Big Brothers Big Sisters mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth by making meaningful, professionally supported matches between adult volunteers (Bigs) and children (Littles).
Fans for the Cure promotes education, patient referrals, Women's and Men's support groups, and medical screenings on behalf of men and families as they journey with prostate cancer.
Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation’s mission is to fund less toxic therapies for children with cancer so they can have a better quality of life as they battle the disease and to give children battling cancer and their families hope during the most difficult days of their lives.
Stepping Stones Support is a grassroots, all-volunteer nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping men and women affected by cancer. Through its Survivor’s Helper program, the organization annually provides holiday gifts and winter necessities to cancer patients and their families in treatment.
The mission of Friends of Karen is to provide emotional, financial and advocacy support for children with a life-threatening illness and their families in order to help keep them stable, functioning, and able to cope. Friends of Karen started in 1978 with one family; one child, Karen MacInnes; and one inspired woman, Sheila Petersen. Since then, we have assisted more than 18,000 children and their families.
The mission of Corey's Promise is simple - help families offset the financial burdens they endure during their child's cancer diagnosis and raise awareness for pediatric cancer.
The mission of the Suzanne M. Scanio Foundation is to spread kindness to families facing grief or hardship in their lives, provide educational scholarships, and advocate for breast cancer research.
Breakthrough T1D is a tax-exempt nonprofit 501(c)3 organization. As the leading global type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization, we help make everyday life better while driving toward cures. We are opening doors that were once closed by T1D diagnosis. We lead the way to more effective solutions by connecting the brightest minds to advance treatments, influence policy, and improve access to care.​ By driving innovation forward, we will make T1D a thing of the past.
The mission of United Heroes League is to help military families heal, build friendships, and engagement in their communities through sports. They do this by providing access to a wide range of sports activities. Through United Heroes League these kids get to play on sports teams, get equipment, and go to camps and training clinics all at no cost to the military family. They even get to meet and spend time with professional athletes. That's why more than 100 pro athletes and 39 sports teams have signed on to help. Be a hero by helping a hero.
Building Homes for Heroes® is determined and devoted to bringing renewed hope to our nation’s injured veterans, first responders and their families. The organization builds or modifies homes, and gifts them, mortgage-free, to injured veterans, first responders and their families, while providing support services to enable them to build better and brighter lives and reach new heights. It’s truly an honor to serve the men and women who have courageously served and sacrificed for our country.
A Soldier’s Journey Home mission is simple: with volunteers from all over the country, we galvanize the local community and build a specially-adapted, mortgage-free home for a veteran with disabilities to give back for the sacrifices they have made on our behalf and on behalf of our nation.
The American Cancer Society strives to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity, to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
The Northwell Health Foundation mission is to inspire the most people in our communities to advance Northwell Health by giving to the best of their ability.
The mission of the V Foundation is simple – we fund game-changing research and all-star scientists to accelerate victory over cancer and save lives.
The mission of Long Island Cares is to bring together all available resources for the benefit of the hungry and food insecure on Long Island and, to the best of our ability, provide for the humanitarian needs of our community. Our goals are to improve food security for families, sponsor programs that help families achieve self-sufficiency, and educate the public about the root causes and consequences of hunger on Long Island.
Island Harvest Food Bank is a leading human services organization whose mission is to end hunger and reduce food waste on Long Island. We accomplish this through innovative programs and services aimed at enhanced hunger awareness, short-term case management, nutrition education, outreach and advocacy initiatives, a Workforce Skills Development Institute, our organic farm, and efficient food collection and distribution. Our work directly supports children, families, seniors, and veterans who turn to us in times of crisis and supports a network of 300 community-based nonprofit organizations. Island Harvest Food Bank is a member of Feeding America®, a nationwide network of food banks leading the effort to solve hunger in the U.S.
The Guide Dog Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization serving clients from across the United States and Canada. The Foundation relies on contributions from generous individuals, corporations, service clubs, and foundations to fund its mission to serve people with disabilities. It costs over $50,000 to breed, raise, train, and place one assistance dog, but the Guide Dog Foundation provides its services completely free of charge to the individual. Its sister organization, America’s VetDogs, trains and provides guide, service, and hearing dogs for disabled veterans and first responders. The Guide Dog Foundation was the first assistance dog school in the United States to be accredited by both the International Guide Dog Federation and Assistance Dogs International.
The Long Island Blues, a member of the American Special Hockey Association, was created for children and young adults with developmental disabilities such as Downs Syndrome, Autism, ADD and ADHA. The program gives people of all ages and abilities a chance to learn and grow by playing the game of hockey and gives them the tools to be success both within and outside the hockey environment. The program teaches skating and hockey skills, as well as gives the play the opportunity to play on a team sport.
The mission of Long Island Sled Hockey is to foster, promote and encourage sportsmanship, teamwork and camaraderie through the sport of sled hockey, specifically aimed at a juvenile and adolescent population of physically and or mentally challenged athletes.
The mission of ADAPT Community network is to empower people through innovative solutions, one person at a time.
Make-A-Wish believes that together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illness.
The Kortright Kares Foundation's mission is to uplift and empower underserved student-athletes through a comprehensive approach beyond Athletics. Our primary focus is to provide athletic opportunities and robust education support, mentoring, tutoring, college counseling, and career exploration to ensure their holistic growth and success. By offering tailored support and resources, we aim to equip these talented individuals with the tools to excel academically and achieve their dreams beyond the playing field.​
RMHC New York Metro’s mission is to build a community of compassionate care by creating and supporting programs that directly improve the health and well-being of sick children and their families. Thousands of families with sick children travel to the greater New York area each year to find lifesaving medical care. Many families lack accommodation near the hospital, as well as the financial resources needed to support their sick children. RMHC New York Metro extends its support for families with sick children through the operation of family-centered programs, including a Ronald McDonald House in New Hyde Park and two Ronald McDonald Family Rooms at Stony Brook Children’s.
The mission of AHRC Suffolk is to provide dynamic, innovative and integrated services where children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities discover and define their own quality of life and are thriving to their fullest potential, joined by their families, circles of support and our person-centered organization.
The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.
The LGBT Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is a home and a voice for LGBT people, their families, and support systems in Long Island and Queens. Our community centers help LGBT people to be themselves, stay healthy, and change the world. Since 1993, the LGBT Network has been pioneering advocacy and social change to create safe spaces where LGBT people LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY, and PRAY.
The New York City Gay Hockey Association (NYCGHA) is New York’s first and largest LGBTQ+ hockey organization. For over 20 years, we have provided an environment free of harassment and discrimination for members and friends of the LGBTQ+ community to play ice hockey and fulfill their athletic aspirations.
The mission of MADD is to end drunk driving, help fight drugged driving, support the victims of these violent crimes, and prevent underage drinking.
Ubuntu Pathways (formerly Ubuntu Education Fund) is a nonprofit organization that provides an integrated support system of health, education, and social support in the townships of Gqeberha, South Africa, previously known as Port Elizabeth.
Project Healthy Minds is a millennial/Gen Z-driven non-profit building the world’s first digital mental health marketplace to democratize access to life-changing services, partnering with public figures to destigmatize mental health, and creating the first national standards for businesses to better support employee mental health.
Beyond The Badge is committed to breaking the stigma surrounding first responders coming forward for mental health treatment and provides support to the families and children whose first responder died by suicide.
As the local chapter of Mental Health America and of the Mental Health Association of New York State, it is our mission to drive evidence-based practices, information, education, and resources to the residents of Suffolk County.
Companions in Courage Foundation believes no child in the fight for life or health should ever have to go through it alone. At Companions in Courage Foundation, we are here to give courage, friendship, compassion and support to those children and families who are overcoming illness and life-threatening obstacles.
Northwell Health Foundation mission is to inspire the most people in our communities to advance Northwell Health by giving to the best of their ability.
Since 9/11, Tunnels to Towers have been helping America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. Tunnels to Towers are committed to eradicating veteran homelessness and helping America to Never Forget September 11, 2001.
The mission of Answer the Call the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund is to support the families of New York City Police Officers, Firefighters, Port Authority Police, and EMS Personnel who have been killed in the line of duty.
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-style sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Smile Train is the world’s larges cleft-focused organization, with a sustainable and local model of supporting surgery and other forms of essential care. Over the last 20 plus years, Smile Train has supported safe and quality cleft care for 1.5 plus million children and will continue to do so until every child in need with a cleft has access to the care they deserve.
