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To improve people's lives by helping communities protect, conserve, and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends.

Heights Tree People is an all‑volunteer nonprofit that supplies and plants trees (primarily free front‑yard trees) in Cleveland Heights and nearby “Heights” neighborhoods to rebuild urban tree canopy, improve neighborhood health and resilience, and share tree‑care knowledge with residents.

People, Words & Change provides free one-on-one tutoring to adults who want to improve their reading and writing, everyday math, or basic computer skills. Our not-for-profit program helps adult learners meet their individual goals such as working toward employment, educational upgrading and mastering practical life skills. Tutors meet with their learners once a week for two hours at a mutually convenient time and place.

Through our annual "Denver Digs Trees" program, we distribute and plant more than 1,000 public trees each spring. Many of these trees are planted in Denver's most underserved neighborhoods. Our volunteer "Community Forester" program trains citizens to act as stewards over Denver's urban forest. The Park People manages Denver's Gates Tennis Center -- one of the country's premier public tennis facilities. We also raise private funds for public park projects, including building renovation, landscape projects, and historic preservation of park structures.

People for Education: • operates a toll-free parent help line • publishes tips and information for parents in 13 languages • hosts an informative website and open discussion board • conducts an annual survey of Ontario's schools • publishes parent-friendly research reports on a variety of topics • has a network of parents across Ontario • offers workshops and webinars to parents, educators and students • sits at a number of government policy tables • participates in consultations on education • makes policy recommendations • encourages ongoing public dialogue about education & works with the media • brings together parents, trustees, educators and community members at our annual conference to learn, make connections,and hear about the latest education research.

The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. The Ocean Cleanup has three core approaches to tackling plastic pollution: 1) Clean legacy ocean plastic - Since 2018, The Ocean Cleanup has deployed technologies to remove plastic that has accumulated in ocean garbage patches. It's current system (System 002) has removed more than 225,000 kg of plastic from The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 2) Turn off the tap: The Ocean Cleanup also develops and deploys Interceptor technologies that prevent plastic from reaching the oceans via rivers, focusing on 1000 rivers that are responsible for 80% of riverine plastic pollution. To date, 19 Interceptor solutions have been deployed across 8 countries. 3) Research: In the process of understanding the problem, The Ocean Cleanup has become a global leader in field research on marine plastic pollution.

The PeopleForBikes Foundation's mission is to put more people on bicycles more often and to promote bicycling as an activity that is good for our bodies, our communities, and our planet.

People for Progress Foundation was founded in response to an overwhelming need in the Dandora Slum in Kenya where bright and ambitious young people, who are full of potential, dream of developing successful careers but have no hope of turning their dreams into plans without the support of our contributors.