Gweneviere Mann FoundationFunding Research For Early Detection Of Lung Cancer The Gweneviere Mann Foundation (GMF) was created to honor the memory of Gweneviere Mann, an accomplished musician, writer, and marathon runner who overcame a brain tumor only to ten years later lose a battle with a rare form of lung cancer. Throughout her life, Gweneviere was committed to learning and growing as an artist and athlete — and always thriving. With the mission of helping more people thrive in life like Gweneviere did, GMF awa...
Think It LoudCreating Customized Bracelets To Inspire Young Patients th!nk it LOUD spreads messages of hope and compassion through customized bracelet donations to young patients facing adversity or hardship. Our team goes into hospitals and interacts with young patients to help them come up with a word or phrase that inspires them, then we personally stamp that word or phrase on a wearable item and give it to the young patient as a reminder to th!nk it LOUD! The wearable, empowering accessory helps pa...
Stupid CancerBuilding Community And Ending Isolation For Adolescent And Young Adult Cancer Survivors Stupid Cancer offers a lifeline to the young adult cancer community by connecting adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors and caregivers to age-appropriate resources and peers who get it. Our mission is to empower AYA cancer survivors by ending isolation and building community. CancerCon is a four-day conference that brings together hundreds of patients, survivors, caregivers, advocates, and h...
FEASTPromoting Wellness And Enriching Lives Through The Power Of Healthy Food And Human Connection At FEAST, we believe that a healthy life has three main ingredients: whole foods, whole people, and whole communities. FEAST was created to help families struggling with the effects of living in a broken food system to live healthier, more nourishing lives. Working in schools, community centers, and hospitals, FEAST serves parents or heads of households through our comprehensive sixteen-week wellnes...
GOODProjectsPersonal, Academic, And Career Opportunities For Underserved Youth And Their Families GOODProjects is a community-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to “Giving Out Opportunities Daily” to underserved youth and their families to help them live fulfilling lives free from poverty and violence and with improvements in health and wellness. We meet our youth and families where they are and work with them to progress through an individualized success plan. We provide workforce development tr...
Green Star MovementInspiring Students And Transforming Communities Through The Creation Of Public Art Green Star Movement inspires students and community members through the creation of public art. This interactive process builds teamwork and self-esteem in participants and revitalizes urban neighborhoods. We annually serve over 2,000 students and adults with mural arts programming and have successfully transformed the interiors and exteriors of over 160 public spaces, including schools, parks, community cen...
Simply From The HeartProvides Hospitalized Patients With Complimentary Bedside Beauty Services Simply From The Heart provides complimentary beauty services to help raise self-esteem and encourage well-being. During a volunteer shift, we deploy what is known as the “Glam Squad” to pamper individuals suffering from a terminal illness or life-threatening disease and undergoing extended hospital stays and treatment. We believe bringing the small things in life that a person can take for granted — manicures, makeover...
Bounce Children's FoundationProviding Experiences And Resources To Help Chronically Ill Children And Their Families To Thrive Bounce Children’s Foundation transforms the lives of chronically ill children, and their families, by shifting all from surviving to thriving. We offer free family outings, peer support, educational sessions about vital coping skills, tickets for sporting events and theater shows, family care packages, and resources to help them combat daily hardships. Offered at no cost to these brave fighter...
Foundation For Women's CancerGynecologic Cancer Research, Education, And Public Awareness The Foundation for Women's Cancer (FWC) steadily pursues its mission of supporting research, education, and public awareness of gynecologic cancers. The FWC is the official foundation of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), the premiere medical specialty society for healthcare professionals trained in the comprehensive management of gynecologic cancers. The FWC has granted millions of dollars in research grants and awar...
Ada S. McKinley Community ServicesTo Empower, Educate, And Employ Ada S. McKinley Community Services was founded as a settlement house in 1919 by Ada Sophia McKinley, a schoolteacher and social reformer, who saw the need to assist veterans returning from World War I and African Americans migrating from the South. Having just completed celebrating its 100th anniversary, the agency serves more than 7,000 people annually at over 70 locations, primarily in Illinois/Chicago with additional sites in Indiana and Wisconsin. Ada S....
Amanda Hope Rainbow AngelsProviding Dignity And Comfort To Childhood Cancer Warriors Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels brings dignity and comfort into the harsh world of childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases across Arizona. Through our Comfycozy’s For Chemo apparel, Comfort and Care Counseling, Major Distractions (spa days, sports camps, teen nights, etc.), and Financial Assistance, we support the here-and-now needs of families that have a child who is fighting cancer or a life-threatening disease. Lorraine...
Future FoundersYouth Entrepreneurship Skills and Support Future Founders believes every youth can become an entrepreneur. Through in-class entrepreneurship workshops, skill development bootcamps, internships in the entrepreneurial community, and leadership-driven accelerator programs, we immerse youth in experiences that inspire and empower them to create their own opportunity. We believe this leads to a generation more determined, hopeful, and equipped as they engage the future. Since 2005, our programs...
Center For Success NetworkUniting Literacy And Community To Empower Students In The Journey Of Education The Center for Success Network seeks to empower individuals and families to live successful lives by igniting a passion for education and inspiring students to thrive academically. Through individualized, one-on-one literacy sessions with our dedicated mentors, learner-specific enrichment activities, and educational summer programs provided by our community partners, we help students to make measurable gains acros...
Family EqualityAdvancing Equality For LBGTQ+ Families Family Equality advances legal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ families, and for those who wish to form them, through building community, changing hearts and minds, and driving policy change. Family Equality believes every LGBTQ+ person should have the right and opportunity to form and sustain a loving family, regardless of who they are or where they live. Among many other services, Family Equality connects LGBTQ+ families across the country, educates a...
Share Our SpareDistributing Baby And Toddler Essentials To Families In Need At Share Our Spare, our mission is to ensure that every child in Chicago has the essentials they need to thrive in the first five years of life. We do this by collecting new and gently used baby and toddler items from those with “extras” to spare and distributing them to families living in poverty through a sustainable network of volunteers, community stakeholders, and social service agencies. Items include: diapers, strollers, c...
BackbonesOne-On-One Spinal Cord Injury And Disease Support Backbones exists to help people with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D) and their families connect with their communities. We do that by creating events and experiences that promote awareness and engage people of all abilities. Headquarters Chicago, Illinois Reach International Founded 2009 Website BackbonesOnline.com Contact (618) 724-5484 SEND ABOVE INFO
Gweneviere Mann Foundation
Funding Research For Early Detection Of Lung Cancer The Gweneviere Mann Foundation (GMF) was created to honor the memory of Gweneviere Mann, an accomplished musician, writer, and marathon runner who overcame a brain tumor only to ten years later lose a battle with a rare form of lung cancer. Throughout her life, Gweneviere was committed to learning and growing as an artist and athlete — and always thriving. With the mission of helping more people thrive in life like Gweneviere did, GMF awa...
Think It Loud
Creating Customized Bracelets To Inspire Young Patients th!nk it LOUD spreads messages of hope and compassion through customized bracelet donations to young patients facing adversity or hardship. Our team goes into hospitals and interacts with young patients to help them come up with a word or phrase that inspires them, then we personally stamp that word or phrase on a wearable item and give it to the young patient as a reminder to th!nk it LOUD! The wearable, empowering accessory helps pa...
Stupid Cancer
Building Community And Ending Isolation For Adolescent And Young Adult Cancer Survivors Stupid Cancer offers a lifeline to the young adult cancer community by connecting adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors and caregivers to age-appropriate resources and peers who get it. Our mission is to empower AYA cancer survivors by ending isolation and building community. CancerCon is a four-day conference that brings together hundreds of patients, survivors, caregivers, advocates, and h...
FEAST
Promoting Wellness And Enriching Lives Through The Power Of Healthy Food And Human Connection At FEAST, we believe that a healthy life has three main ingredients: whole foods, whole people, and whole communities. FEAST was created to help families struggling with the effects of living in a broken food system to live healthier, more nourishing lives. Working in schools, community centers, and hospitals, FEAST serves parents or heads of households through our comprehensive sixteen-week wellnes...
GOODProjects
Personal, Academic, And Career Opportunities For Underserved Youth And Their Families GOODProjects is a community-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to “Giving Out Opportunities Daily” to underserved youth and their families to help them live fulfilling lives free from poverty and violence and with improvements in health and wellness. We meet our youth and families where they are and work with them to progress through an individualized success plan. We provide workforce development tr...
Green Star Movement
Inspiring Students And Transforming Communities Through The Creation Of Public Art Green Star Movement inspires students and community members through the creation of public art. This interactive process builds teamwork and self-esteem in participants and revitalizes urban neighborhoods. We annually serve over 2,000 students and adults with mural arts programming and have successfully transformed the interiors and exteriors of over 160 public spaces, including schools, parks, community cen...
Simply From The Heart
Provides Hospitalized Patients With Complimentary Bedside Beauty Services Simply From The Heart provides complimentary beauty services to help raise self-esteem and encourage well-being. During a volunteer shift, we deploy what is known as the “Glam Squad” to pamper individuals suffering from a terminal illness or life-threatening disease and undergoing extended hospital stays and treatment. We believe bringing the small things in life that a person can take for granted — manicures, makeover...
Bounce Children's Foundation
Providing Experiences And Resources To Help Chronically Ill Children And Their Families To Thrive Bounce Children’s Foundation transforms the lives of chronically ill children, and their families, by shifting all from surviving to thriving. We offer free family outings, peer support, educational sessions about vital coping skills, tickets for sporting events and theater shows, family care packages, and resources to help them combat daily hardships. Offered at no cost to these brave fighter...
Foundation For Women's Cancer
Gynecologic Cancer Research, Education, And Public Awareness The Foundation for Women's Cancer (FWC) steadily pursues its mission of supporting research, education, and public awareness of gynecologic cancers. The FWC is the official foundation of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), the premiere medical specialty society for healthcare professionals trained in the comprehensive management of gynecologic cancers. The FWC has granted millions of dollars in research grants and awar...
Ada S. McKinley Community Services
To Empower, Educate, And Employ Ada S. McKinley Community Services was founded as a settlement house in 1919 by Ada Sophia McKinley, a schoolteacher and social reformer, who saw the need to assist veterans returning from World War I and African Americans migrating from the South. Having just completed celebrating its 100th anniversary, the agency serves more than 7,000 people annually at over 70 locations, primarily in Illinois/Chicago with additional sites in Indiana and Wisconsin. Ada S....
Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels
Providing Dignity And Comfort To Childhood Cancer Warriors Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels brings dignity and comfort into the harsh world of childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases across Arizona. Through our Comfycozy’s For Chemo apparel, Comfort and Care Counseling, Major Distractions (spa days, sports camps, teen nights, etc.), and Financial Assistance, we support the here-and-now needs of families that have a child who is fighting cancer or a life-threatening disease. Lorraine...
Future Founders
Youth Entrepreneurship Skills and Support Future Founders believes every youth can become an entrepreneur. Through in-class entrepreneurship workshops, skill development bootcamps, internships in the entrepreneurial community, and leadership-driven accelerator programs, we immerse youth in experiences that inspire and empower them to create their own opportunity. We believe this leads to a generation more determined, hopeful, and equipped as they engage the future. Since 2005, our programs...
Center For Success Network
Uniting Literacy And Community To Empower Students In The Journey Of Education The Center for Success Network seeks to empower individuals and families to live successful lives by igniting a passion for education and inspiring students to thrive academically. Through individualized, one-on-one literacy sessions with our dedicated mentors, learner-specific enrichment activities, and educational summer programs provided by our community partners, we help students to make measurable gains acros...
Family Equality
Advancing Equality For LBGTQ+ Families Family Equality advances legal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ families, and for those who wish to form them, through building community, changing hearts and minds, and driving policy change. Family Equality believes every LGBTQ+ person should have the right and opportunity to form and sustain a loving family, regardless of who they are or where they live. Among many other services, Family Equality connects LGBTQ+ families across the country, educates a...
Share Our Spare
Distributing Baby And Toddler Essentials To Families In Need At Share Our Spare, our mission is to ensure that every child in Chicago has the essentials they need to thrive in the first five years of life. We do this by collecting new and gently used baby and toddler items from those with “extras” to spare and distributing them to families living in poverty through a sustainable network of volunteers, community stakeholders, and social service agencies. Items include: diapers, strollers, c...
Backbones
One-On-One Spinal Cord Injury And Disease Support Backbones exists to help people with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D) and their families connect with their communities. We do that by creating events and experiences that promote awareness and engage people of all abilities. Headquarters Chicago, Illinois Reach International Founded 2009 Website BackbonesOnline.com Contact (618) 724-5484 SEND ABOVE INFO
