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The Food Sharing Project is an attempt on the part of interested groups and individuals to ensure that children do not go through their school day hungry.   The Food Sharing Project is an example of an ideal model, as a partnership among the School Boards, the Food Bank and many community groups, businesses, service clubs, and individuals working together to feed children in schools. Approximately 4,200 students are fed daily in about 80 sites in the Limestone District School Board and the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board. This is done through organized breakfast, lunch and/or hearty snack programs to meet the specific needs of their school communities.

We are committed to transforming our community by providing a sober, homelike, environment to homeless men, women and children which fosters trust, mutual respect, and integrity; and by empowering residents with opportunities that contribute to permanent reintegration into society regardless of race, religion, nationality, gender, or sexual preference.

The Human League provides community-based programs that give local youth equal opportunity and access to good nutrition and physical activity. This benefits our entire community! Before School By providing Breakfast Club funding to 22 local schools we are helping to provide a healthy start to over 4000 children each school day, in turn, The Human League provides an equal opportunity for all children to learn throughout the school day. After School Through our P.L.A.Y. Program we promote involvement in physical, cultural, and artistic activities for youth in our community. This program can benefit and enhance the health and well-being of all participants, and will inevitably lead to opportunities that will allow for personal growth and the attainment of individual potential.

The cornerstone of hospice and palliative care is the belief that individuals and families coping with incurable and progressive illness should be cared for compassionately. Hospice by the Bay's mission is to alleviate pain; to prevent and treat conditions that might otherwise threaten the quality of life; and to provide support to the patient's family and loved ones, including grief counseling for adults, teens and children.

The Kennedy Ladd Foundation is committed to ending the suffering caused by MPS1, a progressive and life-threatening disease. We bring hope to families affected by MPS1 through research, advocacy, and support. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for children living with MPS1 and raise awareness to drive better treatment options and a potential cure. We work to empower families with resources and support, inspiring action and change for a brighter future.

The Jordana Lokash Foundation was established by the family and friends of Jordana Lokash, who died in a car accident in March 1991. Jordana was a gymnast, majoring in Phys. Ed. at the time of her death. She was a camping enthusiast, who loved to work with children and aspired to use sport and physical activity to help others. The Foundation provides financial assistance for sport and health related programs that meet its approved objectives.

The Progeria Research Foundation's (PRF) mission is to find treatments and the cure for Progeria and its aging-related disorders, including heart disease. Progeria is a fatal, 'rapid aging' disease that afflicts children, who die of heart disease at an average age of 14 years. PRF was founded in 1999 in response to the complete lack of resources and research on Progeria, and is the only organization in the world solely dedicated to discovering treatments and the cure for this devastating condition.

The Jean Tweed Centre is one of the largest community-based substance abuse and problem-gambling treatment facilities for women and families in Ontario. The Centre provides services to approximately 1,200 women over the age of 16 and their families each year. Services include support and stabilization, intensive day and residential programs, and outpatient services including continuing care, family and trauma counseling services. The Centre also provides outreach and on-site services to women who are pregnant and/or parenting young children under the age of six and offers onsite childcare and child-development services.

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy or FSHD is the most prevalent of the nine primary types of muscular dystrophy affecting adults and children. Muscular dystrophy in general connotes a genetic, hereditary muscle disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. FSHD is also broadly characterized as a neuromuscular disease (NMD), as muscular dystrophy is a subset of NMD. Muscular dystrophies are alike in that they cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in the biochemical, physical and structural components of muscle, and the death of muscle cells and tissue. However, researchers believe that the causes of each of the muscular dystrophies are not necessarily the same.

Established in 1998, The Eye Cancer Foundation is an educational and supportive resource for eye cancer patients, their families, and physicians. Our mission is two-fold: one part focused on multi-center research of new diagnostic treatments for eye cancer research, the other focused on providing much needed, world-wide patient support services. Our mission is to create a world-class resource for patients and their families diagnosed with ocular tumors, radiation macular degeneration, and related ophthalmic conditions. We want to help you, your children and families around the world. ECF Specific Goals: 1) Find cures for patients with ocular tumors and related eye diseases. 2) Provide eye cancer specialists for unserved and underserved countries. 3) Coordinate international cooperative evaluations of new methods of diagnosis and treatment. 4) Support family and patient support programs to ease emotional stress and real-life adjustment issues related to eye cancer. 5) Promote transparency related to doctors and patient outcomes. 6) Promote quality assurance and education for eye cancer specialiatly centers. 7) Empower patients to find the resources to improve their lives.

The Village Network is an experienced, multi-discipline behavioral health nonprofit organization helping youth and families become resilient, healthy and have brighter futures.

Founded in 2009, The Grassroot Project (TGP) uses the power of sports and the platform of athlete role models to educate, inspire, and mobilize youth to live healthy lives. We are a team of more than 1,000 NCAA varsity athletes and 5,000 DC teens who are committed to making our city healthier. The Grassroot Project capitalizes on the excitement, relatability, and popularity of sports to provide much-needed health literacy and social empowerment programs to DC teens. The only way for us to succeed is to believe in the power of youth to make a difference. In addition to providing health education to DC teens, we invest in the leadership training, cultural competency, and professional skills of hundreds of NCAA varsity athletes who serve as our program facilitators. Also known as Athletes United For Social Justice.