Union College
United StatesChildren/Education
Founded in 1795, the first college chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York, Union is an independent, liberal arts college. Its name reflects the sense of community felt by members of various groups who were instrumental in its founding. At Union, you'll find a vibrant community of learners and scholars, of people whose ambition, energy and desire to make things happen are contagious. In our academic buildings, Minerva Houses, labs, library, studios and recital rooms - pretty much anywhere you go on this historic campus - you will feel the intellectual and creative spark.
United Cerebral Palsy
United StatesHealth/Medical
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is the leading source of information on cerebral palsy and is a pivotal advocate for the rights of persons with any disability. As one of the largest health charities in America, the UCP mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network.
United Hospital Fund
United StatesHealth/Medical
We advance policies and support programs that promote high quality, patient-centered health care services that are accessible to all. We undertake research and policy analysis to improve the financing and delivery of care in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other care settings. We raise funds and give grants to examine emerging issues and stimulate innovative programs. And we work collaboratively with civic, professional, and volunteer leaders to identify and realize opportunities for change.
United Kingdom National Committee for UNIFEM
United KingdomWomen
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. Since 1976 it has provided financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes which foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Today the organisation's work touches the lives of women and girls in more than 100 countries. UNIFEM also helps to make sure the voices of women are heard at the United Nations. UNIFEM UK is one of 16 national organisations which offer a global network of support through membership programmes, public education about women's issues and fundraising to support projects.
United Nations Association of the USA
United StatesResearch/Dev
The United Nations Association of the United States of America is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to building understanding of and support for the ideals and vital work of the United Nations among American people. Its educational and humanitarian campaigns, including teaching students in urban schools, clearing minefields and providing school-based support for children in African communities that have been hurt by HIV/AIDS, allow people to have a strong influence at a local level. In addition, UNA-USA's highly regarded policy and advocacy programs stress the importance of nations working together and the need for American leadership at the United Nations. The association is affiliated with the World Federation of United Nations Associations, which was established in 1946 as a public movement for the UN.
United Nations Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
The UN Foundation, a public charity, was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner’s historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes and activities. We are an advocate for the UN and a platform for connecting people, ideas and resources to help the United Nations solve global problems.
United Negro College Fund
United StatesChildren/Education
UNCF plays a critical role in enabling more than 60,000 students each year to attend college and get the education they want and deserve. To close the educational attainment gap between African Americans and the majority population, UNCF helps promising students attend college and graduate by providing operating funds for its 39 member colleges, all of them small, liberal arts institutions, making it possible for them to offer their students 21st century academic programs while keeping their tuitions to less than half the average of other private colleges.
United Response
United KingdomDisability
United Response has over 35 years experience in supporting people with learning disabilities through a person-centred approach, putting people at the centre of all our activity. We tailor our support around each person’s needs, wishes and goals and change this as their needs change. We are committed to creating a society where all people are equal participants, with the same rights and access to opportunities as everyone else.
United States Fund for UNICEF
United StatesChildren/Education
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF saves and protects the lives of children by supporting UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States. Operating in more than 150 countries, UNICEF has a proven track record and the know-how and resources to get the job done. With its on-the-ground staff and one of the largest supply networks in the world, UNICEF is there with far-reaching programs that help children survive and thrive.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United StatesArts/Culture
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy. The Museum’s Permanent Exhibition The Holocaust spans three floors of the Museum building. It presents a narrative history using more than 900 artifacts, 70 video monitors, and four theaters that include historic film footage and eyewitness testimonies. Our Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies is a high priority for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It supports scholarship and publications in the field of Holocaust studies, promotes the growth of Holocaust studies at American universities, seeks to foster strong relationships between American and international scholars, and initiates programs to ensure the ongoing training of future generations of scholars specializing in the Holocaust.
United States Olympic Committee
United StatesChildren/Education
The United States Olympic Committee, one of America's premier sports organizations, is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo. The USOC is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the sole entity in the United States whose mission involves training, entering and underwriting the full expenses for the U.S. teams in the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games. In addition to being the steward of the U.S. Olympic Movement, the USOC is the moving force for support of sports in the United States that are on the program of the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games.
United Through Sport
United KingdomCommunity/Family
United Through Sport is a UK registered charity that supports sport and recreation projects in Develping World countries, with our current focus on underprivileged communities in South Africa, working in association with our in-country partner, The Umzingisi Foundation. We encourage sustainable peer-led social change among the youth in South Africa by using sports as a tool to leverage peer influence through increased life skills, including developing leadership, reducing at-risk behaviours, improving social connectedness, advancing health awareness, and encouraging responsible citizenship in a fun and interactive way.
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee
United StatesEthnic/Religion
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. was founded in 1944 to help the many Ukrainian refugees coming to America after World War II. Since that time, Ukrainians throughout the world have been helped in many, many ways. Our programs are far-reaching and varied, and aim to help our brothers help themselves. We are often first to respond to aid victims of disasters such as floods, mine accidents, etc., in addition to our humanitarian aid, education and sustainable land programs abroad, and our immigrant aid programs here in the US.
United Way of America
United StatesCommunity/Family
United Way is a national network of nearly 1,300 local organizations that work to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health.United Way of America is the national organization dedicated to leading the United Way movement. Local United Ways create long-lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of the most significant local issues. Common focus areas include helping children and youth achieve their potential, promoting financial stability and independence, and improving people's health. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of problems.
United Way of Canada
CanadaCommunity/Family
Every day, Canada's 117 United Ways work locally to change living conditions for the better. The issues they face may vary, but the values and purpose that drive them are the same: to strengthen their communities and improve quality of life for Canadians. Each of Canada’s 117 United Ways – Centraides is an autonomous organization operated by a voluntary Board of Directors chosen from the community it serves. They are built upon a long history of bringing together diverse partners at the local level to initiate action on community issues and problems.
United Way of New York City
United StatesCommunity/Family
United Way has a long, rich history in New York City. We've been helping people in need throughout all five boroughs build more self-sufficient lives for nearly 70 years. LIVE UNITED is about taking action - responsible actions that benefit not only ourselves, but our neighbors as well. When we reach out a hand to one, we influence the common good for all. LIVE UNITED is also the channel through which United Way gives every individual and every organization opportunities to shape community-wide change. Everyone plays a role when we GIVE, ADVOCATE, and VOLUNTEER. United Way of New York City has created some of the most effective health and human service programs used by local nonprofit service providers in our city. We work with partner agencies to ensure that they can implement our programs with efficiency to help low-income families.
United Way Worldwide
United StatesCommunity/Family
United Way is a worldwide network in 45 countries and territories, including nearly 1,300 local organizations in the U.S. It advances the common good, creating opportunities for a better life for all, by focusing on the three key building blocks of education, income and health. The United Way movement creates long lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of problems that prevent progress in these areas. LIVE UNITED is a call to action for everyone to become a part of the change.
UnitingCare Share Community Appeal
AustraliaCommunity/Family
SHARE officially began in 1980. It conducted its first appeal in July 1980, with the theme “This time called life was meant to share”. The 1980 appeal generated more than $350,000 in donations. Today, the SHARE Community Appeal raises about $1.5 million each year. This money continues to be distributed to UnitingCare agencies and community services groups in the form of grants, and to CommunityCare and Emergency Relief Programs throughout Victoria and Tasmania. The programs SHARE support make a real difference. They offer long term, practical solutions to those in need, ensuring that all people, regardless of race, religion, gender and age, live a life of dignity and hope. SHARE also acts as a catalyst for innovative and preventative programs that seek to respond to urgent local need.
University of Chicago
United StatesChildren/Education
Located in the community of Hyde Park on Chicago’s South Side, just 15 minutes from the city center, the University of Chicago is uniquely positioned to contribute to, and draw from, the strength and diversity of this world-class metropolis. We have also made an indelible mark on the world at large. Our faculty and students are pioneers, discoverers, teachers, scholars, and change agents. We ask tough questions, engage the world around us, and pursue knowledge with rigor because we believe in the transformative power of ideas. As the nation’s celebrated teacher of teachers, we place particular emphasis at the graduate level on the training of students for careers in academia and research. Committed to scholarship of the highest order, our faculty has made major contributions to existing bodies of knowledge and to the creation of new fields of study.
University of Dayton
United StatesChildren/Education
The University of Dayton is a comprehensive Catholic university, a diverse community committed, in the Marianist tradition, to educating the whole person and to linking learning and scholarship with leadership and service. The University of Dayton is committed to offering a broad range of programs in liberal arts, the sciences, and the professions at the undergraduate level, to providing selected programs on the graduate level to meet the needs of the community and region, to sponsoring timely continuing education programs. As comprehensive, the University views learning and scholarship as a shared task of discovering, integrating, applying and communicating knowledge at the intersections of liberal and professional education, across the disciplines, and through combining theory with practice. As Catholic, the University commits itself to a distinctive vision of learning and scholarship that includes: a common search for truth based on the belief that truth can be more fully known and is ultimately one; a respect for the dignity of each human person created in the image and likeness of God; and an appreciation that God is manifested sacramentally through creation and the ordinary things in life.