The Ad Council is a private, non-profit organization that marshals talent from the advertising and communications industries, the facilities of the media, and the resources of the business and non-profit communities to produce, distribute and promote public service campaigns on behalf of non-profit organizations and government agencies in issue areas such as improving the quality of life for children, preventive health, education, community well-being, environmental preservation and strengthening families.

The Alliance for Climate Protection was founded in 2006 by Al Gore, Nobel Laureate and former Vice President of the United States. With more than 2,000,000 members worldwide, the Alliance is a unique non-profit, non-partisan organization that is committed to educating the global community about the urgency of implementing comprehensive solutions to the climate crisis. Through its projects — Repower America, the WE Campaign, and the Reality Coalition — and its affiliated organization, The Climate Protection Action Fund, the Alliance seeks to present choices and offer changes that will protect our planet for future generations.

Architecture for Humanity is a nonprofit design services firm founded in 1999. By tapping a network of more than 40,000 professionals willing to lend time and expertise to help those who would not otherwise be able to afford their services, we bring design, construction and development services where they are most critically needed.

One billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. That’s one in six of us. charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects.

Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. We provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof.

DonorsChoose.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that uses a fun, simple way to help students in high-need public schools. Teachers post requests on our website for materials and experiences that their students need to thrive. Then, you can give to the project request that most inspires you, with a donation of any amount. DonorsChoose.org delivers the materials to the school, and sends you photos and thank-you letters from the classroom you chose to help.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the leading organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. We defend free speech on the Internet, fight illegal surveillance, promote the rights of innovators to develop digital technologies, and work to ensure that the rights and freedoms we enjoy are enhanced, rather than eroded, as our use of technology grows.

Housing Works is the largest community-based AIDS service organization in the United States, as well as the nation’s largest minority-controlled AIDS service organization. Since our founding in 1990, we have provided lifesaving services, such as housing, medical and mental health care, meals, job training, drug treatment, HIV prevention education, and social support to more than 20,000 homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.

Malaria No More is determined to end malaria deaths. A non-profit, non-governmental organization, Malaria No More makes high-yield investments of time and capital to speed progress, unlock resources, mobilize new assets and spur the world toward reaching this goal.

The Natural Resources Defense Council is the nation’s most effective environmental organization, incorporating law, science and the power of 1.3 million members and activists to protect people, the places they live, and the natural resources they depend on. Founded in 1970, NRDC helped establish such bedrock environmental laws as the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts and continues to work to enforce and defend environmental policies and protections. NRDC achieves results in the courtroom, the boardroom and the halls of Congress. We take big polluters to court, push the government to enforce our environmental laws, and collaborate productively with major corporations interested in sustainable practices that are good for the environment and their bottom line.

Oxfam is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.

Robin Hood holds steadfast to a single mission: fight poverty in New York City.  It finds, funds and creates programs and schools that generate measurable results for families in New York’s poorest neighborhoods.  Robin Hood works closely with the 200 organizations we support to help them reach capacity and maximize outcomes.  A rigorous system of metrics and third-party evaluation of these groups guarantee accountability.  The board pays all administrative, fundraising and evaluation costs, so 100 percent of donations goes directly to organizations helping New Yorkers in need to build better lives.

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. The vision and promise of The Salvation Army is to do the Most Good possible with every donation it receives of time, money, and other resources. It’s grassroots model allows the charity to develop custom programs and services to meet needs in virtually every community in the United States. Services include hunger relief, emergency and disaster response, homeless shelters, utility and rent assistance, job counseling, human trafficking abolition, and the largest drug and alcohol rehabilitation program in the country, just to name a few.