Rich or poor, straight or gay, black, white or brown, urban or rural, religious or not, American-born or foreign-born, able-bodied or living with a disability, the American Civil Liberties Union is here to ensure that EVERY person in this country is entitled to the same basic rights.
Habitat never gives homes away. When a family applies for one of our homes they must undergo an extensive application process. Our main requirement is that families earn between 40% and 60% of the median income in that county. Once approved the family begins to complete their 500 hours of sweat equity, our version of a downpayment. They complete this onsite, swinging hammers right next to the other volunteers. At the same time they enter our Homebuyer Readiness Program, a series of classes that teaches basic fincancial literacy. These classes are free and open to anyone, not just our partner families. After the home is done, the keys are handed over in a dedication ceremony. The family then owns the house with a zero-interest mortgage and a payment plan setup specifically for their needs.
Program Areas: -Employment & Labor Project -Housing Advocacy and Community Development Project -Immigrants’ Rights Project -National Security and Civil Rights Project -Voting Rights & Voter Empowerment Project -Korematsu Institute For more info visit: http://www.asianlawcaucus.org/alc/programs/
In California, we all depend on water, fresh air, and sustainable food in our everyday lives. The California program protects natural areas in the Golden State to ensure we'll all continue to thrive.
Tipping Point screens nonprofits rigorously to find, fund and partner with the most-promising organizations helping Bay Area individuals and families break the cycle of poverty and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Tipping Point's board underwrites all operating and fundraising expenses so that 100% of every dollar donated goes directly toward fighting poverty. Beyond dollars, Tipping Point provides its grantees with the communications, technical and management assistance they need to grow and increase their impact in the fight against poverty. Tipping Point grants are unrestricted, allowing their grantees to invest in the strategy, operations and staffing required to serve their clients most effectively.
For over 20 years, Future 500 has helped companies, NGOs, and other organizations engage more effectively with their stakeholders - to avoid conflict, find common ground, and advance systemic solutions to urgent global problems. In our intermediary role, we favor results over ideology. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, we maintain expertise across key sustainability issues while specializing in elite stakeholder engagement. From climate change to human rights, water stewardship to supply chain transparency, we help our partners build relationships that reduce risk and lead to lasting change. Future 500 is a founding partner of the Transition500 Alliance (T500), a network of the world’s foremost independent sustainability consultancies covering 15 markets in North America, the EU and Asia. Learn more: http://www.future500.org/global-network/.
Information on St. Jude Children's Research Hospital events and volunteer opportunities throughout Northern California. For patient referral and hospital information, please visit: https://www.stjude.org/seek-treatment
For over 20 years, Future 500 has helped companies, NGOs, and other organizations engage more effectively with their stakeholders - to avoid conflict, find common ground, and advance systemic solutions to urgent global problems. In our intermediary role, we favor results over ideology. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, we maintain expertise across key sustainability issues while specializing in elite stakeholder engagement. From climate change to human rights, water stewardship to supply chain transparency, we help our partners build relationships that reduce risk and lead to lasting change. Future 500 is a founding partner of the Transition500 Alliance (T500), a network of the world’s foremost independent sustainability consultancies covering 15 markets in North America, the EU and Asia. Learn more: http://www.future500.org/global-network/.
Rich or poor, straight or gay, black, white or brown, urban or rural, religious or not, American-born or foreign-born, able-bodied or living with a disability, the American Civil Liberties Union is here to ensure that EVERY person in this country is entitled to the same basic rights.
VSCV Foundation was founded by VS Consulting Ventures as a Non-Profit Subsidiary to utilize VS Consulting Business Expertise and Resources and provide Business Solutions to Non-Profits and Charitable Organizations at low or Zero cost. VSCV Foundation will provide those organizations with business solutions and support through their own company and in partnership with other business ventures. www.VSCVFoundation.org
Information on St. Jude Children's Research Hospital events and volunteer opportunities throughout Northern California. For patient referral and hospital information, please visit: https://www.stjude.org/seek-treatment
The primary objectives and purposes of METI International are to: Conduct scientific research and educational programs in Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Promote international cooperation and collaboration in METI, SETI, and astrobiology. Understand and communicate the societal implications and relevance of searching for life beyond Earth, even before detection of extraterrestrial life. Foster multidisciplinary research on the design and transmission of interstellar messages, building a global community of scholars from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and arts. Research and communicate to the public the many factors that influence the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe, with a special emphasis on the last three terms of the Drake Equation: (1) the fraction of life-bearing worlds on which intelligence evolves, (2) the fraction of intelligence-bearing worlds with civilizations having the capacity and motivation for interstellar communication, and (3) the longevity of such civilizations. Offer programs to the public and to the scholarly community that foster increased awareness of the challenges facing our civilization’s longevity, while encouraging individual and community activities that support the sustainability of human culture on multigenerational timescales, which is essential for long-term METI and SETI research.
Habitat never gives homes away. When a family applies for one of our homes they must undergo an extensive application process. Our main requirement is that families earn between 40% and 60% of the median income in that county. Once approved the family begins to complete their 500 hours of sweat equity, our version of a downpayment. They complete this onsite, swinging hammers right next to the other volunteers. At the same time they enter our Homebuyer Readiness Program, a series of classes that teaches basic fincancial literacy. These classes are free and open to anyone, not just our partner families. After the home is done, the keys are handed over in a dedication ceremony. The family then owns the house with a zero-interest mortgage and a payment plan setup specifically for their needs.