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Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park assists the National Park Service in its mission to preserve and protect Great Smoky Mountains National Park by raising funds and public awareness, and providing volunteers for needed projects. Whatever you love about the Smokies, being a Friend helps protect it! With your help, we have raised more than $75 million in support of environmental education, wildlife management, historic preservation, cutting-edge research, trail rehabilitation, and much more in America’s most-visited national park.

Our mission at Green World Health Network is to improve health and at the same time create a more sustainable planet. We believe that our future as a people and planet depends on identifying and strengthening the connections between health, quality of life, and the environment. We work towards this goal by implementing innovative projects which utilize green technologies and practices to improve health and quality of life in under-resourced communities in the US and throughout the world.

WildEarth Guardians, formally Forest Guardians and Sinapu, was founded in 1989 to protect one of the last ancient forests in New Mexico, but has since transformed into one of the most powerful and effective advocates for greater environmental protection in the entire Southwest and Southern Rockies. We believe that the diversity of wildlife, plants and ecosystems, and our untrammeled wild spaces hold the key to the rehabilitation of an impoverished region whose economy and culture are inextricably tied to a healthy land.

Our mission is to educate people of all ages and abilities about healthy living practices through growing gardens and caring for animals. We are available for healing animals through the rescue as well as educating humans. We help heal humans through yoga, gardening, and working with the animals. Soon, we will be adding art therapy. We facilitate learning through the preschool, camp, home school days, events, tours, many classes in crafts and self-reliance skills, and our upcoming coloring book. We are growing seeds of hope, nourishment, and healthy lives and spirits. Thank you for being part of this adventure!

Our Mission is to Connect People with Nature, Community and Self Ravenwood is all about healthy kids, families, and communities. Quality mentoring guides our mission, especially when it connects us deeply to the land and each other, creating relationships filled with meaning, hope, and resilience. There are many distractions and obstacles in our fast-paced society, and an increasing number of negative trends—obesity and health issues, screen addition, attention disorders, stress, violence, disrespect, substance abuse, you name it—all of which need our attention and action as a community. Ravenwood is here to help, a place for kids and adults to learn and grow, naturally.

Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) formed in 2013 to create a new center of gravity in the climate movement by uniting frontline communities and organizations into a formidable force. Our translocal organizing strategy and mobilizing capacity is building a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. We believe that the process of transition must place race, gender and class at the center of the solutions equation in order to make it a truly Just Transition.

Players for the Planet works to unite all athletes to bring lasting and measurable transformation to the Earth. We believe the responsibility to preserve and protect our planet falls on each and every one of us. As professional athletes, we are fortunate enough to have a powerful platform and the resources we need to create positive change in our world when it needs our help more than ever. We seek to unite to make sustainability and environmental responsibility foundational values of our sport.

The mission of the Radix Center is to promote ecological literacy and environmental stewardship through educational programs based around demonstrations of sustainable technologies. At the Radix Center, we believe it is possible to meet human needs while simultaneously restoring ecosystems. Good environmental stewardship is rewarded by better health, wholesome food, and strong communities. The Radix Center teaches practical skills that can be applied to create environmental and economic sustainability. An emphasis is placed on issues of food security, health, and the remediation of contaminated soils.

The mission of AAI is to build hope and empower communities afflicted by armed conflict and severe poverty. We believe that peace, security and respect for human dignity are inseparable. Our goal is to develop programs as sustainable models that can be replicated globally. Our people-to-people initiatives integrate health, education, arts and livelihood as a basis for mediation. By building Hope, we overcome the hatred propagated by terror organizations. The success of these cost-effective models shows that empowering impoverished and conflict-plagued communities strengthens international security, stability and peace.

MissionEmpowering people to protect and restore waterVisionThriving community, economy, and habitat through access to clean, abundant waterCore Principles:We pursue clean water for all with passion and determination.We are a credible voice on water policy and public engagement.We expect government to safeguard water, and we hold public agencies accountable.We believe in the power of grassroots action.We engage people in activities to inspire water stewardship.Guiding Values:Local leadership, rooted in communities, is the foundation for our success.Science is nonpartisan and guides our work.Water is to be shared, enjoyed and cherished.Collaboration is our hallmark.

Our mission is to support public education in the Portland area by providing free school supplies to students in need. We do this because we believe that every child deserves school supplies and has the right to a quality education regardless of circumstance. Our ultimate goal is to level the playing field so every child has access to the tools that allow them to achieve academic success and feel confident. The program delivery model achieves additional goals through community engagement and by keeping supplies out of the waste stream.

THE WEST FUND IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS AND BASED IN EL PASO, TEXAS, THAT WORKS TO MAKE ABORTIONS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL PEOPLE. WE ARE A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO BELIEVE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IS ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE INFORMATION, ABILITY, AND RESOURCES TO MAKE THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE DECISIONS. THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND GAP FUNDING, WE HOPE TO EMPOWER WEST TEXANS, HELPING THEM ACHIEVE THEIR DECISIONS AND ACCESS THE HEALTHCARE THEY DESERVE.