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The Writers’ Trust of Canada was founded in 1976 by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence, and David Young and our mission is to advance, nurture, and celebrate Canadian writers and writing. We strive to make Canada the best place in the world to be a professional writer, and to ensure that Canadian voices are heard. The Writers’ Trust puts more money into the hands of professional writers than any other non-profit organization or foundation in the country. With generous support from donors, we reward and celebrate the finest Canadian writers and writing with nine prestigious national literary awards; we offer scholarships to emerging writers; we support writers who contribute their brilliant work to The Walrus; we offer writers the opportunity to live and write for three months at Berton House, our writers’ retreat in Pierre Berton’s childhood home in the Yukon; and we provide emergency funding to writers in crisis through our Woodcock Fund grant program.

The Canadian Coastal Forces Trust was established to rescue and preserve Canada's last surviving Motor Torpedo Boat from World War II. MTB 486 served at D-Day and was the boat of the Senior Officer of the 29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla, Lieutenant Commander C. Tony Law, who later went on to become a renowned Nova Scotia artist. Your donation will help preserve this rare part of Canadia's Naval and Maritime heritage.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will lead the way in uniting public and private interests in pursuit of mutually supportive cultural and economic development objectives, with emphasis on the creation and fostering of a Cultural District serving the Pittsburgh region and on providing a home for a broad range of regional performance groups as well as its resident companies. This entails, within the Cultural District: Encouraging a diverse set of performing and visual arts and entertainment programs of quality Stimulating commercial and residential development Creating distinctive, attractive, and lively public environments Positioning the District for a high volume of visitors Engaging in comprehensive educational and outreach programs in cooperation with community organizations and interests Promoting appreciation of and access to District activities among diverse segments of the regional population

Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is a leading international non-profit that is bringing ICT and workforce skills to marginalized communities in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. The unique DOT youth-led model captures the enthusiasm and digital talents of young university and college graduates who are trained to deliver DOT programming in their communities. DOT serves as a bridge in the school-to-work transition, providing youth with the market-driven skills, self-confidence and motivation they need to find jobs and start businesses. DOT invests in young role models, DOT “Interns”, each of whom inspires and mobilizes hundreds more, diffusing sustainable change throughout communities. Placing youth at the center of community development has proven to be cost-effective with high-impact. For over ten years, DOT has been transforming communities by investing in more than 4,000 young role models who have reached over 800,000 of their peers and neighbours.

to share the message of Jesus Christ through the environment of sport and through doing strategic charity work (feeding schemes, sending orphans to school, mobile library, girl and boy clubs)

To be the leading voice for the arts in education, advocacy, and economic impact in Texas, spotlighting the artistic excellence of our state.

Ensuring the survival and recovery of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in their habitats by building funds to support research, conservation and education. We focus on enhancing the ability of researchers, scientists, zoological facilities, universities and nonprofits to explore range-wide sea otter ecological studies, educational conservation programs, science and technology advancements as they relate to the sea otter. Additionally, the Foundation educates the general public – locally, nationally and internationally - on the importance and need for sea otter conservation.

The Hyde Collection's mission is to be an art museum in a historic house complex that is unique between Manhattan and Montreal, committed to developing and highlighting a collection of international importance, creating exhibitions of regional and national significance, while providing invigorating educational programs to its core local audiences and communities. In all its activities, The Hyde Collection aims to be a leader locally and regionally, among a handful of art museums in New England and northern New York that are nationally recognized for their excellence and for their cultural and economic impact.

We provide enabling resources in Diepsloot that connect our participants to economic activity

AYTF is a non-denominational charitable organization dedicated to helping and encouraging young people to achieve their full potential. The young hold the key to our future. Just as- "strong roots help make strong plants that in turn create a vigorous and blooming garden," AYTF offers a helping hand to under-resourced youth so that they may become better students, better persons and ultimately builders of a better society

SDTS's vision is "A Society with Prosperity and Secure Life". SDTS's Mission is: Striving for a to empower marginalized communities in Sindh through sustainable development initiatives, focusing on education, climate change, health, economic empowerment, and social justice, while promoting gender equality, human rights, and environmental sustainability.

To provide centres for the reception, care and development for orphans, vulnerable children and youth; To empower the children in our care by providing educational opportunities and skills development. To empower family structures through developmental and therapeutic services, advocacy to families and communities, through partnership with other stake holders.