‘Non-profit’
MITRE Corporation
Sep. 5, 2018—MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates research and development centers sponsored by the federal government. They operate FFRDCs—federally funded research and development centers—which are unique organizations that assist the United States government with scientific research and analysis, development and acquisition and systems engineering and integration. They also have an independent research program that explores new and expanded...
Hub Accra
Nov. 21, 2016—Hub Accra is a globally integrated entrepreneurial community that promotes high-impact development in West Africa in a responsible, sustainable, and equitable way. The organization’s mission is to support inclusive growth in Ghana through the creation of a resilient and dynamic social innovation ecosystem by developing programs, providing workspace, access to capital and connecting entrepreneurs focused on creating...
AMOS Health & Hope
Mar. 17, 2016—AMOS is a Christian non-profit organization that exists to improve the health of impoverished communities by working alongside them in health, education and development. AMOS Health and Hope seeks to take action to help address the problems of poverty, disease and preventable deaths. The organizations is dedicated to improving the health and well being of people who suffer from...
Last Mile Health
Jan. 25, 2016—Founded by the survivors of Liberia’s civil war, Last Mile Health (LMH) saves lives in the world’s most remote villages. The organization specializes in the development and management of professionalized Community Health Workers who bridge the gap between hospital and remote villages, bringing critical services to the doorsteps of people living in the last mile. LMH’s...
Soles4Souls
Nov. 12, 2015—Soles4Souls is a not-for-profit global social enterprise committed to fighting poverty through the collection and distribution of shoes and clothing. Since 2006 Soles4Souls has collected and distributed 26 million pairs of shoes to those in need in 127 countries around the world and all 50 states in the U.S. It was founded as a disaster relief organization after philanthropists...
Carter Center
Nov. 6, 2015—The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity;...
Carter Center
Nov. 6, 2015—The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity;...
Wuqu’ Kawoq Maya Health Alliance
Sep. 28, 2015—Founded in 2007, Wuqu’ Kawoq Maya Health Alliance works to overcome barriers to health – uniting medicine, culture, and language. As the only health organization in Guatemala to provide high-quality health care in Mayan languages, Wuqu’ Kawoq operates on the beliefs that you should not have to choose between your culture and your health, you should...
Siloam Family Health Center
Aug. 6, 2015—Siloam Family Health Center began as a tiny, volunteer-driven, primary care clinic in the Edgehill neighborhood. Today it is a vibrant, health ministry with a beautiful 12,000 square foot facility, a staff of 36, over 300 volunteers, dozens of collaborating partners, and roughly 5,000 individual patients who come from all over Middle Tennessee. As a...
Tennessee Donor Services
May. 28, 2015—Tennessee Donor Services (TDS) is committed to save and enhance lives by connecting people through organ and tissue donation and transplantation. DCIDS Tissue Bank is a not-for-profit tissue bank accredited by AATB and registered with FDA. Tissues that can be donated are: corneas, musculoskelton tissue, heart values, veins/arteries and skin. TDS recovers, evaluates, processes and...
Partners in Health/Compañeros en Salud
May. 21, 2015—Partners In Health launched Compañeros En Salud (PIH/CES) in 2011, a sister organization that works with rural government clinics in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas—one of the most marginalized regions in the state—to improve staffing, supplies, and links with local communities. In partnership with local health jurisdictions, PIH/CES revitalizes underperforming rural clinics, providing high-quality health...
Lwala Community Alliance
Aug. 20, 2014—The mission of the Lwala Community Alliance is “to build the capacity of the people of Lwala to advance their own comprehensive well-being.” Through honed focus, holism, community collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and accountability, the Lwala Community Alliance works to accomplish this mission as a multi-dimensional community development agency. With health as the central focus, Lwala Community...