United Animal Nations

What type of organization is UAN?
United Animal Nations (UAN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable organization. All of our programs are designed to bring animals out of crisis and into care.

How many paid employees do you have? Volunteers?
UAN has 12 paid employees and more than 4,000 Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) and Humane Education Ambassador Reader (HEAR) volunteers.

Do you have chapters?
No. Our headquarters is in Sacramento, California, but our programs operate nationally. Some of our programs are also available in Canada.

Hungry For Heros

Program Director: Susan Tollett

Forum Link: Hungry For Heroes

Goal: To deliver food to families in situations of need.

2009 Program Expense Goal: $3000

Application Submissions: We will be accept applications on a continual basis.

Application Selection: Will be on a first come first serve basis.

Application Requirements:

* Must be a certified member on wishuponahero.com in good standings and have a wish for the Foundation to grant
* A member may only receive basic food assistance from the Foundation every 12 months.

Food Delivered: 7 days

Micro Giving

What is MicroGiving?

MicroGiving is an online community that connects those who have (Donors) with those who need (Recipients). MicroGiving is an extraordinary tool that empowers You the Donor, and gives you complete control over your individual charitable gifts.
How does it work?

Think eBay meets philanthropic marketplace but instead of buyers and sellers there are Donors and Recipients. Donors create a FREE Donor account, deposit funds into their donor account via paypal, browse profiles, choose a recipient and make a donation. Recipients create a recipient account (FREE), verify their cause and post a request.
What we provide.

* FREE Member Accounts
* A place where people can find HOPE
* An account to track all past & future donation
* A community of people who share and receive ‘Micro’ donations simply because they want to.

Give an Hour

Give an Hour™ is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), founded in September 2005 by Dr. Barbara V. Romberg, a psychologist in the Washington, D.C., area. The organization’s mission is to develop national networks of volunteers capable of responding to both acute and chronic conditions that arise within our society.

Currently, GAH is dedicated to meeting the mental health needs of the troops and families affected by the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. We provide counseling to individuals, couples and families, and children and adolescents. We offer treatment for anxiety, depression, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, sexual health and intimacy concerns, and loss and grieving.

GAH has been featured and Dr. Romberg has been interviewed in countless articles, television segments, and radio casts in the last few months, as the mental health needs of the troops have become strikingly apparent.

Corporate Angel Network

Corporate Angel Network is the only charitable organization in the USA whose sole mission is to ease the emotional stress, physical discomfort and financial burden of travel for cancer patients by arranging free flights to treatment centers, using the empty seats on corporate aircraft flying on routine business.



Based in White Plains, NY, Corporate Angel Network occupies an office donated by the Westchester County Airport. 50 part-time volunteers and five paid staff work with patients, physicians, corporations, flight departments and leading treatment facilities to arrange 2,500 flights a year.

Eligibility to participate in our program is open to all cancer patients, bone marrow donors, and bone marrow recipients who are ambulatory and not in need of medical support while traveling. Eligibility is not based on financial need, and patients may travel as often as necessary.

Thanks to the generous cooperation of 500 of America’s top corporations, including 56 of the top 100 in the Fortune 500, Corporate Angel Network has coordinated more than 25,000 flights since it’s founding in 1981. The program offers an obvious and meaningful benefit to cancer patients along with the opportunity for companies with corporate aircraft to provide a wonderful community service by merging business.

House of Charity

Healing Home

Since 1997, The House of Charity has housed the children we sponsor for medical care at local hospitals and clinics in apartments, hotel rooms and volunteers’ homes. In April of 2002 the board of directors of The House of Charity decided to move forward with its plan of purchasing a home that would be a permanent location to house these children providing:

We searched Houston for the perfect location and found a duplex in West Houston in the Walnut Bend subdivision. This home is more than just a place to stay for these children. We are providing a safe and comfortable environment for these children to not only heal physically but also heal the mental wounds they have received from a life of special challenges, neglect and ridicule. We are helping them grow confidence and self reliance by teaching them the necessary skills to survive this world. Just over three weeks after we closed on the property we were able to move the children from the apartment to The House of Charity Healing Home.

Healing Home

This home is more than just a place to stay for these children. It is a safe and comfortable environment for these children to not only heal physically, but to also heal the mental and emotional wounds they have received over years of difficult struggle, facing challenges, neglect, ridicule, and turmoil.

The most beautiful part about the Healing Home is that it brings children from different areas and backgrounds together to come and live under one roof, just like a family. We would love for all of you to come and visit the home, so whenever you have time, please call and arrange to come and spend some time with the children and take a glimpse of the magic that takes place in the Healing Home every single day.

The home can accommodate 25 children at a time, who are constantly under the care and supervision of a registered nurse and dedicated volunteers. All local children travel with one parent and 90% of the international children travel with an escort and stay in our healing home. Their stays can range from 6 months to 9 months to full one year, and most children require multiple surgeries

Wheels Appeal

Wheels Appeal

In Monmouth County, public transportation does not meet the needs of the poor, who solely rely on it to get to and from work. Through the Needs Assessment Survey, the United Way of Monmouth County has identified that the third most crucial need in our county is transportation. The Wheels Appeal program is designed to help with these transportation needs. The program has two components:

* Donated vehicles are received, assessed, and repaired if necessary and appropriate. In 2007, Wheels Appeal gave vehicles worth $33,390 to qualified applicants.
* Vehicles are re-donated to qualified applicants in Monmouth County.

A law passed in 2004 changed the tax-deduction policy. However, the IRS still allows a fair market value write-off for a vehicle that is donated and re-donated to a needy person. If a vehicle is not appropriate for re-donation, the vehicle may be sold. Love INC has the ability to receive cars to be sold from most parts of the continental United States. The proceeds are used to repair other vehicles or to support the various programs of Love INC.

To donate a vehicle or apply for a used vehicle, please call 732-542-7012, ext. 206.

Medical Transportation Reimbursement Fund

The MOTOR Fund has been created to assist individuals who need to travel a significant distance to receive medical care. The fund has been established to lessen the financial burden on individuals and families that can result from obtaining medical care that is sometimes far away from home.



Please review these eligibility requirements to see if you qualify for reimbursement of travel expenses from the MOTOR Fund. If you feel that you qualify, please fill out and send in the Recipient Form. If you are uncertain whether or not you qualify, please send in the information. Applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.





MILEAGE



The first requirement of eligibility for support from the MOTOR Fund is mileage traveled to and from the medical facility where your care is obtained. Currently, this distance is set at 250 miles or greater, or 500 miles round trip or greater.



DISTANCE = 250 MILES or greater (500 MILES ROUND-TRIP or greater)



This distance traveled will be verified by MapQuest or a similar program and is from your home (or similar location) to the designated care facility. The distance of side trips to visit a relative, Disneyland, sight-seeing, etc will not be covered by the MOTOR Fund and may not be included in this distance. You can verify this distance by selecting the link to MapQuest and entering the required information. (Submission of a printout of this confirmation of mileage with your Recipient Form is highly recommended.)



Mileage traveled by vehicle will be covered at $0.14 cents (USD) per mile, or actual expenses incurred (cost of fuel), whichever is requested by the recipient. (If cost of fuel is requested, receipts of these expenses must accompany the Recipient Form.)



If travel is obtained by airfare, train, bus, or other means, please submit this receipt and all additional expenses (travel to the airport, taxi, shuttle, rental car, parking fees, etc).

Air Charity Network

Your national charitable aviation network matching people in need with "free" flights
and other travel resources that can provide healing and hope.

Couple travels

Every 24 minutes a child or adult in need is being flown through the generous volunteer and donor resources of this charitable aviation network.


Air Charity Network™ (ACN) provides access for people in need seeking free air transportation to specialized health care facilities or distant destinations due to family, community or national crisis.

Operation Military Kids

Operation: Military Kids (OMK) is the U.S. Army's collaborative effort with America's communities to support the children and youth impacted by deployment. This initiative was officially launched in April 2005. Since its inception OMK has touched 88,000 military youth and provided information to 21009 community members across the United States.

Operation: Military Kids, as part of the 4-H/Army Youth Development Project, is a vital part of the Army OneSource (AOS) delivery system. Families and youth can access information about OMK programs, link to OMK partner programs on this OMK website or by contacting their State 4-H Military Liaison.

Through a network of community partners, OMK provides youth program opportunities for school age, middle school and teenaged youth and connects them to support resources where they live. Through OMK, Military Youth can:

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Participate in a range of recreational, social & educational programs
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Gain leadership, organizational, and technical skills by participating in the Speak Out for Military Kids program or Mobile Technology Lab programs
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Receive assistance with school issues by connecting with Army Child, Youth & School Services School Liaisons -- More on School Transition Support
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Attend single day or weekend camps
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Meet other youth who are also experiencing deployment

National, State and Local Partners of Operation: Military Kids provide access to youth programs and support services where military children live. OMK Partners can organize special events, provide transportation to military kids to sporting events or other extracurricular activities, or participate in the Hero Pack initiative.



Army Child, Youth & School Services programs are offered through Army Garrisons, National Guard Family State Program offices or Reserve Regional commands. National 4-H Headquarters provides information to connect military to 4-H programs in their hometowns. You can find the Boys & Girls Club nearest to you at www.bgca.org and participate in wide array of program opportunities such as Keystone Clubs. Schools can help create academic, social and emotional support networks for students. Military Child Education Coalition can provide professional development opportunites on working with military populations for school personnel and community members to make them aware of the stressors that can be associated with a military deployment.. The American Legion has a variety of youth program options such as the "High School Oratorical Scholarship Program" for youth of all ages. The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) can assist military families with child care issues.

OMK Teams operating in 49 States and the District of Columbia include over 600 OMK partner members from both national and local organizations that work together to provide support to the military children in their state.

Disabled Children's Relief Fund

Disabled Children's Relief Fund


Disabled Children's Relief Fund (DCRF), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, provides disabled children with assistance to obtain wheelchairs, orthopedic braces, walkers, lifts, hearing aids, eyeglasses, medical equipment, physical therapy, and surgery. Blind, Deaf, Amputees, and children with Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Spastic Quadriplegia, Encephalitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spina Bifida, Down's Syndrome, and other disabilities receive assistance. DCRF focuses special attention on helping children throughout the U.S. that do not have adequate health insurance, especially the physically challenged. In some cases, DCRF may be the last resort

Applications are available between April and September, by writing to:

Disabled Children's Relief Fund
P.O. Box 89
Freeport , New York 11520

Insure Kids Now

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that an additional $6 billion in new funds will be made available to states from the Children's health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA). The new funds will provide health care to millions of children nationwide.
More here

Angel Kiss Foundation

Angel Kiss Foundation is dedicated to helping all families of children with cancer in northern Nevada and the eastern Sierra by providing immediate and continuing financial assistance and emotional support.


Angel Kiss administers several program designed to ease the financial and emotional stress families face while battling cancer. The heart and sole of AKF is our Client Assistance Fund which provides financial assistance to families for expenses such as medical, household living expenses, mortgage payments, rent, food, travel expenses and other expenses the family may need assistance with during the child’s treatment. AKF will launch Connecting Families in January, 2009, which consists of group meetings and activities for those coping with pediatric cancer. Last but not least, we bring the "spirit" of the holidays to our families through the annual Family Holiday Party featuring dinner, face painting, crafts and a special visit from Santa complete with a gift for each patient and sibling(s).

Oil Heat Program

The Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program has delivered millions of gallons of discount home heating oil to poor and elderly households in Massachusetts and other cold weather states since 1979. This unique program helps protect needy families from volatile heating oil prices, which often leave households having to choose between heating the home and paying for other life essentials, such as food, health care, or clothing.

Wish Upon a Hero Foundation

Our Mission

Wish Upon A Hero Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. We will serve to align resources of individuals and corporations to impact education and literacy, economic despair, healthcare, environmental stewardship and disaster relief. The organization aims to achieve its mission by:

1. Promoting the importance of people helping people through internet marketing and promotional activities;
2. Working with other non-profit organization to strengthen programs that our consistent with our mission;
3. Bringing awareness to other organizations and institutions and to aid them with financial and awareness support;
4. Providing resources in a timely manner in cases of natural disaster or national emergency relief;
5. Working with individuals and other corporations to provide a unified conduit for donations for people to help people;
6. Providing scholarships to individuals for educational purposes;
7. Awarding grants to individuals and families who have special needs or unforeseen emergencies; and
8. Educating and getting people, communities and business involved in self philanthropy.

The Sierra Group

What we do

The Foundation has been established as a 501C(3) non-profit organization that invests our resources in three areas. They are:

* Establishing sustainable forums and tools that connect people to existing resources. All too often the systems designed to save a job for a person with a disability are complicated to navigate. The Foundation seeks to deploy tools and training that allow for easier access to the funded infrastructure already in place.

* Supporting relevant research on accessible technology in the workplace and supporting high levels of professional standards and credentials. Accessing reliable information and consistent advice lies at the center of every sustainable business process. The Foundation seeks to share best practice ideas that can transform the recruiting and hiring process allowing more qualified candidates with disabilities to secure competitive employment.

* Providing grants to support job-seekers with disabilities in securing the tools they need to secure competitive employment. Transportation, wardrobe, and adaptive technology costs can sometimes stand in the way of a person realizing an opportunity that they are qualified to accept. The Foundation seeks to provide resources to help eliminate these obstacles so that qualified people can succeed in employment

Craft Emergency Relief Fund

Have you or do you know of a professional craft artist who has experienced a recent, career-threatening emergency? You or your friend may be eligible for CERF assistance.
CERF emergency relief assistance includes small grants, no-interest loans, access to resources, waivers and discounts on booth fees, and donations of craft supplies and equipment. Carefully read through all the eligibility and criteria documentation prior to filling out an application.

Postal Relief Fund

The Postal Employees’ Relief Fund (PERF) is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization operated by the various management and union organizations of the U.S. Postal Service to benefit postal employees. The Fund was created in 1990 to assist postal employees affected by Hurricane Hugo and the California earthquake, and to provide a permanent process to assist postal employees who become victims of a major natural disaster. To date, the Fund has provided more than 3,000 grants totaling nearly $15 million to active and retired postal employees impacted by hurricane, typhoons, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, wildfires and home fires.

New Jersey Family Support Center

The Family Support Center is a clearinghouse of up-to-date information on a national, state and local family support programs, services and disabilities. The Center offers a "One-Stop-Shopping" approach to individuals seeking information on disabilities and services by providing them with easy access to a comprehensive array of services.

The Family Support Center (FSCNJ) was established in 1994 to provide information and referral on family support programs and services to families caring for a child with a disability, medical condition, rare disorder or other special needs. FSCNJ responds to the needs of families who are experiencing emotional distress and feelings of isolation, lack of information surrounding their child’s development and the services available to them. The Center operates a statewide toll free number (1-800-FSC-NJ10) for family members, professionals and other interested individuals to call for access to a broad array of support services.

Artist's Fellowship Financial Assistance

The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a private, charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement. The Artists' Fellowship's Board of Trustees and Officers all serve as volunteers in service to our community of artists. Assistance is given without expectation of repayment. One does not need to be a Member of the Fellowship to receive assistance; neither does membership in the Artists' Fellowship entitle one to assistance from the foundation.

The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. has absolutely no affiliation with city, state, or federal programs that provide "Artist Fellowships," neither are we affiliated with other foundations that provide "Artist Fellowships."