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The mission of The Dougy Center is to provide support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults and their families who are grieving a death can share their experiences. Through our National Center for Grieving Children & Families, The Dougy Center also provides support, resources and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief using The Dougy Center model.
Our mission is to take swift and decisive action to protect and restore marine species and their habitats and to inspire people in communities all over the world to join us as active and vocal marine species advocates. The Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP), founded in 1989, TIRN's oldest and largest project, works to protect and restore endangered sea turtle populations worldwide in ways that meet the needs of the turtles and the needs of neighboring local communities using grassroots action, multimedia campaigns, hands-on conservation, environmental education, and litigation. STRP's sponsoring nonprofit is Turtle Island Restoration Network or TIRN.
Edgewood Children's Ranch is a nonprofit Christian childcare organization helping children, teens and their families address behavioral issues. Our residential facility offers spiritual guidance,academic remediation and behavioral training to children and teens ages 6-17.
Ele's Place is a non-profit community-based organization dedicated to creating awareness of and support for grieving children and their families. Before coming to Ele's Place, many of these children feel alone and keep their feelings inside, not wanting to burden their parents or other family members. Even school friends don't seem to understand if they haven't had a similar experience. But each week at Ele's Place, approximately 200 grieving children find a warm and welcoming place to meet new friends who really understand how they feel. Together, they learn how to cope and they begin to heal.
The Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation (ARPF) was founded in 1993 by Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., with the belief that memory loss is not a normal part of aging, and that your lifestyle can help maintain optimal brain function. The ARPF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing Alzheimer's disease by funding integrative medicine research and providing educational outreach and memory screenings.
Founded in 1981, AFAR is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging. AFAR helps researchers begin and further their careers in aging research and geriatric medicine. Over the past 26 years, AFAR has awarded more than $132 million to approximately 2,800 MD’s, PhD’s, and students.
The Family Conservancy creates opportunities for children,families, caregivers, and educators to thrive so that everychild can experience well-being throughout their lives.
The Sabin Vaccine Institute's mission is to reduce needless human suffering from vaccine-preventable and neglected tropical diseases by developing new vaccines, advocating for increased use of existing vaccines, and promoting expanded access to affordable medical treatments.
PROMISE PROJECT provides an educational path for underserved children suffering from learning disabilities, evaluating their learning difficulties and getting them the support they need. PROMISE PROJECT is proud to collaborate with Columbia University Medical Center, in affiliation with New York Presbyterian Hospital, to create the most effective and comprehensive program in New York City committed to helping underprivileged children living with learning disabilities. The PROMISE team of clinical specialists evaluates and advocates for kids that require special educational services or other interventions.
We envision a world where no one has to die of tuberculosis. However, this cannot be achieved without new, better, and faster-acting tuberculosis drug regimens. The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) was established in 2000 as a not-for-profit product development partnership to lead the search for new TB regimens and catalyze global efforts for new TB regimens that can bring hope, and health, to millions.