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Divine Grace Medical Missionaries
Divine Grace Medical Missionaries is a Christian NGO based in Houston, Texas. The organisation seeks to preserve and optimize human life by fostering an environment of caring, compassion and love in order to respond to the needs of women and girls in particular. Programmes focus on health,...
Hughes, Hubbard & Reed offers pro bono services to help 'Art in All of Us' in the USA
Thanks to the partnership with the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, and after more than a year procedure with the IRS, Art in All of Us was granted a tax exempt status with the IRS in the United States.
Perdue Incorporated contributes to researching and improving compliance and nutrient management in local watershed
Perdue Incorporated partnered with the Center for the Inland Bays (CIB), a private non-profit organization under the U.S. EPA’s National Estuary Program, on a "model watershed" initiative to accelerate compliance and nutrient management, ahead of a state-mandated schedule.
Abbott Health Inc. improves water quality in rural communities near to where they operate
Abbott Health Product, Inc. has been working to support local efforts to improve rural drinking water systems in Puerto Rico.
Air Terminal Gifts and Catholic Community Services provide donations and employment opportunities for refugees
Catholic Community Services (CCS) has, for decades, helped hundreds of refugees start new lives in Utah. Air Terminal Gifts has donated $12,000 to the CCS refugee resettlement program.
Cemex makes home improvements accessible for the poor in 5 Latin American countries
CEMEX, a global leader in the building supply and cement industry, has recently expanded its highly-successful Patrimonio Hoy initiative. Originally started in 1998 with the goal of reducing the housing deficit in Mexico, Patrimonio Hoy has since expanded into 4 additional Latin American countries...
Fanm pou Fanm (Women for Women)
Fanm pou Fanm (Women for Women) is a small organisation helping 35 women displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince Haiti to set up their own small businesses. Currently the organisation is working on a crocheting and sewing project for which sewing machines are needed.
Developing hybrid diesel-electric delivery trucks
In 2000, FedEx Express and Environmental Defense Fund struck an alliance to develop a delivery truck that dramatically decreases emissions while increasing fuel economy. The result was a diesel-electric hybrid, an ideal application for hybrid technology, given the frequent stopping and starting of...
ExxonMobil is partnering with SEED Foundation to promote sustaining global water supplies
Imperial Oil Limited, the Canadian affiliate of ExxonMobil, is partnering with the nonprofit Society, Environment and Energy Development Studies (SEEDS) Foundation to bring environmental education to secondary schools in Canada.
Worldwide Shelters
Worldwide Shelters is a charity that provides high-quality shelters to government relief organizations, NGOs and humanitarian groups who work in disaster areas and with displaced people. With representation and logistical support in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the United States, the...
Youth With A Mission (YWAM)
Youth With A Mission is an international volunteer movement of Christians from many backgrounds, cultures and Christian traditions. YWAM aims to spread the gospel through helping with the practical and physical needs of people around the world and training Christians to serve others in a variety of...
ConocoPhillips worked with NGO to support financial services in Venezuela
In 2006, ConocoPhillips worked with Fundefir, an organization with wide experience in developing bankomunales- small neighborhood banks in low-income areas where there are no formal financial services.
ASCHOP
ASCHOP is a social and religious organisation which serves as the social wing of churches in Haiti. The organisation works on various poverty reduction initiatives.
FC Barcelona commits to the continued financial support and global promotion of UNICEF
UNICEF and FC Barcelona started a five-year partnership in September 2006 to raise awareness and funds to benefit children affected by HIV and AIDS, and it included having the UNICEF logo on the FC Barcelona official jersey.
Conocophillips builds partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to protect threatened migratory birds
For more than a decade, ConocoPhillips and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have worked hand-in-hand to conserve birds and other wildlife, while educating children and adults about the natural world.
Colgate-Palmolive is partnering with the Starlight Children's Foundation to help seriously-ill children
Colgate-Palmolive is partnering with the Starlight Children's Foundation to help seriously-ill children cope with the pain, fear and isolation that often accompanies serious illnesses, such as Sickle Cell Disease.
Colgate-Palmolive promotes breast cancer awareness with its partner organisations
Colgate-Palmolive, in conjunction with its partners, is dedicated to increasing awareness about the importance of getting regular mammograms.
Coca-Cola develop community water partnerships with NGOs
Coca-Cola collaborates with UNDP, USAID, Global Water Challenge, PlayPumps International, CARE, Ocean Conservancy and others to protect watersheds and support initiatives that bring clean water and sanitation to under-served areas.
Adidas supports Save the Children on vaccination programme
Building on a relationship with the NGO Save the Children, the Adidas Group was able to support the organisation in its effort to vaccinate children worldwide.
Toyota works with National Center for Family Literacy to provide support for family literacy programs
Since 1991, TMA (Toyota Motor North America) has helped the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) develop model programs throughout the country, resulting in the establishment of the Toyota Family Literacy Program (TFLP), a literacy initiative focused on Hispanic and other immigrant families.