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From early childhood to career readiness, our work integrates mental health, education, and opportunity to create pathways that are both resilient and inclusive. We don’t just offer programs—we build access. Our commitment to equity drives us to break down language barriers, close educational gaps, and reduce health disparities. Every tool, resource, and initiative is designed to be truly reachable for all. By inspiring action and deepening understanding, we help shape stronger, more connected communities—where growth is shared, contributions are valued, and belonging is a given.

FAME Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to music and art education for children and adults. Throughout the calendar year, FAME Center offers fine arts education through music lessons, digital art and visual art, computer coding classes, musical theater and drama classes, creative writing classes, and music and art therapy for mental health. Our vision is to enrich and nurture the lives of children and adults in underserved communities of Chicago through music and art education.

5 Gyres mission is to empower action against the global health crisis of plastic pollution through science, education, and adventure.

Save the Bay™, and keep it saved, as defined by reaching a 70 on CBF's Health Index. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) mission, simply stated, is to Save the Bay and keep it saved. We define a Saved Bay as having a score of 70 (out of 100) on CBF's State of the Bay health index. Thanks largely to a dramatic reduction in the amount of pollution entering the system, at 70, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers will be highly productive and in good health as measured by established water-quality standards. The result will be clear water, free of impacts from toxic contaminants, and healthy oxygen levels, able to support living resources in all parts of the Bay.

The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. Programs are directed by resident experts or fellows, who design and implement activities in cooperation with President and Mrs. Carter, networks of world leaders, other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and partners in the United States and throughout the world.

The Sierra Club Foundation bridges the intersection of strategic philanthropy and grassroots advocacy. As a publicly supported charity, we partner with thousands of donors across the U.S. to invest in organizations that have an outsized impact on the health of the planet. To support our vision for a powerful, inclusive environmental movement focused on climate solutions, conservation, and movement building, we give special consideration to charitable programs that reinforce and advance these imperatives.

The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) is the nation’s leading organization in lifelong environmental learning, creating opportunities for people to experience and learn about the environment in ways that improve their lives and the health of the planet. OUR PURPOSE: To cultivate an environmentally conscious and responsible public OUR MISSION: To make the environment more accessible, relevant, and connected to people's daily lives OUR VISION: That people’s everyday actions are guided by an understanding and concern for the well-being of people and the planet

Peace Sisters assists over 470 underprivileged girls to access educational opportunities in Togo, West Africa. Peace Sisters was founded by Tina Kampor, a Togolese American woman who moved to California in 2003 and worked hard so she would be able to send money back to Togo to help girls who might otherwise have dropped out of school. School fee payments, solar study lamps, ID Cards, menstrual pads, and basic health insurance are some of the ways that Peace Sisters helps girls to succeed in their education. In 2021, Peace Sisters celebrated the first college graduation by a girl in our program!

Hearts of Epilepsy Foundation® - is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are dedicated to providing effective tools and programs to improve the quality of life for children and families living with epilepsy. Hearts of Epilepsy Foundation participates in local and national epilepsy awareness. We provide individualize – age based support groups, individual counseling, educational and safety programs. These programs will bring great hope to those living with epilepsy. During this process - we will continue to work to reaffirm existing and develop new relationships with service providers, community organizations, and volunteers who are excited about further collaboration and committed to improving the epilepsy health in our community.

Heal the Bay is an environmental nonprofit dedicated to making the coastal waters and watersheds of Greater Los Angeles safe, healthy and clean. To fulfill our mission, we use science, education, community action, and advocacy. Our passionate team conducts hundreds of beach and community cleanups each year, informing people about the root causes of pollution along the shorelines and in their neighborhoods. We advocate for strict water quality regulations that protect the health of both humans and the aquatic life who call local creeks, rivers, and the Santa Monica Bay home. In the past year, Heal the Bay sponsored-Assembly Bill 1066 to protect people who participate in water recreation activities in California. Our Nothin' But Sand public group cleanups were accomplished with 5, 800 cleanup volunteers that helped remove 111,000 pieces of trash from Los Angeles Country beaches, rivers, and neighborhoods.

Teach For America exists to address the problem of the opportunity gap; our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. In the immediate term, we serve as a critical source of talented and committed teachers, called corps members, who compensate for the additional challenges their students face to provide them with the educational opportunities they deserve. Our corps members' positive impact on students' academic achievement provides tangible evidence that it is possible for all students to succeed when they get the right support. At the same time, helping their students succeed intensifies corps members' sense of urgency and gives them a deep grounding in what it will take to ensure that all students in our nation have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. Over the long run, we produce an alumni force with the talent, conviction, insight, and experience to effect the fundamental changes necessary to realize our vision of educational opportunity for all. Our alumni work directly for change at every level of our education system, while also exerting pressure for positive change from outside the system:* continuing to serve as teachers, school principals, and district administrators* taking the pressure off schools by working to remediate the challenges of poverty by working in careers supporting economic development, public health, social services, and law* pioneering innovations in public service as social entrepreneurs* shaping our priorities and policies as advocates, policy advisers, elected officials, and influencers in other sectors.

With a strong foundation of the best of science and evidence based information Grace and Grit: Health and Healing Thru Horse-Human Partnerships provides a thriving, flourishing life for horses and the people in their lives. Horses are nurtured in a safe, healthy environment that is conducive to their needs and nature. They are educated and developed in an atmosphere of fun, adventure, and contentment using an individualized step-wise process. Their human partners are likewise educated to develop strong bonds and healthy relationships. As these skills develop, both our horses and our people are willing and able to seek out challenges and apply these skills to all other areas of their lives: different equine disciplines, family, school, workplace, community.