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A not-for-profit corporation is an incorporated organization created by statute, government or judicial authority and registered at the Registry of Commerce, that is not intended to provide a profit to the owners or members. It differs from a for-profit corporation substantially as this is...
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty and AI) is an international secular non-governmental organisation which defines its mission as "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand...
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- 1961
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- Amnesty International USA ,
- Amnesty International Australia ,
- Amnesty International South Africa ,
- Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced /juːˈnɛskoʊ/, yoo-NES-koh) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945. Its stated purpose is to contribute to peace and...
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Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family (FOTF, or FotF) is an American evangelical tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 1977 by James Dobson, and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Focus on the Family is one of a number of evangelical parachurch...
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- 1977
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The IEEE (read eye-triple-e) is an international non-profit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world, with more than 365,000...
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- 1963
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- IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society ,
- IEEE Industry Applications Society ,
- IEEE Vehicular Technology Society ,
- IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF; or the Gates Foundation) is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. The foundation is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates...
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United Way
United Way of America, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a non-profit organization that works with nearly 1,300 local United Way offices throughout the country in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support....
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Oxfam
Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 organisations working with over 3,000 partners in more than 70 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.
The Oxfam International Secretariat leads, facilitates, and supports...
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Goodwill Industries
Goodwill Industries International is a non-profit organization that provides job training, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who have a disability, lack education or job experience, or face employment...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a United States non-profit medical research institute based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded by the American businessman Howard Hughes in 1953. It is one of the largest private funding organizations...
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- 1953
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Better Business Bureau
The Better Business Bureau (BBB), founded in 1912, is a corporation consisting of several private business franchises of local BBB organizations based in the United States and Canada, which work together through the Council of Better Business...
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Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust was established in 1936 as an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. With an endowment of around £13 billion, it is the United Kingdom's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical...
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Teach For America
Teach For America (TFA) is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to build a movement "to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort."
The organization was founded by Wendy Kopp...
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Heifer International
Heifer International is a nonprofit charitable organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas, dedicated to relieving global hunger and poverty. It provides gifts of livestock and plants, as well as education in sustainable agriculture, to financially...
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Children's Defense Fund
The Children's Defense Fund is a child advocacy and research group, founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman. Their motto Leave No Child Behind indicates their mission to lobby on behalf of children in the federal government and the states, with the...
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- 1973
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Rupert's Kids
Rupert's Kids is a non-profit organization established by Rupert Boneham, winner of the CBS version of the television game show Survivor. The organization is focused on empowering youth by helping them discover their inner strengths and realize...
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Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American foundations. Some notable...
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Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides support for people affected by cancer, founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong. The LAF states that its mission is...
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- 1997
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New England Historic Genealogical Society
The New England Historic Genealogical Society, also known as NEHGS, is the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in 1845. Today it has over 20,000 members worldwide. The Society's headquarters and library are located...
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- 1845
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Haiku Society of America
The Haiku Society of America is a non-profit organization composed of haiku poets, editors, critics, publishers and enthusiasts that promotes the composition and appreciation of haiku in English. It was founded in 1968 and sponsors meetings,...
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DEMIRA Deutsche Minenräumer e.V.
DEMIRA Deutsche Minenräumer e. V. is an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organization (NGO) registered in Germany. DEMIRA NGO was founded in 1996 in order to provide humanitarian mine clearance, EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal),...
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Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote is a non-profit organization that works to engage and build the political power of young people in order to achieve progressive change in their country.
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- 1990
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Ismar Elbogen Network for Jewish Cultural History e.V.
The “Ismar-Elbogen-Network for Jewish Cultural History e.V.” (Ismar Elbogen Netzwerk für Jüdische Kulturgeschichte e.V.) was founded in the city of Brandenburg (Germany) by students, graduates and Ph.D.-students from the fields of humanities,...
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- Dec 7, 2007
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Habitat for Humanity
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Penya Chescandinavia
Penya Chescandinavia is a pan-nordic supporters' club for the Spanish football team Valencia CF. The member base is from the Scandinavian countries, but the organization is open for any member who feels affiliation, love and respect for "los Che".
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- 2006
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A.S.A.P. Algemene Stichting voor Afrikaanse Projecten
Stichting A.S.A.P. is een onafhankelijke organisatie (ngo) zonder winstbejag. Het doel van de stichting is de ontwikkeling in plattelandsdorpen in Burkina Faso te ondersteunen, met als hoofddoel kinderen te stimuleren en de gelegenheid te bieden...
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- Dec 1997
