America's Charities

020400 America’s Charities
www.charities.org 800-458-9505 — Meeting community needs through member charity services impacting health, human service, education, human and civil rights, the environment. 5.46%

020420 American Center for Law and Justice
www.aclj.org 800-296-4529 — Public interest law firm defending religious freedoms. Legal services provided at no charge for those who are persecuted in their efforts to spread the gospel. 20.97%

020403 American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
www.aclu.org 212-549-2500 — Defends constitutional rights for all individuals in the U.S. Upholds free speech, religious liberty, equality, privacy, due process. Protects minorities, women, immigrants, and the poor. 11.93%

020402 American Foundation for the Blind
www.afb.org 800-232-5463 — Promote literacy through braille instruction and assistive technology; help older visually impaired people continue living independently; improve employment opportunities; promote access to technological products. 21.54%

020424 American Indian College Fund
www.collegfund.org 800-776-3863 - Our mission is to provide scholarships to students attending tribal colleges, create public awareness concerning the colleges and reservation life, and build an endowment. 13.98%

020416 Amnesty International of the USA
www.aiusa.org 212-807-8400 — World-wide human rights organization independent of governments and political ideologies working to free all prisoners of conscience, eliminate torture, executions, "disappearances." 1977 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. 13.22%

020404 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
www.tobaccofreekids.org 202-296-5469 — Advocates change in the social, political, legal, media, economic and ethical environments to reduce tobacco use among kids. Campaign works with many tobacco prevention programs. 27.07%

020443 Caring for Children Foundation of Texas
www.bcbstx.org 972-766-7960 — One-hundred percent of local donation to the Caring Program provide access to primary and preventive health care to non-Medicaid uninsured, school-age children in your local community. 0.77%

020410 Catholics United for Life
www.clji.org 800-764-8444 — Pro-life Catholic organization dedicated to defending human life from the moment of conception. Activities include sidewalk counseling, educational information and legal defense of religious liberties. 15.34%

020411 Childhelp USA
www.childhelpusa.org 800-422-4453 — Founded in 1959, one of the nation’s largest agencies dedicated to the treatment, prevention, and research of child abuse and neglect. 10.13%

020491 Covenant House
www.covenanthouse.org 800-388-3888 — Offers food, clothing, shelter, medical care, vocational training to homeless, at-risk youth in 21 North and Central American cities. Call NINELINE 800-999-9999 for nationwide assistance. 28.22%

020436 Dress for Success Worldwide
www.dressforsuccess.org 212-532-1922 - Provides interview suits to low-income women seeking employment. Women are referred by homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, job training programs, and substance abuse programs. 11.15%

020470 Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home
www.boystown.org 800-217-3700 — Girls and Boys Town provides food, clothing, shelter, education, spiritual, and medical care to homeless, neglected, abused, and communicatively handicapped boys and girls. 13.01%

020459 Give Kids The World
www.gktw.org 800-995-5437 — Give Kids The World is a nonprofit, 51-acre resort for children with terminal illnesses and their families which provides dream vacations to Central Florida attractions. 7.10%

020448 Grant-A-Wish Foundation
www.grant-a-wish.org 800-933-5470 — Give comfort and hope to critically ill children and their families. Ongoing programs, including Wish Granting, Respite and Hospital Housing, alleviate unimaginable stress. 10.00%

020421 Greenpeace Fund
www.greenpeaceusa.org 800-326-0959 - An independent, campaigning organization that uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global enironmental problems, and force solutions essential to a green and peacful future. 20.53%

020439 Hole in The Wall Gang Fund, The
www.holeinthewallgang.org 203-772-0522 - Founded by Paul Newman, a non-profit camp and year-round center, providing free services to children and their families coping with cancer and serious blood disorders. 6.76%

020441 Human Rights Campaign Foundation
www.hrc.org 800-777-4723 — Provides information and resources to educate the public and foster sound public policy to end discrimination against gays and lesbians. 30.09%

020452 Humane Society of the United States, The
www.hsus.org 800-808-7858 — Primary and motivating mission is the elimination of suffering and the prevention of cruelty to all living creatures. 24.70%

020478 Living Bank International, The
www.livingbank.org 800-528-2971 — Promotes organ and tissue donation through public education and maintains a national registry of those willing to donate. 14.07%

020426 Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
www.wish.org 800-722-9474 — The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. 16.94%

024536 Marywood
251-5433 — Statewide services include counseling and residential care to pregnant and parenting teens; adoption and post adoption services; and therapeutic foster care; group/home care. 20.63%

020498 Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
www.maldef.org 213-629-2512 — A national civil rights organization founded in 1968 in order to promote and protect the rights of the over 31 million Latinos in the U. S. 4.94%

020430 NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
www.naacpldf.org 800-221-7822 - Fights for equality, access to education, employment, health care, housing, environmental justice, voting rights, criminal justice. Provides scholarships to promising African-American undergraduates and law students. 15.24%

020431 NAACP Special Contribution Fund
www.naacp.org 877-622-2998 — Through 2,000 NAACP units nationwide, supports largest civil rights organization’s programs in education, housing, employment, voter education, military justice, emergency relief, legal assistance, youth services. 19.09%

020479 National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Foundation
www.naral.org 877-YOU DECIDE — Protects women’s right to reproductive choices, including contraception, bearing healthy children, and abortion. NARAL Foundation provides legal research, public education, training for 27 state affiliates. 4.19%

020435 National Black Child Development Institute
www.nbcdi.org 800-556-2234 — Exists to improve and protect the quality of life of African American children through educational programs, tutoring, training, public education, and other community outreach programs. 9.64%

020494 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
www.missingkids.com 888-246-2632 — Spearheads national and international efforts to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation. 7.01%

020484 Pediatric AIDS Foundation
www.pedaids.org 888-499-4673 — Creating hope for children with HIV/AIDS and other serious and life-threatening diseases. The only national foundation identifying, funding and conducting critical pediatric AIDS research. 8.37%

020433 PETsMART Charities
www.petsmartcharities.org 800-423-PETS - With millions of animals euthanized annually, this charity helps to find homes for homeless pets. It is also the leading funder of animal welfare groups. 23.70%

020465 Ronald McDonald House Charities
www.rmhc.org 630-623-7048 — Provides support to the 206 local Ronald McDonald Houses in communities around the world and makes grants to other worthwhile, not-for-profit organizations serving children. 9.59%

020490 SOS Children's Villages - USA
www.soschildrensvillages.org 800-886-5767 - Providing abused and neglected children with permanent, secure homes and loving families preparing them for independent futures in 435 villages in 131 nations worldwide. 19.62%

024515 Texas Network of Youth Services
www.tnoys.org 512-328-6860 — Our mission is to strengthen youth-serving agencies and communities through advocacy, collaboration, development quality services and to promote youth as valuable community resources. 9.25%

020461 Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
www.vvaf.org 800-BAN-MINES - Cofounder and coordinator of the 1997 Nobel Prize-winning landmine campaign. Operates international rehabilitation clinics, landmine awareness programs for adolescents and conducts mine impact surveys. 18.14%

024508 VSA Arts of Texas
www.vsatx.org 512-454-9912 - Dedicated to providing educational and career opportunities through the arts for children and adults with disabilities with music, dance, drama, writing, and visual arts. 21.54%

020477 Zero Population Growth
www.zpg.org 202-332-2200 — A national nonprofit organization working to slow population growth and achieve a sustainable balance of people, resources and the environment. 18.52%