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  1. Friendship Circle Offering Friendship To Individuals With Special Needs Friendship Circle is founded upon the idea that within each person is a soul; and that soul is equal and worthy of boundless love. With this inspiration, the lives of the families we serve are enhanced while the volunteers reap the rewards of selfless giving. Friendship Circle creates friendship in the lives of individuals with special needs and those facing isolation while providing an opportunity to become a contributing member of the...
  2. Impact100 Oakland County Women Engaging In Large-Scale Giving To Nonprofits Serving Oakland County Impact100 Oakland County is an organization of women committed to the community. The idea is simple: 100 women, each giving $1,000 resulting in a grant of $100,000 to an organization that has a big idea to make a difference. Since its inception in 2016, the organization has awarded $2.5 million to projects in Oakland County. Headquarters Oakland County, Michigan Reach Local Founded 2015 Website impact100oakl...
  3. Step Up Guiding Every Girl To Their Success Step Up is a mentorship nonprofit providing the structure for girls (and those who identify with girlhood) to define their ideal destination and get there -- wherever that destination may be. Through structured programs, focused mentorship support, and inspiring connections, we help girls define and achieve their unique visions of success. After participating in Step Up's mentorship programs, teens report: 83% growth in confidence, 82% growth in self...
  4. Testicular Cancer Foundation Provide Education, Awareness And Support For Testicular Cancer We provide education, awareness and support for Testicular Cancer, which is the most common cancer in males ages 15-34. Headquarters Austin, Texas Reach United States Founded 2009 Website testicularcancer.org Contact Info@TCancer.org SEND ABOVE INFO
  5. Project Onward Extraordinary Art. Extraordinary People. Project Onward is a nonprofit studio and gallery for professional artists with mental and developmental disabilities. Project Onward supports the professional development of artists with exceptional talents and challenges – ranging from autism to mental illness – and provides these artists with workspace, materials, professional guidance, exhibition opportunities and access to markets to sell their work and advance their careers. In opening the stud...
  6. Awakenings Project Assisting Artists With Psychiatric Illnesses In Honing Their Craft The Awakenings Project is a grass-roots, all-volunteer initiative whose mission is to assist artists with psychiatric illnesses in developing their craft and finding an outlet for their creative abilities through art in all forms. The Awakenings Studio is a supportive art studio used for art exhibits, work spaces, writing workshops, play rehearsals, receptions, and more. We also work to raise public awareness and acceptance...
  7. Triage Cancer Free Cancer Survivorship Education To Help People Move Beyond Diagnosis Triage Cancer provides quality information about the practical and legal issues that may impact individuals after a cancer diagnosis and their caregivers. Armed with that information, individuals not only get the big picture, but they can better decide what needs to be handled first and what can wait until later – the very definition of triage. We provide educational speakers, webinars, conferences, blogs, videos, printa...
  8. Little Heroes League Care Coordination For Medically Complex Babies Little Heroes League helps babies born with multiple health challenges achieve their best life outcomes by providing care coordination that begins as early as birth in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and continues through hospital discharge to home. Together with the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, we are implementing a first-in-the-country program to provide care coordination for infants with medical complexity and t...
  9. Inflammatory Breast Cancer International Consortium Worldwide Collaborative Research To End Inflammatory Breast Cancer The Inflammatory Breast Cancer International Consortium (IBC-IC) gathers researchers, clinicians, healthcare centers and advocates around the world to share research, information and education about inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). The IBC-IC is focused on collaborating and advancing research that will not only lead to the best outcomes and cures for IBC throughout the world, but also improved screening, early detection a...
  10. H Foundation Committed To Finding A Cure For Cancer Through Basic Science Cancer Research Cancer is personal. We, at The H Foundation, are united by the common goal to make a difference in the fight against cancer through Basic Science Cancer Research to accelerate discoveries that can lead to cures. The H Foundation was created, as all great ideas are, by a few entrepreneurial friends over a cocktail called the Goombay Smash. Every summer, The H Foundation hosts the Goombay Bash, a Caribbean-style fun...
  11. Picking Me Foundation #PickingMe Over Skin Picking Almost losing her leg to Dermatillomania because of her compulsive skin picking, Lauren McKeaney turned her decades of anguish into answers and created the Picking Me Foundation. The Skin Picking Disorder is a body-focused repetitive behavior where a person picks, scratches or digs into their skin in an attempt to improve perceived imperfections, but which often results in tissue damage, discoloration, infection, or scarring. The Picking Me Foundation is dedicat...
  12. Global Lyme Alliance Fighting For A Lyme-Free World Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) is dedicated to conquering Lyme and other tick-borne diseases through research, education and awareness. Headquarters Stamford, Connecticut Reach International Founded 2015 Website GLA.org Contact Info@GLA.org (203) 969-1333 SEND ABOVE INFO
  13. Outdoor Mindset An Outdoor-Focused Community For People Impacted By Neurological Challenges In 2010, thirteen individuals came together inspired by a mutual friend’s determination to make something great come from a recent diagnosis of a brain tumor. Everyone shared a link to a neurological challenge (brain tumors, aneurysms, epilepsy, etc.). Their experiences ranged from personal diagnosis to supporting diagnosed family members and friends. The group also shared a passion for the outdoors, an unyielding ...
  14. Canine Therapy Corps Free Animal-Assisted Therapy Programs For Individuals Facing Disabilities, Trauma Or Illness For over 25 years, Canine Therapy Corps’ therapy dogs have motivated individuals to regain strength, confidence, and independence as they persevere over traumatic injuries and devastating illness or live with chronic disabilities, both physical and emotional. Each of Canine Therapy Corps’ ongoing program sessions foster an atmosphere where successful interactions with therapy dogs provide participa...
  15. Cycle Forward Getting Tampons And Sanitary Pads Into The Hands Of Women Who Struggle To Afford Them A high school junior, Sophie Draluck founded Cycle Forward after learning about women’s lack of access to menstrual hygiene products overseas and in our own country. Cycle Forward’s mission is to both provide feminine hygiene products to women and girls who struggle to – or cannot – afford them and to generate awareness about access, equity and other issues related to menstruation. The nonprofit organizatio...
  16. ChiGivesBack Inspiring, Empowering And Influencing People In Our Community To Give Back To Others ChiGivesBack is a goodwill and social-impact organization that provides donation opportunities within Chicagoland. Our goal is to improve the welfare of the Chicagoland community via innovative giving drives and charity events. At our “Teach2Give” event, we collect classroom supplies that help underfunded Chicagoland teachers to prepare their classrooms. At our “Chicagoland Toy Drive” event – held during t...