9 to 5 Working Women Education Fund
800-522-0925
www.9to5.org - Helps educate about
family leave and discrimination, end inequities for part-time workers, and
enact welfare policies aimed at ending poverty. Toll-free hotline. 5.4%
ACTION for Child Protection 800-633-1285
www.actionchildprotection.org -
Provides training, consultation and know-how to social workers and other
professionals who intervene to protect children from abuse and neglect. 19.6%
Alliance for Children & Families
202-223-3447 x20
www.alliance1.org - Help children and
families! Contributions support services to 4 million people annually -
including abused children, low-income families, and individuals needing
specialized community services. 5.8%
Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
202-543-1147
www.aeclp.org - Childhood lead
poisoning is the No.1 environmental health hazard to U.S. children. Keep
our children lead-safe through education, technical assistance, and advocacy.
0.0%
American Association of University Women Legal
Advocacy Fund 202-785-7750
www.aauw.org - Help achieve gender
equity in higher education. We provide funding and support systems for
female students, faculty, and staff fighting sex discrimination on campus.
37.0%*
American Campaign for Prevention of Child Abuse
and Family Violence 202-429-6695
www.americancampaign.org - Your
generous financial support enables the national council to assist thousands of
abused and vulnerable children, spouses and partners (women and men), and the
elderly. 6.0%
American Family Association 800-326-4543
www.afa.net - The American Family
Association exists tot motivate and equip individuals to restore the moral
foundations of American culture. 6.7%
American Legion Child Welfare Foundation, Inc.
317-630-1202
www.cwf-inc.org - Contributes to the
physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children nationwide by
supporting established and innovative programs in the care of children. 14.2%
Association for Children for Enforcement of
Support, Inc. (ACES) 800-738-2237
www.childsupport-aces.org - ACES, a
national nonprofit child support organization, assisting disadvantaged
children, reducing child poverty. ACES educates, organizes, and advocates for
improved child support enforcement. 8.0%
Association of Child Advocates 202-289-0777
www.childadvocacy.org (National
Association of State-Based Child Advocacy Organizations) 1 - A nationwide
network of voices speaking for America�s children in need of health care,
education, protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, violence and poverty.
15.9%
Association of Jewish Family and Children�s
Agencies, Inc. 800-634-7346
www.ajfca.org
- Provides human and social welfare services to the most vulnerable:
seniors, children, and refugees. We help Jews in need here at home. 9.6%
Baptist Children�s Home Ministries
800-830-2246 - Providing homes to abused, abandoned, homeless children.
Help us provide food, clothing, shelter, and education to boys and girls
regardless of ethnic or religious backgrounds. 0.3%
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids 202-296-5469
www.tobaccofreekids.org (National
Center for Tobacco-Free Kids) - Advocates change in the social, political,
legal, media, economic and ethical environments to reduce tobacco use among
kids. Campaign works with many tobacco prevention programs. 27.1%*
Care Net 800-395-HELP
www.pregnantandscared.com- Our 650+
affiliated pregnancy centers help save 121 babies each day by assisting
400,000 men and women annually with pregnancy-related concerns. 22.3%
CASA - Court Appointed Advocates for Abused
Children 800-628-3233
www.nationalcasa.org - Protecting
230,000+ severely abused, neglected children nationwide. Help CASA
volunteers find children safe, permanent homes and turn a life of hurt into
one of hope. 21.1%
Center for the Improvement of Child Caring
818-980-0903
www.ciccparenting.org - Putting
children first by helping parents and communities raise them effectively and
peacefully. Providing multicultural parenting education and materials
nationwide. Bring it to your community. 12.1%
Center for the Prevention of Sexual and
Domestic Violence 206-634-1903
www.cpsdv.org - Help end child abuse
and domestic violence by supporting our training and education programs for
religious leaders and community service providers across the U.S. 17.3%
Center for Women Policy Studies
202-872-1770
www.centerwomenpolicy.org -
Multi-ethnic feminist policy center bringing research-based policy options to
federal/state policy makers - on women and AIDS, violence, welfare, workplace
diversity, reproductive rights, and health. 33.5%*
Child Abuse Intervention Fund 909-793-2009
www.childabuseinterventionfund.org-
Helping children by bringing them hope, healing, intervention, counseling,
legal aid, support groups, medical referrals, education, safe-houses, and a
national hotline. 0.0%
Child Care Action Campaign 212-239-0138
www.childcareaction.org - Advocates for
quality, educational, affordable child care for all families emphasizing safe,
available and educational environments for children, national universal
pre-kindergarten, and improved system financing. 26.7%*
Child Welfare League of America
202-638-2952
www.cwla.org - Works to engage all
Americans in protecting children and building strong families. Member
agencies from coast to coast help 3,000,000 children and youth each year. 5.0%
Childhelp USA 800-422-4453
www.childhelpusa.org - Founded in 1959,
one of the nation�s largest agencies dedicated to the treatment, prevention,
and research of child abuse and neglect. 10.1%
Children Now 510-763-2444
www.childrennow.org - A champion for
policies and practices that help children by fighting for children�s economic
security, access to health care and quality media. 14.4%
Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) 888-554-2627
www.nacoa.org - Provides the VOICE and
programs to save children of alcoholics from physical and psychological abuse.
Works with schools, doctors, clergy, others to support these children. 4.6%
Children�s Advocacy Center, National
256-533-0531
www.ncac-hsv.org (The Children�s
Advocacy Center , Inc.) - We provide child-focused, multidisciplinary
intervention and treatment programs for sexually abused children, abuse
prevention programs for children and families, and training and education for
professionals. 8.4%
Children�s Defense Fund 202-628-8787
www.childrensdefense.org - CDF - a
national organization engaging ion research, public education, policy
development, technical assistance, training, and other advocacy efforts on
behalf of children and their families. 16.0%
Children�s Foundation 202-347-3300
www.childrensfoundation.net - Provides
specific assistance and training to parents and caregivers on the issues of
child care and development, and to custodial parents on child support
enforcement. 13.3%
Children�s Fund 877-OK-4-KIDS
www.childrensfund.org - Supports
grassroots education and health projects for children, youth, and families.
Promotes creative solutions that address gaps in services in the U.S. and
internationally. 3.7%
Children�s Rights 212-683-2210
www.childrensrights.org - A national
organization that fights for the rights of abused, abandoned and neglected
children in government child welfare systems. 5.5%
Children�s Rights Council 800-787-KIDS
www.gocrc.com - Reducing child abuse,
crime, and drug uses through parental education and the power of two
actively-involved parents, grandparents and the extended family. 11.3%
Children�s Violence Prevention Videos
415-383-8999
www.cvpv.org - We educate communities
about incest, child sexual abuse, missing children, and domestic violence to
provide prevention strategies and increase the safety and welfare of children.
7.7%
Community Development Institute
650-327-5846 - Sponsors youth programs focusing on violence prevention, male
responsibility, leadership training, and entrepreneurship and also provides
technical assistance to strengthen organizations in diverse ethnic
communities. 6.4%
Compassionate Friends 877-969-0010
www.compassionatefriends.org - A
child�s death is a devastating experience. We offer family support and
community education through grief-related resources, to help bereaved reach
physical and emotional health. 24.9%
Cooperative Development Foundation
202-638-6222
www.coopdevelopment.org - Supporting
cooperative projects that alleviate poverty and expand opportunities through
job creation, affordable housing, worker-ownership, and community economic
development. 13.0%
Couple to Couple League 513-471-2000
www.ccli.org - Provides natural family
planning information, instruction and counseling to married and engaged
couples. Also promotes teen sexual responsibility with pro-chastity
material. 21.3%
Dad the Family
Shepherd, Inc.
501-221-1102
www.dtfs.org - DFS motivates, trains
and equips men to take on their responsibilities as dads in the military,
private sectors, and especially in America�s inner cities. 22.8%
Dress for Success Worldwide 212-532-1922
www.dressforsuccess.org - Provides
interview suits to low-income women seeking employment. Women are
referred by homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, job training
programs and substance abuse programs. 11.1%
Equality Now 212-586-0906
www.equalitynow.org - Join activists
fighting to expose and stop violence and discrimination against women
including rape, domestic violence, female genital mutilation and trafficking
in girls/women worldwide. 12.0%
Family of the Americas Foundation
800-443-3395
www.familyplanning.net - We teach a
safe, all-natural, effective means of fertility regulation to couples
interested in achieving or postponing pregnancy. Our materials are in
Spanish. 25.7%*
Family Research Council 800-225-4008
www.frc.org - FRC communicates to the
public the importance of Judeo-Christian traditional family values to the
health and well-being of our children, country and society. 25.4%*
Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute
858-623-2777 x416
www.fvsai.org - International resource
center specializing in the prevention of family violence, child abuse, and
sexual assault through education, training, program development/evaluation,
and information dissemination. 2.7%
Family Violence Prevention Fund
415-252-8900
www.endabuse.org - Ending domestic
violence by fighting discrimination against battered women and their children
in court, improving health care for battered women, and by raising public
awareness. 2.0%
Father Flanagan�s Boys� Home 800-217-3700
www.girlsandboystown.org - Girls and
Boys Town provides food, clothing, shelter, education, spiritual, and medical
care to homeless, neglected, abused, and communicatively handicapped boys and
girls. 13.0%
Focus on the Family 800-A-FAMILY
www.family.org - Non-profit
organization that: defends traditional family values, provides professional
counseling; educates, assists, and trains parents with children; works to
strengthen marriages, families, and Christian faith. 13.4%
Food Research and Action Center
202-986-2200
www.frac.org - We help American
families, communities and schools fight hunger. Our nationwide �Campaign
to End Childhood Hunger� fosters policies and practices that feed millions of
children. 15.8%
Global Fund for Women 415-202-7640
www.globalfundforwomen.org - We make
grants to seed, strengthen, and link women�s rights groups internationally
that are working to gain freedom from poverty, violence, and discrimination.
18.4%
Great Dads 703-830-7500
www.greatdads.org - We train/encourage
fathers to turn their hearts to their children by providing �The 6 Basics of
Being a Great Dad� seminar and supportive resources. 17.4%
Heart of America 202-546-3256
www.heartofamerica.org - Teaches the
values at the heart of America. Provides books for children in poverty.
Helps high school students earn money for college by volunteering. 7.6%
HOMEBUILDERS Family Counseling 253-874-3630
www.institutefamily.org - In-home
family crisis counseling to prevent child abuse, neglect, domestic violence,
and unnecessary foster care placement. Keeps children safe and families
together. 13.6%
Institute for Women�s Policy Research
202-785-5100
www.iwpr.org - America�s preeminent
source for research and education to inform the debate on issues facing women
and their families like child care, equal pay, and discrimination. 11.5%
International Women�s Democracy Center
202-530-0563
www.iwdc.org - Strengthens women�s
global leadership through training, education, networking, and research by
increasing women�s participation in civil society, senior policy, and
decision-making positions in government. 23.5%
Jewish Women International 800-343-2823
www.jewishwomen.org - JWI strives to
break the cycle of violence through education, advocacy, and action � locally,
nationally, and around the world. 25.7%*
Jobs! 617-232-8765
www.ica-group.org (The ICA Group
Incorporated) - We create jobs! And attack poverty in America by starting new
businesses in poor communities, and saving failing companies from closure.
19.9%
Justice for Children 800-733-0059
www.jfcadvocacy.org - An abused child�s
last hope for safety.< Providing free services to abused children
through legal intervention, personal advocacy, court escort, victim impact
statements, therapy, etc. 16.4%
KidsPeace National Centers For Kids In Crisis
610-799-7910
www.kidspeace.org - 120-year-old
national charity helps thousands of children daily to overcome crises like
eating disorders, clinical depression, and problems from abuse and neglect.
Give Kids Peace! 10.6%
La Leche League International 847-519-7730
www.lalecheleague.org - Provides
breastfeeding information and encouragement through mother-to-mother support
groups and interaction with parents, physicians, researchers, and health
providers. 16.0%
Life Link 505-438-0010 - Helping hungry,
homeless, and displaced children and families through emergency relief,
short-term interventions, and self-sufficiency programs. 3.0%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
212-455-9800
www.liscnet.org - Helps nonprofit
community-development corporations across the nation revitalize distressed
neighborhoods through the creation of affordable housing, commercial and
community facilities, businesses, and jobs. 13.7%
Lost and Found 303-420-8080
www.lostandfoundinc.org - Serving the
nation by providing residential treatment and foster homes for children and
families struggling with chemical dependency and other
mental/emotional/behavioral disorders. 10.8%
MADRE, Inc. 212-627-0444
www.madre.org - An international
women�s human rights organization providing relief, resources, and development
training to women in conflict zones worldwide to promote peace, justice and
human rights. 17.1%
Masonic Foundation for Children
202-331-1933 - We have the most effective, addiction-prevention program
available nationally with many hundreds of thousands of children saved. With
your help, we�ll reach many more. 0.9%
Ms. Foundation for Women 212-742-2300
www.ms.foundation.org - The nation�s
only multi-issue, multi-cultural public women�s fund working to bring girls�
and women�s leadership to the center of their families, communities and
society. 12.1%
National Association of Housing Cooperatives
202-737-0797
www.coophousing.org - Safe, affordable
housing for all. We help low and moderate income families govern,
operate, and preserve affordable ownership housing for themselves and for
their communities. 8.7%
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
202-478-8500
- Mission is to improve well being of children, youth, families by reducing
teen pregnancy. Our goal is to reduce the rate by one-third between
1996-2005. 21.2%
National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc.
888-575-7373
www.LD.org - NCLD�s vision is to ensure
that all children are screened for learning disabilities as routinely as other
developmental problems. Early intervention dramatically increases
learning success. 20.3%
National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children 888-246-2632
www.missingkids.com - Spearheads
national and international efforts to locate and recover missing children and
raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation,
and sexual exploitation. 7.0%
National Center for Youth Law 510-835-8098
www.youthlaw.org - Children suffering
from poverty need our help. We provide free legal services to protect
them and improve their lives for the future. 16.4%
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of
Battered Women 215-351-0010 -
Helps battered women who, faced with life-threatening violence from their
abusers, are forced to defend themselves. Provides technical assistance,
support, resources, networking, and training. 11.5%
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
303-839-1852
www.ncadv.org - Every home a safe home.
Committed to the elimination of violence in the lives of women and children.
Providing information, referrals, technical assistance, community education.
18.8%
National Coalition for the Protection of
Children and Families 513-521-6227
www.nationalcoalition.org - We empower
citizens to reduce sexual exploitation and violence, increase awareness of
pornography�s harm, support legal limitations on pornography, and assist those
harmed by it. 18.9%
National Committee on Pay Equity
301-277-1033
www.feminist.com/fairpay - A coalition
of labor, women�s, and civil rights organizations working to eliminate sex and
race-based pay inequities and providing education on wage discrimination. 8.7%
National Council of Catholic Women
202-682-334
www.nccw.org - Through Catholic women�s
organizations ion 38 states, NCCW provides ministry to incarcerated women,
volunteer respite care, services to foster-care children, environmental
education, and activities. 24.5%
National Council on Family Relations
888-781-9331
www.ncfr.org - Providing tools for
family researchers, parent educators, and family practitioners to share in the
development and dissemination of knowledge about family well-being. 16.8%
National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE TTY 800-787-3224
www.ndvh.org - Each month over 14,000
callers � victims of domestic violence, their families/friends across the U.S.
receive crisis intervention, referrals, information, and support in many
languages. 24.0%
National Family Planning and Reproductive
Health Association 202-293-3114
www.nfprha.org - Promotes/protects
access to family planning which contributes to healthier mothers and babies,
decreases the number of unintended pregnancies, and lessens the need for
abortion. 10.1%
National Fatherhood Initiative 301-948-0599
www.fatherhood.org - Actively works to
improve the well being of children through increasing the number of children
that are raised by committed, involved, and responsible fathers. 9.1%
National Hook-Up
of Black Women Inc.
773-667-7061 - Provides direct assistance to black women/children across
America through educational forums, scholarships, health care, and services
for homeless victims forming a sustaining support network. 23.1%
National Housing Law Project 510-251-9400
www.nhlp.org - Uses the power of law
and advocacy to fight for better housing and housing justice for poor people,
and to preserve and increase affordable housing. 21.9%
National Indian Child Welfare Association, Inc.
503-222-4044
www.nicwa.org - Protecting our children
and preserving our culture. We enhance tribal capacity to deliver
quality child welfare services by promoting safe, healthy, and
culturally-strong environments. 15.7%
National Organization for Women Foundation, Inc.
202-628-8669
www.nowfoundation.org - Advances
women�s rights and promotes the goals of equality here and around the world
through education, litigation, networking, conferences, publications, training
and leadership development. 15.0%
National Partnership for Women & Families
202-986-2600
www.nationalpartnership.org - Through
public education and advocacy, we promote fairness in the workplace, quality
health care, and policies that help people meet both work and family
responsibilities. 13.4%
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
202-662-0600
www.safekids.org
- The first and only national nonprofit organization dedicated solely
to addressing and preventing unintentional childhood injuries � what are
typically described as �accidents.� 10.5%
National Women�s Law Center 202-588-5180
www.nwlc.org - Working to protect and
advance legal rights of women and their families in education, employment,
health, and economic security through litigation, advocacy, and public
education. 17.3%
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
212-925-6635
www.nowldef.org - Strives for equality
and improvement of women�s and girls� lives by transforming institutions and
values through advocacy, policy development, communications, education, and
alliances. 23.7%
Nurturing Network 800-TNN-4MOM
www.nurturingnetwork.org - 32,000
volunteer resources nationwide provide individually-tailored practical support
to women with unplanned pregnancies, offering counseling, medical,
residential, educational, employment, and financial resources. 6.5%
Older Women�s League 800-825-3695
www.owl-national.org - Your mother and
grandmother need your help. We help ensure that midlife and older women
will know justice, economic security, independence, good health, and equality.
45.4%*
Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.
888-818-7662
www.pomc.com - Assists in keeping
murderers in prison; assists unsolved cases; prevention and awareness
programs; emotional support, information and advocacy for any survivor of a
homicide victim. 28.1%*
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
212-922-1560
www.drugfreeamerica.org - �(eggs/frying
pan) This is your brain!� Our nationally-recognized TV messages like
this help thousands of kids choose healthy, drug-free lifestyles. 22.7%
Prevent Child Abuse America 800-CHILDREN
www.preventchildabuse.org - We provide
child abuse prevention programs, education, training, research and advocacy
directed toward reducing all forms of child abuse: sexual, physical, emotional
and neglect. 16.4%
Rainbows 800-266-3206
www.rainbows.org (Rainbows for All
God�s Children) - Youth grief support programs assisting in the healthy
resolution of significant family loss such as divorce or death. No-cost
programs are held in communities. 22.9%
Rape, Abuse & Incest Network (RAINN)
202-544-1034
www.rainn.org - The only national
hotline for rape and sexual assault victims. Provides free, confidential
counseling 24-hours/day through 915 local affiliates. 460,000 counseled
to date. 10.2%
SOS Children�s Villages - USA 800-886-5767
www.soschildrensvillages.org -
Providing abused and neglected children with permanent, secure homes and
loving families, preparing them for independent futures in 435 villages in 131
nations worldwide. 19.6%
Stepfamily Association of America
800-735-0329
www.stepfam.org - Helping stepfamilies
succeed through research-based information, educational materials, local
chapter support groups, referrals to professional affiliates, training for
professionals, and public policy advocacy. 10.7%
The Dr. Laura Schlessinger Foundation
818-223-0560
www.drlaura.com - Provides �My StuffTM�
bags off personal items to abused and neglected children rescued from their
homes and placed in crisis centers and foster family agencies. 6.1%
The National Center for Policy Research (CPR)
for Women & Families 202-223-4000
www.center4policy.org - CPR is a
nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information to
improve the lives of women and families. 2.0%
The R.O.S.E. Fund 800-253-6425
www.rosefund.org - Organization
committed to ending violence against women through education and public
awareness, grants to direct-service agencies, scholarships, reconstructive
surgeries, and awards to individual survivors. 29.2%*
The U.S. Committee for the U.N. Fund for Women,
Inc. 202-721-1530
www.uscommitteeforunifem.org - Supports
UNIFEM, the U.N. Fund for Women. Provides financial assistance to
UNIFEM�s programs promoting women�s human rights, political participation, and
economic security in developing countries. 5.2%
ToughLove�
800-333-1069
www.toughlove.org - Self-help support
groups for parents having problems with their children from the ages of 8 to
50. Weekly, structured, goal-oriented meetings. 20.3%
Union Community Fund 202-974-8389
http://www.unioncommunityfund.org/ Supports community-based efforts that strengthen working families,
including literacy, job training, housing, immigrant assistance, disaster
relief. Following percent reflects initial cost of creating
organization. 66.9%*
United Marriage Encounter 800-334-8920
www.ume1975.org - Every marriage
deserves the opportunity to grow! Committed to equipping couples with
tools for renewing their marriages, strengthening the family, and building
Christ-centered homes. 1.2%
Vanished Children�s Alliance 408-296-1113
www.vca.org - We find America�s missing
children! Available 24-hours a day, services are free and include location
assistance, prevention education, photo dissemination, reunification,
counseling and more. 22.3%
What to Expect Foundation 877-EXPECT1
www.whattoexpect.org - Education and
support to help low-income parents expect healthy pregnancies, safe
deliveries, and happy babies. From the creators of the �What To Expect�
parenting series. 14.7%
Women Count! 215-848-1120 (Women In
Dialogue) - Women�s work has value that must be recognized. Pressing for
care giving work to be counted � and reflected in equal pay, child care, tax
credits, Social Security. 16.5%
Women for Women International 888-504-3247
www.womenforwomen.org - Provides women
survivors of war and extreme violence direct aid, skills training, and micro
credit loans � tools to shape their lives, their voices, and their futures.
15.7%
Women�s Action for New Directions (WAND)
Education Fund 781-643-4880
www.wand.org - A national grassroots
peace organization educating women to reduce violence and militarism, and
redirect excessive resources from the military toward unmet human and
environmental needs. 10.4%
Women�s Funding Network 415-441-0706
www.wfnet.org - Building resources for
women nationwide to improve wages, health and child care, end gender violence
and sexual harassment, and promote opportunities for women and girls. 20.1%
Women�s Law and Public Policy Fellowship
Program 202-662-9650
www.wlppfp.org - Enables U.S. and
African attorneys to provide legal services and promote policy to help women
overcome domestic violence, discrimination, and poverty. 3.3%
Women�s Research & Education Institute
202-628-0444
www.wrei.org - WREI advances women�s
equality in health, employment and the military, fellowships to work in
Congress, and The American Woman, a biannual assessment of women�s
status. 1.7%
Women�s Sports Foundation 800-227-3988
www.womenssportsfoundation.org -
Founded by Billie Jean King, we are dedicated to ensuring equal access to
participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women in
sports/fitness. 22.2%
Women�s Village Banking: A Nonprofit
Development Enterprise 209-943-6165
www.katalysis.org (Katalysis
Foundation) - Working with grassroots organizations in Central America, we
provide low-income women with credit and training, enabling them to build
small businesses and overcome poverty. 23.6%
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
303-429-3530
www.yellowribbon.org (Light For Life
Foundation International) - Eliminate suicide through awareness, education,
gatekeeper training, seminars and community partnering for youth, adults and
the general public. Precious lives are being saved. 18.4%
YWCA of the USA 800-YWCA-US1
www.ywca.org - Oldest diverse women�s
membership movement to empower women and girls and eliminate racism.
Child care, housing, violence prevention, economic empowerment,
health/fitness, leadership, and public policy. 31.8%*
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants,
Toddlers and Families 202-638-1144
www.zerotothree.org - Promote the
healthy development of our nation�s infants and toddlers by supporting and
strengthening families, communities, and those who work on their behalf. 3.4%
