Transforming the nation's foster care system and improve outcomes for the millions of children and families it impacts.

We’re a research and design lab for the social sector, working to transform child welfare. Led and guided by people who have been directly impacted by this system, we are a trusted partner across the national child welfare field. We work with government agencies, lawmakers, providers, advocates, and foundations to drive novel, scalable solutions at the federal, state, and local levels.

Think of Us

Giving children in the U.S. and around the world a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, we’ve changed the lives of more than 1 billion children. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Save the Children

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

African youth and refugee communities becoming social entrepreneurs through freesponsible and self-organized empowerment.

SINA (Social Innovation Academy)is a multi-award-winning model empowering marginalized youth and African refugee communities to unleash their potentials and become social entrepreneurs. By creating their own solutions to the challenges they face, participants transform from passive aid recipients to active drivers of their own futures. As SINA's model continues to scale across different African countries through a replication approach, its impact continues to grow. It has reached eight communities in four African countries (Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe) and has given birth to over 65 social enterprises.

Quick video introduction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEVhNI4tdzE

SINA (Social Innovation Academy)

Sheridan PTO, a nonprofit, supports Las Estrellas Dual Language (formerly Sheridan School). Based in Minneapolis, MN.



Sheridan PTO, a nonprofit, supports Las Estrellas Dual Language (formerly Sheridan School). Based in Minneapolis, MN.

Sheridan PTO, una organización sin fines de lucro, apoya el programa de lenguaje dual Las Estrellas (anteriormente Sheridan School). Con sede en Minneapolis, MN.

Las Estrellas (formerly Sheridan PTO)

CAIR-LA is a civil rights and grassroots organization dedicated to serving Muslim and immigrant communities. 

CAIR-LA is a nonprofit, grassroots civil rights and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. Through media relations, lobbying, education and advocacy, CAIR-LA works to make sure Muslim voices are represented. Through its work, CAIR-LA seeks to empower American Muslims and encourage their participation in political and social activism.

CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. It focuses on 5 main areas including civic engagement, legal services, media relations, outreach and education, and youth empowerment.

CAIR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations to CAIR are tax-deductible as allowable by law; our tax ID number is 77-0646756.


CAIR Greater Los Angeles Area

Since 2009, Gator Wilderness Camp School has served over 180 boys and families in Southwest Florida.

Gator Wilderness Camp School is located in Charlotte County in southwest Florida. Located on a 250 acre property, Gator Wilderness Camp is a year around camping program designed specifically to serve adolescent boys from the ages of 11-15 years old. This group of boys is significantly struggling to interpret a myriad of issues in their families, schools, and communities. We are a private, non-profit (501C3) organization dedicated to sharing Christ’s unconditional love with families and their sons. It is the goal of Gator Wilderness Camp to pursue relationships with those in need and to offer a navigational beacon of hope and healing in the name of Christ.

Gator Wilderness Camp School Inc

Celebrating the power of Space to bring the world together, educating and developing the next generation of explorers.

The mission of The SpaceKind Foundation (and associated projects Yuri's Night, Cosmic Odyssey Scholarship, AstroAccess) is to use the excitement and inspiration of space as a catalyst for educating and developing the next generation of explorers. We fulfill this mission through a commitment to empowering leaders, building communities, bridging cultures, encouraging science literacy, and promoting a sustainable and peaceful future. We are also launching a massive movement to get 50 million people to stand in the path of totality for the total eclipse of the sun on Mon April 8, 2024 in a 100 mile wide band from Mazatlan, Mexico to Montreal Canada to LOOK UP. The sight of the sun completely blocked by the moon, letting the stars shine in the middle of the afternoon, is breathtaking and worth driving a few states to see. I hope you will join us! www.eclipsefest.org

The SpaceKind Foundation

Works to educate, inspire, and equip young women with the skills and resources to pursue academic and career opportunities in computing fields.

Girls Who Code is a national nonprofit working to close the gender gap in the technology sector. Its programs work to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in computing fields.

Girls Who Code

As conflict escalates in Ukraine, UNICEF is on the ground reaching children with water, health and education services.

UNICEF has saved more children's lives than any of the international children’s charities. Other organizations help children, but UNICEF does more by fighting for children’s rights and delivering the essentials every child needs for an equitable chance in life.

UNICEF USA

To cultivate creativity and grow mutual empathy as the building blocks for a prosperous, sustainable, and peaceful future.

We are planting the seeds of freedom by inspiring students to boldly step beyond the boundaries set before them and challenge the norm. 

Theory of Change
To transform children's self-identity through the arts for higher-order thinking and enhanced self-worth. 

The ICAF school art program (Arts Olympiad) has grown over the years into the world's largest. The program employs the arts as a dynamic physical activity to get to one of the leading causes of declining creativity and rising obesity: How children view themselves. 

The Arts Olympiad introduces students to the "Artist-Athlete Ideal" of the creative mind and a healthy body (mente sana in corpo sano). The structured lesson plans motivate students to think of themselves and others not as techies, nerds, jocks, or artsy but as artist-athletes. The coalescing of artistic and athletic mindsets sprouts outside-the-box thinking and instills healthy lifestyles. 

The Arts Olympiad requires students to visualize and depict themselves as artist-athletes in their paintings, drawings or digital art, to inspire creative thinking and instill healthy lifestyles. Under the Arts Olympiad, students depict themselves as artist-athletes in their paintings, drawings, or digital art, solidifying their revised self-image. For those at-risk and disadvantaged, creativity can blaze new trails to break the vicious cycle of intergenerational poverty. An increased number of artist-athletes transforms the school into a more integrated, forward-looking community.

To develop empathy worldwide, ICAF produces the World Children's Festival (WCF) across the U.S. Capitol on The National Mall. The Arts Olympiad winners from the participating U.S. school districts and countries come together at the WCF. The festival workshops, training, and activities are designed to provide a transformative experience that infuses children's creativity with empathy, inspiring them to become "creative-empaths" who can work together to make the world a better place.

To be a creative-empath requires a quality of character that can help overcome adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and disrupt the intergenerational transmission of trauma and hatred that seeps into the young, like physical traits or melanin. The WCF is not only fun and entertainment but an effective intervention that makes it unlike any other children's festival, nationally or globally.

Impact
Over the past twenty-five years, ICAF has changed the world for children. More than five million schoolchildren have participated in and benefited from ICAF's free-of-charge programs. An estimated two million students, parents, and teachers have attended ICAF festivals, exhibitions, and conferences in over twenty major cities worldwide. ChildArt quarterly’s readership has grown to about 220,000. 

Funding
The National Endowment of the Art, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Skillman Foundation, and the Robert J. Bauer Family Foundation supported ICAF in 2022. ICAF is independently ranked among the 25 Top Children's Charities in the United States. The U.S. Olympic Committee has granted ICAF an exclusive license to use the "Arts Olympiad" mark. ICAF is raising funds to launch its 7th Arts Olympiad in June 2023 and produce the 7th WCF in June 2024.

International Child Art Foundation

Closegap is a 501(c)(3) non-profit technology company focused on making mental health resources accessible to all K-12 students.

Closegap is a nonprofit that makes it easy for schools to support the emotional health of K-12 students through daily mental health check-ins. These check-ins help kids express themselves, connect with a trusted adult, or explore self-guided social emotional learning activities. Backed by evidence-based research and developed alongside students, teachers, school counselors, social workers, and administrators, Closegap makes daily check-ins fun for students, while giving educators the information they need to provide support in real time. By combining crisis & early intervention, real-time support, mental health monitoring, and a safe, digital space for emotional discovery - Closegap makes it easy for schools to make mental health accessible to all.

THE PROBLEM 
The public perception that mental health issues are rare is incorrect. 49.5% of American youth will have had a diagnosable mental illness at some point before they are 18. 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14 and 75% by age 24. 46% of kids in the United States have experienced at least one traumatic event. Our current system of care is inadequate. Only 50% of kids who have a mental health condition receive treatment and the average delay between the onset of symptoms and an appropriate intervention is 10 years. 

This has devastating effects on our young people and the economy. The 2nd leading cause of death for people ages 10-34 is suicide. 37% of students with a mental health condition age 14 and older drop out of school. 70% of youth in state and local juvenile systems have a diagnosable mental illness. Depression and anxiety disorders cost the global economy $1 trillion each year in lost productivity. Those in positions to create more opportunities for youth to develop healthy attachment security and a sense of safety do not currently have access to the tools they need to do so. Children aren’t taught about emotion regulation skills, self-reflection, and how to build a reliable sense of self-esteem. Children are not supported enough when struggling with suicide ideation/self harm and trauma. We're failing children and we must do better. 

THE SOLUTION 
Schools are the most accessed mental health delivery system by children and adolescents. Of students receiving mental health services, most receive those services in schools. Students of color disproportionately receive services only at school. Schools represent an enormous opportunity to strengthen our mental health safety net around youth. By combining early & crisis intervention, real-time support, and a safe, digital space for emotional discovery, Closegap makes it easy for K-12 schools to support the emotional health of their students.

HOW CLOSEGAP IS LEADING THE WAY
Closegap created the first digital emotions check-in for schools. Now being used in over 2500 schools in all 50 states and 25 countries, Closegap is the first choice for students when it comes to sharing what they're experiencing with the important adults in their lives. Closegap grew its userbase by 12x last school year, now serves over 160,000 students, and has captured over 2.5 million check-ins since launching in September 2019. After implementing Closegap, educators have uncovered cases of self-harm, bullying and trouble at home that otherwise would have gone unnoticed. For more impact stories, please visit https://www.closegap.org/case-studies. 

You can find the mental health stats cited here and many others at nami.org. 


Closegap

Empowering young women of color ages 7-17 to embrace the current tech marketplace as builders + creators.

Black Girls CODE is devoted to showing the world that black girls can code, and do so much more. By reaching out to the community through workshops and after school programs, Black Girls CODE introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities in programming languages such as Scratch or Ruby on Rails. Black Girls CODE has set out to prove to the world that girls of every color have the skills to become the programmers of tomorrow. By promoting classes and programs we hope to grow the number of women of color working in technology and give underprivileged girls a chance to become the masters of their technological worlds. Black Girls CODE's ultimate goal is to provide African-American youth with the skills to occupy some of the 1.4 million computing job openings expected to be available in the U.S. by 2020, and to train 1 million girls by 2040.

Black Girls CODE

Our mission is to inspire and empower youth to take control of their academic success through peer tutoring and mentoring.

Peer Power Foundation is a youth development organization that seeks to close equity gaps that exist within the public education system. Since 2004, we have created opportunities for Memphis students to grow into productive adults who contribute to the city and nation in accordance with their passion. 

Peer Power recruits, hires, trains and deploys college-aged students into high school classrooms to decrease the student to teacher ratio and meet the individualized needs of students. We also hire and train 11th and 12th grade students to tutor students in lower grades, helping to close literacy gaps during crucial academic development stages. In addition, Peer Power partners with external organizations to train tutors within for their programming needs. 

In 2015, Peer Power Foundation created the “Memphis Model” in partnership with Memphis- Shelby County Schools (MSCS) and University of Memphis. The program employs more than 150 University of Memphis tutors called “Success Coaches” who are trained and placed within high school classrooms. This unique configuration reduces the student-to-adult ratio from about 30-to-1 down to roughly 10-to-1. Success Coaches are paid, earn college credit, gain professional experience and help MSCS students, while classroom teachers experience higher job satisfaction and retention.

TUTOR + MENTOR = SUCCESS COACH
Success Coaches are trained in subject content knowledge as well as social emotional learning. They are equipped to hone in on the holistic needs of scholars. 

Students with a Success Coach in their class are 3X more likely to show up for school.

Students who participate in ACT Prep University are 1.9X more likely to improve their score.

Students who participate in ACT Prep University are 1.5X more likely to obtain an academic scholarship. 

Students who participate in Peer Power’s ACT Prep University see their composite scores increase by 3.4 points on average and have earned and qualified for more than $3 Million in TN Hope Lottery Scholarships.

We also hire and train 11th and 12th grade students to tutor students in lower grades, helping to close literacy gaps during crucial academic development stages.

More than tutoring. Peer Power specializes in developing creative programs that link school aged students with college students who serve as mentors, tutors and role models for them. Our flexible peer-to-peer model allows us to meet needs and serve students in unorthodox but proven ways. 


The Peer Power Foundation Inc

YTB Community CALM: Platforms-Partners-Projects: Youth-Adult partnership of giving & receiving for youth-community development. 

Youth TimeBanking Global has youth-adult projects in the US in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana; in Africa in Yaounde' Cameroon, Kibengo-Nakivale Uganda, Mukono-Kampala Uganda, and Simiyu Tanzania,

Youth TimeBanking Global is a community service practice for supporting youth to increase awareness of community organizations and expand their social connections.  YTB is experiential learning in the interests of building community.  YTB introduces youth to principles of co-production and servant leadership.  When youth are involved with community, they strengthen their connections to their community and learn about Civic Engagement.  As youth continue with YTB they experience co-production -- a model in which each person contributes to the design and delivery of projects or services. 

YTB's Vision is that all youth transition to adulthood with the experience of contributing service to their community.  YTB is a system of service exchange that leverages the talents, capabilities, and energies of youth so that they are viewed as partners and co-producers to achieve shared goals and work towards shared visions in our communities.

Youth Earning Time Credits For Community Service Activities - Youth TimeBanking is a nonprofit that provides youth with opportunities through its network of community organizations. YTB is timebanking customized for youth, a program of giving and receiving where youth earn YTB time credits for their service contributions. Youth take care of Little Free Libraries and community gardens, design logos, participate in virtual events, work on anti-bullying projects, and more. YTB time credits can be exchanged for resources or services, such as cell phone minutes, refurbished technology, sports gear, school supplies, arts-crafts supplies, books, coaching sessions, digital inclusion, lessons, etc. YTB is a youth-adult partnership in which youth develop strengths, make community connections, and experience something bigger than themselves.  YTB helps youth as they help others!

YTB Global

Talent is universal. Opportunity is not. We are on mission is to democratize opportunity for all. educatelanka.org

Educate Lanka envisions a world in which opportunities are universal for every young person regardless of their background or circumstances. Incorporated both in the United States and in Sri Lanka, Educate Lanka's on a mission to enhance access to equitable and inclusive opportunities for children and youth from marginalized backgrounds so they could empower themselves and maximize their potential in learning, work, and life.

By addressing the prevailing systemic learning and skills gaps through a unique combination of digital technology and social-private partnership models, Educate Lanka seeks to realize its vision of a skilled, equitable, and inclusive workforce and an empathetic and responsible citizenry through two (2) complementary interventions:

1). A proprietary online peer-to-peer education financing model that enables individual and collective benefactors from around the world to directly fund the out-of-pocket educational expenses of motivated, yet marginalized learners through long-term micro-scholarships.

2). A unique social-private partnership model that provides children and youth with quality learning opportunities in the form of mentoring, project-based skills training, and connections to professional networks and workforce opportunities.

The Nishantha Fund:
In 2019, Educate Lanka responded to the tragic event of the Easter Bombings in Sri Lanka by co-creating the Nishantha Fund - a fund dedicated to empower the survivors of the attack by addressing their long-term education needs while advancing education as a weapon to counter the extremism, hate, and violence. Through its long-term impact, it envisions a Sri Lanka where children and youth from diverse backgrounds and demographics will all learn and prosper together in a peaceful, empathic, and tolerant society that embraces and promotes diversity and inclusion. https://nishanthafund.educatelanka.org/
https://educatelanka.org

Educate Lanka Foundation

Life Remodeled works with communities and organizations to create neighborhood revitalization that lasts. 

Our unique model repurposes vacant properties into one-stop hubs of opportunity where families can thrive. We fill these hubs with the best and brightest nonprofit organizations and facilitate collaboration to create far greater life transformation together than was previously possible alone. Together, we ensure three things:﻿﻿

1. Detroit students perform at or above grade level in math and reading
2. Families have access to essential health and wellness services
3. Community members obtain higher paying jobs and achieve economic self-sufficiency

Life Remodeled

Founded 1984, Larkin Street Youth Services provides housing, medical, social, and educational services to at-risk, runaway, and homeless youth ages 12-24.

The mission of Larkin Street Youth Services is to create a continuum of services that inspires youth to move beyond the street.  We will nurture potential, promote dignity, and support bold steps by all.  If you are a young person in need of services, please call (800) 669.6196.  To learn more about our programs, visit our website at: www.larkinstreetyouth.org

Larkin Street Youth Services

Prevent and disrupt the sex trafficking of women and children in the United States. 

We prevent and disrupt the sex trafficking of women and children in the United States.
 
Our vision is that every child in the US lives free from sex trafficking. We are seeing this vision come to life as more victims are offered a path to freedom.
 
The Guardian Group team utilizes two most efficient and proven strategies to achieve this mission. Through our own expertise and the help of our crowdsourced volunteer force, we identify women and minors who are victims of domestic sex trafficking nationwide. Our no-cost support to local, state, and federal law enforcement results in increased recovery of these victims. Together we are harnessing the power of many to find the vulnerable.

Guardian Group

An experiential and interdisciplinary 7-12th school program based on the tenets of Torah V’Avoda at the foothills of Mount Carmel

Kol Tzofayich, located in the majestic mountains of northern Israel, offers a truly one-of-a-kind school experience. This hands-on, camplike educational phenomenon has quickly grown from 28 to over 200 students in just four years. Offering customized, experiential education, students learn directly how each subject relates to real-world applications and situations. The study of math, for example, is in tandem with cabinetry design, while chemistry is experienced through culinary arts and cosmetology. “We unite real-world experience and classroom academics on a moment-by-moment basis,” says school founder Yehuda Rothner, a dynamo in the education world who was known globally for his phenomenal success running Camp Stone in the U.S. Those worlds must converge on a daily basis holistically in school. Every subject is capable of doing that.” The school, which includes grades 7-12, also offers a sociological and economic breaking-of-barriers, with students of all backgrounds uniting from throughout Israel, as well as the U.S., Russia, Ukraine and Ethiopia. “We provide students a sense of the whole and what the world really has to offer, giving them the skills to be successful in life.”

American Friends Of Yeshivat Kol Tzofayich

Servicios de terapias ambulatorias: física, habla, ocupacional, sicológica y Centro de Aprendizaje del Niño.

La misión del Hospital del Niño de PR es contribuir a la rehabilitación de niños con incapacidades físicas y/o mentales; capacitarlos para que en la medida en que les sea posible, puedan intergrarse a la sociedad, y educarlos en base en sus necesidades y potencial.  Nuestra visión es la de seguir expandiendo los servicios que actualmente ofrecemos, con un enfoque en la rehabilitación e integración en la sociedad del niño con impedimento.  Nuestra meta es la de mantener y mejorar la calidad de vida de los niños, fortalecer su autoestima, lograr su adaptación y su productividad tomando en consideración sus necesidades y fortalezas.

Hospital del Niño de Puerto Rico

Keeping Music Alive in our Schools @hollandsopusfdn #mhopus

The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation (MHOF) was inspired by the acclaimed motion picture Mr. Holland’s Opus, the story of the profound effect a dedicated music teacher had on generations of students. The Foundation keeps music alive in our schools by donating musical instruments to under-funded music programs, and providing vital services to school districts nationwide, giving under-represented youth access to the many benefits of music education, leading them to success in school, and inspiring creativity and expression through playing music.

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation

Every Meal fights child hunger through community and school partnerships.

More than 300,000 children in Minnesota live with food insecurity. When these children don’t have access to the free and reduced meal programs at school, they don’t have access to reliable food and the risk of hunger is very real. Every Meal works to fight hunger in our community by filling the gaps in food access that children face during weekends, summers, and extended breaks. Learn more at everymeal.org. 


Every Meal (formerly The Sheridan Story)

Dedicated to inspiring and preparing youth for successful, thoughtful, and ethical engagement in STEM and related professions.

The mission of the National Youth Science Foundation is to inspire lifelong engagement and ethical leadership in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related professions through its proven educational model for mentoring, challenging, and motivating students. By building communities among students, teachers, and professionals, NYSF programs complement, broaden, and enhance the traditional school curriculum leading to careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related professions.

National Youth Science Foundation

ARAHA strives to alleviate human suffering and build self-reliant communities by providing aid in the Horn of Africa

ARAHA is a humanitarian non-governmental organization (NGO) that works in the Horn of Africa region delivering essentials and developing opportunities. 
We have 8 core programs; disaster relief and emergency response to famine and drought, education, including scholarships and vocational training programs, sustainable energy, food relief, including school lunch programs and container shipments of manna rice packs, self-reliance programs built for sustainability, boreholes to bring essential water to remote communities, health programs to combat disease and bring medical care to refugee and IDP camps, and our orphan program that supports children that have lost their caregivers. 
Our diverse range of programs bring to life our mission and our field team in each country adapts to the specific needs of each community in which it works. 
Our organization aims to bring immediate relief to those in need throughout the Horn, while at the same time seeking to create the conditions for sustainable opportunity and self-reliance. In all programs ARAHA pursues, it seeks to responsibly enact its mission and build a stable, sustainable, thriving Horn of Africa. 

In the last year, ARAHA has served over 100,000 beneficiaries. We built 71 water wells in communities so thousands of people have access to fresh water. Our individual donors sponsor 356 orphans and our organization covers 1300, for a total of 1,646 vulnerable children that are being cared for. We run a school lunch program for 8 schools with over 1,500 students total. We also maintain the Shagarab refugee camp high school, the only school in the camp, where we provide salaries for teachers and scholarships for students. We distributed meat to 14,600 people in need last year. We are currently combating drought and famine in the Horn by providing monthly food baskets to families. We have already supplied these baskets to over 800 families. We have run several successful vocational training programs, specifically for solar energy and veterinary technology. This training provides opportunities for many students who could not afford education. We also built sustainable homes for 11 families in Sudan. 

We could not have accomplished any of these programs without the generosity of our incredible supporters. Donors like you are what make our work possible and we are so grateful for your support and interest in our work. 

Please don't hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or ideas at info@araha.org 


ARAHA: American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa

b-present Foundation is a nonprofit focused on ensuring every adolescent and young adult with cancer feels connected and supported

This holiday season, show gratitude and share the love by launching a fundraiser or making a donation in honor of someone who chose to b-there for you and made a huge difference in your life. Remember the impact it had on you? This is your chance to pay it forward and help others b-there for their loved one dealing with cancer. Because no one should have to face cancer alone. 💪
 
Here's how your contribution will support the young adult cancer community... 🫶

➡️ $25 donation provides a hospital with supporter roadmaps for 10 patients and their supporters. (Goal: 200 donations at this level)

➡️  $50 donation helps fund one b-there for YA Support Kits (coming in 2023). Each kit includes a Supporter Roadmap, access to our digital resource suite, and practical tools and comfort items that will be distributed to newly diagnosed adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients and their supporters to help them get off to a good start and stay connected. The best part? These kits will be designed by those that have been there. (Goal: 100 donations at this level)

➡️ $100 donation helps ensure that newly diagnosed patients and their supporters receive the help they need throughout treatment and beyond with our recently launched b-there connection and support app. (Goal: 50 donations at this level)

➡️ $500 donation will help support our 2023 Spark Tank Innovation Workshop, where young adult survivors, supporters, researchers, health professionals, and advocates gather to explore the gaps and barriers that contribute to social isolation and poor mental health after cancer and brainstorm solutions that spark improved quality of life and health outcomes for AYAs with cancer. (Goal 10 donations at this level)
 
Will you Give the Gift of Presence and help us raise $20,000 this holiday season to support the implementation of our programs in hospitals and schools nationwide? With your help, b-present can enable thousands of young adult cancer patients and their supporters across the U.S. to become advocates at home, at school, and in their communities for connections and support. 
 
✨More about b-present✨
The b-present Foundation is a nonprofit inspired by and founded in memory of 20-year-old Kirsten Westerman, who we lost to leukemia in 2016. Our work focuses on improving social support so adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer between the ages of 15-39, and their communities of support, stay connected and are supported throughout treatment and beyond. 

b-present approaches this critical work from two angles: preventative and supportive. Creating awareness and providing the support network with tangible tools and guidance to navigate their support experience are vital first steps to preserving and sustaining that important community of support.

b-present foundation

WVMA serves the communities of Cupertino, Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, West & South San Jose. 

Vision
A place for growth – spiritual, social, and personal. 

Mission
Do good, spread good. Live Islam, teach Islam. 

WVMA serves the Muslim communities of Saratoga, Los Gatos, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, and Campbell. We offer five daily prayers, regular Jumuah prayers, weekly halaqa, youth programs, and community events.

We hold Friday Prayers at the Saratoga Prospect Center located at 19848 Prospect Road, Saratoga CA 95070, and five daily prayers at our Saratoga masjid, located at 12370 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road, Saratoga CA 95070. We also hold five daily prayers along with Jumma at our Los Gatos Islamic Center located at 16769 Farley Rd, Los Gatos CA.

Donate
WVMA is growing – we rely on your generous support to provide religious services, community events, and outreach programs in our community. As a non-profit organization, your donations are tax-deductible. They may also be eligible for corporate matching gifts by your employer. Our Tax ID is #26-1328437.

West Valley Muslim Association

Provides creative arts programs to young patients and families in children's hospitals across North Carolina.

Arts For Life is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting pediatric patients and families through arts education and engagement. By providing educational art programs, we enrich patients’ lives, nurture their minds and spirits, and encourage positive healthcare experiences for children and their families. Arts For Life helps children every day in three communities across North Carolina.

Arts For Life

To catalyze a nationwide movement of impact-driven leaders expanding educational opportunity to all children in Armenia.

Our movement to end educational inequity is like the kochari. Communities across Armenia have their own special dances, yet each kochari shares similar movements. Each kochari emphasizes the importance of building community by moving together in unison. With hands linked, we move together to signify that we are united in our cultural heritage. Similarly, Teach For Armenia’s kochari is a collection of unifying concepts that help to synchronize our collective movement. In short, our efforts across Armenia and Artsakh ought to reflect the uniqueness of each community while revolving around a shared vision.

Friends of Teach For Armenia

The TJ Carrie Foundation provides a social-emotionally supportive community for children and families living with heart conditions

The mission of the TJ Carrie Foundation is to provide a social-emotionally supportive community for children and families living with heart conditions, while educating the greater community on heart health. In addition to inspiring youth to Dream Big through  education and physical activity.  

​When the NFL cornerback started his foundation in 2016, TJ’s goal was to help young people struggling with physical challenges, offering encouragement and advice to children and families dealing with health issues. Along with his wife, Ty’lsha, the foundation’s mission has grown to inspire all youths to establish and achieve big dreams. With signature programs and community events, the foundation provides a platform for TJ to be hands-on and engaged with young people and their families,  helping them overcome their problems and accomplish their goals.  The TJ Carrie Foundation’s approach is built on the pillars of faith, hope, courage, and love.

Being a professional football player being able to play the game is such a blessing for TJ each day and one that he does not take for granted. He dreamed about putting on those pads and helmet and playing under the Friday night lights, on Saturday afternoons, and even on to the NFL.

 As a 14-year-old freshman at Deer Valley High School in Antioch, California, TJ was hyped to begin his journey. On the first day of tryouts, his life changed forever. It was hot, and they were working hard. He was sweating and was having trouble catching his breathing … and then it all went dark.

TJ left the field in an ambulance and was transported to thehospital. The medical personnel stabilized him. But the doctors were stumped as to what caused his problem. It was a year later before they had an answer. TJ had a one-in-a-million birth defect where his right coronary artery was positioned between his lungs.

The doctors gave a now 15-year-old and his family two choices. He could give up any strenuous physical activity for the rest of his life, ending his dreams of playing football. Or TJ could undergo risky surgery to correct the problem. With the help of his family, he decided to take a chance, so he could keep alive his big dream of playing football. On Valentine’s Day 2006, TJ underwent open-heart surgery at Oakland Children’s Hospital.

He spent two months recuperating in the hospital, part of what became a year-and-a-half-long recovery. It was hard, scary, and challenging, but he was driven by his big heart and a relentless work ethic to achieve his dream.  He recovered and was finally able to play football as a senior at De La Salle High School in Concord, California, where the Spartans won a state championship that season. He went to Ohio University, where he played 50 games for the Bobcats and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sports administration. 

And his ultimate dream was achieved when Oakland selected him in the 2014 NFL Draft, beginning a pro career where he has worn the uniform of the Raiders, Browns, and Colts.

 

TJ Carrie Foundation

Through outdoor experiential education, year-round mentoring, and leadership training, we strive to facilitate the development of values and life skills essential for productive citizenship in youth.

Since 1887, Trail Blazers has been where youth to go outside to grow within. Check back regularly for updates on summer camp and after school programs, alumni reunion events, staff/volunteer opportunities, and more.

Trail Blazers Camps

Helping orphans find loving families in their home countries.

A Family for Every Orphan is a Christian organization that helps orphans find loving families in their home countries. Our vision is a world without orphans!

A Family for Every Orphan

We provide a home-away-from-home in our House & Family Rooms for families with children receiving medical care in our communities.

Ronald McDonald Charities of the Piedmont Triad. Inc. serves families caring for a child receiving medical care in our community through our four core programs: (1) Our 36-bedroom House; (2) Our three Ronald McDonald Family Rooms that serve, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Brenner Children's Hospital, Cone Health Women & Children's Center at Moses J. Cone Hospital and Novant Health Maya Angelou Women's Health & Wellness Center at Forsyth Medical Center, respectively; (3) Our five Hospitality Carts serving Brenner Children's Hospital, Cone Health Women & Children's Center, Maya Angelou Women's Health & Wellness Center, Atrium Health High Point Medical Center and Randolph Health, respectively and (4) Our Family Support and Services.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Piedmont Triad, Inc.

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

Community based nonprofit that provides free educational and career programs for youth ages 5-18 in South LA!

Dynasty's United Youth Association

Supporting young people to make climate change an urgent priority, and exposing corruption of the fossil fuel industry.

The Sunrise Movement is a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. We’re building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the health and wellbeing of all people.

We call ourselves Sunrise because we know this dark hour in America, when fossil fuel executives and climate deniers run our government, cannot last. The sun will rise again.  We have a 4-year plan to make climate action an urgent priority in every corner of the country, expose the fossil fuel executives who have purchased politicians and blocked progress, and lift up champions who will work for the people at every level of government.

Sunrise Movement Education Fund

Running for a Better Oakland is an organization that encourages Oakland students to develop healthy lifestyles through running. 

Running for a Better Oakland (RBO) is a non-profit organization that encourages Kindergarten-12th grade Oakland students to develop healthy lifestyles through running. By providing training and encouragement, RBO helps students build confidence and set goals, giving them tools for achievement and hard work they can draw on in all areas of their lives.

RBO strives to build a tolerant, healthy, and prosperous community. Through the discipline and rigor of a structured running program, RBO’s goal is to create new relationships, establish trust, build self-esteem, and empower students, parents, and volunteers.

Running for a Better Oakland

Amidst the noise and chaos of today's uncertain world comes a small, quiet voice of hope from an unlikely messenger-Chip the Monk.

Dear Peace-Loving Friends,

Chip is a thoughtful little chipmunk with a life-changing message for young and old alike!

We are extending a warm welcome to all who feel a desire to spread Chip the Monk’s important message of happiness and harmony to all beings. Through a variety of inspiring platforms, Chip helps people of all ages and backgrounds tap into their inner wisdom to find guidance and strength in these uncertain times.

Your loving donation will help support the Chip the Monk Foundation in creating practical and fun ways for children to overcome thoughts of fear, upset, and worry.

Our multi-faceted project is quickly expanding to include:

An interactive Chip Chat app
Additional books in the Chip the Monk collection
A multimedia website
Board and digital games—where everyone wins!
Animated videos, books, and movies
Harmony Animal plush toys that speak with children
And much, much more!

With your loving contribution you help bring all these tools to fruition.
 
Deep Gratitude and Joy!



Chip The Monk Foundation

Connects teen writers, artists and photographers with peers around the globe, teaches journalism, fosters cross-cultural understanding and promotes and defends a free youth press.

Youth Journalism International is a nonprofit that connects teen writers, artists and photographers with peers around the globe, teaches journalism, fosters cross-cultural understanding, and promotes and defends a free youth press.

Youth Journalism International

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

Stand with Trans empowers and supports transgender youth and their loved ones.

Our vision is a world where gender diverse youth are validated and celebrated.

Stand with Trans

Our mission is to improve the lives of children diagnosed with cancer in Armenia.

City of Smile, USA's mission is to improve the lives of children diagnosed with cancer in Armenia by raising awareness and funds to provide life-saving treatments as well as emotional, nutritional and psychological support for affected children and their families.

City Of Smile - USA

We partner with Congolese communities to build lasting change. Along the way, we're transformining humanitarian aid, for good.

Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI) believes that local, community-based initiatives create transformative impact and lasting development in eastern Congo. That's because no one knows the both the challenges and paths forward better than those who live with them every day. By directly funding this work, we have secured justice for over 2,000 victims of rape, set legal precedent for woman gaining the right to inherit land, and supported clean water and healthcare infrustructure that serves 120,000 people every day. 

We cultivate public and private partnerships alongside strategic advocacy to drive change and increase attention. Our multifaceted approach works to create new, lasting opportunities for the people of eastern Congo. 

And we know that by investing in local solutions and working shoulder to shoulder with Congolese innovators, we can revolutionize how the world thinks of humanitarian aid.

Eastern Congo Initiative

We support mentoring, outreach programs, scholarship initiatives and other community service activities in Atlanta, GA. 

Our vision is to become a leading 501(c) 3 non-profits in the community throughout Gwinnett County and a leading source of mentorship throughout the State of Georgia with an emphasis on young African American males and young males of color that may not have Father or male figure in their household.

Lawrenceville-Duluth Alumni Chapter Of Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation Inc

Making disciples who love God passionately and people tangibly in Northwest Arkansas

We are a non-denominational church that is making disciples of love God passionately and love people tangibly so that every soul, every street, every square inch of NWA is transformed by Jesus for the sake of the world. 

New Heights Bentonville

Travis Manion Foundation empowers veterans and families of fallen heroes to develop character in future generations.

Travis Manion Foundation (TMF) empowers veterans and families of fallen heroes to develop character in future generations. In 2007, 1st Lt Travis Manion (USMC) was killed in Iraq while saving his wounded teammates. Today, Travis' legacy lives on in the words he spoke before leaving for his final deployment, "If Not Me, Then Who..." Guided by this ethos, veterans continue their service, develop strong relationships with their communities, and thrive in their post-military lives. As a result, communities prosper and the character of our nation's heroes live on in the next generation.

Travis Manion Foundation

Answering the dreams of children ages 3-18 who are chronically ill, physically challenged and/or abused throughout US since 1976.

MISSION STATEMENT
Sunshine Foundation answers the dreams of children, ages three through eighteen, who have severe or profound physical/developmental/intellectual challenges or trauma from physical/sexual abuse, and whose families cannot fulfill their requests due to financial strain that the child's illness may cause. Sunshine Foundation answers dreams to children from all 50 states and Puerto Rico with life-long chronic conditions; ones that are turned away from the other national wish granting organizations that require a life-threatening or critical diagnosis.

HISTORY
In the 1960’s and 70's, Philadelphia police officer, Bill Sample, was assigned on protective duty to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. He encountered critically ill and chronically ill children, and saw firsthand how these children’s families were burdened, not only by mounting medical bills, but also by the frustration of not being able to provide their child a special dream.

In 1976, Bill took out a $4,000 personal loan and, with the help of volunteers, started the Sunshine Foundation and began making dreams come true for chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children. The first child helped was Bobby, a five-year-old boy diagnosed with Leukemia. Bobby’s nurse told Bill that the boy had a dream to go to the mountains to see snow. Bill brought Bobby, his parents, and siblings to the Pocono mountains in PA for a week of playing in the snow, sledding, and snowmobiling. Not long after, Bobby passed from his battle with Leukemia. Bobby’s mom told us years later that she did not realize at the time how important that dream would be to their family. She said that trip with Bobby, laughing and playing in the snow, was the happiest moment of their lives, and those memories created have lasted a lifetime.

Under Bill’s leadership, the Sunshine Foundation grew into the first national wish-granting organization. In 1990, the Sunshine Foundation Dream Village in Florida opened with nine fairy-tale themed cottages, specially equipped to handle the needs of the children who dreamed of visiting the Central Florida theme parks. Bill also established an annual Dreamlift to bring children with severe special needs on a chartered jet to the Magic Kingdom for a day; and for twenty-seven years, Bill hosted a gathering of children from across the globe who lived with the unique challenges of Progeria (Hutchinson-Guilford Syndrome).

More than 41,500 children have benefited from programs and services of the Sunshine Foundation over the past 45 years. Sunshine Foundation is proud to continuously be ranked as the Top-Rated wish-granting organization serving the terminally ill or chronically ill according to www.charitywatch.org. 

PROGRAM
The most popular dream request is for a family trip to Orlando to visit LEGOLAND Florida, SeaWorld, Universal Orlando, Walt Disney World, Kennedy Space Center, and the Florida coast beaches. Families stay at the Foundation’s 22-acre Dream Village in Davenport, FL, an enchanted accommodation less than 15 miles from Disney World. Since opening in 1990, more than 21,000 children have enjoyed the Dream Village which includes 9 fairy-tale themed cottages, a heated zero-entry swimming pool, handicap accessible playground and a miniature golf course. The Sunshine Foundation provides everything for the entire family including airfare, transportation, lodging, tickets to the attractions and spending money. These Magical Dreams cost approximately $6,600 per family.

We also answer Special Dreams: shopping sprees, computers, iPads, gaming systems, bedroom makeovers, outdoor playsets, above ground swimming pools, family trips, and many more. These Special Dreams cost approximately $2,200 per family.

TARGET
The Sunshine Foundation strives to bring joy to children who need us most, including children from income-limited families who suffer from chronic illnesses, often which has a devastating life-long impact. These are the children who are forgotten and ignored because the initial outcome of their diagnosis is not immediately life-threatening. However, they suffer incredible pain from many incurable diseases that will significantly shorten and hinder the quality of their lives.

The children we serve suffer from several illnesses and conditions including spina bifida, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, Down syndrome, spastic quadriplegia, low functioning autism, brain & spinal injuries, Type 1 diabetes, post-traumatic stress disorder, mental illness, injury from abuse and numerous other syndromes due to mutated chromosomes and rare genetic circumstances. We do not limit our support to one specific illness and address each child’s request with the dignity that is deserved. 

IMPACT
Granting a dream or a wish for a child with an illness is not a part of traditional medicine. However, it often becomes an integral part of a child’s path towards wellness, independence, stability, or recovery. The Sunshine Foundation has many accounts on record from parents and children who attest to the power of a few days away from doctors, hospitals, and treatments. It can make all the difference in the world and the staff proudly pursues its work on behalf of children every single day.

Examples of Special Dreams answered over the last year:

Robert, age 12, Holoprosencephaly, Cerebral Palsy
Special Dream - Wheelchair Swing
“Bobby was so excited to try out his wheelchair swing for the first time today. He kept saying, "Really? I can't even believe it that I can have my own swing at my own house!" Bobby loves to swing and having an accessible swing in his own yard will provide countless hours of fun, relaxation, and smiles. We cannot adequately express our deep appreciation for this wonderful gift!”- Bobby’s Mom

Miracle, age 8, Down Syndrome
Shopping Spree (Birthday Party and Presents)
“In a year full of difficulties, and after losing her dad in 2020, we are thankful that Miracle was able to celebrate her 8th birthday with lots of fun and presents that we would not have been able to do for her without the support of the Sunshine Foundation. We are forever grateful for her special gift!” – Miracle’s mom

Jon, age 18, Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury
Special Dream - Massage Chair
“Thank you very much for this opportunity to get our son, Jon, a heated message chair. Jon has had such a difficult time during covid with medical decline. This heated message chair brings comfort and joy to his aching body. This is truly a miracle at this stage of his life.” - Jon’s dad

MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
We will measure the outcomes using exit surveys and letters of thanks from the families we serve and expect at least 80% of the children will see either a temporary or permanent improvement in their outlook and at least 80% of the families will also experience some relief from the stress of their child’s or sibling’s illness.

Sunshine Foundation

P.S. ARTS is dedicated to advancing equity and opportunity by providing arts education in public schools and communities.


P.S. ARTS is dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing arts education to underserved public schools and communities. P.S. ARTS is the only organization in Southern and Central California that provides yearlong arts education in dance, music, theater, and visual arts to every child in a school during the regular school day. Without our programs, children in these underfunded school districts would not have access to the arts. 

P.S. ARTS also coordinates with school administrators and parent groups to provide community outreach services designed to increase the community’s capacity to advocate for educational equity and to provide critical cultural experiences for the entire family. 

P.S. ARTS programs help level the educational playing field by teaching creative and cognitive skills to students struggling to overcome economic, ability, or literacy barriers that will better equip them to be competitive and successful people. Studies show the arts keep children motivated and engaged, and with the high school dropout rate in Los Angeles County as high as 50% in recent years, the children in our community need the arts!

P.S. ARTS

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

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.







