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The Best Foot Forward Foundation, Inc. (BFF) is the only nonproêtorganization in Palm Beach County exclusively dedicated to theeducational success of foster care children who have been abused,neglected, or abandoned. Established in 2010, its mission is to empower foster care youth to maximize their potential by providing essential academic support and guidance. BFF co-founders DonnaBiase and Debbie Ellman volunteered in the Palm Beach Countyschool system for many years before founding Best Foot Forward. In2010, Best Foot Forward Foundation was founded and in 2011, oneyear after its existence, BFF was recognized for its innovative workwith foster care students in Palm Beach County and was selected as“Child Advocates of the Year” by Florida's Children First.

The GWHS Alumni Association ensures GWHS' status as San Francisco's leading comprehensive public high school, enabling faculty to provide all students with opportunity for academic success at GWHS and beyond, and strengthen graduates' bonds with each other and with GWHS, by: - funding over $33,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 to teachers and coaches for classroom supplies and student activities. - giving over $28,000 in scholarships to over 3 dozen deserving graduating seniors in May 2022. - sharing alumni and school news and publicizing reunions and related events to over 6,600 alumni members by mail, email and social media. - honoring distinguished graduates with Hall of Merit and Lifetime Service Awards. - preserving and documenting GWHS' rich history with personal interviews and archiving artifacts and ephemera we plan to display in a permanent location.

The Los Angeles Maritime Institute (LAMI) serves to empower youth to discover their greater potential through extraordinary at-sea experiences aboard educational sailing vessels built to train and equip young people with 21st-century leadership skills, and inspire maritime and STEM career paths.

The Mission of the USS Midway is to preserve the historic USS Midway and the legacy of those who serve. Inspire and educate future generations. Entertain our museum guests and visitors.

TO FOSTER, PROMOTE, SUPPORT, AUGMENT, DEVELOP, AND ENCOURAGE PERSONAL GROWTH AND HUMAN POTENTIAL.

The mission of Words Alive is to open opportunities for life success by inspiring a commitment to reading. We believe that if you value reading and understand its fundamental connection to all aspects of your life, you will thrive as a lifelong learner, ready to transform your community.

Stafford Animal Shelter is a no-kill, open-door shelter. We accept every pet in need: abandoned or homeless, unwanted litters from unspayed and unneutered animals, and those confiscated by control officers for cruelty. The only nonprofit animal care facility in Park County, we serve the people and pets of the greater Southwestern Montana community as the only Shelter in the region that accepts all lost or unwanted pets; not just dogs and cats. We also serve as the care facility for animals impounded for being at large, cruelty cases, and emergencies by city and county animal control officers. We open our doors to nearly a thousand animals each year with approximately half being reclaimed and half adopted. Every adoptable cat, dog, and the rabbit is spayed or neutered prior to adoption.

The Contributor is a nonprofit, social enterprise in Nashville that creates economic opportunity with dignity by investing in people experiencing homelessness and poverty.  We accomplish this mission by printing a street publication that:Provides over 300 homeless and formerly homeless vendors with a pathway to earn income;Builds community between vendors and customers;Provides a diversity of perspectives and information on the condition of homelessness, highlighting the unique contributions of homeless and formerly homeless individuals.  We are often the first point of contact in Nashville's Continuum of Care for many people experiencing homelessness and we connect our vendors to other valuable services for health care and housing.  Over 70% of our 6-month tenured vendors have obtained housing.

The mission of the Angels Camp Museum Foundation is to raise the necessary funds to support the development and expansion of the exhibits, collections, and programs of the Angels Camp Museum.

EPF's mission is to protect captive and wild primates by supporting in-country conservation programs, educating the public on the hazards of owning primates as pets, and providing expert husbandry for rescued primates housed at EPF's Prosimian Sanctuary. The Prosimian Sanctuary is the only sanctuary in the US dedicated solely to providing behavioral rehabilitation and lifelong care for lemurs and other prosimians rescued or surrendered from the pet trade, roadside zoos, and other inappropriate environments.

Helping children understand and value our natural world

Louisiana Boxer Rescue, located in New Orleans, provides a safe haven for boxers surrendered by their owners or that have come from an animal shelter. Unlike a shelter, our rescues live with a foster family during their interim where they are cared for and loved, receive behavior evaluations and observation that assists us in finding them the best suited permanent homes. They receive necessary veterinary care, including required vaccinations, spaying/neutering and heart worm treatment.