Human Service / Non-Profit Mgmt is a major that will lead a person into the world of what are called “Non Profits.” Organizations like the Red Cross, Green Peace, Habitat for Humanity and the Lumina Foundation are all different forms of “Non Profits.” They generate their revenue from grants, gifts, and perhaps business interests designed no so much to turn a business profit, but rather, to better humanity due to their work.
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WWF's mission is the conservation of nature. Using the best available scientific knowledge and advancing that knowledge where we can, we work to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth. |
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Through grants for research, innovation, communication, and evaluation, as well as policy education and leadership development, Lumina Foundation addresses issues that affect access and educational attainment among all students, particularly underserved student groups, including adult learners.
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Since its founding in 1881 by visionary leader Clara Barton, the American Red Cross has been the nation's premier emergency response organization.
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Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
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U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), takes on powerful interests on behalf of the American public, working to win concrete results for our health and our well-being
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That was more than 30 years ago, and in that time, Greenpeace has indeed changed the world, and we continue to make the world a better place.
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services.
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The problems we face as a society often seem limitless, but so are the opportunities we have to address them. Philanthropy plays a vital role in easing suffering and advancing positive change, and the challenge for donors is to give in a way that contributes to lasting solutions.
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Established in 1956, and today supported by more than 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust.
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