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Be The Change Volunteers (BTCV) is a development aid non-profit with a mission to improve education opportunities worldwide. We serve in areas all over the globe from the Americas, Africa, South Pacific to Asia. We build, refurbish, equip and train schools and education centers utilizing donor gifts, international and local volunteers.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is a K-8 demonstration school dedicated to the development and dissemination of authentic, rigorous, and joyful methods for teaching across the curriculum. We seek to teach and influence both a cross-section of children of mid-coastal Maine and, through our intern program, presentations, and publications, classroom teachers throughout the U.S.

G-d willing, we will continue developing and building upon our seventy plus year history in the nation’s capitol, as contributors to the nation and the globe. we certainly, as G-d conscious people, are to promote the oneness of G-d and the excellence and commonality of the human family and have that serve as our foundation to produce a model, stable, productive, and balanced islamic community as taught and demonstrated by prophet muhammad (PBUH). The needs, interest and aspiration of our members, those in our association, and all G-d conscious people will greatly benefit in this movement toward a national community. The nation’s mosque, Masjid Muhammad is strategically located in the nation’s capital, which is a national and international platform that represents the good sentiments, aspirations, healthy concerns and interest of all the people. The nation’s mosque, Masjid Muhammad is situated to engage leaders from faith based organizations, government institutions, business, and diplomatic establishments. We work hand in hand to strengthen our nations collective life, religion, education, job creation, national and international business opportunities, health and human services, housing, senior care, and neighborhood excellence is part of that collective life. we meet with leaders presenting a collective voice on behalf of and in the interest of our collective life. These leaders are not concerned about individual representation but rather our reach and ability to communicate to our national association. It is our aspiration to continue our out-reach to our national association who are interested in exploring opportunities, international or otherwise, and may require contacting or meeting with select government officials, non-government and or international officials in the nation’s capital. We are here to support their efforts and strengthen our unity and representation in the nation’s capital, for the purpose of our collective community, platform, movement, and national aspiration for freedom, justice and equality.

Project Schoolhouse is an international non profit that focuses on education, clean water, and sanitation in rural Nicaraguan communities. We work with communities that have identified both the problems they want to solve and the solutions to fix them. Our purpose is to facilitate projects that have real grassroots support and local buy-in that result in sustainable progress. By tackling education, water, and sanitation issues simultaneously we help communities achieve more complete solutions to complex problems.

Partners In Development (PID) was founded in 1990 as a nonprofit organization that serves the poorest of the poor in the developing world. Through child sponsorships, micro credit loans, housing opportunities and medical care PID aims to transform communities so they can be self-sufficient. Partners In Development serves over 40,000 people each year in Haiti, Guatemala, US and Peru who are determined to break the cycle of poverty for their families.

Sophia Academy began as a pilot program at International Christian High School in the fall of 2016, serving 9th and 10th grade students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other language-based learning differences. It quickly became evident that the small classes, multi-sensory curricula, evidence-based instruction, and integration with the visual and performing arts provided an effective education for students who often fall through the educational cracks. As they grew in numbers, we also added to their program such helps as occupational therapy and the Kinetic Classroom for executive function.

Founded in 1983, the mission of Writers in the Schools (WITS) is to engage children in the joy and power of reading and writing. WITS was founded through the University of Houston's renowned creative writing program to bring some of our nation's most talented writers into school and community classrooms to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children. The WITS program is an effective force for educational change, integrating arts and education to ignite a love of learning in more than 400,000 children and their teachers since its founding. WITS leads an international movement for creative learning, helping children and teachers across the world explore literacy in creative ways.

Burr and Burton Academy's mission is to educate its students, intellectually and morally, for a life of responsibility, integrity, and service. It is a coeducational, nondenominational day school enrolling 756 students in grades 9 through 12. A small boarding program houses international students with local families. Located in the historic New England village of Manchester, Burr and Burton offers a college preparatory curriculum as well as general business and occupational programs. Students may also choose from among six areas of concentration: visual and performing arts, information technology, foreign languages, business, and vocational technology.

We exist to glorify God by demonstrating His love to the Philippines as we provide a loving, Christ-centered home with comprehensive medical, educational and placement services for homeless Filipino children. Children's Shelter of Cebu (CSC) operates four homes for 90-95 abandoned, neglected and abused children in Cebu City, Philippines. CSC is about restoring lives. We've been doing so since 1979 by ministering to each child holistically. We provide food, shelter and medicine, but also schooling, counseling and relationships that foster healing. CSC is a Christian interdenominational ministry.

Founded in 1941, Charlotte Country Day School (CCDS) develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership, and a responsibility to serve through excellence in education. Located on two campuses in south Charlotte with an enrollment of nearly 1,600 students in grades junior kindergarten through 12, the school is a place where learning of the highest caliber is an every day occurrence. Recognized for its academic excellence, acclaimed international studies program, state-of-the-art technological resources, and opportunities in arts, athletics, community service, and leadership, Charlotte Country Day is a place where young people become critical thinkers and problem solvers, and where lifelong friendships are formed.

The Virginia Symphony Orchestra is a leading cultural asset that is a source of regional pride, connecting everyone in Hampton Roads through the transformative power of exceptional musical performances and educational activities. In five years, the VSO and its musicians will be nationally recognized for having the artistic and financial resources to provide civic value to our diverse community well beyond residents who attend concerts. The VSO is committed to fostering long-standing relationships with its audiences, artists, donors, board and staff, volunteers, community and business partners, and other internal and external stakeholders that are based on the following values: • Excellence and Quality • Accessibility and Community Service • Financial Integrity and Sustainability • Diversity and Inclusiveness • Cooperativeness and Flexibility • Openness and Transparency • Perseverance and Tenacity

VirginiaFIRST is the Virginia-based affiliate of US FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a non-profit international educational mentoring organization. VirginiaFIRST promotes FIRST's mission to: * inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting team-based, mentor-based programs that build skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); * promote the spirit of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship; * foster well-rounded life capabilities; * help today's youth acquire the knowledge and skills needed to compete in the technologically-driven global economy; * encourage students (ages 6-18) to pursue studies in the sciences, engineering and technology at the college, graduate and post-graduate levels leading to careers in related technical fields. It is a goal of VirginiaFIRST to make FIRST's programs available to all Virginia youth.