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ACCION
Washington, District of Colombia




 
African cultural center inc
manhattan, New York

To provide educational, artistic and technical programs, as well as, opportunities and resources that incorporate the diverse cultures and history of Africa. Africans and the generations of children who are born in The United States, can connect and more...


 
African Cultural Development Association (ACDA)
Mukono, Washington

To have an active community in solving social problems


 
African Views
Hoboken, New Jersey

Our mission is to build a framework that continues to inspire a public think tank and to act as a catalyst for improving conditions for human development with a specific focus on African issues world-wide.


 
Airlift Flyers Aviation LLC
Miami, Florida

Volunteers at ALFA arrange free ground transportation and airlift services in south Florida to meet the needs to registered charitable organizations journeying to or from Latin America and the Caribbean engaged in a variety of humanitarian missions a more...


 
Alexandre Foundation
Kew Gardens, New York

The Alexandre Foundation works to: Address community concerns, including the rights of people affected by poverty and people who are disadvantaged Promote civil rights for people who are underrepresented and marginalized, including immigrants a more...


 
Alliance Social
Justice, Illinois




 
American-Turkish Council
Washington, District of Colombia

A Business Association dedicated to enhancing the promotion of US-Turkish Commercial, Defense, Technology and Cultural Relations.


 
Barro Sin Plomo U.S.A.
Brookline, Massachusetts

To support artisans in creating lead free products, and preserve the spirit of their traditional forms. Barro Sin Plomo enables potters to transition to lead-free pottery production, protect natural resources through efficient production techniques, more...


 
Beacon of Hope Uganda
Mukono, Colorado




 
Cause Effective
New York, New York

Cause Effective provides management consulting services to nonprofits. We teach our clients how to build effective boards, manage successful events, and maximize their fundraising potential. We help them grow independently and experience tangible res more...


 
CCCSDV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley positively impacts human lives and communities through comprehensive consumer credit education, counseling, asset building and debt reduction programs without regard to economic status. Within more...


 
Cluster 13 Ministries, Inc
Camden, New York

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Colorado Sprinigs Sports Corporation
Colorado Springs, Colorado

The mission of the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation is to: •Attract, retain and support local, state and national sports organizations and businesses •Attract, create and retain sporting events that contribute to the quality of life for citize more...


 
Community Technology Organizing Consortium
Los Angeles, California

CTOC is dedicated to fostering the equitable use of technology in underserved communities in Southern California.


 
Computers for Africa
Omaha, Nebraska

The mission of Computers for Africa (CFA) is promoting sustainable Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development in rural African communities.


 
Conservation Volunteers International Program
Santa Barbara, California

Conservation VIP promotes international cooperation for environmental protection and community economic development by creating partnerships between volunteers, public land managers, private landowners, local communities, non-governmental organizatio more...


 
Destinee Charity Foundation
Kribi, Alabama




 
Disabled Chamber of Commerce
Dallas, Texas

CCID offers Virtual Volunteer positions to motivated disabled, unemployed, underemployed, Veterans, and retired individuals as an opportunity to showcase their skills and unique talents while gaining current work experience through their volunteer ef more...


 
East River Development Alliance (ERDA)
Long Island City, New York

The East River Development Alliance (ERDA) is an innovative non-profit organization in Long Island City, Queens working to provide New York City public housing residents with the tools and resources for economic mobility and self reliance. ERDA curre more...


 
entrepreneurshipEDGE
New York, New York

To ensure that any young person between the ages of 15 to 25 with a passion for creating his or her own enterprise can gain immediate and effective access to any effective entrepreneurial program in the United States.


 
Environmental Health
Downey, California

The mission of the Environmental Health Service (EHS) is to perform high-quality research on the causes, prevention, and treatment of respiratory disease. Health effects of air pollution and other environmental stresses - indoor, outdoor, or o more...


 
Florida Citrus Sports
Orlando, Florida

Florida Citrus Sports, through its sports events, fosters world-class athletic competition, improves local sports facilities, contributes to the motivation and enjoyment of Central Florida sports fans, increases community pride and stimulates the Cen more...


 
Food Bank For New York City
New York, New York

Working to end food poverty and increase access to affordable, nutritious food for low-income New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs, the Food Bank's initiatives focus on direct services, food sourcing and distribution, education and nutrition, fin more...


 
Foundation for Sustainable Development
San Francisco, California

Our mission is to partner with philanthropists, activists, institutions, and corporations to create sustainable solutions for social justice, health equity, environmental sustainability, and economic growth in the developing world. We offer a diverse more...


 
Foundation for Sustainable Development
San Francisco, California

Our mission is to partner with philanthropists, activists, institutions, and corporations to create sustainable solutions for social justice, health equity, environmental sustainability, and economic growth in the developing world. We offer a diverse more...


 
Fresno West Coalition for Ecnomic Development
Fresno, California

The Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development overall mission and goal is to improve the physical and socioeconomic conditions of the Southwest Fresno Area and its residents


 
friends of women
Takoradi, Georgia

An organization set to identify and train rejected and poor but active women in hand made skills for self and economic empowerment. To develop them through education and business management skills, through a qualified training curriculum, for them to more...


 
G Music Club
san mateo, California

Our mission is to promote Live Original Contemporary music in the bay area.


 
Globalhood
New York, New York

Globalhood intends to prove that working through the lens of multidisciplinary collaboration across perspectives and professions results in improved achievements towards addressing global development challenges, and is therefore necessary in order to more...


 
Globono
Brooklyn, New York

Mission: To connect skilled volunteers with communities in developing countries.


 
Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit provides people who have disabilities and other barriers to employment with opportunities to become independent, self-supporting citizens through training, work experience and employment in the community.


 
Grameen America
New York, New York

Grameen America is a microfinance nonprofit organization that provides loans, savings programs, credit establishment and other financial services to entrepreneurs living below the poverty line in the United States. Our unique peer-lending model creat more...


 
Grameen Foundation
Washington, District of Colombia

Grameen Foundation's mission is to enable the poor, especially the poorest, to create a world without poverty.


 
Hands of Hope Int'l
Hudsonville, Michigan

Mission: From our Christian beliefs, Hands of Hope exists to improve the health, education and economic conditions of poor and disabled children in Vietnam.


 
Hazard-Perry County Housing Development Alliance
Hazard, Kentuky

The Housing Development Alliance believes safe, decent, affordable housing is a basic human right. The Housing Development Alliance strives to develop a variety of housing options, including shelter for the homeless; transitional housing; affordable more...


 
Help My Resume
Goodyear, Arizona

Help My Resume is motivated by a love of America, and for the wellbeing of our fellow citizens and the dreams and hopes of a bright future and endless opportunities, each of us as Americans hold dear to our hearts. We work together with our corporat more...


 
Historic Manassas, Inc.
Manassas , Virginia




 
Horn of Africa Services
Seattle, Washington

Our mission is to serve low-income refugees and immigrants from all East African countries by providing opportunities for them to develop the social, linguistic and vocational skills they need in order to be socially integrated and economically self- more...


 
Humana International Foudation Corporation
Indianapolis, Indiana

Provide technology products that promote and support the improvement of global education and Health.


 
Humanity 4 Haitian Development
Brooklyn, New York




 
i-Vission International
Douala, Arizona

"EMPOWER COMPUTER LITERACY"


 
International Association for Human Values
Washington, District of Colombia

The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) is committed to enhancing the quality of life for all people by building a global community based on universal human values while celebrating the diversity of cultural and religious identities. T more...


 
International Development Collaborative
Hilliard, Ohio

The mission of IDC is to encourage and assist in the creation of sustainable entrepreneurial micro-enterprises in rural villages of developing countries. IDC will act as a facilitator and provide rural villages the opportunity to sell their products more...


 
International Goodwill Ministries Of Jesus Christ
Kissimmee, Florida

Our mission is to bring releif to those in need. We shall update this from our website upon approval.


 
iPRAXIS, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

iPRAXIS creates and fosters opportunities that engage Philadelphia’s underrepresented communities in science and technology through education, entrepreneurship, and advocacy.


 
JHA
New York, New York




 
Jump Start I.T.
Atlanta, Georgia

To provide technological resources to the community through socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable methods.


 
Junior Achievement
Chicago, Illinois

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.


 
Kateri Tekakwitha Fund
Pacifica, California

The Kateri Tekakwitha Fund, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, empowers Indigenous Guatemalans to better their lives through education as well as income-producing activities.


 
Khadarlis for Sierra Leone
Providence, Rhode Island

Khadarlis for Sierra Leone’s mission is to provide villages in Sierra Leone with basic portable water supply systems, implementing and fostering solar electricity, health education and infection control programs. We will be networking directly with t more...


 
Kiva
San Francisco, California




 
Lakeside Community Development Corporation
Chicago, Illinois

Preserving affordable housing opportunities in Chicago through education, advocacy, and real estate development


 
Las Vegas Urban League-Education Department
Las Vegas, Nevada

Our mission is to empower communities and ensure equal opportunity for low-income people. In the Education Department, our mission is to provide a nurturing and effective after-school program that increases the students' self-efficacy and the potent more...


 
Leadership New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey

New Jersey's greatest resource is the quality of its leaders. Leadership New Jersey's goal is to expand and improve the pool of the state's civic leaders. The program, founded in 1986, honors men and women who combine a successful career with leaders more...


 
Light Gives Heat
Montrose, Colorado

Empowering Africans through the encouragement of economic sustainability and creative endeavors. Motivating people in the West to "be the change they want to see in the world."


 
Lisa Lopes Foundation
Stone Mountain, Georgia

The Lisa Lopes Foundation, Inc. (LLF) is dedicated to providing at risk youth with the resources necessary to increase their quality of life.


 
Long Island Volunteer Center
Hempstead, New York




 
Mali Health Organizing Project
Westminster Station, Vermont

Mali Health Organizing Project (MHOP) acts as a catalyst to bring slum residents and their governments together. MHOP has a unique system of four tools to break down the slum deadlock; accountability, communication, seed funding, and health organiz more...


 
Manhattan Emergency Shelter, Inc.
Manhattan, Kansas

Helping the Homeless Help Themselves!


 
MicroMentor | An initiative of Mercy Corps
Portland, Oregon

MicroMentor is a nonprofit program that matches small business owners with business mentors. Our mission is to help small businesses grow faster, generate more revenue, and employ more people. We make it easy to be a mentor, find a mentor, and build more...


 
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FINANCE
New York City, New York




 
National Council for the Prev of Impaired Driving
Atlanta, Georgia




 
Neighborhood Tax Centers
Bellaire, Texas

Neighborhood Tax Centers is working to increase our communities participation in FREE income tax preparation.


 
Neighborhood Tax Centers
Houston, Texas

Neighborhood Tax Centers provide free income tax preparation to underserved families in the greater Houston area. By helping people claim tax credits for which they are eligible, volunteers can give working families in our community a chance to buil more...


 
New Community Corporation
Newark, New Jersey

To help residents of inner cities improve the quality of their lives to reflect God given dignity and personal achievement.


 
New Leaf Solution
Howard Beach, New York

To educate our fellow citizens of the world on the benefits of a carbon neutral lifestyle, and to provide solutions to achieve that end.


 
New York City Financial Network Action Consortium
New York, New York




 
NO LONGER EMPTY
New York, New York




 
Nonprofit Sector Foundation
Rancho Belago, California

To be the catalyst for a renewed, sustained, and unified nonprofit sector.


 
Old Town Commercial Association
Lansing, Michigan

To facilitate the socioeconomic development of Lansing's Old Town area through the promotion of historic preservation, business recruitment and community outreach.


 
Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation
Orlando, Florida

Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation's mission is to provide quality affordable housing and to assist in creating and restoring healthy neighborhoods and communities in Central Florida. ONIC provides more than "roofs and walls" through its es more...


 
P.S. 273
Brooklyn, New York

Our mission is to empower all students to become critical thinkers in a safe, caring and culturally diverse environment.


 
People's Center for Economic Independence
New York, New York




 
People's Federal Credit Union, a division of SHFCU
Oakland, California

Creating and protecting ownership and economic opportunity for people of color, women, rural residents, and low-wealth families and communities.


 
Phipps Community Development Corporation
New York , New York

The organizational experience that Phipps CDC brings to after-school programming joins a reputable curriculum with an implementation plan that involves one-on-one tutoring and intervention at a young age – two of the criteria that have shown demonstr more...


 
Points of Light
Atlanta, Georgia




 
PREVOG - PREMIER VOLUNTEERS OF GHANA
ACCRA, California

WE SEEK TO: * Raising the standard of education and awareness in the areas of health; hygiene, nutrition, water, sanitation, HIV/ AIDS menace, malaria and other preventable diseases. * Help children and the youth to get more interested in computer more...


 
Project for Pride in Living (PPL)
Minneapolis, Minnesota

PPL’s mission is to work with individuals and families with lower incomes to achieve greater self-sufficiency through housing, employment training, support services and education.


 
Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun
Tempe, Arizona

To spread the spirit of volunteerism by helping low income elderly and disabled homeowners through home renovation and repair.


 
Rehoboth Community Development Corporation
Phoenix, Arizona

"To increase social and economic justice by demonstrating compassion and combating poverty in partnership with low and moderate income residents and stakeholders in central west phoenix, and Maricopa County."


 
Rising International
Santa Cruz, California




 
Salisbury Rowan Cultural Arts Foundation
Salisbury, North Carolina

Our primary mission is to set aside one weekend each spring as a “Cultural Arts Festival” to honor and promote the Cultural Arts, Fine Arts and Cultural Institutions.


 
Scojo Foundation
New York, New York




 
SCORE
New York, New York

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide.


 
Southern Tier Celebrates!
Binghamton, New York

'Community enrichment through the celebration of the arts'


 
SpanAfrica
San Francisco, California

SpanAfrica supports and enhances the initiatives of communities, offering a unique portal through which grassroots development organizations access global expertise, resources, and both virtual and hands-on volunteers.


 
StreetWise Partners
New York, New York




 
Streetwise Partners
New York, New York

Streetwise Partners builds mentoring relationships between low-income individuals and volunteer business professionals to develop workplace skills and employment networks as the bridge to a successful career.


 
T.E.N. Global
Lindenhurst, New York

T.E.N is a life mentoring and enrichment program that supports the academic, social, emotional, and financial development of disenfranchised young women in the Americas and in the Caribbean basin.


 
Taproot Foundation
Brooklyn, New York

The Taproot Foundation strengthens nonprofits by engaging business professionals in service.


 
The Financial Clinic
New York, New York

Our mission is to improve low income people's economic security by literally and explicitly helping them make ends meet. Our vision is to achieve economic justice for neighborhoods disenfranchised by policies and practices that hinder financial stabi more...


 
The Foundation for Democracy in Africa
D.C., District of Colombia

Intergrate African Nations into the mainstream of the global economy, thus cultivating the pathway for peace and prosperity in Africa.


 
The Nanubhai Education Foundation
Bonaire, Georgia

Our vision: All students in rural India's public high schools will receive the same quality of education as their urban peers and will be equally competitive as applicants for jobs in India's new economy. Our mission: The Nanubhai Education Founda more...


 
Thomas Castillo for Lt. Governor of Illinois
Elmhurst, Illinois

What I intend to do while in office *Pass legislation that will put a cap on taxes, fines, and surcharges *Encourage business growth by lowering the business tax creating new jobs *Eliminate property tax for seniors age 65+ making less the more...


 
TimeToGetSmarter
Orinda, California

To help mobilize the world to save civilization from ecological/economic/social collapse


 
U.S. Asian Chamber
Austin, Texas

To development business between Asia and the U.S. within the context of existing environment, and on a pragmatic approach based on reality of geopolitical conditions.


 
U.S. Asian Chamber of Commerce
Houston, Texas

USACC is dedicated to build and discern consensus among its members in both the Asia-Pacific region and the world at-large on how to improve and enhance the economic conditions on both sides of the Pacific for the benefit of all concerned.


 
UNA-USA/YPIC-MIA
CORAL GABLES, Florida

UNA-USA YPIC supports the mission of UNA-USA: “The United Nations Association of the United States of America is dedicated to educating, inspiring and mobilizing Americans to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations, strengthening more...


 
UNAMiami Young Professionals for Int'l Cooperation
Miami, Florida

UNA-USA YPIC supports the mission of UNA-USA: “The United Nations Association of the United States of America is dedicated to educating, inspiring and mobilizing Americans to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations, strengthening more...


 
Union Square Partnership
New York, New York




 
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Washington, District of Colombia




 
Upwardly Global
Chicago, Illinois

Upwardly Global’s mission is to help US employers benefit from the hidden talent pool that exists amongst immigrant professionals, and to equip these under-employed individuals with the skills and resources necessary to rebuild their careers in the U more...


 
Upwardly Global
New York, New York

Upwardly Global’s mission is to help US employers benefit from the hidden talent pool that exists amongst immigrant professionals, and to equip these under-employed individuals with the skills and resources necessary to rebuild their careers in the U more...


 
Walk On Fest Ministries
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

“Our mission with Walk On Fest Ministries is to provide to our communities and surrounding areas, a positive outreach festival geared to bring others to know Jesus Christ and provide them a fun and safe festival that will be giving back to help other more...


 
Washington Community Alliance for Self Help (CASH)
Seattle, Washington

Through education, mentorship, microloans and a powerful peer network, our clients obtain the resources they need to leverage the resources within themselves.


 
WEdia
Brooklyn, New York

WEdia is a non-profit media company committed to giving a voice to the world's poor and marginalized populations. We match professional media volunteers with relief organizations and other NGOs to document ignored, forgotten and under-reported storie more...


 
WGWLM
Richmond, Virginia

Our mission is to assist families in low to moderate income households with obtaining financial independence through seminars; hands on experience; self help material; encouragement; counseling; and mentoring programs.


 
Women's Venture Fund
New York, New York

The Women's Venture Fund, Inc. is a non-profit organization that targets women entrepreneurs in under-served urban communities. As a multi-service micro-lender the Women's Venture Fund, Inc. assists these entrepreneurs in pursuing their business a more...


 
WomenRising, Inc.
Jersey City, New Jersey

WomenRising is the foremost community based organization for women in Hudson County. Governed and managed by women, WomenRising assists women and their families to achieve self sufficiency and live safe, fulfilling and productive lives, through socia more...


 
Work America, Inc.
North Miami, Florida

Same as above.


 
World Encounter
St Paul, Minnesota

World Encounter exists to help people discover a bigger world through service among the least - the last - the lost in the forgotten corners of the globe!


 
Yachad, Inc.
Washington, District of Colombia

Yachad mobilizes the resources of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area Jewish community to support the restoration of D.C. metropolitan neighborhoods.


 
Yantalo Peru Foundation
Wadsworth, Illinois

to improve the health and education areas of the Yantalo village in the Amazon Jungle, with stron support of the international volunteer community


 
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