Search Nonprofits

Soroptimist is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls in our local communities and throughout the world.  Founded in 1921, Soroptimist International of the Americas (SIA) is an international organization for business and professional women who provide volunteer service to their communities. About 35,000 Soroptimists in 20 countries and territories contribute time and financial support to community-based and international projects benefiting women and girls. SIA is part of Soroptimist International, which comprises almost 85,000 members in about 120 countries. The name Soroptimist means "best for women," and that's what the organization strives to achieve. Soroptimists are women at their best working to help other women to be their best. Soroptimist members belong to local clubs, which determine the focus of service to their communities. The Raleigh Club is focused on improving the economic independence of women and ending violence against women.  In addition, Soroptimists participate in organization-wide programs that include the Soroptimist Women's Opportunity Awards, Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls, the Soroptimist Workplace Campaign to End Domestic Violence, the Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women, and the Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award.  International projects have included partnerships with Women for Women International, and through Project SIerra, Hope and Homes for Children in Sierra Leone.

Surfing The Nations impacts local and international communities through the sport of surfing and selfless service meeting needs and changing lives.

In Haiti women and children spend 1/4 of their lives carrying water, yet consume only 3 liters per day. (the US=500 lpd). We turn rainwater into life by dramatically improving health and hygiene .

2 billion people suffer from malnutrition because their diets lack key vitamins and minerals. Sanku combats malnutrition and saves lives by giving small mills the tools they need to add vital nutrients to maize flour, a staple of the East African diet. Our innovative technology adds precise levels of nutrients into flour during processing and our business model offsets the cost of the nutrients added. Millers don't need to charge extra for their nutritious flour and families can afford to buy and eat healthy food everyday. Our mission: guarantee that every meal consumed by every mother and child contains live-saving nutrients, forever. To date, we have given 2.5 million East Africans access to the basic human right of nutritious food and we are on track to reach 25 million people by 2025.

Our mission is to enable people to offer their money, goods, skills, time, or prayer, and through this involvement, provide the most effective help to those suffering the effects of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest communities

Tzu Chi missions are a network of universal love. Tzu Chi works in the missions of charity, medicine, education and humanitarian with the spirit of sincerity, integrity, trust and honesty. We believe in the equality of all beings and the Buddha-nature latent in every person. Through charity, the rich can obtain blessings and joy while the poor can receive security and peace. With love, compassion, joy and selfless giving, Tzu Chi members strive to bring about the pure world of Tzu Chi through helping the needy, giving joy and eliminating suffering. We invite all people of goodwill to join us in purifying minds, pacifying the society and working towards a disaster-free world. "Respect, Gratitude and Love-Serving with Compassion" this is what Tzu Chi way.

To provide stability, security, and support for the Majengo Orphanage and other worthy educational, economic development, and philanthropic causes in the town of Mto Wa Mbu, and in the greater Arusha Region of Tanzania through direct financial contributions, consulting expertise, and other forms of assistance

The mission of International Promise Foundation (IPF) is to provide assistance internationally in fulfilling the biblical instructions of our Lord Jesus Christ as outlined in James 1:27…”look after the orphans and widows in their distress.” Our hope is to serve God’s Kingdom to the best of our ability for generations to come.

Tia's mission is to bring access to lifesaving healthcare and preventative education in the poorest remote places where there are no doctors or medicine through Tia's self-sustaining, teach them to fish program.

Our mission is to build a network of gender-quality leaders and democracy champions. We're dedicated to helping women prepare to run for office, and to recruit, train, and support women candidates. Global GAIN believes that the solution to the most significant problems in the world will be found when women and minorities/people of color make up the majority in positions of leadership at every level of public office. Our programs include supporting democracy champions in Ukraine, young women in Rwanda through our sponsored local GNO Women GAIN Rwanda, and women and children in Beni, DRC.

Malawi Children's Initiative has a mission to improve the lives of Malawian children by supporting locally-led initiatives targeting healthcare, nutrition, and education.

"What separates our foundation from other similar groups is that we use the skills and expertise of our every day careers to coordinate drilling wells and installing pumps in the international communities. We also understand that the physical need for clean water is second to the most important spiritual need we all have for Jesus."