Meet Our Members

Washington Combined Fund Drive (WACFD) - 2011

1479772 All God's Children International We are an adoption and orphan care ministry dedicated to passionately serve the world’s forgotten children through life-changing ministries of adoption, orphan care, and missions. www.allgodschildren.org

1480410 Alliance for Children Everywhere (A Milk for Starving Infants Fund) One third of Zambia, Africa's children are orphans. Half are not in school. Thousands are hungry. We feed children, operate rescue homes, give free education. www.childreneverywhere.org

1479263 American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Supports science and technology research in Israel for the benefit of humanity, including advancements in medicine and health, agriculture, education, the environment, and new technologies. www.weizmann-usa.org

1479262 American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam Supports an Israel community where Jewish and Arab families have lived, worked and raised their children together with mutual respect and equality for 26 years. www.oasisofpeace.org

1480408 American Indian Science and Engineering Society Since 1977, AISES has worked to substantially increase American Indian/Alaska Native representation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) as students, professionals, mentors, and leaders. www.aises.org

1480405 Americans for Indian Opportunity New accounting rules led to rare jump in overhead reporting. AIO continues to provide opportunities and training to equip a new generation of Indigenous leaders. www.aio.org

350237 Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith Anti-semitism, bigotry and hatred threaten the well-being of all of us. We provide education, advocacy and intervention to secure justice and fair treatment for everyone. www.adl.org

1479276 Asian American Justice Center Works to advance the human and civil rights for Asian Americans, and build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. www.advancingequality.org

1479776 Assist International Every 3 seconds a child dies because of extreme poverty. We provide homes, medical care, education, clean water and food to these children worldwide. www.assistinternational.org

1479770 Center for Law and Social Policy Assists low-income people supporting their families. Strengthening child care, early education, workforce development, postsecondary education, child welfare and welfare policies. CLASP helps families help themselves. www.clasp.org

1479282 Center for Victims of Torture CVT provides comprehensive care to torture survivors; trains health/human service professionals to provide proper care to torture survivors; advocates for prevention of torture. www.cvt.org

1480407 Center on Conscience & War Defends and extends rights of conscientious objectors to war. Part of GI Rights Hotline; national Truth-in-Recruitment programs; authority on military Draft. Never charges for services. www.centeronconscience.org

1479771 Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation CABF provides information, support, resources and advocacy for families raising children living with bipolar disorder or depression. www.bpkids.org

1480413 Community Voice Mail National Office (Homeless Phone Service) Community Voice Mail provides free voice mail to nearly 40,000 homeless and low-income people across the U.S. connecting them to jobs, housing, information, and hope. www.cvm.org

332205 Electronic Frontier Foundation Civil liberties membership organization protecting online rights to free speech, fair use, innovation, and privacy through litigation, activism and educating the public, press, and policymakers. www.eff.org

1479768 Every Child Ministries Thousands of children are forced into sex slavery in shrines. We liberate and rehabilitate them. Homeless children roam streets. We give them a home. www.ecmafrica.org

1479280 Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAAD is dedicated to ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representations in the media to eliminate homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. www.glaad.org

1479270 Glendon Association Suicide Prevention Alliance Prevents tragedies by providing training and assessments predicting violence and suicide. Helps individuals, families and mental health professionals before lives are lost. Provides free education. www.glendon.org

1479265 Global Greengrants Fund A little can go a long way. We give small grants to grassroots groups around the world striving for environmental justice and human rights. www.greengrants.org

1479258 GLSEN Nearly nine of ten LGBT students are bullied or harassed in school. We make America’s schools safer for all, regardless of sexual orientation/gender expression. www.glsen.org

1479274 Human Rights Watch We expose human rights abuses and pressure governments and international institutions to bring an unconditional halt to human rights violations worldwide. www.hrw.org

1479278 Indian Law Resource Center Nonprofit law and advocacy organization providing legal assistance to Indian /Alaska Native nations working to protect their land, resources, human rights, environment and cultural heritage. www.indianlaw.org

316334 Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) People have the basic human right to live free of hunger. Help fight inequities and promote solutions to end poverty, hunger and environmental degradation. www.foodfirst.org

1480409 Institute for Global Engagement We promote sustainable environments for religious freedom worldwide by encouraging governments to protect religious freedom, and by equipping citizens to exercise that freedom responsibly. www.globalengage.org

1479766 International Campaign for Tibet Promotes human rights and democracy for the Tibetan people, secures humanitarian assistance, reports and advocates for Tibetans, and encourages dialogue between Chinese and Tibetan Governments. www.savetibet.org

1479257 International Crisis Group Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. www.crisisgroup.org

1479283 Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Protects children and adults with mental disabilities from exclusion and discrimination in education, housing, employment and health care and promotes services that foster their independence. www.bazelon.org

1480406 National Asian Pacific Center on Aging Services and advocacy for Asian American and Pacific Islander seniors. Provides language assistance and healthy aging programs that enable AAPI seniors to age with dignity. www.napca.org

1478190 National Center for Lesbian Rights Through impact litigation, public policy advocacy, public education and direct legal services, NCLR advances the legal and human rights of LGBT people and their families. www.nclrights.org

1479767 National Center on Family Homelessness Our mission is to help homeless children and their families through innovative research and evaluation, program design, service delivery, systems integration, and advocacy. www.familyhomelessness.org

1479266 Pan American Health and Education Foundation PAHEF advances healthy living for children and older adults in the Americas by working with public health research, policy, and development groups. www.pahef.org

1480412 Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays PFLAG supports the health, well-being and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, their family members and friends through support, education and advocacy. www.pflag.org

1479145 Partners for a Better World From schools to hospitals to human rights organizations, we represent charities working on the ground for stronger communities and a better world. www.partnersforabetterworld.org

1480411 Peace Action Education Fund Works to abolish nuclear weapons, support a peace economy that meets human needs and a foreign policy that promotes peace and respects human rights. www.peace-action.org

1479284 Peace Development Fund We provide grants, training and other vital resources necessary to grassroots communities working on peaceful conflict resolution, human rights and environmental sustainability in the U.S. www.peacedevelopmentfund.org

1480417 Peacemaker Ministries Peacemaker Ministries provides conflict resolution and training to Christians, their churches, and Christian organizations in the U.S. and around the world. www.peacemaker.net

1479268 Project Concern International PCI is dedicated to preventing disease, providing humanitarian aid, and improving access to clean water, nutritious food, and economic opportunity in impoverished communities worldwide. www.projectconcern.org

1480414 Seeds of Peace Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills to advance coexistence and reconciliation. www.seedsofpeace.org

1479264 Sojourners We articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world. www.sojo.net

1479775 Tibet Fund We provide support for humanitarian aid, health education, community development and cultural preservation programs for impoverished Tibetan refugees and Tibetans in Tibet. www.tibetfund.org

1480415 Transfair USA (Fair Trade USA) We enable sustainable community development by cultivating a more equitable global trade model that benefits farmers and workers across Africa, Asia and Latin America. www.fairtradeusa.org

1479774 United for a Fair Economy Concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. UFE builds social movements for greater equality. www.faireconomy.org

1479275 Wellstone Action Fund Provides training programs in leadership, organizing, non-partisan voter engagement, citizen activism, and issue advocacy for individuals, organizations, and diverse communities. www.wellstone.org

1479773 Witness for Peace People of faith and conscience working for peace, justice, and sustainable economics in Latin America by challenging harmful U.S. policies and corporate practices. www.witnessforpeace.org