Agency Listings

GLOBAL IMPACT
[ charitable group code: 04 ]

040300 Global Impact           

www.charity.org 800-836-4620 “Founded in 1956, Global Impact supports over 50 U.S.-based international charities providng disaster relief, healthcare, education and economic opportunities to the world’s poorest people.” 2.73%

 

040301 ACCION International

www.accion.org 800-931-9951 ACCION is a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving people the tools that need - small business loans and training - to work their way out of poverty. 11.10%

 

040302 African Medical & Research Foundation

www.amref.org 800-836-4620 “Since 1957, has improved health for Africans through training, capacity building and advocacy in HIV/AIDS, malaria, family health, water and sanitation and clinical outreach.” 6.05%

 

040303 Africare

www.africare.org 800-836-4620 “Develops self-help programs in Africa to increase food production, develop clean water resources and mange the environment, strengthen health care and deliver emergency assistance.” 9.47%

 

040305 American Jewish World Service

www.ajws.org 800-889-7146 “Provides non-sectarian, sustainable development assistance, technical support and emergency relief to people in need in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine.”  10.86%

 

040306 American Leprosy Foundation

www.leprosy.org/lwm 877-241-1736 “Leprosy, one of the world's oldest diseases, afflicts approximately 2-4 million people worldwide. Our goal is to eradicate this devastating disease through scientific research” 10.86%

 

040313 American Refugee Committee

www.archq.org 800-875-7060 “Works for the survival, health and well being of the refugees, and displaced persons caught in the crossfire of civil violence, warfare, and other disasters.” 8.11%

 

040333 AmeriCares

www.americares.org 800-486-4357 AmeriCares is a non-profit disaster relief and medical assistance organization providing help and hope for all people irrespective of race creed or political persuasion.  0.51%

 

040308 CARE

www.careusa.org 800-521-2273 “Fights root causes of poverty in 66 countries; special focus on empowering poor women to lift themselves, their families and communities out of poverty.” 7.85%

 

040309 Catholic Relief Services

www.crs.org 888-277-7575 “Since 1943, in 99 countries, a leader in international relief and development, helping people in need, supporting self-help programs, restoring and preserving human dignity.”  4.62%

 

040324 Christian Children's Fund

www.christianchildrensfund.org 800-776-6767 “Christian Children's Fund is an international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the development and survival of children worldwide regardless of race, nationality, gender or religion.” 17.93%

 

040356 Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

www.crwrc.org 800-552-7972 “A relief, development, and justice organization that works in 30 of the world's poorest countries to help communities create positive change.” 12.32%

 

040336 Doctors Without Borders USA

www.doctorswithoutborders.org 888-392-0392 “An independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, and natural disasters, in over 70 countries.”  10.22%

 

040346 ECHO

www.echonet.org 800-836-4620 ECHO Fights world hunger by using science and technology to develop agricultural solutions to aid farmers in developing countries. 15.66%

 

040314 Freedom from Hunger

www.freedomfromhunger.org 800-708-2555 “A nonprofit, international development organization that brings innovative and sustainable self-help solutions to the fight against chronic hunger and poverty.”    23.41%

 

040342 Health Volunteers Overseas

www.hvousa.org 800-836-4620 “Trains, mentors and provides critical professional support to more than 2600 healthcare providers who care for the neediest population in over 25 countries.” 11.08%

 

040315 Heifer International

www.heifer.org 800-422-0474 “Helps poor families worldwide become self-sufficient by providing food and income producing animals, community development training and environmentally sound farming.” 21.43%

 

040316 Helen Keller International

www.hki.org 877-535-5374 Saves the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged; combats the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. 13.82%

 

040318 International Eye Foundation          

www.iefusa.org 800-836-4620 “Saves sight worldwide. Programs to control vitamin A deficiency, “river blindness” trachoma and cataracts. Provides local health worker training, technology transfer, eye surgery equipment, medicine.” 4.78%

 

040351 International Relief Teams

www.irteams.org 800-836-4620 “Sends medical and construction teams to assist disaster victims worldwide; conducts medical, surgical, and training programs to promote self-sufficiency in developing nations.” 1.57%

 

 

040319 International Rescue Committee

www.theirc.org 877-REFUGEE “Our commitment to freedom, human dignity, and self-reliance is reflected in well-planned global emergency relief, rehabilitation assistance, resettlement services, and advocacy for refugees.”       9.38%

 

040335 Lutheran World Relief

www.lwr.org 800-LWR-LWR2 “Works with partners in 35 countries to help people grow food, improve healthcare, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters.” 4.76%

 

040365 Mercy Corps

www.mercycorps.org 800-292-3355 “A nonprofit international relief and development agency that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.” 9.88%

 

040341 Near East Foundation          

www.nefdev.org 800-836-4620 To help the people of the Middle East and Africa build the future they envision for themselves.       19.93%

 

040312 Plan USA

www.planusa.org 800-556-7918 A nonprofit global partnership of caring people founded in 1937 to bring hope and help to the world's poorest children. 20.61%

 

040323 Planned Parenthood – World Population

www.plannedparenthood.org 800-829-7732    “Supports sexual and reproductive health programs in the developing world, in partnership with local nongovernmental organizations, that promote women's reproductive health, freedom and dignity.”            27.65%

 

040337 “PCI – Media Impact, Inc.”

www.population.org 877-PCI-SOAP “Production of radio and television soap operas that motivate people to adopt new attitudes and behaviors that foster reproductive health, gender equity and environmental protection.” 22.38%

 

040325 Project HOPE

www.projecthope.org 800-544-4673   “Provides sustainable improvements in health through education and humanitarian assistance, in 30 countries with 93% of revenues dedicated to programs in the field.” 7.32%

 

040350 Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

www.rotary.org 800-836-4620 “Our Polio Plus program provides vaccines and mobilizes communities, volunteers and resources in support of international efforts to immunize children and eradicate polio worldwide.”  13.76%

 

040326 Save the Children

www.savethechildren.org 800-728-3843 Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need in the US and around the world. 7.26%

 

040327 “TechnoServe, Inc.”

www.technoserve.org 800-999-6757 “Helps men and women in the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, communities and their countries.”  17.04%

 

040329 “UNICEF, U.S. Fund for”

www.unicefusa.org 800-4UNICEF “Works for the survival, protection and development of children worldwide through fundraising, education and advocacy.”   8.16%

 

040328 Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

www.uusc.org 800-766-5236 “Defends civil liberties and promotes environmental and economic justice with partners around the world, while engaging our members to serve as citizen activists.” 17.21%

 

040352 United Methodist Committee on Relief

www.gbgm.umc.org 800-554-8583 “Non-profit humanitarian organization focusing on the alleviation of hunger and poverty, disaster relief and refugee assistance. Providing local economic and agricultural development.” 3.60%

 

040366 United Seamen's Service

www.uss-ammla.com 800-836-4620   Provides overseas health and welfare services to the American Merchant Marine and seafarers of allied nations and a 24 hour hotline for emergency family assistance. 22.42%

 

040331 World Relief Corporation

www.wr.org 800-535-5433 Provides emergency relief and community based solutions to alleviate hunger and poverty in 20 countries and provides resettlement assistance to refugees in the United States. 13.57%

 

040370 World Vision

www.worldvision.org 888-511-6598 “Relief and development organization helping children worldwide by tackling causes of poverty and developing access to clean water, food, health care, education and economic opportunity.” 13.03%

 


 


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