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LightHawk's mission is the champion environmental protection through the unique perspective of flight. Our goal is to mobilize enough volunteer pilots, aircraft and resources to help tip the balance toward sustainability for every major environmental issue within our targeted areas of focus. LightHawk helps to address environmental issues through: Educational flights over contested landscapes to convert abstract proposals into something passengers can grasp has a powerful ability to transcend all personal ideologies, change hearts and minds, build commitment, and lead to action. Technical flights are often the only practical way to obtain objective data on patterns of human and wildlife use. Technical flights include aerial photography, scientific data-gathering, wildlife surveys, and ground-truthing data obtained from satellites, high-altitude photography, or computer modeling. All  flights are donated by our corps of volunteer pilots.

WILDCOAST is an international conservation team that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change through natural solutions. WILDCOAST meets its conservation mission through:· establishing public and private protected areas;· implementing stewardship and management activities;· building community conservation capacity;· developing and advocating conservation policy; and· carrying out communications campaigns.

Organization works to provide programs and projects aimed at the development of society in partnership with government agencies and local and international civil society organizations as well as a focus on young people and working on development and giving them the skills to enable them to improve their economic situation as the organization seeks to develop her team building the capabilities to develop and improve the performance ...

- To help Auroville - an idealistic city dedicated to Human Unity - achieve its goals. - To enhance communication amongst people from 50+ nations living in Auroville and of this expatriate population with the local community. - To enhance both multi-language skills and human potential within Auroville and the villages surrounding it. - To create materials and provide services to make language learning fun and enjoyable. - To help those affected by autism, developmental delays, learning disorders, depression, stress, lack of self-confidence, ADD and ADHD, etc., using Audio Psycho Phonology (the Alfred Tomatis method). - To be an international training center in Audio Psycho Phonology with a special focus on India, to train committed practitioners to spread the method without any compromise in its quality, so it can reach thousands who need it. - To collaborate with different research organizations and medical institutions within India to prove the efficacity of the Alfred Tomatis method for different applications. - With its new building, to be an example of both sustainable and healthy architecture and to be a model for institutional buildings in all tropical coastal areas, of construction to combat climate change.

VIDA is a non-profit organization providing dual service to both Latin America and Northern California by collecting surplus medical supplies and equipment from health institutions, diverting them from landfills, and shipping them to Latin American hospitals and clinics that rely on such donations for the provision of basic health care.

Vision: A developed democratic country with good governance, respect to constitutional rights of people (women and men) and good relations with international community Mission: To contribute in enhancing peace and development in Afghanistan in linkage to the regional and global changes Purpose: To contribute in changing the perceptions and behaviors of Afghans through awareness raising, civic education, capacity building, advocacy, research, campaigning and service delivery

The mission of Jean Houston Foundation is to promote positive social change by developing international communities of leaders in Social Artistry to apply a wide range of cutting edge leadership and human potential development skills for finding innovative solutions to critical local and global issues. The Foundation offers training, research, consultation, leadership, and guidance with the aim to advance individual, social and cultural development both locally and globally.

Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund) is shaping the future of trees and the arboriculture profession. Established in 2002 via a merger of the International Society of Arboriculture Research Trust and the National Arborist Foundation, TREE Fund has awarded more than $4.4 million in grants toward its mission of identifying and funding programs that support the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge in arboriculture and urban forestry.

The mission of the Government Accountability Project is to protect the public interest through promoting government and corporate accountability, advancing occupational free speech and ethical conduct, defending whistleblowers and empowering citizen activists. We pursue this mission through our Nuclear Safety, International Reform, Corporate Accountability, Public Health & Safety, Food Integrity, Homeland Security, Climate Science Watch, Litigation, and Legislation programs.

Burnaby Hospital Foundation raises funds to support the medical equipment needs of Burnaby Hospital. Burnaby Hospital is a 300 bed, community based, acute care hospital caring for over 230,000 people every year. Our Emergency department is one of the busiest in the Province of BC and treats over 45,000 adults and 12,000 children annually.

The Yellow Dog Community and Conservation Foundation works to enhance communities, build partnerships and support conservation in places where great fishing is found. We achieve this by providing targeted grants to directly support priority conservation needs, vital community projects, and educational efforts in international angling designations. The Foundation also provides support for certain events and builds partnerships to leverage funding for specific projects and impact.

Our present mission is the health, education, and general welfare of orphan children in Ukraine, Nicaragua, and Colombia. Our work includes assistance with basic needs, education, medical care, and self-sufficiency projects. Our Hosting Program offers significant long-term change by allowing orphaned children to travel to the United States with the potential for adoption or consistent sponsorship.