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Mission: United people, ideas, and resources to advance the common good.Working side-by-side with the community, Mile High United Way takes on the biggest, most complex issues facing Metro Denver, Boulder, and Broomfield. Our united approach changes the odds for the children, families, and individuals in our community, and moves them out of poverty.We serve the Metro Denver and Boulder communities across seven counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Boulder, and Broomfield
The mission of the Retreat is to provide safety, shelter and support for victims of domestic abuse and to break the cycle of family violence.
Jitegemee, which means “sustain yourself” in Kiswahili, is a grassroots nonprofit that provides formal and vocational education to street children and destitute youth in Kenya. Jitegemee is dedicated to removing the obstacles that prevent street children from attaining their educational goals.
The mission of Foster Love is to transform the way youth navigate through the foster care system in America.
We believe that a just and equitable future can exist only when communities who have been historically denied power, have the social, political, and economic power they need to create it. To make that a reality, we work in deep partnership with doers and donors to center the leadership of changemakers from these communities, connecting them to services, capacity building, and resources to amplify their impact.
Founded in 1998, Somerset Hills Learning Institute is a private non-profit program that offers a broad spectrum of services to children, adolescents, and adults with autism. The Institute is a dissemination site of the Princeton Child Development Institute and exists to provide science-based treatment and education to people with autism. Somerset Hills Learning Institute will prepare professionals as future autism intervention resources in New Jersey, and through its research, pioneer comprehensive intervention models that may be used nationally and internationally for the benefit of people with autism.
The mission of the South Shore SNAP ("SNAP") is to provide our community of special needs children and their families the opportunity to take part in athletic activities/programs that are specifically designed and tailored to their disabilities and generally not available through mainstream programs as follows: SNAP will develop, staff, and produce activities/programs for pre-school through high school aged special needs students, and will secure the resources needed to provide activity/program offerings each season. As a 501(C)(3) entity, SNAP will raise money through all means available to it to ensure the longevity of its mission. SNAP will work hand in hand with all relevant disciplines to ensure that the activities/programs offered are properly developed to address participants’ special needs, including the training of mentors and coaches. SNAP will endeavor to produce a very positive athletic and social experience for all involved.
YouthCare builds confidence and self-sufficiency for homeless youth by providing a continuum of care that includes outreach, basic services, emergency shelter, housing, counseling, education, and employment training.
To provide "shalva"--which means "peace of mind" inHebrew--to Israel's mentally and physically challenged children and theirfamilies by --helping each child achieve his/her full potential throughcomprehensive, vanguard programs in a beautiful, caring environment, --providingneeded respite and support to their families, enabling them raise their childat home, with their family, and thereby forego institutionalizing the child,--improving both the child's quality of life and that of the entire family,--advocating on behalf of mentally and challenged children and their familiesin Israel and the world, --providing research and training to enable others toduplicate the Shalva model and its programs --training volunteers to beeffective in working with special needs children and to be exemplary,sensitive, caring individuals
The mission of Union Station Homeless Services is to help men, women and children rebuild their lives and end homelessness. We provide a full continuum of housing, employment and life skills programs to help people regain dignity and achieve self-sufficiency. We believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every individual and strive to provide the highest quality of services based on a foundation of respect for all people.
NetHope's mission has a clear focus: to be a catalyst for collaboration among international humanitarian organizations. By working together to solve problems and share knowledge, we help ensure that our members have access to the best information and communication technology and practices when serving people in the developing world. We do this by working across our membership as a highly collaborative team, solving common technology problems, fostering strong relationships with private industry, and educating our members and the wider community of humanitarian organizations worldwide.
Be The Match Foundation supports the life-saving mission of Be The Match/National Marrow Donor Program, ensuring that patients diagnosed with blood cancers such as leukemia and other diseases get the marrow or cord blood transplant they need for a second chance at life. A transplant offers hope for a cure. We connect patients with their genetically matched donors and provide comprehensive support throughout the transplant journey, from diagnosis through recovery.