Please choose your charity when completing your club application. To assist in making your selection, they are described below.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Conservation International
Founded in 1987, Conservation International (CI) aims to protect life on Earth and to demonstrate that human societies will thrive when in balance with nature. Their work is inspired by the core values that have been with CI since day one: passion, respect, integrity, optimism, and courage. For over two decades, they have worked with their partners to protect life on Earth and to date, they have conserved over 143 million terrestrial acres and 80 million acres of marine area; succeeded in helping safeguard 32 million acres of indigenous area; and undertaken carbon projects to benefit local communities in 11 countries.
Fauna & Flora International
Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International is the world's first international conservation organization. They work through local partnerships to act as a catalyst for change, to make conservation relevant and to base decisions on sound science. Fauna & Flora International empowers its partners to address locally identified priorities, recognizing that conservation cannot rely on the work of outsiders in the long term. It is crucial to develop local support and institutional frameworks capable of conserving their own biodiversity. They recognize that threats to biodiversity are the outcome of a complex array of underlying social, economic and political pressures. Fauna & Flora International aims to change the policy and behavior that contribute to biodiversity loss.
ANIMAL PROTECTION
The Humane Society of the U.S.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization. Established in 1954, The HSUS seeks a humane and sustainable world for all animals - a world that will also benefit people. They work to reduce suffering and to create meaningful social change for animals by advocating for sensible public policies, investigating cruelty and working to enforce existing laws, educating the public about animal issues, joining with corporations on behalf of animal-friendly policies, and conducting hands-on programs that make ours a more humane world. They are the lead disaster relief agency for animals, and they provide direct care for thousands of animals at our sanctuaries and rescue facilities, wildlife rehabilitation centers, and mobile veterinary clinics.
MENTAL HEALTH
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation's largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the U.S. NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life for persons of all ages who are affected by mental illnesses. NAMI members and friends work to fulfill their mission by providing support, education, and advocacy. Their many activities include public education and information activities, peer education and support, raising awareness and fighting stigma, and state and federal advocacy.
NARSAD
NARSAD, formerly known as the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, is the largest donor-supported philanthropy for psychiatric research in the world. NARSAD strives to reduce the pain and debilitation of mental illness through its leadership in funding scientific research on the causes, treatments and prevention of serious psychiatric disorders. Since 1987, NARSAD has awarded over $233 million in research grants to scientists in the U.S. and 27 other countries for the study of depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, childhood disorders and numerous other psychiatric conditions.
HUMAN SERVICES
Direct Relief International
Since 1948, Direct Relief International has worked to improve the quality of life for people in need. Direct Relief provides medical assistance to improve the quality of life for people victimized by poverty, disaster, and civil unrest throughout the world. Direct Relief is a non-political and non-sectarian organization that provides assistance without regard to race, ethnicity, political or religious affiliation, gender, or ability to pay. Since its inception, Direct Relief has provided specifically requested medical resources to community-based institutions and organizations in over 140 countries, including the United States.
The Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust
The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust is dedicated to a single purpose: building better lives for our nation's disabled veterans and their families. To carry out this responsibility, the Charitable Service Trust supports a broad spectrum of physical and psychological rehabilitation programs, meets the special needs of veterans with specific disabilities such as amputation and blindness, and aids and shelters homeless veterans. In addition, the Trust is a grant maker, expending more than $55.1 million in service to disabled veterans and their dependents since 1988.
MAP International
Founded in 1954, MAP International promotes the total health - physical, economic, social, emotional and spiritual health - of impoverished people in over 115 countries through provision of essential medicines; promotion of community health development and prevention and mitigation of disease, disaster and other health threats. MAP's international programs help eliminate the causes of sickness and disease by providing free medicines, improving water supplies and knowledge about health threats like HIV/AIDS and establishing community directed health education and training. To maximize the number of lives they reach, MAP International works in partnership programs with over 300 organizations, agencies and medical missions around the world.
SOCIAL CHANGE
Agape Foundation
Founded in 1969, the Agape Foundation raises and distributes funds to groups working for nonviolent social change. Agape provides seed grants, loans and fiscal sponsorship to organizations addressing the following six areas: peace, human rights, environmental protection, economic justice, progressive arts and media, and grassroots organizing support. The Agape Foundation expresses its commitment to a just and peaceful world by funding the nonviolent social change organizations that will create that world. Unlike social services that aid and assist individuals, social change efforts confront the root causes of social problems by challenging the responsible systems and institutions. It is in this way that Agape works to create a just and peaceful world.
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