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The Literacy Project is a regional education nonprofit committed to developing student reading skills. Our mission is to eliminate the literacy gap of emerging 2nd-graders who are functionally illiterate. We believe raising reading achievement will prepare students for academic and life success.

The mission of The Puppy Mill Project is to raise awareness and educate the public about puppy mills and their connection to puppies sold in pet stores, on the Internet, and through other outlets. We educate, facilitate rescue, and advocate for change. Our goal is simple: end puppy mills.

The mission of the Edible Schoolyard Project is to build andshare an edible education curriculum for kindergarten through high school. Ourvision is for gardens and kitchens to become interactive classrooms foracademic subjects, and for every student to have a free, nutritious, organiclunch. If this program is integrated into schools, the curriculum couldtransform the health and values of every child in America.

Founded in 2009, The Grassroot Project (TGP) uses the power of sports and the platform of athlete role models to educate, inspire, and mobilize youth to live healthy lives. We are a team of more than 1,000 NCAA varsity athletes and 5,000 DC teens who are committed to making our city healthier. The Grassroot Project capitalizes on the excitement, relatability, and popularity of sports to provide much-needed health literacy and social empowerment programs to DC teens. The only way for us to succeed is to believe in the power of youth to make a difference. In addition to providing health education to DC teens, we invest in the leadership training, cultural competency, and professional skills of hundreds of NCAA varsity athletes who serve as our program facilitators. Also known as Athletes United For Social Justice.

The Young Women's Project builds the leadership and power of young people so that they can transform DC institutions to expand rights and opportunities for DC youth. YWP programs guide youth through a process of personal transformation so they can become leaders in their peer groups, schools, families, and communities who are able to analyze problems, identify solutions, and advocate for change.

We see a hungry kid. We buy food. We feed the kid.The Children's Hunger Project is in place to give hope to at-risk kids. Our objective is to nurture the body, mind, and heart of hungry elementary school-aged children in Brevard County. We aspire to provide these children with nutrition in a dignified and respectful manner thus giving them a reason to believe

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the nation’s leading provider of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. As a nonprofit organization, PLTW’s mission is simple: prepare students for the global economy. To compete globally, the future U.S. workforce will require stronger skills in the STEM disciplines. It’s not about turning more students into engineers – it’s about building tomorrow’s problem solvers, critical thinkers, and innovators. This is where PLTW excels.  

The mission of the Nonhuman Rights Project is, through education and litigation, to change the common law status of at least some nonhuman animals from mere “things,” which lack the capacity to possess any legal right, to “persons,” who possess such fundamental rights as bodily integrity and bodily liberty, and those other legal rights to which evolving standards of morality, scientific discovery, and human experience entitle them.

The Little Timmy Project is a culturally competent and inclusive organization with a goal to build equity for disadvantaged women and provide support for mothers and women in high stress environments and crisis. We speak up for mothers in need.We educate, advocate, and create awareness.​We do this because we don't believe that the socially wronged should be solely responsible for righting what has wronged them. The onus should not be on those in the highest need to make the loudest noise.

The mission of The Campus Kitchens Project is to use service as a tool to: Strengthen Bodies by using existing resources to meet hunger and nutritional needs in our communities; Empower Minds by providing leadership and service learning opportunities to college students, and educational benefits to adults, seniors, children, and families in need; and Build Communities by fostering a new generation of community-minded adults through resourceful and mutually beneficial partnerships among students, social service agencies, businesses and universities.

We develop and grow programs that challenge the cycle of poverty in our community with a spirit of inclusion, compassion and justice. Founded almost ten years ago, The Shalom Project shares resources via a food pantry, clothing closet, medical clinic and the Circles initiative, an approach that combines Circles USA techniques with the individualized support of our dedicated volunteers and the resources of organizations and communities, creating an environment that educates, empowers and equips our members to move up and out of poverty successfully.

The GOD'S CHILD Project's mission is "to break the bitter chains of poverty through education, housing and healthcare." While GOD'S CHILD is rooted in education and health-care, we aim to support the communities we serve at every level of development. Through our wide range of programs, we help children and families living in extreme poverty to meet their basic needs and find a restored sense of hope, self-worth and human dignity. Religious affiliation is not a requirement for any program services.