Choosing a
charity to contribute to is no easy thing. There are very many out there. They
all have slightly different objectives, different ways of achieving those objectives,
different people with differing experiences running them, different regions
which they address and differing levels of overhead expenses required for
manner they choose to operate, ... Below is a somewhat random collection of
information and links about charities in general and specific charities that
may be of some help or may simply add to the confusion. This page is strictly
put together out of a personal interest and with no affiliation with any
organization. This page is updated from time to time. Most of the summary texts
are direct excerpts from the "about sections" of the web site
listing.
Note,
there are unfortunately a large number of scams where organizations claiming to
be charitable exercise questionable practices in terms of bringing benefits to
those they claim to be helping.
About.com on Non-Profit Charitable
Organizations
Explore
Nonprofit Charitable Orgs
American Institute of Philanthropy
The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a nationally prominent
charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving
decisions
Better
Business Bureau – Wise Giving Alliance
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance (the Alliance) helps donors make informed giving
decisions and advances high standards of conduct among organizations that
solicit contributions from the public. The Alliance was formed in 2001 through
the merger of the National Charities Information Bureau with the Council of
Better Business BureausC- Foundation (which housed the Philanthropic Advisory
Service.) The merger partners offer over a century of combined experience in
charity evaluation. The Alliance produces in-depth evaluative reports on
national charities based on comprehensive Standards
for Charity Accountability and publishes a quarterly magazine,
the Wise Giving Guide. National charities that meet the standards can
apply to participate in the AllianceC-s National Charity Seal program.
Catalogue For Philanthropy
Designed to be the nucleus of several interrelated and mutually reinforcing
elements, engaging all constituencies of philanthropy, in a comprehensive,
institutionalized system for promoting philanthropy itself. These elements
originally included the Generosity
Index, to which was later added this website, a statewide system for
Venture
Philanthropy, a second system for “Special
Projects”, and the Massachusetts
Forum for New Foundations. The constituencies are charities, grant
makers, community foundations as a group, fundraisers, donors, the media,
scholars, and financial and philanthropic advisors.
Charitable Choices
An easy-to-use guide to more than 240 accountable charities you can support
directly, through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) or through the DC Area
United Way. Contains information on "% spent on Administration and
Fundraising" for each charity listed.
Chairty Guide
CharityGuide is the website for busy people who want to make a difference, but
need some additional ideas or motivation.
Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator, America's premiere independent charity evaluator, works to
advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating
the financial health of America's largest charities.
Charity Watch
The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a nationally prominent
charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving
decisions. Charity watch publishes a Charity
Rating Guide and Watchdog Report.
Charity Wire
Charity Wire is a place to find news and information about the top charities in
America. Not every charity is covered, because, hey, there's just one person
there. Requests are taken, though. If you have a favorite cause you'd like to
have reviewed for possible inclusion in Charity Wire, you will be able to
request this in the Charity Submission Forum that will be part of the forums
being set up.
Fundsnet Services Online, Welcome to
our site
Fundsnet Services brings you one of the most
extensive philanthropy sites on the web today. Located in Puerto Rico,
Fundsnet provides our visitors with over 700 funding resources free of charge.
Our membership section contains perhaps the most extensive philanthropy section
on the web with over 1,550 funding sources.
Give
The Alliance reports on nationally soliciting charitable
organizations that are the subject of donor inquiries. These reports include an
evaluation of the subject charity in relation to the voluntary BBB charity standards.
GuideStar
A National Database of Nonprofit Organizations Connecting people with nonprofit
information since 1994, GuideStar offers basic, in-depth, and customized data
services. Which level
of information is right for you? The choice is yours.
State of California -
Charitable Trusts
Many Californians make generous donations to charities each year by
volunteering time or through their checkbooks. This web site offers information
to assist you in evaluating solicitations and choosing wisely when responding
to charities and commercial fund-raisers who must register with the Attorney
General's Registry of Charitable Trusts and report financial activities
annually.
24 Hours Food for All -
The Passover Project
Every year Jewish people throughout the world discard food from their pantries,
replacing it with food which is specifically labeled (Kosher for Passover).
Many donate these foods to food banks and other charities in need. We are
extremely happy that the Jewish community can be such a great source for their
fellow man. Our intention is to create an awareness to those that are not in
the habit of seeing the contribution they can make to others, by seeing to it that
the foods being discarded get into the hands and mouths of people in dire need.
Action Without Borders
Action Without Borders is independent of any government,
political ideology or religious creed. Our work is guided by the common desire
of our members and supporters to find practical solutions to social and
environmental problems, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect.
AERDO
AERDO is a professional forum for non-profit Christian agencies and individuals
engaged in relief and development work. AERDO exists to promote excellence in
professional practice; to foster networking, collaboration and information
exchange; and to enable its membership to effectively support the Church in
serving the poor and needy.
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community- based voluntary health
organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by
preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through
research, education, advocacy, and service.
American Lung Association
The American Lung AssociationC is the oldest voluntary health organization
in the United States, with a National Office and constituent and affiliate
associations around the country. Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, the
American Lung AssociationC today fights lung disease in all its forms, with
special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health.
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, guided
by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the
International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters
and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
Americas Promise - The Alliance for
Youth
Founder, General Colin Powell: America's Promise is making youth a national
priority by mobilizing people from every sector of American life to build the
character and competence of our nation's youth by fulfilling the Five Promises
for every young person.
America's Second Harvest
America's Second Harvest is the nation's largest domestic hunger relief
organization. Through a network of nearly
200 food banks, we distribute food to 26 million hungry Americans each year,
eight million of whom are children. Last year, America's Second Harvest
distributed one billion pounds of food to needy Americans, serving all 50
states and Puerto Rico. Our goal is to end hunger in America.
Board Net USA
This site is designed to be a common technological platform for a national
collaborative network of communities working locally to enhance nonprofit board
governance. This growing network of Community
Partners work together on common themes of populating board rooms as well
as individually developing services tailored to their local market.
Boy Scouts of America
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make
ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values
of the Scout Oath and Law.
CARE
care is an international consortium of 12 member countries, dedicated to
the worldwide reduction of poverty. care is one of the largest international
relief and development organization, employing more than 12,000 staff
worldwide.
The Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided
by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human
suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and
democracy, and improve health.
Catholic Charities USA
Catholic Charities is in the work of transforming lives. The organization
strives to empower the working poor to move beyond basic survival living to a
state of meaningful, quality living through economic, family and emotional
stability. Catholic Charities assists individuals and families to establish in
their lives the anchors required to break the cycle of poverty. These anchors
include housing, employment, education and emotional health.
Child Family Health International
More than 125 dedicated physicians throughout the world host and train some 500
CFHI students each year. In return, CFHI reimburse them for their time and
expertise as preceptors to our students. CFHI funding helps these doctors
expand and improve access to quality healthcare for an ever-increasing number
of people. CFHI shipped more than $900,000 worth of supplies to partners abroad
in 2003 alone, with donations totaling $2.4 million since 1995.
Established in 2002, with the Dalai Lama's endorsement and advice, by
a core founding
group including long-time friends of the Dalai Lama
and members of the Silicon Valley business community. We have received a letter from His
Holiness with an invitation to all to join us in our work.
Participation is open to all, and we warmly welcome anyone who wishes to
support the Dalai Lama's vision for a better world to join with us.
Family Care
Foundation (FCF) operates projects and provides support and training for
grassroots organizations in developing countries. FCF's slogan "Caring for
Today ... Investing in Tomorrow" is enacted via our global relief and
development network which provides both emergency services and sustained
development for communities, families and children in 50 countries.
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Our mission is to bring charitable giving to a broader audience. Thanks to the
generosity of our donors, we are now America's #1 public grant maker. $3
billion, 30,000 donors, and help for more than 71,000 charities.
The
Forgotten International
Our mission is to develop programs that will alleviate poverty and the
suffering associated with poverty both in the United States and worldwide, in particular,
that experienced by women and children.
Foundation Source
We provide all the elements required for an efficient, well-run foundation,
including the foundation structure, back-office administration, grant
management, communication tools, and expert advice on foundation rules and
philanthropic development.
Giving Capital
We partner with leading financial service companies to provide philanthropic
solutions to their clients.
Global Fund for Women
The Global Fund for Women is a grant making foundation supporting women's human
rights organizations around the world working to address critical issues such
as gaining economic independence, increasing girls' access to education and
stopping violence against women.
Heifer International
Heifer animals (and training in their care) offer hungry families around the
world a way to feed themselves and become self-reliant. Children receive
nutritious milk or eggs; families earn income for school, health care and
better housing; communities go beyond meeting immediate needs to fulfilling
dreams. Farmers learn sustainable, environmentally sound agricultural
techniques.
Hunger Site Home - Donate Food for Free to
Give to Feed Hungry People in the World
Facts about hunger. Includes an animated world hunger map
International Service Agencies
International Service Agencies (ISA) is a coalition of the nation's leading
international relief and development organizations. ISA's mission is to
help people overseas and in the U.S. who suffer from hunger, poverty and
disease or from the ravages of war, oppression and natural disasters by raising
awareness and funds in the workplace.
Just Give
JustGive is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to connect people with
the charities and causes they care about and to increase overall giving.
March of Dimes
March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators,
outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting
chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a not-for-profit oganisation which was
formed in the early 1970's by a group of the people who were affected by the
disease.
National Greyhound Foundation
The National Greyhound Foundation provides a rescue and adoption sanctuary for
Retired Racing Greyhounds in the United States.
National Center for Charitable Statistics
The national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
NCCS is a program of the Center
on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) at the Urban Institute.
Network for Good
Network for Good is a website where you can give to your favorite
charity/charities and have all your donation records stored and accessible at
any time. Our website is safe and secure; we meet the BBB Wise Giving Alliance
standards for charity accountability.
Prevent Animal Abuse
One of the goals of the Strawberry Patch is to try to send along the message
that animal abuse is wrong. Humans were the species that domesticated
animals like dogs and cats; why do humans then try to bring forth the demise of
these animals? They have no way of telling us their fears. Please
be their voice, and do what you can to help them.
Reading is Fundamental
Founded in 1966, RIF develops and delivers children's and family literacy
programs that help prepare young children for reading and motivate school-age
children to read regularly. In 2001, through a national grassroots network of
more than 400,000 community volunteers, RIF programs provided 15 million new,
free books and other essential literacy resources to nearly 5 million children.
Last year, RIF celebrated its 35th anniversary and the milestone of placing
more than 200 million books in the hands and homes of children most at risk of
educational failure. RIF serves children and families in every state, the
District of Columbia, and U.S. territories in programs that operate in schools,
libraries, community centers, child-care centers, Head Start and Even Start
centers, hospitals, migrant worker camps, homeless shelters, and detention
centers. Today, thanks to public-private partnerships, RIF is the nation's
largest children's and family literacy organization.
Redwings Horse Sanctuary
To educate the public about the care and plight of equines and to
protect them from abuse and slaughter. Redwings provides permanent sanctuary
for equines in need. Each animal is evaluated for their physical, emotional
spiritual needs. Once an animal comes to us and makes a friend...they are kept
together for the rest of their lives.
Salvation Army
What is the Salvation Army? It's an international, evangelical branch of the
Christian Church that now operates in over 100 countries. But what really is
the Salvation Army? It's an orphan hugged, a derelict reclaimed, a battered
woman sheltered, an addict renewed, a runaway restored, a starving family fed.
It's an expression of God's love to suffering humanity - that's The Salvation
Army!
Schwab Charitable
The Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving is a public charity established to
increase charitable giving in the United States by providing individuals,
families and businesses with a tax-smart way to give. We also aim to provide
intelligent, useful and ethical advice to enhance the philanthropic endeavors of
all of our donors. The Fund’s strategic approach to philanthropy can
help you define, and realize, your charitable goals. Our Charitable Gift Account
can help you put your strategic giving plan into action and fund a future of
charitable giving.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
For more than 20 years, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been a
global leader in the fight against breast cancer through its support of
innovative research and community-based outreach programs. Working through a
network of U.S. and international Affiliates and events like the Komen Race for
the Cure, the Komen Foundation is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a
life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education,
screening and treatment projects in communities around the world.
Teachers Without Borders
Teachers Without Borders is a non-profit 501(c)3, non-denominational,
international NGO founded in 2000, devoted to closing the education divide
through teacher professional development and community education. We work
primarily, but not exclusively, in developing countries, in order to build
self-reliance, health, and capacity.
T. Rowe Price Program for
Charitable Giving
The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving
helps investors simplify their giving, maximize their tax savings, and help
others. The Program is a national donor-advised fund that lets you concentrate
on your favorite causes now and in the future while the Program takes care of
administration.
Touch DC
In November 2002, a broad coalition of funders, nonprofit umbrella organizations,
and media partners came together to encourage citizens in the Washington region
to become regular donors to local nonprofit organizations providing critical
services here in our community. Through TouchDC.org, powered by Network for
Good, donors will to be able find out about the great work of our local
nonprofits, and will have a safe and convenient way to give and to volunteer.
U.K. Charity Websites
A great collection of UK Charities websites.
United Jewish Communities
United Jewish Communities represents and serves 156
Jewish federations and 400 independent Jewish communities across North America.
It reflects the values of social justice and human rights that define the
Jewish people. The values of caring that transform lives and perform
miracles...
United
Nations World Food Programme
World Alliance of YMCAs
A world-wide Christian, ecumenical, voluntary movement for women and men with
special emphasis on and the genuine involvement of young people and that it
seeks to share the Christian ideal of building a human community of justice
with love, peace and reconciliation for the fullness of life for all creation.
World Hunger Notes Homepage
The mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs,
including Hunger Notes, which: Inform the community of people interested in
issues of hunger and poverty, the public, and policymakers, about the causes,
extent, and efforts to end hunger and poverty in the United States and the
world. Further understanding which integrates ethical, religious, social,
economic, political, and scientific perspectives on hunger and poverty. Facilitate
communication and networking among those who are working for solutions. Promote
individual and collective commitment to solutions to the hunger and poverty
which confront hundreds of millions of the people of the world. This site is
organized along four categories, responding to four types of publics interested
in hunger, an index of all our links, and a simple introduction to issues of
hunger and malnutrition.
World Hunger Year
A website that promotes the mission of World Hunger Year (WHY), which is to
support and promote innovative, long term solutions to hunger through
self-reliance, economic justice, community building and food security
Below are some (most certainly outdated by the time you read
this) excerpts from Global Impact http://www.charity.org/
with some estimates on agency overhead:
Global Impact Member Agencies
Member Agencies
Global Impact
raises funds for the most distinguished American charities serving the needs of
the world community. Each participating agency is certified as a member yearly
to ensure it is upholding Global ImpactC-s membership criteria.
Global Impact member agencies must:
Global Impact
66 Canal Center
Plaza, Suite 310
Alexandria, VA 22314
Toll Free: 800-638-8079
Phone: 703-548-2200
Fax: 703-548-7684
Your support helps provide disaster relief and brings education,
health care and economic opportunities to the poorest of the poor through
programs that promote self-sufficiency.
Agency overhead: 6.3%
ACCION International
56 Roland Street
Boston, MA 02129 Phone: 617-625-7080
Fax: 617-625-7020
Our mission is to help people work their way out of poverty by
providing them with small loans and training to grow their small businesses.
Agency overhead: 15.8%
Africa-America Institute
Chanin Building
380 Lexington Avenue at 42nd Street
New York, NY 10168-4298
Toll
Free: 800-745-3899
Phone: 212-949-5666
Fax: 212-682-6174
Promotes enlightened engagement between Africa and America
through education, training and dialogue.
Agency overhead: 21.3%
African Medical and Research
Foundation (AMREF)
19 West 44th St.,
Suite 710
New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212-768-2440
Fax: 212-768-4230
Works to research and alleviate Africa's health problems and
empower disadvantaged people to establish their own self-sustaining health
systems. Also, provides the Flying Doctor Service.
Agency overhead: 13.8%
Africare
440 R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 Phone: 202-462-3614
Fax: 202-387-1034
Develops self-help programs in Africa to increase food
production, develop clean water resources, manage the environment, strengthen
health care and deliver emergency assistance. Established 1971.
Agency overhead: 16.7%
American Ireland Fund
211 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02110
Toll
Free: 800-IRL-FUND
Phone: 617-574-0720
Fax: 617-574-0730
Through contributions, primarily from the United States, the
American Ireland Fund supports peace, culture, charity and education projects
throughout all of Ireland.
Agency overhead: 6.9%
American Jewish World Service
989 Avenue of the
Americas, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Toll
Free: 800-889-7146
Phone: 212-736-2597
Fax: 212-736-3463
Provides nonsectarian, sustainable development assistance,
technical support and emergency relief to people in need in Africa, Asia, Latin
America, the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine.
Agency overhead: 13.8%
American Leprosy
Foundation
(Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Leprosy)
11600 Nebel Street,
Suite 210
Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301-984-1336
Fax: 301-770-0580
Leprosy, one of the world's oldest diseases, afflicts
approximately 2-4 million people worldwide. Our goal is to eradicate this
devastating disease through scientific research.
Agency overhead: 9.5%
American Near East Refugee Aid
(ANERA)
1522 K Street, NW,
#202
Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: 202-347-2558
Fax: 202-682-1637
Water, education, health care, economic opportunities; with you,
we bring these to poor families, children and communities in the West Bank,
Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan.
Agency overhead: 8.0%
American Refugee Committee
430 Oak Grove
Street, Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Toll
Free: 800-875-7060
Phone: 612-872-7060
Fax: 612-607-6499
Works for survival, health and well-being of refugees and
displaced persons and seeks to enable them to rebuild productive lives of
dignity and purpose.
Agency overhead: 9.2%
AmeriCares
(AmeriCares Foundation, Inc.)
161 Cherry Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
Toll
Free: 800-486-4357
Phone: 203-966-5195
Fax: 203-972-0116
With a 1% overhead, AmeriCares is the first to bring help and
hope when disaster and famine bring homelessness and hunger.
Agency overhead: 1.0%
CARE
(Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. (CARE))
151 Ellis Street,
N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303-2439
Toll
Free: 800-422-7385
Phone: 404-681-2552
Fax: 404-577-6271
Promotes effective solutions to poverty. We save lives, provide
economic opportunity, promote self-help and seek a world of hope, tolerance and
social justice.
Agency overhead: 9.2%
Catholic Relief
Services -- USCC
(United States Catholic Conference)
209 West Fayette
Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-3443
Toll
Free: 800-235-2772
Phone: 410-625-2220
Fax: 410-685-1635
Since 1943, in over 80 countries, a leader in international
relief and development, helping people in need, supporting self-help programs,
restoring and preserving human dignity.
Agency overhead: 8.1%
Childreach
(Plan International USA, Inc.)
U.S. Member of PLAN
International
155 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886-1099
Toll
Free: 800-556-7918
Phone: 401-738-5600
Fax: 401-738-5608
A global, nonprofit, child-centered development organization
without religious, political or governmental affiliation helping needy children
and their families in developing countries since 1937.
Agency overhead: 22.7%
Children, Inc.
1000 Westover Road
Richmond, VA 23220
Toll
Free: 800-538-5381
Phone: 804-359-4562
Fax: 804-353-7541
An international organization providing long-range assistance to
needy children of all races and creeds worldwide. Administers to their
physical, mental and spiritual needs.
Agency overhead: 15.7%
Children International
2000 E. Red Bridge
Road
Kansas City, MO 64131
Toll
Free: 800-888-3089
Phone: 816-942-2000
Fax: 816-942-3714
A nonprofit, humanitarian organization providing program
benefits and services including medical care, educational assistance and
material aid to poverty-stricken children and families in ten countries.
Agency overhead: 15.3%
Christian
Children's Fund
P.O. Box 26484
Richmond, VA 23261-6484
Toll
Free: 800-776-6767
Phone: 804-756-2700
Fax: 804-756-2719
An international humanitarian organization dedicated to the
development and survival of children worldwide regardless of race, nationality,
gender or religion.
Agency overhead: 20.7%
Christian Reformed World Relief
Committee (CRWRC)
2850 Kalamazoo SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49560
Toll
Free: 800-55-CRWRC
Phone: 616-246-0740
Fax: 616-224-0806
Works with families and communities to improve leadership
skills, food production, income earning, health education and literacy.
Agency overhead: 24.7%
Church World
Service (CROP)
(National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America)
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
Toll
Free: 800-297-1516
Phone: 574-264-3102
Fax: 574-262-0966
Helps end hunger near and far. Assists refugees and disaster
survivors. Provides tools of hope for grassroots development: food, water,
education, healthcare, reforestation and self-reliance.
Agency overhead: 21.0%
Doctors Without Borders
USA
6 East 39th Street,
8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Toll
Free: 800-DWB-0-DWB
Phone: 212-679-6800
Fax: 212-679-7016
An independent international medical relief organization that
sends volunteer health professionals to aid victims of war, epidemics and
natural disasters in over 80 countries.
Agency overhead: 12.1%
Educational Concerns for
Hunger Organization - ECHO, Inc.
17391 Durrance Road
North Fort Myers, FL 33917-2200
Phone:
941-543-3246
Fax: 941-543-5317
Fights world hunger by helping people help themselves. Provides
training, information and seeds to agricultural workers and missionaries
working with subsistance farmers in 130 countries.
Agency overhead: 19.5%
FINCA
International
(FINCA, Inc.)
1101 14th Street,
NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202-682-1510
Fax: 202-682-1535
In 20 countries, our Village Banking? programs give the working
poor capital loans to finance self-employment activities, improve family income
and achieve financial independence.
Agency overhead: 15.8%
Freedom from Hunger
P.O. Box 2000
Davis, CA 95617
Phone:
530-758-6200
Fax: 530-758-6241
Our Credit with Education program assists the poorest families
with two of the world's most powerful resources ever created: money and
information.
Agency overhead: 17.3%
Goodwill Global, Inc.
(Goodwill Industries International)
9200 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3896
Toll
Free: 800-741-0186
Phone: 301-530-6500
Fax: 301-530-1516
Supports development of organizations, business alliances and
innovative enterprise collaborations worldwide that create work opportunities
to increase self-sufficiency of people who have few vocational opportunities.
Agency overhead: 14.0%
Health Volunteers Overseas
1900 L Street, NW
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202-296-0928
Fax: 202-296-8018
American health care professionals volunteer to improve global
health in 25 developing countries by teaching new techniques and donating
educational materials and essential medical equipment.
Agency overhead: 10.0%
P.O.
Box 808, 1015 Louisiana
Little Rock, AR 72203
Toll
Free: 800-422-0474
Phone: 501-376-6836
Fax: 501-907-2602
Helps poor families worldwide become self-sufficient by
providing food- and income-producing animals, community development training
and environmentally-sound farming.
Agency overhead: 23.6%
Helen Keller Worldwide
(Helen Keller International)
352 Park Avenue
South, Suite 1200
New York, NY 10010
Phone:
212-532-0544
Fax: 212-532-6014
Works in developing nations in Asia, Africa and the Americas to
treat and prevent nutritional blindness, onchocerciasis, cataract and trachoma.
Educates and rehabilitates incurably blind.
Agency overhead: 19.6%
International Eye Foundation
10801 Connecticut
Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895
Phone:
240-290-0263
Fax: 240-290-0269
Saves sight worldwide. Programs to control vitamin A deficiency,
"river blindness," trachoma and cataracts. Provides local health
worker training, technology transfer, eye surgery, equipment, medicine.
Agency overhead: 11.4%
International Orthodox Christian
Charities
110 West Road,
Suite 360
Baltimore, MD 21204
Phone:
410-243-9820
Fax: 410-243-9824
Provides aid through emergency relief, community and enterprise
development solely on the basis of need.
Agency overhead: 6.3%
International Relief Teams
3547 Camino del Rio
South, Suite C
San Diego, CA 92108
Phone:
619-284-7979
Fax: 619-284-7938
Sends volunteers to assist disaster victims worldwide; conducts
medical, surgical and health training programs to promote self-sufficiency in
Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Ecuador, Mexico and Fiji.
Agency overhead: 2.3%
International Rescue
Committee
122 E. 42nd Street,
12th Floor
New York, NY 10168-1289
Toll
Free: 877-733-8433
Phone: 212-551-3000
Fax: 212-551-3179
Emergency relief, protection and resettlement services for
refugees. Health, water, food, shelter, education and self-reliance programs in
28 countries in Africa, Europe and the Americas.
Agency overhead: 6.0%
International Youth Foundation
32 South Street,
Suite 500
Baltimore, MD 21202
Toll
Free: 800-770-8710
Phone: 410-347-1500
Fax: 410-347-1188
Supports effective programs in 34 countries that are improving
the conditions and prospects for disadvantaged youth where they live, work and
play.
Agency overhead: 11.5%
Lutheran World Relief
700 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Toll
Free: 800-597-5972
Phone: 410-230-2700
Fax: 410-230-2882
Provides emergency relief and development projects in health
care, food production, water supplies, environment and education for families
in 50 countries.
Agency overhead: 5.9%
Mercy Corps International
3015 SW First
Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
Toll
Free: 800-292-3355
Phone: 503-796-6800
Fax: 503-796-6844
A nonprofit organization that exists to alleviate suffering,
poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just
communities.
Agency overhead: 5.5%
Opportunity International
P.O. Box 3695
Oak Brook, IL 60522
Toll
Free: 800-7WE-WILL
Phone: 630-645-4100
Fax: 630-645-1458
Empowers poor entrepreneurs in developing countries by providing
small loans and basic business training to start or expand their own businesses
and become self-supporting.
Agency overhead: 16.9%
Near East Foundation
420 Lexington
Avenue, Suite 2516
New York, NY 10170-2599
Phone:
212-867-0064
Fax: 212-867-0169
Works with local organizations to address needs and create
self-sustaining projects. We provide technical assistance and customized
training related to agriculture, health, literacy and income-generation.
Agency overhead: 10.3%
Oxfam America
26 West Street
Boston, MA 02111-1206
Toll
Free: 800-77-OXFAM
Phone: 617-482-1211
Fax: 617-728-2594
An international development agency that funds long-term
economic development and humanitarian assistance projects in 30 countries
throughout Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Caribbean.
Agency overhead: 17.6%
Pan American Development
Foundation
2600 16th Street,
NW
Washington, D.C. 20009-4202
Phone:
202-458-3969
Fax: 202-458-6316
Works with non-governmental organizations, municipalities and
community groups to help the least advantaged people in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
Agency overhead: 12.7%
Planned Parenthood -
World Population
(Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.)
434 West 33rd
Street
New York, NY 10001
Toll
Free: 800-829-7732
Phone: 212-541-7800
Fax: 212-247-6416
Provides training, supplies and assistance to locally-managed
family planning and educational programs to improve the lives of people in the
poorest and most underserved countries.
Agency overhead: 23.0%
Population Communications
International
777 United Nations
Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Toll
Free: 877-724-7627
Phone: 212-687-3366
Fax: 212-661-4188
We produce radio and television soap operas that motivate people
to adopt new attitudes and behaviors that foster reproductive health, gender
equality and environmental protection.
Agency overhead: 19.7%
Project HOPE
(People-To-People Health Foundation, Inc.)
Health Sciences
Education Center
Millwood, VA 22646
Toll
Free: 800-544-4673
Phone: 540-837-2100
Fax: 540-837-1813
Provides services to improve community health through education
and medical humanitarian assistance in 30 countries, with ninety-three percent
of revenues spent on programs.
Agency overhead: 7.8%
Rotary Foundation of Rotary
International
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201 Phone: 847-866-3000
Fax: 847-328-8554
Our Polio Plus program provides vaccines and mobilizes
communities, volunteers and resources in support of international efforts to
immunize children and eradicate polio worldwide.
Agency overhead: 12.0%
Salvation Army World
Service Office (SAWSO)
P.O. Box 269, 615
Slaters Lane
Alexandria, VA 22313
Phone:
703-684-5528
Fax: 703-684-5536
Assists the poor with health services, HIV/AIDS, education,
institutional development and reconstruction assistance with heart to God and
hand to man.
Agency overhead: 0.8%
Save the Children
(Save the Children Federation, Inc.)
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
Toll
Free: 800-728-3843
Phone: 203-221-4000
Fax: 203-222-1067
Provides child- and family-focused self-help education, health,
food security and microfinance community-based programs designed for
sustainability in the United States and in 40 developing countries.
Agency overhead: 15.6%
TechnoServe, Incorporated
49 Day Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
Toll
Free: 800-99-WORKS
Phone: 203-852-0377
Fax: 203-838-6717
Helps the developing world's entrepreneurial poor build
profitable businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for
their families, their communities and their countries.
Agency overhead: 18.3%
UNICEF, U.S. Fund for
(United States Committee for UNICEF)
333 East 38th
Street
New York, NY 10016
Toll
Free: 800-FOR KIDS
Phone: 212-686-5522
Fax: 212-922-2572
Works in over 160 countries and territories to provide children
with life saving medicine, better nutrition, clean sanitation, education and
emergency relief.
Agency overhead: 16.3%
Unitarian Universalist Service
Committee
130 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-1813
Toll
Free: 800-766-5236
Phone: 617-868-6600
Fax: 617-868-7102
Works internationally with grassroots partners to support human
rights, particularly those of oppressed indigenous, racial and ethnic groups,
women's empowerment and children's rights.
Agency overhead: 17.4%
United Methodist Committee
on Relief
(United Methodist Church)
475 Riverside
Drive, Room 330
New York, NY 10115
Toll
Free: 800-841-1235
Phone: 212-870-3816
Fax: 212-870-3748
Outreach program focuses on alleviation of hunger and poverty,
disaster relief and refugee assistance. Provides leadership training, housing
improvement, local crafts, agriculture and industry development.
Agency overhead: 4.4%
United Seamen's Service
20 Exchange Place,
29th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone:
212-269-0711
Fax: 212-269-5721
Provides overseas health and welfare services to the American
Merchant Marine and seafarers of allied nations and a 24-hour hotline for
emergency family assistance.
Agency overhead: 18.4%
World Relief Corporation
(World Relief Corporation of National Association of Evangelicals)
7 East Baltimore
Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Toll
Free: 800-535-5433
Phone: 443-451-1900
Fax: 410-451-1995
Provides emergency relief and community-based solutions to
alleviate hunger and poverty in 35 countries and provides resettlement
assistance to refugees in the United States.
Agency overhead: 13.4%
World Vision
P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, WA 98063-9716
Toll
Free: 800-777-5777
Phone: 253-815-1000
Fax: 253-815-3242
Responds to natural disasters and conflicts that affect
children, families and communities. Helps rebuild lives by providing safe
water, food, medicine, education and small-business development.
Agency overhead: 16.8%