Cherokee National Historical Society
United StatesEthnic/Religion
The Cherokee National Historical Society was formed in 1963 by a group of visionary Cherokee citizens who shared a desire to establish a permanent culture keeping institution for the Cherokee people. To accomplish their goals, they secured forty-four wooded acres near Tahlequah, Oklahoma the seat of the Cherokee Nation, and established the Cherokee Heritage Center. The site was selected for its historical connection to the Nation, as it was once the location of the Cherokee Female Seminary, established by the Cherokee Nation in 1850 as one of the first institutions of higher learning for women west of the Mississippi River. Trustees continued to translate their vision into programs which today encompass: a reconstructed Ancient Village which opened in May 1967 followed with the opening of an 1800 seat amphitheater in June 1969; and the Cherokee National Museum in 1974 which now houses the award- winning Trail of Tears exhibition. Also included with the museum is a reconstructed Indian Territory-period town (Adams Corner). The museum also houses the Cherokee National Archives, the Cherokee Family Research Center. CNHS offers other interpretive programs and features as well, such as educational workshops and special events, which support their goal for the preservation and promulgation of the Cherokee culture.
Cherubs UK
United KingdomDisability
Cherubs UK was founded and registered with the Charity Commission in 2003 by Brenda Lane. It was initially formed as a small support group to provide parents and families faced with a CDH diagnosis with a friendly and informal support network of other parents and families who had endured similar experiences, and who could offer emotional support and share experiences with them. Today Cherubs UK has grown into an established charity that still offers the same friendly, informal support, but that now also has many more resources and offers information and advice on CDH from diagnosis to childhood and beyond, through different types of media such as the internet and written publications.
Chez Panisse Foundation
United StatesChildren/Education
In 1996, Alice Waters, pioneering cook, restauranteur, and food activist, created the Chez Panisse Foundation in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of her restaurant, Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California. The Foundation supports an educational program that uses food to nurture, educate, and empower youth. The Foundation envisions a public school curriculum that includes hands-on experiences in school kitchens, gardens, and lunchrooms, and that provides healthy, freshly prepared meals as part of each school day.
CHF
CanadaResearch/Dev
CHF is a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling poor rural communities in developing countries to attain sustainable livelihoods. However, those words don’t express all that we bring to it — the passion for change, the determination to produce visible results, and the commitment to ensure that every single person who has anything to do with a community has the opportunity to make it a better one. The sustainable livelihoods approach offers a way of analyzing rural poverty that respects and empowers the local population as architects of their own development. Using this holistic process, CHF involves entire communities in designing and implementing projects, and helps them to collaborate with local organizations and government agencies. CHF’s focus on livelihoods is applied in innovative ways to make the world a better place — from building peace in post-conflict areas and reconstructing the lives of those struck by disaster, to empowering women and protecting the environment.
CHF International
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Founded in 1952, the Cooperative Housing Foundation - now known simply as CHF International - serves more than 20 million people each year, empowering them to improve their lives and livelihoods for a better future. CHF currently has programs in more than 30 countries around the world, across Asia, Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean, Europe & the Caucasus, and the Middle East.
Chhattisgarh Tribal Development Project
IndiaResearch/Dev
The innovative Chhattisgarh Tribal Development Programme has been formulated after in-depth study and discussion at various levels by IFAD. IFAD is a specialized agency of UN established mainly for assisting the developing countries in poverty alleviation. The objective of the programme would be to develop and implement a replicable model that ensures house hold food security and improves livelihood opportunities and overall quality of life of the Tribal population based on the sustainable and equitable use of natural resources. The goal of the programme is to promote sustainable improvement in the food and livelihood security and general quality of life of the target group.
Chi.L.D.
IsraelDisability
The Haifa Center for Children with Learning Disabilities (Chi.L.D.) is a dynamic therapeutic center with a vision to provide the child and the family with vital educational, social and therapeutic services previously lacking in the local Haifa community. The Early Childhood Rehabilitative Day Care Center (ECR Center) addresses the needs of developmentally delayed toddlers, including Side-by-Side Nursery and two Special Ed Kindergartens. With approximately one third of the children living below the poverty level (Bituach Leumi Statistics), it is often the special needs youngsters who suffer the most. Dr. Lubasch has dedicated his time as Founding Director, on a voluntary basis, to answer the all encompassing needs of children and their families.
Chicago Botanic Garden
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
From its founding, the Garden has hired leading architects, beginning with the master plan by John O. Simonds and Geoffrey Rausch. Throughout its existence, the Chicago Botanic Garden has developed gardens and educational facilities with a meticulous eye toward its original mission. Today, the 385-acre Garden features 23 display gardens and three native habitats, uniquely situated on nine islands surrounded by lakes.
Chicago Cares
United StatesCommunity/Family
Since 1991, Chicago Cares has been creating unique volunteer experiences for individuals, businesses and organizations to help combat many of our community’s most urgent needs. Since our inception, Chicago Cares develops 200 hands-on group volunteer projects each month as well as organizes and leads two large service events - the Celebration of Service in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. each January and the Serve-a-thon in June. Chicago Cares volunteer programs help meet the most pressing needs in education (adult and children), hunger, health and wellness, senior services, and environment and rehabilitation.
Chicago Family Directions
United StatesCommunity/Family
Chicago Family Directions’ mission is to provide consistent, structured tutoring and mentoring to CPS students in temporary living situations as well as students whose families live near the poverty line. Through tutoring, support, resources, scholarships and job training, Chicago Family Directions guides students through the myriad of issues they deal with in their school years and prepares them for college – and an adult life without homelessness. in temporary living situations as well as students whose families live near the poverty line. We partner with schools, government, communities and businesses by appealing to their social responsibility initiatives to support our mission through volunteerism and financial support.
Chicago Foundation for Women
United StatesWomen
Since 1985, the Foundation has improved the lives of women and girls through grants, advocacy, leadership development and public and grantee education. Chicago Foundation for Women raises money to fund and support organizations that help women and girls, it's all about making smarter connections between need, money and solutions. We believe that when women and girls are secure, whole communities are made better. Chicago Foundation for Women is a grantmaking organization dedicated to increasing resources and opportunities for women and girls in the greater Chicago area. To support our philanthropy, the Foundation promotes increased investment in women and girls, raises awareness about their issues and potential, and develops them as leaders and philanthropists.
Chicago History Museum
United StatesArts/Culture
The Chicago History Museum (CHM) is the city's oldest cultural institution. Founded in 1856 and incorporated in 1857 by an act of the state legislature, the Chicago Historical Society and its collection grew and opened its first building at the corner of Dearborn and Ontario Streets. Today, the Chicago History Museum is a privately endowed, independent institution devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich multicultural history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of American history, to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications.
Chicago Public Library Foundation
United StatesCommunity/Family
The Chicago Public Library Foundation was established in 1986 as an independent, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to working with the City of Chicago in a true public/private partnership to enrich the collections and programs of the Chicago Public Library. Through the generous support of many civic-minded corporations, foundations and individuals, The Foundation has provided start-up funding for new programs, such as technology and expanded Sunday and evening service hours, that are now included in the Library's city-funded budget.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
United StatesArts/Culture
Today, the CSO is a musical force in Chicago and around the world. More than 150 performances and events a year. 107 talented musicians. Two internationally renowned conductors. Two award-winning composers-in- residence. Throughout the CSO's history, recordings have been an important part of the Orchestra's activities. Since 1916, the Chicago Symphony has amassed a discography numbering more than 900. Recordings by the Orchestra have earned sixty Grammy® Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences–more than any other orchestra in the world–including several Classical Album of the Year honors, as well as a number of Best Classical Performances in the orchestral, choral, instrumental and vocal soloist, and engineering categories.
Chicago Zoological Society
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Since the opening of Brookfield Zoo in 1934, the Society has had an international reputation for taking a cutting-edge role in animal care and conservation of the natural world. Among its historical firsts are indoor multispecies exhibits, zoo nutrition residencies, methods for animal husbandry, and medical care that includes successful brain surgery for a gorilla.Today, there is an increasing need for conservation leaders to guide, teach, and motivate people to protect the world's threatened wildlife and ecosystems. In addition to conservationists, the Society inspires and engages children, students, teachers, and other among the general public to make a positive impact on the natural world around them.
Child Accident Prevention Trust
United KingdomChildren/Education
The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is the UK's leading charity working to reduce the number of children and young people killed, disabled or seriously injured in accidents. We exist because accidents are a leading cause of death and serious injury for children and young people. Many of these accidents can be prevented. We give free child safety advice to parents and carers on our website, as well as online quizzes and activities on popular safety topics. We distribute family-friendly resources like picture booklets, leaflets, posters and DVDs. Staff working with families can buy these from our shop, and distribute them to parents and carers in their local communities.
Child Advocacy Centre Niagara
CanadaChildren/Education
Child Advocacy Centre Niagara exists solely to "serve victimized children" within Niagara's twelve municipalities who have suffered abuse. The Centre is "a safe place to tell your secrets" for children traumatized by abuse. A friendly, caring team of professionals work together in a private, safe, child-friendly place. Children are able to provide information that aids in the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators. Follow-up counselling is provided. Professional partners are Niagara Regional Police, Family and Children's Services, Family Counselling Centre Niagara and Medical professionals.
Child Aid
United StatesChildren/Education
Child Aid helps create educational and economic opportunity for desperately poor indigenous children in Latin America. Working with local partners, we have established 35 libraries in Guatemala's impoverished Central Highlands and have brought hundreds of thousands of books to communities that lack the most basic resources. We conduct reading programs in partnership with over 25 communities in Guatemala and put books into the hands of thousands of children. We provide critical training to teachers and librarians and offer scholarships to impoverished students. Child Aid’s literacy work provides the means for children to break out of poverty and build better lives for themselves and their families.
Child Aid Foundation
IndiaChildren/Education
Child Aid Foundation is a charitable organization in the service of underprivileged and unfortunate children. C.A.F. is running several residential and non-residential children's aid and care projects from their center in Andhra Pradesh, India. The main objective is to enable poor and needy children to pursue and complete their education to as high a level as they desire and are capable of achieving. To do this, Child Aid Foundation provides comprehensive aid and care to children, boys and girls, of all ages and academic levels on both a residential and non-residential basis. This aid and care includes nutritious food, clothing, shelter, education, vocational training, medical care, counseling, and job placement.
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
United StatesCommunity/Family
CABF's website serves as a resource center and meeting place for families raising children with bipolar disorder. The organization provides online resources such as pediatric bipolar disorder symptoms and treatment guidelines, mood charts, doctors/professionals directory, online support groups, and resources for educators. CABF provides legal resource links; a directory of state resources with links to schools, camps and residential treatment centers; international resources; monthly newsletters; research studies and clinical trials; scientific articles; gallery of children's art and poetry; and suicide hotlines.