National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
United StatesChildren/Education
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - NCMEC - was established in 1984 as a private, nonprofit organization to provide services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children. Pursuant to its mission and its congressional mandates NCMEC serves as the national resource center and information clearinghouse for missing and exploited children, it operates a national 24-hour toll-free hotline to intake reports of missing children and receive leads about ongoing cases. We also provide technical assistance and training to individuals and law-enforcement agencies in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases involving missing and exploited children.
National Child Safety Council
United StatesChildren/Education
In 1955, after learning that more children die of accidental causes than of all the communicable diseases combined, H.R. Wilkinson, a Jackson, Michigan business executive, began visiting police agencies and schools to explore ideas for mitigating this tragedy. Wilkinson and his wife, Glennis, borrowed $500 from a friend and began their effort to reduce, through prevention education, the number of children dying from accidents. Their nonprofit organization, originally named Police Safety Service, was soon changed to Child Safety Council and then National Child Safety Council (NCSC). NCSC, still maintains its headquarters in Jackson, is the world's largest and oldest nonprofit organization dedicated entirely to the safety of children. NCSC's nationally recognized character, Safetypup®, serves as an entertaining, nonthreatening educational tool for law enforcement officers and teachers across the United States.
National Children's Centre
United KingdomChildren/Education
We are a medium sized charity based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire serving communities locally, regionally and through its lobbying work in a national capacity. The Centre provides practical services aimed at improving the lives of children, young people and families most in need and in working to influence national policy and delivery of services for children.
National Children's Leukemia Foundation
United StatesChildren/Education
The NATIONAL CHILDREN'S LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION (NCLF) is one of the leading non-profit 501c(3) organizations in the battle against leukemia and cancer in children and adults. The NCLF supports medical research and direct patient care programs that ease the financial, social and psychological burdens of families with a diagnosis of cancer or other serious blood disorders.
National Coalition Building Institute NCBI
SwitzerlandHuman Rights
25 years of transforming communities campuses & organizations. The National Coalition Building Institute is an international non-profit leadership development network dedicated to the elimination of racism and other forms of oppression. Rooted in an understanding of individual, community, and systemic change, NCBI leaders work with public and private organizations to further: Cultural competence; Collaboration and partnerships; Effective relationships within and across group identities.
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
United StatesHuman Rights
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) was founded in 1976 in response to the Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia which permitted executions to resume in the United States. We believe that the struggle against the death penalty will be won state by state when good people of all walks of life demand change. As the public comes to understand that the death penalty operates unfairly, harms the very people it purports to help and drains precious resources from solutions that prevent crime, hold people accountable and keep our communities safe, more will demand that policy makers support measures to narrow the scope and reach of the practice and ultimately repeal death penalty statutes.
National Constitution Center
United StatesArts/Culture
The National Constitution Center is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of, and appreciation for, the Constitution, its history, and its contemporary relevance, through an interactive, interpretive facility within Independence National Historic Park and a program of national outreach, so that "We the People" may better secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
National Consumer Law Center
United StatesCommunity/Family
NCLC works to defend the rights of low-income consumers and to advance economic justice. We concentrate on working for fairness in financial services, wealth building and financial health, a stop to predatory lending and consumer fraud, and protection of basic energy and utility services for low income families. NCLC devotes special attention to vulnerable populations including immigrants, elders, homeowners, former welfare recipients, victims of domestic violence, military personnel, and others. NCLC works to preserve access to justice to enforce consumer protections. We oppose binding mandatory arbitration, class action bans, and other devices that deny consumers access to the justice system. We support the ability of individual consumers to enforce consumer protections as well as appropriate government officials and agencies.
National Council of La Raza
United StatesHuman Rights
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) - the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States - works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas - assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health.
National Council of Negro Women
United StatesWomen
Extraordinary educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) founded NCNW in 1935 and envisioned it to be an "organization of organizations" that would represent the national and international concerns of Black women. It would also give Black women the opportunity to realize their goals for social justice and human rights through united, constructive action. We fulfill our mission through research, advocacy and national and community-based health, education and economic empowerment services and programs in the United States and Africa.
National Council of YMCAs of the USA
United StatesCommunity/Family
THE NATION'S 2,686 YMCAs respond to critical social needs by drawing on our collective strength as of one of the largest not-for-profit community service organizations in the United States. Today's YMCAs serve thousands of U.S. communities, uniting 21 million children and adults of all ages, races, faiths, backgrounds, abilities and income levels. Our reach and impact can be seen in the millions of lives we touch every year. Across the nation, YMCAs are committed to helping: Children and youth deepen positive values, their commitment to service and their motivation to learn; Families build stronger bonds, spend time together and become more engaged with their communities; Individuals strengthen their spiritual, mental and physical well-being.
National Council on Aging
United StatesCommunity/Family
The National Council on Aging is a non-profit service and advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC. NCOA is a national voice for older adults - especially those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged - and the community organizations that serve them. NCOA brings together non-profit organizations, businesses and government to develop creative solutions that improve the lives of all older adults. NCOA works with thousands of organizations across the country to help seniors live independently, find jobs and benefits, improve their health, live independently and remain active in their communities.
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Founded in 1996, the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) is non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Ojai, California. Our mission is to strengthen disaster response in America by recruiting rescued dogs and partnering them with firefighters and other first responders to find people buried alive in the wreckage of disasters. We offer the professionally trained canines and an ongoing training program at no cost to fire departments. And we ensure lifetime care for every dog in our program: once rescued, these dogs never need to be rescued again. There are currently 70 SDF-trained Search Teams located in California, Florida, New York, Oklahoma, and Utah. Thanks to Mutual Aid Agreements between counties, cities and states, these precious, life-saving resources can be shared regionally and nationally.
National Down Syndrome Society
United StatesResearch/Dev
The National Down Syndrome Society envisions a world in which all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to enhance their quality of life, realize their life aspirations, and become valued members of welcoming communities. We shape and advocatr for improved public policy, increased public resources and services for people with Down syndrome. We work in partnership with our affiliates and other support organizations, and improve educational opportunities for individuals with Down syndrome. We have over 275 affiliate groups across the country. These affiliates are local parent support groups and other organizations that work on behalf of people with Down syndrome and their families.
National Federation of the Blind
United StatesDisability
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is a consumer organization of blind people working together to improve opportunities for the blind and the understanding of blindness by the general public. The ultimate purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is the complete integration of the blind into society on a basis of equality. This objective involves the removal of legal, economic, and social discriminations; the education of the public to new concepts concerning blindness; and the achievement by all blind people of the right to exercise to the fullest their individual talents and capacities.
National FFA Foundation
United StatesChildren/Education
Founded in 1928, the Future Farmers of America brought together students, teachers and agribusiness to solidify support for agricultural education. In Kansas City's Baltimore Hotel, 33 young farmboys charted a course for the future. They could not have foreseen how the organization would grow and thrive. Today, the National FFA Organization remains committed to the individual student, providing a path to achievement in premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. Now, the organization is expanding the nation's view of "traditional" agriculture and finding new ways to infuse agriculture into the classroom.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that preserves and restores our nation's native wildlife species and habitats. Created by Congress in 1984, NFWF directs public conservation dollars to the most pressing environmental needs and matches those investments with private funds. The Foundation's method is simple and effective: we work with a full complement of individuals, foundations, government agencies, nonprofits, and corporations to identify and fund the nation's most intractable conservation challenges.
National Foundation for Cancer Research
United StatesHealth/Medical
For more than thirty years NFCR has approached cancer research from the molecular and genetic levels – increasing the likelihood that discoveries in one area of cancer research will lead to new discoveries in another.
National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction
United StatesChildren/Education
Established in 1951, the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction addresses the plight of children with a facial disfigurment by supporting state - of - the - art treatment, innovative research, psychosocial support and medical training that inspires a new generation of pediatric doctors. To meet this mission, the NFFR founded and proudly remains the funding arm of the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery (IRPS) at NYU Medical Center. The Institute is a center of excellence that diagnoses and provides medical treatment and psychosocial services for over 1,700 patients every year, regardless of the severity of their condition, the length of treatment or the family's ability to afford care - 72% of the patients seen at the Institute are uninsured, Medicaid recipients or "clinic" care patients.
National Foundation for the Deaf (NFD) Inc.
New ZealandDisability
The National Foundation for the Deaf is a non-profit, non-government organisation. Our work is funded by the generosity of the New Zealand public, through donations and bequests. There are an estimated 450,000 New Zealanders affected by deafness or hearing impairment. This makes it the largest disability group in the country. We focus on breaking down barriers for people with hearing loss. We promote the appreciation of good sound. And we encourage all New Zealanders to protect and preserve their hearing. The NFD (National Foundation for the Deaf) is an incorporated society with six member groups. Together, we support the interests of nearly half a million deaf and hearing impaired New Zealanders. Much of our work revolves around identifying and dealing with issues that affect people with hearing impairment.