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| Sesame Workshop develops innovative and engaging educational content for television, radio, books, magazines, interactive media and outreach. The Workshop effectively and efficiently reaches millions of children, parents, caregivers and educators-locally, nationally, and globally. |
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| Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools, and become lifelong leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting some of our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. |
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| Peace Games empowers students to create their own safe classrooms and communities by forming partnerships with elementary schools, families, and young adult volunteers. |
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| The Broad Superintendents Academy is a rigorous 10-month executive management program designed to prepare CEOs and senior executives from business, non-profit, military, government and education backgrounds to lead urban public school systems. |
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| The Broad Foundation's mission is to dramatically improve K-12 urban public education through better governance, management, labor relations and competition. |
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| The Partnership for LA Schools is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). It is led by Mayor Villaraigosa that will directly support and manage two families of schools, composed of a high school and the elementary and middle schools that feed it. |
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| Achievement First is a non-profit charter school management organization that operates a growing network of high-performing, K-12 public schools in Connecticut and New York. AF was founded in 2003 by the leaders of Amistad Academy, a nationally acclaimed charter school in New Haven, CT. |
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| Citizen Schools operates a national network of apprenticeship programs for middle school students, connecting adult volunteers to young people in hands-on learning projects after school. At Citizen Schools, students develop the academic and leadership skills they need to do well in school, get into college, and become leaders in their careers and in their communities. |
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| AUSL has been changing the reality of underperforming and underserved schools in high-poverty neighborhoods of Chicago since 2001. We recognize that the children in our low-income, urban public schools require specific and rigorous preparation to reach them, and then teach them to achieve. |
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| Summer Search is a national leadership development program that helps low-income young people graduate high school, go to college, gain successful careers, and give back to society. |
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| Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators (RISE), is a national nonprofit organization that helps K-12 public schools in low-income communities attract and retain experienced, talented teachers so all students can achieve at high levels. |
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| The mission of the Lupus Foundation of New England is to empower people with lupus and provide hope for the cure. |
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| The California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom (CCRF) is a statewide reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice coalition of more than 50 independent organizations. For more than 30 years, CCRF members have worked together to influence state policy in order to protect and expand reproductive rights and promote access to a full range of culturally appropriate reproductive and sexual health services and education for all California residents. |
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| Oxfam America is a Boston-based international development and relief agency and an affiliate of Oxfam International. Working with local partners, Oxfam delivers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty. |
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| The IRC is a global leader in emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by conflict and oppression. |
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| The mission of the Firelight Foundation is to support and advocate for the needs and rights of children who are orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Firelight strives to increase the resources available to grassroots organizations that are strengthening the capacity of families and communities to care for children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. |
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| MayaWorks markets the work of Maya artisans who otherwise have no outlet for their handiwork. As a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation, MayaWorks pays artisans at prices they set, provides technical assistance and educational opportunities and meets other Fair Trade criteria. |
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| Established in 1961 and a leader in microfinance since 1973, ACCION has over 45 years of experience in the field of international economic development. |
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| Rubicon Programs Inc helps people and communities build assets to achieve greater independence. Since 1973, Rubicon has built and operated affordable housing and provided employment, job training, mental health, and other supportive services to individuals who have disabilities, are homeless, or are otherwise economically disadvantaged. |
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| Rebuilding Together Boston (RTB) is a non-profit organization working in partnership with the community, with volunteers and skilled labor, to stabilize and revitalize homes in our city at no cost to our recipient. Our initiative brings homeowners in need together with volunteers from all walks of life, to preserve home ownership and reduce the risk of homelessness by improving the quality of the lives of our recipients |
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| Girls For A Change (GFC) is a national organization that empowers thousands of teen girls to create and lead social change. GFC provides girls with professional female role models, leadership training and the inspiration to work together in teams to solve persistent societal problems in their communities. |
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| The Family Equality Council (formerly Family Pride) is the national advocacy organization committed to securing family equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer parents, guardians and allies. Our work consists of strategically linked initiatives—broad in scope, but simple in vision—love, justice, family, equality. |
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| The mission of Sojourners is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world. |
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| Casa Esperanza, the House of Hope, began in 1984 as a leap of faith by a group of community members, who came together in response to the growing crisis of alcohol and drug abuse in the Latino community. They set out to create the Commonwealth's first bilingual, bicultural substance abuse recovery home, based on AA's 12-step philosophy of treatment, but culturally adapted to serve the needs of the Latino community. |
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| The PCHP, a research-proven home visiting model, prepares young children for school success by increasing language and literacy skills, enhancing social-emotional development, and strengthening the parent-child relationship. |
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| On Lok, inc. is a not-for-profit organization founded in the early 1970s by a group of citizens concerned about the plight of elders and the lack of long term options in the community. |
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| Half the Sky offers the love and concern of family for thousands of orphaned children in China who have lost theirs. We provide individual nurture and stimulation for babies, innovative preschools that encourage an early love of learning, personalized learning opportunities for older children, and loving — and most important, permanent — foster homes for children whose special needs will keep them from being adopted. |
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| As a worldwide partnership of women's funds, donors, and allies committed to social justice, the Women's Funding Network seeks to ensure that women's funds are recognized as the investment of choice for people who value the full participation of women and girls as key to strong, equitable, and sustainable communities and societies. |
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| Since 1978, Women's Educational Media has produced and distributed films and educational resources on issues ranging from environmental concerns to affordable housing to preventing prejudice. Working closely with educators, activists, national and local organizations, we ensure that our films are used to inspire meaningful social change. |
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| Washington Area Women's Foundation makes empowerment and economic security a reality for women and girls in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. |
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| The Maine Women's Fund, a community of individuals, businesses, and foundations that supports political, economic, and social equality for Maine women and girls. |
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| Breast Cancer Action carries the voices of people affected by breast cancer to inspire and compel the changes necessary to end the breast cancer epidemic. |
