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Samaritan's Purse is an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization that provides aid to people in physical need as a key part of its Christian missionary work. The organization's president is Franklin Graham, son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The name of the organization is derived from the New Testament Parable of the Good ...
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."
World Vision International is an ecumenical [5][6] Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization. It was founded in 1950 by Robert Pierce as a service organization to provide care for children in Korea. In 1975, emergency and advocacy work was added to World Vision's objectives. [7] It is active in over 100 countries with a ...
Paul Allen. v. t. e. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the second largest charitable foundation in the world, [7][8] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]
The Clinton Foundation (founded in 2001 as the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation, [7] and renamed in 2013 as the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation) [8] is a nonprofit organization under section 501 (c) (3) of the U.S. tax code. It was established by former president of the United States Bill Clinton with the stated mission to ...
Ronald McDonald House Charities. Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is an independent American nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. [3] RMHC has a global network of chapters in 62 countries and regions under three core programs ...
Ceres was founded in 1989 when Joan Bavaria, then-president of Trillium Asset Management, formed an alliance with leading environmentalists with the goal of changing corporate environmental practices. She named the organization the " C oalition for E nvironmentally R esponsible E conomie S ", or CERES. Ceres was the ancient Roman goddess of ...
United Way is an international network of over 1,800 local nonprofit fundraising affiliates. [3][4] Prior to 2015, United Way was the largest nonprofit organization in the United States by donations from the public. [5]