Project Access to directly impact the lives of families while eliminating service barriers by bringing services directly to resident communities, meeting residents where they are. 

By addressing multiple factors that contribute to poverty, Project Access works to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged families and empower them to achieve economic self-sufficiency. In 2022, Project Access is positioned to serve more than 27,000 low-income children, families, and seniors through more than 80 Family & Senior Resources Centers across 13 states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

Project Access programming cultivates strong communities, positive changes, and hopeful futures for families, children, and seniors living in low-income communities by providing programs and services that address economic stability, education, health & wellness, and community building. Our holistic programming also wraps financial literacy and health services into our key initiatives so the residents we serve receive care that sets the stage for long-term self-sufficiency and wellness. Project Access’s onsite presence, culturally competent staff, and proven history of impacting affordable housing communities allow us to overcome many traditional barriers to service access by bringing services directly to resident communities, meeting residents where they are.

Project Access’s core services include: 

Economic Stability – To promote hopeful financial futures, services include financial literacy education (in partnership with financial institutions), job readiness workshops, interview preparation, and technology workshops and training. Program outcomes include improved planning and decision-making about financial future, increased job search skills and increased technology skills and access. 

Health & Wellness – To promote good health and well-being, services include mental health education and workshops, health fairs, exercise classes, and preventative screenings. Program outcomes include increased knowledge of healthy habits and behaviors, increased access to healthy food and meals, and a plan to put learnings into action. 

Education for Youth and Families – To promote resilient youth and caregivers, services include parenting workshops, rigorous after-school learning activities for youth ages 6-18, and college and career readiness for teens. Program outcomes include increased social and emotional competencies, increased access to STEAM learning opportunities, increased knowledge of college / trade school eligibility requirements and financial aid options. 
 
Community-Building – To promote safe communities and strong connections, services include community gatherings through cultural or holiday celebrations, community safety nights, and recreational activities for seniors. Program outcomes include strengthened social networks / reduced isolation and improved investment in the well-being of the community. 



Project Access

We empower & promote the health & independence of people with special challenges through the therapeutic power of horses.

Horses of Hope / Caballos de Esperanza Inc., is a therapeutic riding center, located in beautiful Isabela, Puerto Rico. We are both a 501c3 nonprofit and a Puerto Rico certified charity (EIN # 66-0907166; PR caso # 2019-1101.01-6.

Our mission is to engage the therapeutic power of our horses to nurture the special abilities of people with disabilities, help heal those suffering from trauma, and empower our clients to improve the quality of their lives, their families' lives, and their community. We provide life-changing therapeutic riding, equine education, and equine-assisted activities and have programs suitable for children (4 years and up) to adults of all ages. 

Our therapeutic riding instructors are certified through the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, International (PATH, Int'l). We follow their standards of safety, which are the highest in the world, for clients, volunteers, horses, and staff.

Our equine-assisted services are based on current research and outcomes in the industry.

Horses Of Hope-Caballos De Esperanza Inc

DC KinCare Alliance supports the legal, financial and related service needs of relatives who raise DC children in times of crisis.

Fueled by high rates of parental incarceration, gun violence, addiction, and mental health problems, some 9,000 DC children live in homes with “relative caregivers.” DC KinCare Alliance is the only organization focused solely on serving these caregivers, who rise to the occasion when parents are not able. They often live at the margins of economic stability yet face an uphill battle in a system designed for traditional families, one that expects relatives to step in without aid. A team of lawyers works to support them (usually grandmothers; often disabled themselves), offering free legal representation and education, as well as assistance with obtaining identification and advocacy in acquiring effective health and mental health care, financial supports, and other services for the whole family. The only organization in DC focused on this population, DC KinCare Alliance helps those who have opened their homes and hearts to children in need.

DC KinCare Alliance

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

The IAR is an Islamic center serving as a mosque, school, and a gathering place for the Muslim community in Raleigh, NC.


The Islamic Association of Raleigh (IAR) is an Islamic center serving as a mosque, school, and a gathering place for the Muslim community in the Raleigh-Durham area. 

The IAR is one of the oldest mosques in the area and an active center providing services for people of all backgrounds and all ages across the the capital city of Raleigh and the Research Triangle region. 

It hosts over three thousand congregants every Friday and offers extensive services to the community including social services, community outreach, counseling, social events, and all religious ceremonies pertaining to authentic Islamic tradition.


Islamic Association Of Raleigh

Our Daily Bread Food Pantry exists to share the love of God by reducing hunger & building relationships in our community.


We are excited to celebrate 6 years and wanted to share some milestones that we have achieved since our beginning in 2016.

Increased the number of guests we serve annually by 40x (3,800 individuals to now 153,000 individuals)

Continue to provide delivery of food to homebound guests as needed

Have grown the “Backpack” program to provide for 140 children at 3 different schools

Expanded our food offering to 6 days a week to our guests

Have tripled the number of locations of mobile pantries

Over 300 active volunteers, contributing 36,000 service hours in 2021

Our Daily Bread Food Pantry Incorporated 

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

LTSC provides a safety net of social and community services to empower people and uplift low-income neighborhoods of color.

For over 40 years, Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) has provided a safety net of social welfare and community development services to empower people and communities in need. LTSC provides culturally and linguistically appropriate services to the Japanese American community in the Southland, builds multi-family affordable housing projects to uplift low-income neighborhoods of color throughout Los Angeles, and promotes equitable development and cultural preservation in the Little Tokyo neighborhood.

Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC Community Development Corporation)

Jews, Christians, Muslims uniting to serve the poor.

Abrahamic Alliance International unites Jews, Christians, and Muslims for poverty relief and active peacebuilding. We began with a simple dream that compassionate collaboration between Jews, Christians, and Muslims can build lasting bridges of understanding and respect between our communities. By uniting to serve the poor in obedience to divine commands, our grassroots movement is showing the world that peaceful coexistence between Jews, Christians, and Muslims is not a naive and distant dream, but a growing and present reality here and now.

We envision a world where children of Abraham unite to save lives; where Jews, Christians and Muslims enjoy peaceful coexistence and mutual appreciation as our faith is deepened by meaningful encounters with each other; where understanding, humility and respect replace ignorance, arrogance and contempt; where diverse yet faithful worshipers of the God of Abraham move beyond dialogue to cooperative action, loving our neighbor together until the hungry are fed, the naked are clothed, the sick receive care and the orphan is raised with love, compassion and generosity. We envision a world where God's faithfulness to bless all nations through Abraham's offspring is expressed in wonderfully new and creative ways through Jews, Christians and Muslims striving to obey all that the prophets have spoken.

Abrahamic Alliance International

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

Serves vulnerable people age 50 and older by creating and advancing effective solutions that help them secure the essentials.

AARP Foundation works to ensure that low-income older adults have nutritious food, access to livable, affordable and safe housing, a steady income, and strong a...nd sustaining bonds. We collaborate with individuals and organizations who share our commitment to innovation and our passion for problem solving. Supported by vigorous legal advocacy, we create and advance effective solutions that help struggling older adults transform their lives. AARP Foundation is the affiliated charity of AARP.   Learn more at aarpfoundation.org. See More

AARP Foundation

We build neighbor to neighbor connections by providing access to services, and empowering older people.

Supports and encourages our elders to live and age well in community - with a little neighborly help! Your donation supports our people and programs. We are entirely volunteer managed and your donation goes 100% to providing programs.

Amherst Neighbors Inc

Young Mens Christian Association of Yakima is a nonprofit organization focused on providing human services. It is based in Yakima, WA. It received its nonprofit status in 1972.

To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

The Y is a nonprofit like no other. At the YMCA, strengthening community is our cause. We’re committed to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living, and fostering a sense of social responsibility.

For over 110 years, we’ve been listening and responding to community needs. We have the programs, presence, and partnerships to not just promise, but to deliver lasting personal and social change. That kind of change happens when we all work together.

Every day, we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income, or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive.

Young Mens Christian Association of Yakima

Garden Terrace Senior Living is a nonprofit organization providing low-income senior apartments. It is based in Wenatchee, WA. 

Garden Terrace Senior Living provides financially vulnerable seniors a safe and secure community where they can thrive. We have 145 apartments many of them HUD subsidized, a daily meal service, and on-site services coordinator. Opened in 1971, Garden Terrace is celebrating it's 50th anniversary in 2021, and has housed over 800 low-income seniors in its comfortable pet friendly apartments during that time. Donations can be earmarked for Endowment, Rent Relief, Meal Subsidy Support, and of course, Where Needed Most!

Garden Terrace Senior Living

We believe in a world where everyone has a decent place to live. By building and improving homes we create strong communities.


Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley creates stronger communities by empowering families to build strength, stability, and self-reliance through affordable housing. Our vision is to create a world where everyone has a decent place to live. We work to revitalize neighborhoods, build affordable and sustainable housing solutions, and empower families through successful homeownership. Since 1986, we have partnered with volunteers, the community, and qualified families with limited incomes to strengthen communities in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties

Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley

We seek to increase the financial capabilities of individuals and business owners in lower to moderate income communities. 

Financial Access, Knowledge & Services, Inc (known hereafter as FAKS) seeks to increase the financial capabilities of individuals and business owners in lower to moderate income communities. Our approach to financial freedom for individuals, communities and businesses includes increased financial knowledge and equity in financial services. We will do this by offering free individualized services.

Financial Access Knowledge & Services

West Tennessee Empowerment Centers is a nonprofit organization. It is based in Trenton, TN. It received its nonprofit status in 2018.

West Tennessee Empowerment Centers

King’s Compassion focuses on the elderly poor and homeless, and providing for their basic needs.

Our mission is to demonstrate God ‘s love by serving and becoming advocates and friends to the elderly poor of San Antonio, Texas, as we seek to provide for their basic physical, material and spiritual needs. Our hope is that we may all experience the fullness of God’s will and joy in our lives.

King's Compassion

We bring live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities

It’s no secret that music can help you feel better. That’s why Musicians On Call brings music to the people who need it most – hospital patients. By delivering live, in-room performances to patients undergoing treatment or unable to leave their beds, we add a dose of joy to life in a healthcare facility.

It has been demonstrated that music has a direct effect on people and can improve blood pressure, manage stress, alleviate pain and improve pain tolerance, and improve outlook and overall mood. We believe that all patients, families and caregivers should have access to and benefit from the healing properties of live music.

Musicians On Call

We tackle health disparities for vulnerable people in our community: seniors, the unhoused and people with chronic conditions.

OUR MISSION: TO BUILD HEALTH EQUITY IN SILICON VALLEY

We believe that everyone in our community should have the opportunity to be healthy. A person’s income, race, immigration status, language, age, or zip code should never act as a barrier to health.

In 1996, The Health Trust was formed from the sale of a local nonprofit hospital system to a for-profit corporation. Since then, we have served the Silicon Valley community as a nonprofit operating foundation. The Health Trust is what's known as a "hospital conversion foundation" or "health care conversion foundation."

For over 20 years we’ve ensured that health related grants, policies, and services exist to help give everyone the opportunity to be healthy - especially the most vulnerable. That’s what building health equity means to us.

It’s a mission driven by our core values, and one that we try to achieve as a local provider, funder, and advocate. But we can’t do it alone. With the support of our funders, donors, and volunteers, and by partnering with community-based organizations, policymakers, and local leaders, together we can build the equity we seek.

Because everyone’s health matters.

The Health Trust

Making communities accessible, inclusive for 1 BN+ disabled people. Join us for 21st century social transformation opportunity.

Focused on advocacy efforts, promoting accessibility, inclusion of 1 BN+ Specially Abled People, worldwide with help of VOSAP advoacy tools, VOSAP mass movement, Individual Enablement with Assistive Devices to learn and earn!. Join 11,000 like minded people, changemakers around the world by taking VOSAP pledge to volunteer.

Let us Empower The Specially Abled People with Accessibility, Education and Employment.

Visit us at www.voiceofsap.org to choose opportuntiies to volunteer as high school student or college students or corporate emaployees or as an individual per your role in the society. 

Voice of Specially Abled People

The mission of A Wider Circle is simple: to end poverty for one individual and one family after another.

A Wider Circle has served our community for over 20 years. We have provided urgent and long-term support to more than 270,000 of our neighbors experiencing poverty, and we have evolved to offer workforce development and greater community engagement. Our flexibility and “no wrong door” approach to service ensures that everyone who turns to us for help is treated with compassion, respect, and love. 

A Wider Circle

We are excited about doing more for citizens of the Philadelphia area.

The Achievement Foundation (also known as the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter Housing Corporation) is focused on education and community service based in Philadelphia, PA. The Achievement Foundation has had 501(c)3 non-profit status since 2015.

We support community based programs. These programs include The Philadelphia based Achievement Academy, for boys grades 1 through 12 , scholarships for college undergraduates, HBCU College Tour, health awareness programs, environmental wellness, the operation of The Achievement Center, our community event and meeting space and community economic education education programs for people of various ages.

The Achievement Foundation

Our mission is help those affected by loss of homes, family violence, medical situations and other needs throughout the year. 

In 2018 Lonestar Charitable Foundation LLC, Non-Profit organization was formed as the parent organization to the Wise County Toy Run. The Wise County Toy Run was formed in 1999 to bring hope and joy to kids and families at Christmas time and throughout the year by doing a parade style motorcycle ride from Decatur to Bridgeport, Texas to gather toys and raise money to give, coats, clothes, and other items to families in need.  The first year, the Toy Run was able to provide new mattresses to a local children’s home and provided toys, coats, clothes and other items to Wise County Kids and their families who were in need. Since then our organization has grown tremendously and continues to grow each year.

Many of the people of Wise County have known us and see us at Christmas time putting on the Toy Run, but do not realize that we work all year long to help kids and families in need.  Throughout the years we have provided scholarships to some of our High School Students,  we have provided school supplies, helped families with special needs kids, helped families with children in the hospital, and provided food for families in need. We also partner with others that go into our schools with programs that deal with subjects such as suicide, self harm, cutting, bullying and other things kids are dealing with today.

Lonestar Charitable Foundation

Volunteer Alexandria is a nonprofit organization focused on philanthrophy, voluntarism, or grantmaking. It is based in Alexandria, VA. It received its nonprofit status in 1980.

Volunteer Alexandria inspires, mobilizes, and connects people, 6 years and older, to community needs and nonprofit organization. 
We connect people to be tutors, pack groceries, deliver meals, answer hotlines, teach bicycle safety, assist with job interviews, clean up parks, and much more. During this pandemic, we collected and distributed over 85,000 masks. Furthermore, we offer a service-learning program for middle and high school students. This program offers students to learn about human services in our community, programs of the City, and how nonprofits address human services. They learn how they can become engaged in those services and make a difference. 

Your investment in engagement and volunteerism will make an impact. Some of the work we are planning to do includes:

•	Recognizing the many volunteers who have donated their time and talents.
•	Implementing a Volunteer Management training including a component on training volunteers on implicit bias and intent versus impact.
•	Launching Skills-Connect, a program that matches skilled volunteers with projects that require specific skills, and of course, 
•	Continuing to connect people to causes.

Volunteer Alexandria is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.


Volunteer Alexandria

Changing lives and restoring hope! Global Church serves south Miami-Dade County communities in the Homestead and surrounding area 

With your ongoing faithful support, we can continue changing lives and giving hope. God provides for the ministry of GLOBAL Church through your tithes and offerings. Your gift will help create diverse opportunities to worship God, feel the Holy Spirit's presence, and together experience His divine power. Your donations are honored with faithful stewardship, ethical business practices, and accountability. 
 
It's more than keeping the lights on and the gears turning; it's about personal worship to God and handing Him back what He already owns, and it's about lives changing through the transformative power of the Gospel in our region and beyond.
 
Global Church ensures that many experience receiving, rejoicing, and sharing the eternal love of Christ. Partner with GLOBAL Church and dare to dream, believe, and grow once again. 
 
Global Church is dedicated to ensuring that many experience receiving, rejoicing, and sharing the eternal love of Christ. Thank you and God bless you abundantly! 

Iglesia Global Church

RC is a safe and welcoming center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning people & their friends/family.

Rainbow Cafe’s mission is to provide a safe and welcoming environment for those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/gender expansive, queer, intersex, asexual, or questioning their orientation and/or gender identity, and their friends, by creating a space in which they are affirmed and offered non-judgmental support and access to person, community, spiritual, and health resources.