- Citizens Memorial - http://www.citizens-memorial.org
Dedicated to the average citizen, whether rich or poor, who has performed some heroic deed.
- NGO Global Network - http://www.ngo.org/
Site with links to non-governmental organizations associated with the United Nations.
- SecretSmiles - http://www.secretsmiles.org/
Organization in New York for helping families to overcome hardship by giving gifts.
- ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int/
United Nations website providing information to humanitarian relief organizations. Updated daily. There is also a directory of non-governmental organizations. The website is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
- Royal Humane Society of Australasia - http://www.rhsa.org.au/
Nominates awards for acts of bravery and provides funds to those disadvantaged or physically handicapped by their gallant actions.
- CFC Today - http://www.cfctoday.org/
News and information about the Combined Federal Campaign, a workplace giving network of US federal government employees which supports local, national and international charities.
- Light-a-Candle Foundation - http://hometown.aol.com/lacfoundation
A charitable foundation devoted to feeding, clothing and blessing those organizations and individuals in need.
- Northwestern University Settlement Association - http://nush.org/
A social service organization serving the northwest side of Chicago. Emergency services offered are energy payment assistance, food pantry, and holiday gifts. Other services include after-school youth programs, AmeriCorps, fine arts, resident camping, and a charter high school.
- Online Volunteers Collective - http://www.onlinevolunteers.org/
Volunteers collective using virtual space for collaborative voluntary projects on social justice issues worldwide.
- Save Juarez Project - http://www.savejuarez.org/Index.htm
Organization requesting donations to provide female factory workers in Mexico's "Killing Fields" with safety items & self-defense at the maquiladoras where missing women used to work.
- Christmas Connection - http://www.christmasconnection.org/
Volunteer organization bringing clothes, food and toys to needy Oklahoma County, Oklahoma residents at Christmas time. Contains donation form, event listing and contact information.
- Journal of Humanitarian Assistance - http://www.jha.ac/
Features articles on early warning and emergency provision, as well as post-conflict peace-building and the transition to development.
- Farm Aid - http://www.farmaid.org/
The mission is to provide assistance to poor and needy families in rural farming communities and to draw attention to the needs of such families and to raise funds to relieve those needs.
- National 211 Collaborative - http://www.211.org
The national 2-1-1 initiative seeks to reserve these three digits nationwide as quick, easy to remember telephone number for finding human services answers.
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) - http://www.acorn.org/
Community organization which aims to win power for low and moderate families. It's aims are to gain better housing for first time homebuyers and tenants, securing living wages for low-wage workers, more investment in communities from banks and governments, and better public schools.
- Active 20/30 International - http://www.active20-30.com/
Membership-based service organization for young adults between the ages of 20 and 39. Provides young adults with an opportunity for personal growth, friendships, and leadership development while improving the quality of life for the special needs children in its community.
- Share With The Other L..A. - http://lapoverty.org/
Hunger emergency is a consortium of poverty relief groups and public officials whose goal is to mobilize the public to end the poverty crisis in L.A. County.
- Emmaus International - http://www.emmaus-international.org/
Secular international movement of solidarity for justice based on communities that take in people who are marginalized or wounded by life. Multilingual english/french/spanish.
- Aid Workers Network - http://www.aidworkers.net/
Practical advice for field workers in development and relief.
- All Crafts for Charity - http://www.allcrafts4charity.org/
Facilitates volunteering to charities all over the world through fabric arts. Free patterns, free advice and lists of agencies in need of hand made donations.
- Canstruction - http://www.canstruction.org/
A national charity of the design and construction industry created by the Society of Design Administration.
- Foundation For A Better Life - http://www.forbetterlife.org/
A foundation working to communicate the ethical values that it believes make a difference such as such as honesty, caring, optimism, hard work, and helping others.
- Cabrillo Civic Clubs of California - http://www.cabrillocivicclubs.org
Founded by Californians of Portuguese ancestry in honor of compatriot, John Rodrigues Cabrillo, discoverer of California. The Clubs have many charitable activities including blood drives, fund raising for polio and cancer research, assisting candidates for U.S. citizenship, and, providing college scholarships for students of Portuguese descent.
- InGratia.org - http://www.InGratia.org/
Site for people to thank those that have helped. Read stories of heros and give to charities that help them. Let us all receive gratitude!
- The Karen Hilltribes Trust - http://www.karenhilltribes.org.uk/
A Thai registered charity, and called in Thai "Ruamkanpattana Foundation" was established 1985 to provide a vehicle for the Karen hill tribes of Thailand participate and manage their own socio-economic development. work covers following areas: Provision pure drinking water Trust working with the Karen people of north west Thailand to help them develop their own social, educational and economic infrastructure.
- Sarvodaya Organization Homepage - http://www.sarvodaya.org/
A movement in Sri Lanka involved in development and reconstuction, active in thousands of villages in all regions of the country, commanding the services of hundreds of thousands of volunteers and trained workers.
- Aid to Southeast Asia - http://www.aidtoseasia.org/
Aid to Southeast Asia is a people-to-people, international aid project contributing to world peace and respect for human rights.
- WorkerAnts - http://www.workerants.com/
Directories of health, development, environmental, volunteering, education and other charity/activist causes. Includes links to resources.
- MGM MIRAGE Voice Foundation - http://www.mgmmiragevoice.com/
Information about a foundation enabling opportunities for emloyeees as volunteers in the community. Site also has information on a programme to give grants to organizations who have employees who have given over a certain number of hours of voluntary time.
- Topix.net: Charitable Organizations - http://rss.topix.net/rss/business/charitable-organizations.xml
News about charitable organizations, collected from various sources on the web.
- Pak Human Resources Development Organization - http://www.freetocharities.org.uk/phrdo/
Aimed at socio-economic uplift of poor and disadvantaged people, especially women, from backward rural areas in Pakistan, through their technical education, skill development and vocational training.
- Daniel Pearl Foundation - http://danielpearl.org/
Promotes cross-cultural understanding through journalism and music. Provides overviews of current initiatives, projects, and events along with organization leadership information.
- NGOnews.org - http://www.ngonews.org/
An online venue for NGOs and NGO professionals around the world to provide equal opportunity to publish their news and discuss related issues.
- Global Giving - http://www.globalgiving.com/
Enables individuals and companies to find and support high-impact, grassroots social and economic development projects around the world.
- Dialogue on Diversity - http://www.dialogueondiversity.org/
Mission is the social and political advancement of women and men from diverse cultural, ethnic, and national traditions, fostering increased economic empowerment through promotion and development of entrepreneurial excellence, technology training, networking, and education.
- Repair The World - http://www.repair-the-world.com/
A small archive of charites and causes that need help.
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