Search Nonprofits - Project World Impact

Westside Pacific Villages

Westside Pacific Villages helps older adults remain active and independent, in the comfort and security of their own homes and neighborhoods. Our services and programs promote healthy and engaged living to improve the well-being of those we serve, and by extension, enhance and improve our community.

Los Angeles, California

Great Swamp Watershed Association

We monitor, protect and improve local streams. We train volunteers and educate our communities to further our mission. We advocate for responsible development practices and promote intelligent land use. We help shape the legislation that has impact on water and land resources of the watershed region. We work to ensure compliance with environmental regulation and legislation at all levels of government. We provide guidance, leadership and resources to the watershed communities on planning, zoning, water and land use issues.

New Vernon, New Jersey

Special Gifts Theatre Inc

The mission of Special Gifts Theatre is to foster self-confidence, social, speech and language skills in individuals with disabilities, using educational and therapeutic techniques with the stage as the platform, integrating creativity and fun. Core Values We Make a Difference in the Lives of Everyone We Touch! What we do has a profound, positive and lasting impact on the lives of every student, mentor, volunteer and audience member that experiences Special Gifts Theatre. We Do It One Individual at a Time! While the programming is organized in group classes, we focus on each student as an individual whose potential can be unlocked through individual attention. Everything is Done with Respect and Compassion! We treat every student with special needs and every mentor, volunteer and staff member with the utmost respect and compassion. We Celebrate Success at Every Turn! We focus on every step of the journey taking time to celebrate what is accomplished along the way no matter how small. We celebrate not only the achievements of our students, but the efforts of our mentors, staff and volunteers.

Northbrook, Illinois

i58 Global

To recruit, send, and organize relief workers. Empowering them to provide aid and share hope to the refugees in Lesvos, Greece and branching out into the world.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

BECKON

Beckon is a not for profit organization that develops young urban people into leaders for society. We value Christian faith, belief and the power of prayer. We value the lives of individuals who live in poverty in the city. We value a miraculous God who loves to transform individuals. We value the Christian community who is responsible to proclaim hope to hopeless lives through word, action and relationship. We value indigenous leadership development for church and community. We value integrity, righteousness and justiceWe value excellence in all that we do.

Bloomingdale, Illinois

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HOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INC

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

HUSTON, Texas

HOPE FOR THE CHILDREN OF HAITI INC

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

Woburn, Massachusetts

Conservation Colorado

Conservation Colorado works to protect Colorado’s environment and quality of life by mobilizing people and electing conservation-minded policy makers. We work closely with policy leaders, citizen activists, businesses and other allies, and have built a reputation as one of the leading conservation advocacy organizations in the region. In 2015, we are tackling everything from finalizing Colorado’s state water plan and ensuring the passage of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, to moving key public lands and wilderness bills that will protect iconic places across Colorado.

Denver, Colorado

National School Project

To recruit and train university students to coach and mentor high school students to reach their campuses for Christ.

Whittier

PANZI FOUNDATION

In 1999, Dr. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The region has been devastated by war and an epidemic of sexualized violence for twenty years. Today, the Panzi Hospital serves more than 400,000 constituents in the Ibanda Health Zone. The US based Panzi Foundation makes strategic investments at Panzi Hospital and Panzi Foundation DRC. We also develop and engage in strategic advocacy to end violence against women and girls in the DRC and around the world.

Washington, District Of Columbia

Peak Parent Center Inc

The mission of PEAK Parent Center is to provide training, information and technical assistance to equip families of children birth through twenty-six including all disability conditions with strategies to advocate successfully for their children. As a result of PEAK's services to families and professionals, children and adults with disabilities will live rich, active lives participating as full members of their schools and communities.