Research/Dev
Nigeria is full of unexplored potential. Grace Foundation stemmed from the acknowledgement and acute awareness of the possibilities inherent in a blossoming country. We thus envisioned our role as an interconnecting and strategic agency for communities as they pursue quality education, growth opportunities, and self-actualization, locally, nationally, and globally. We commit ourselves to a process we refer to as TAP: Transformation, Action, and Participation. We promote self-sufficiency and economic stability, while creatîng and sustaining educational and economic development opportunities. We build community empowerment through capacity-building and leadership development while developing vibrant and healthy communities.
Children/Education
Our organization was started in the year 2005 with 70 orphan child, viz., parentless child, poor widow girl child and abandoned child. We have got in house recognized school . We are providing nutritious food and Medical needs. We survive with the help of local donors and contributions from Board members. But at times we are constrained to go for unsecured loans as the contributions from the local donors cannot be consistent. As a social obligation we have started a programe on “Hunger Free Kid” with service motto, includes street children, slum child and child labour. If we analyse Hunger facts, the most primary reason for death is hunger. Statistics show 20 crore Indians sleep with empty stomach. Most astonishingly 33% of world’s hungry people are in india. With all the financial constraints, we took it as a challenge in minimizing “HUNGRY KIDS” to improve their living conditions. It is imperative to look forward for the magnanimous who can extend their helping hand.
Research/Dev
Gram Vikas, which literally means 'Village Development' is an organization that has been working since 1979, to bring about sustainable improvement in the quality of life of poor and marginalised rural communities - mostly in Orissa. We enable the creation of appropriate living conditions including protected drinking water, sanitation and disaster proof housing. We promote appropriate & ecologically conducive mechanisms for increasing food production and promote food security, and help create adequate common infrastructure including community halls, grain stores, communication systems and energy systems.
Microfinance
At Grameen Foundation our goal is simple – we want to see poor people, especially the poorest and those living in harder to reach areas, have access to microfinance and technology and as a result of access to these services, move themselves out of poverty. We envision a world where the poor have broken the generational chain of poverty and lead lives of respect, dignity and opportunity. Grameen Foundation, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC with an office in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1997 by friends of Grameen Bank to help microfinance practitioners and spread the Grameen philosophy worldwide. We are a leader in the fight against poverty in Sub Saharan Africa, Asia, Middle East/North Africa, and the Americas. Our cutting-edge programs and resources have helped more than 45 million poor people, mostly women and children, improve their lives.
Environment
The Trust was established in 1985 by Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt and other leading conservationists as a national trust for projects in the Grand Canyon. We work toward creating a region where generations of people and all of nature can thrive in harmony. We give priority to projects that have broad implications for public lands policy and offer practical, demonstrable outcomes. We are intentionally collaborative and positive in approach, seeking solutions wherever possible, though we can be very strong in defense of the land when necessary. The Trust is widely respected for getting the facts right and for seeking solutions that will endure. We believe that enduring conservation solutions arise when ecology, economy, and community come together to support balanced goals.
Arts/Culture
Between 1880 to 1900 the population of St. Louis begins moving westward from the Mississippi River, developing the area now known as Grand Center. Saint Louis University establishes its campus in midtown adjacent to what is now Grand Center. Elegant residential mansions are built along and around Grand Boulevard. Hospitals, doctor's offices and pharmacies are established in the neighborhood. Social and fraternal organizations move into the area creating some of the most remarkable buildings in the City. So many churches are built that it becomes known as Piety Hill. Nowdys, with 12,000 theatre seats within four blocks, 12 galleries and museums and over 1500 cultural events with 1.3 million visitors each year, Grand Center is unique in the country. From the traditional to the experimental, from around the corner and around the world, we bring the finest in art, music and theatre to the people of St. Louis, the Midwest and the nation. We are a playground for the senses, full of exotic sights, amazing sounds, tantalizing smells and tastes, and overwhelming feelings. We are the center of all that feeds the mind, body and soul. We are Grand Center.
Other
The Freemasons' Grand Charity is a grant-making charity, which supports people in need. Since 1981, we have made grants totalling over £80 million to thousands of individuals and non-Masonic charities. The work of the Charity continues a commitment to charitable support that began nearly 300 years ago in the earliest days of organised Freemasonry. All of the money we distribute is provided by Freemasons and their families, mainly through an annual contribution made by individual Masons and fundraising 'Festivals' held each year. We also operate The Freemasons' Grand Charity Relief Chest Scheme, which helps Lodges and other Masonic Organisations to maximise the value of the funds they collect for charitable activities.
Microfinance
GrantScape is one of the UK’s leading grant-makers. <br>Since 1997, we have distributed over £70 million in support of nearly 1,300 highly deserving community and environmental projects. We specialise in managing grant programmes for corporate and other benefactors, designed to meet their specific funding objectives. This includes setting up and managing bespoke Landfill Communities Fund grant programmes for landfill operators. GrantScape also has considerable expertise in grant-making systems and processes which we can successfully replicate for other organisations.
Research/Dev
The Granulosa Cell Tumour Foundation New Zealand was created to assist you in your fight against one of the rarest forms of ovarian cancer, granulosa cell tumours (GCT). Statistics show that they make up a relatively small percentage of all ovarian cancers and GCT has therefore received less attention from researchers than some other cancers. Because GCT is rare, many oncologists are not readily familiar with the disease, few claim to be specialists in its treatment, and some doctors, reportedly, still think that GCT is not considered to be a cancer. We are information researchers and we do offer information on recent research findings, potential clinical trials for GCT, and other topics that are appropriate for GCT patients. Most importantly, we work to raise money for research.
Children/Education
Founded by former professional soccer players in 2002, Grassroot Soccer (GRS) trains African soccer stars, coaches, teachers, and peer educators in the world’s most HIV-affected countries to deliver an interactive HIV prevention and life skills curriculum to youth. Translating research into action and leveraging the excitement around the 2010 World Cup, GRS attracts and engages young people through schools, community outreach, and social multimedia (e.g. magazines and TV). GRS has educated more than 270,000 kids via its 'Skillz' curriculum, and is a leader in the sport for development movement.
Human Rights
Grassroots is a human rights and international development organization that supports community-led sustainable development projects. Since 1983 we have worked in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, concentrating our efforts in areas where U.S. foreign policy has been an obstacle to positive change and where creative grassroots movements build local solutions to global problems.
Research/Dev
Gratia International was established as a non-profit organization in June 2007, building on the extraordinary 12 year track record of our predecessor organization in Nigeria, the Voice of the Poor Foundation. What makes Gratia unique is our commitment to structuring the right balance with our partners, who don't want handouts but instead desire the dignity of making their own decisions and solving their own problems. Our goal is to find an innovative way to partner internationally that will promote and safeguard the true humanity—in all of its dimensions and richness—of our partners by encouraging and facilitating their initiative and responsibility, thereby fostering hope for a sustainable and dignified future and posterity.
Animals/Wildlife
The Great Barrington Land Conservancy is a non-profit dedicated to the preservation of the community's natural resources and distinctive character. Through promotion and fund-raising endeavors, GBLC enables the dedication of open space to agricultural, recreational, and scenic purposes through acquisitions, conservation easements, and agricultural preservation restrictions.
Arts/Culture
The Great Lakes Science Center is one of America's largest interactive science museums. More than 400 exciting "hands-on" exhibits, breathtaking OMNIMAX® films, daily demonstrations and exciting educational programs show visitors the interdependency of science, environment and technology, particularly in the Great Lakes Region.
Environment
Nestled in the heart of Virginia's Piedmont countryside, Great Meadow is a 250-acre field events center and steeplechase course operated under stewardship of the Great Meadow Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of open space for community use. Through the stewardship of this open space, the Great Meadow Foundation is dedicated to preserve and maintain the scenic beauty of the Virginia countryside, constantly evolving and improving organization providing a quality of life opportunity for all our constituents.
Health/Medical
The Hospital for Sick Children first opened it doors at 49 Great Ormond Street on Valentine's Day 1852 with 10 beds. Dr Charles West was the driving force behind its opening, driven by the shockingly high level of infant mortality in the capital. Great Ormond Street Hospital is full of remarkable children whose bravery touches everyone. With our supporters, we help keep the magic alive for thousands of children who need our help every year.
Community/Family
Since 1990 Great Potentials Foundation has developed and introduced initiatives to address family dysfunction and disparities in education. New Zealand’s high rates of child abuse and neglect - among the highest in the OECD - are a national shame. Similarly, this country has the greatest gap between high and low achievers in education in the OECD. Our principles are to be solution focused, working for positive change and acting early and cost-effectively to prevent later high cost negative spending resulting from educational failure, violence and crime.
Animals/Wildlife
Great River Greening leads and inspires community-based restoration of natural areas and open spaces. Our restoration efforts help preserve natural areas, protect clean air and water, and increase urban residents’ access to natural areas and sustainable open space. Since we started our work in 1995, we have engaged nearly 20,000 volunteers in projects on both public and private land that conserve critical land habitat and affect water quality. By mobilizing and educating citizens to restore woods, prairies, and other natural resources in their communities, we are building a community of individuals who will be good stewards of these natural areas in the future.
Community/Family
The new Great Western Air Ambulance entered operational service on 3rd June 2008 operating from its base at Bristol Filton Airport. The new service is a result of a working partnership between the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, Melvyns Trust and the Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The aircraft is a state of the art Bolcow 109 equipped with the most sophisticated medical equipment and operating to a highly specialised medical model. The objective is the provision of a sustainable Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) within the area covered by the Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Covering the counties of Avon, Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Wiltshire an area of 3,000 square kilometres and serving a resident population of 2.2 million people together with a transient and visiting population, heavy industrial sector as well as sporting and leisure activity then clearly a complex and dynamic society places an annual emergency demand of over 220,000 calls on the Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
Community/Family
The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago’s food bank, is a nonprofit food distribution and training center providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community. The Food Depository distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 650 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters to 678,000 adults and children in Cook County every year. Last year, the Food Depository distributed 58 million pounds of nonperishable food and fresh produce, dairy products and meat, the equivalent of 119,000 meals every day.