The Actors Fund

729 7th Avenue, 10th Floor New York, NY 10019
800-221-7303
www.actorsfund.org

The Actors Fund is the only national non-profit human services organization that provides essential care, services and programs to everyone in performing arts and entertainment need, including actors, singers, musicians, dancers and those who work behind-the-scenes, helping thousands in crisis every year.

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Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WhyHunger

WhyHunger
505 East Eighth Avenue
Suite 2100
New York, NY 10018
(212)629-8850
www.whyhunger.org

Artists Against Hunger & Poverty is a program of WhyHunger that works with artists and the music community to raise awareness and funds for the most innovative and effective community-based organizations working to combat hunger and poverty all over the world. WhyHunger is helping thousands of America’s hungry connect to food pantries, soup kitchens, shelter and government programs in their neighborhoods by providing immediate help via the National Hunger Hotline 1-866-3-HUNGRY. WhyHunger also supports the work of more than 8,000 community-based organizations working on the frontlines to help poor and hungry Americans move out of poverty; more specifically, helping them tap into their own power to be self-reliant through job training, life skills, urban farming, after school programs, affordable housing, entrepreneurial businesses, and much more.

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Autism Speaks

2 Park Avenue
11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212)252-8584
www.autismspeaks.org

The goal at Autism Speaks is to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders.

They are dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism; to raising public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to bringing hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder. Autism Speaks is committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals.

Autism Speaks aims to bring the autism community together as one strong voice to urge the government and private sector to listen to the community’s concerns and take action to address this urgent global health crisis. It is their firm belief that, working together, they will find the missing pieces of the puzzle.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

230 North 13 th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215)567-7000
www.bbbs.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters matches children of promise ages 8-18 with caring adults in professionally-supported mentoring relationships. Founded in 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters, present in 5,000 communities around America, served 246,000 children in 2006.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America

1275 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404)487-5700
www.bgca.org

In every community, boys and girls are left to find their own recreation and companionship in the streets. An increasing number of children are at home with no adult care or supervision. Young people need to know that someone cares about them.

Boys & Girls Clubs offer that and more. Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence. Boys & Girls Clubs are a safe place to learn and grow – all while having fun. They are truly The Positive Place For Kids.

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Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation

1427 Clarkview Road
Baltimore, MD 21209
(877)RIPKEN1
www.ripkenfoundation.org

Using the baseball and softball field to help teach life’s critical lessons, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation is working with young people residing in disadvantaged communities throughout America. Our goal is to teach youth the importance of choosing a healthy lifestyle, and making smart and productive decisions in their lives. We want them to learn that embracing lifelong character traits such as perseverance, commitment, developing good nutritional habits, and giving back to their communities, will expose them to opportunities and experiences that will help them become successful and contributing adults. The ball field is simply the vehicle we use to get their attention, open their eyes to their own potential, and teach them that success is within their grasp.

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CARE

151 Ellis Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-2440
(800)521-CARE (2273)
www.care.org

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.

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City Year

285 Columbus Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
(617)927-2500
www.cityyear.org

City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors and role models, these diverse young leaders make a difference in the lives of children and transform schools and neighborhoods at 19 locations across the United States and in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year has established programs in Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Columbia, SC; Columbus; Detroit; Little Rock/North Little Rock; Los Angeles; Louisiana: Baton Rouge; Louisiana: New Orleans; Miami; New Hampshire; New York; Greater Philadelphia; Rhode Island; San Antonio; San Jose/Silicon Valley; Seattle/King County; South Africa and Washington, D.C. City Year is a proud member of AmeriCorps.

City Year’s vision is that one day the most commonly asked question of a young person will be, “Where are you going to do your service year?”

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Communities In Schools

2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 801 Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 519-8999
www.cisnet.org

Communities In Schools is the nation’s leading community-based organization helping kids stay in school and prepare for life. For 30 years, CIS has championed the connection of needed community resources with schools. By bringing caring adults into the schools to address children’s unmet needs, CIS provides the link between educators and the community. The result: Teachers are free to teach, and students – many in jeopardy of dropping out – finally have the opportunity to focus on learning.

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CureSearch for Children's Cancer

4600 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814-3457
(800)458-6223
www.curesearch.org

Through public education, advocacy and fundraising, CureSearch for Children's Cancer supports the work of the Children’s Oncology Group, the world’s premier pediatric cancer research collaborative, treating more than 90% of all children diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. This network of more than 5,0000 dedicated experts improves cure rates at a much faster pace than could any one individual or single institution could accomplish acting alone.

In spite of amazing progress, cancer remains the #1 cause of death in children. Each year, 12,500 children are diagnosed with cancer. Only research cures childhood cancer. Help save the lives of children with cancer and give them the chance to celebrate life’s milestones. Together, we can conquer childhood cancer.

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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

1140 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036
2024488447
www.pedaids.org

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation was born from a mother’s love for her children. Elizabeth Glaser contracted the AIDS virus through a blood transfusion in 1981 when giving birth to her daughter, Ariel. Elizabeth and her husband, Paul Glaser, later learned that she had unknowingly passed the virus to Ariel and then to their son, Jacob. Following Ariel’s death in 1988, Elizabeth joined with close friends Susie Zeegen and Susan DeLaurentis to create a foundation with a simple but critical mission: to bring hope to all children with AIDS.

Although Elizabeth lost her own battle with AIDS, her life is a testament to the power that all mothers have to make a difference in their own lives and the lives of their children. Elizabeth’s legacy also lives on in her son, Jacob, who is a healthy young adult. Thanks to the Foundation’s commitment to research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs, the lives of many other children around the world have been saved as well.

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Farm Aid

501 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02141
(800)FARM-AID
www.farmaid.org

Farm Aid is a non-profit organization whose mission is to keep family farmers on the land. Farm Aid promotes food from family farms, links consumers looking for good food to the farmers growing it, helps farmers thrive, and challenges the dominant industrial food system. Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and raise funds to keep farm families on the land. Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001. Farm Aid has raised more than $33 milion to promote the alternative to the industrial food system: a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture. www.farmaid.org.

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Feeding America

35 East Wacker Drive
Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60601
(312)263-2303
www.feedingamerica.org

Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to 37 million Americans each year, including nearly 14 million children and nearly 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 member food banks support more than 61,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit www.feedingamerica.org.

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The GRAMMY® Foundation

3402 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310)392-3777
www.grammyfoundation.com

The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture — from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of music professionals. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through programs and activities that engage the music industry and cultural community as well as the general public. The Foundation works in partnership year-round with The Recording Academy to bring national attention to important issues such as the value and impact of music and arts education and the urgency of preserving our rich cultural heritage.

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Habitat for Humanity International

121 Habitat Street
Americus, GA 31709
(888)HABITAT
www.habitat.org

Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built more than 300,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 1.5 million people. For more information, visit www.habitat.org.

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The Humane Society of the United States

2100 L Street NW Washington, DC 20037
(202)452-1100
www.humanesociety.org

The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s largest animal protection organization—backed by 11 million Americans, or one of every 28. For more than a half-century, The HSUS has been fighting for the protection of all animals through advocacy, education, and hands-on programs. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty—on the web at humanesociety.org.

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Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation

3282 Northside Parkway N.W.
Suite 100; Atlanta, Georgia 30327
(404)279-5211
www.jajf.org

The Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation® is the first and only resource nationally to provide memory opportunities for children who have a Mom or Dad with late-stage, limited life cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates 571,000 Americans died of cancer this past year. Many were parents leaving behind grieving children.

“Treating families to WOW! Experiences®, giving children, who will lose their Mom or Dad to cancer, a timeout to create indispensable memories together…while they can” is our mission and purpose. A WOW! is a unique, memorable experience that allows the family to enjoy time with each other away from their new normal of living with cancer. WOW! Experiences® include: concerts, resort stays, The Grammys, The Oscars, American Idol, The X-Games; professional and college sports, Broadway shows, cruises; theme parks and attractions; and even private tours of the White House.

These children and these families (together) deserve to call timeout from the throes, hardship and miserable anticipation of losing their Mom or Dad. Most of the Dads and Moms The Foundation "treats" die within 2-5 months after they go on their WOW! Experience®. This is meaningful, tangible and indispensable. Your support will give these families a cherished timeout...together….while they can. What a gift. Indispensable is an appropriate word. "Memories become our greatest inheritance"®

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Jumpstart for Young Children

308 Congress Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
(617)542-5867
www.jstart.org

Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. By pairing trained adult mentors with underserved preschoolers for a full school year, Jumpstart helps children develop the language, literacy, and social skills they’ll need to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. Jumpstart is currently serving nearly 15,000 children across 20 states.

Jumpstart is the five-time recipient of the Fast Company/Monitor Social Capitalist Award and has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. Since the organization’s founding in 1993, Jumpstart has served more than 75,000 preschool children and its national awareness campaigns have reached millions. For more information, visit www.jstart.org.

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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

120 Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005
(800)223-1138
www.jdrf.org

JDRF is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children and adults suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation.

Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.3 billion to diabetes research, including more than $156 million in FY2008. In FY2008 the Foundation funded more than 1,000 centers, grants and fellowships in 22 countries.

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The Leary Firefighters Foundation

594 Broadway, Suite 409
New York, NY 10012
(212)343-0240
www.learyfirefighters.org

The mission of The Leary Firefighters Foundation is to provide resources for fire departments to obtain the highest level of equipment, technology and training as well as to provide resources to the families of firefighters who have perished or been injured in the line of duty.

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

1311 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310 White Plains, NY 10605
800-955-4572
www.lls.org

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

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Malaria No More

432 Park Avenue South, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212)584-5710
www.malarianomore.org

Malaria No More is determined to end malaria deaths in Africa—and we’re helping the world get it done. Malaria No More leverages high-impact communications to engage the world, global advocacy to rally leadership and strategic investments to accelerate progress. To support our efforts, we mobilize resources from the private sector to maximize every opportunity to save lives. We’re working to provide universal access to malaria interventions in Africa by December 31, 2010 and end malaria deaths by 2015.

A non-profit, non-governmental organization, Malaria No More was established in 2006 by business leaders looking to apply private sector expertise and entrepreneurial methods to tackle this global health crisis. With affiliates in the United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands and Germany and the Washington, DC-based Malaria Policy Center, Malaria No More works tirelessly to galvanize the world in the global fight against malaria.

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MusiCares® Foundation

3402 Pico Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310)392-3777
www.grammy.com/musicares

Established in 1989 by The Recording Academy®, MusiCares® provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community. For more information, please visit www.musicares.com.

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National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Charles B. Wang International Children's Building
699 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3175
(703)274-3900
www.missingkids.com

Established in 1984, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children provides for and spearheads national efforts to locate and recover missing children; raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, endangerment, and sexual exploitation; and actively trains professionals in law enforcement and other professionals that work with children.

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The National Children's Cancer Society

1 South Memorial Drive, Suite 800
St. Louis, MO 63102
(800)5-FAMILY
www.children-cancer.org

The mission of The National Children’s Cancer Society is to improve the quality of life for children with cancer and to reduce the risk of cancer by promoting children’s health through financial and in-kind assistance, advocacy, support services and education.

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National Federation of the Blind

1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410)659-9314
www.nfb.org

With more than 50,000 members nationwide, the National Federation of the Blind serves as the voice of the nation’s blind. We are blind people working together in local chapters, state organizations, and at our headquarters, the National Center for the Blind, to create a bright tomorrow for ourselves, for blind children, and for those who will come after us. We believe that our blindness does not need to stop us from living full and productive lives but that misunderstanding about blindness and lack of opportunity often prevent us from doing so.

We help parents of blind children, give scholarships to blind students, conduct a service which allows blind people to read newspapers over the telephone free of charge, operate the International Braille and Technology Center for the Blind, work to expand employment opportunities, and help blind senior citizens learn necessary skills to continue living independent lives. We seek out and welcome with gratitude assistance from sighted members of the general public who wish to join with us in our work.

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Natural Resources Defense Council

40 West 20th St.
New York, NY 10011
(212)727-2700
www.nrdc.org

The Natural Resources Defense Council is one of the nation’s most effective environmental action groups. Our mission is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.

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Outward Bound

100 Mystery Point Road
Garrison, NY 10524
(845)424-4000
www.outwardbound.org

The mission of Outward Bound is to inspire character development and self-discovery in people of all ages and walks of life through challenge and adventure, and to impel them to achieve more than they ever thought possible, to show compassion for others and to actively engage in creating a better world.

Your contribution will be invested in scholarships that will enable students chosen because of need or merit to participate in Outward Bound courses. Your support helps us to create programs rich with socio-economic and ethnic diversity, to explore our differences as our greatest strengths, and to return our students to their communities with greater knowledge of themselves and how they can positively impact the world around them.

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The Partnership at Drugfree.org

405 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1601
New York, NY 10174
(212)922-1560
www.drugfree.org

The Partnership at Drugfree.org helps parents prevent, intervene in and find treatment for drug and alcohol use by their children. As a national leader in the effort to reduce drug use and drinking among teens we provide the necessary tools parents want to help them protect their kids from risky behaviors.

Bringing together parents, renowned scientists, parent experts and communications professionals, we are a health organization that not only translates current research on teen behavior, addiction and treatment into easy to understand, resources at drugfree.org, but also offers hope and help to the parents of the 11 million teens and young adults who struggle with drugs and alcohol. Parents connect with one another through our online community, tap into expert advice for children of all ages and find support in their role as the most important influence in the lives of their kids.

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Peace First

280 Summer Street
Mezzanine Level
Boston, MA 02210
(617)261-3833
www.peacefirst.org

Peace First (formerly Peace Games), which began as a response to the sky-rocketing youth homicide rates in the early 1990s, works in partnership with schools to build safe, effective school climates where children learn how to be engaged and active citizens. The heart of this program is a Pre-K-8 service-learning curriculum integrated weekly into the academic frameworks of the school, taught by young adult volunteers in partnership with the classroom teacher. This work is supported by intense coaching with principals and lead teachers to deepen their efficacies at supporting academically and emotionally successful young people.

Peace First exists to teach students to become problem-solvers with the ability, and the inclination, to create social change. We work with schools to empower students with the skills, relationships, and opportunities to be engaged, positive forces in their communities and throughout their lives. We show them they have the power, creativity, and responsibility to create peace.

Peace First operates in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York; Tickets for Charity donations will help us grow our work in these regions.

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Red Sox Foundation

4 Yawkey Way
Boston, MA 02215

www.redsoxfoundation.org

The Red Sox Foundation is committed to using the power of the Red Sox and the passion of their fans to support programs serving children throughout New England and Red Sox Nation.

There are four cornerstones of the Red Sox Foundation. The first is the Jimmy Fund at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, which provides inspiring breakthroughs in the battles against children’s cancer. The second is the Teen Center Dimock Health and Community Center, a program that opens doors of opportunity to children in some of Boston's poorest neighborhoods through tutoring, anti-drug and violence prevention programs, counseling, job training, and recreational activities. Dimock’s teen center is an island of security for kids in the inner city.

The Red Sox Foundation also funds The Red Sox Scholars program, which each year provides 25 college scholarships of $5,000 each plus accrued interest and mentoring to financially challenged, academically talented sixth graders. And the fourth cornerstone of the Red Sox Foundation is children's athletic programs including youth baseball and Children’s Retreats at the Ron Burton Training Village in central Massachusetts, where children learn life skills and improve their self esteem.

The Red Sox Foundation also focuses on children who live in New England’s group homes, or what were once known as orphanages. The largest team charity in Major League Baseball, the Red Sox Foundation also supports many other children's charities throughout New England.

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Starkey Hearing Foundation

6700 Washington Avenue S.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(866)354-3254
www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org

Bringing understanding among people through hearing care by focusing on awareness, education, protection and treatment, so the world may hear.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®

501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105
1-800-746-1539
www.stjude.org

Local hospitals are vital to the health of children in every community. But St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® has a unique mission – to generate the knowledge that will save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children stricken with cancer and other catastrophic diseases throughout the nation and around the world.

We remain committed to our founder Danny Thomas’ dream that some day no child will die in the dawn of life. We urge you to help us by becoming a part of our great mission of finding cures and saving children.

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Wildlife Conservation Society

2300 Southern Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10460
(718)220-5100
www.wcs.org

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is an international organization and home to the largest urban wildlife park — the Bronx Zoo, as well as the New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, and Prospect Park Zoo. WCS is compelled to teach others about our natural world and inspire others to care about its future. WCS conservationists work on more than 500 projects in 60 countries helping national governments, local communities, other non-government organizations, and private donors to protect a stunning 200 million acres of land and seascapes—harboring approximately 25 percent of the Earth’s biodiversity. Now—more than ever—we look to the generosity of our committed supporters to help us continue our vital conservation work here in New York and throughout the globe. Have no doubt—your pivotal support will help change the future of our natural world.

The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

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Wounded Warrior Project

7020 A.C. Skinner Parkway, Suite 100
Jacksonville, FL 32256
877-TEAM-WWP
www.woundedwarriorproject.org

Wounded Warrior Project is a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. For more information, please call 877 TEAM WWP (832-6997) or visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org.

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United Way Worldwide

701 North Fairfax St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703)836-7112
www.unitedway.org

United Way is a national network of nearly 1,300 local organizations that work to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health.

United Way Worldwide is the international organization dedicated to leading the United Way movement. Local United Ways create long-lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of the most significant local issues. Common focus areas include helping children and youth achieve their potential, promoting financial stability and independence, and improving people’s health. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of problems.

It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. So we bring together people from all across the community–government, business, faith groups, nonprofits, the labor movement, ordinary citizens–to tackle the issues. Because we all win when a child succeeds in school, when a family becomes financially stable, when people have good health.

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YouthBuild

58 Day Street
Somerville, MA 02144
(617)623-9900
www.youthbuild.org

The mission of YouthBuild USA is to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income youth to rebuild their communities and their lives.

Today there are 226 YouthBuild programs in 41 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, engaging approximately 8,000 young adults per year. Since 1994, more than 84,000 YouthBuild students have produced 18,000 units of affordable housing.

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