Links to Important Organizations

This is a listing of organizations that help fund and contribute to bettering the world in general.  If you're looking for the real authority to help - this is the place to look!  



Amnesty International 
http://www.amnesty.org/ 
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America 
http://www.bbbsa.org/ 
UNICEF 
http://www.unicef.org/ 
CARE 
http://www.care.org/ 
WWF - World Wildlife Foundation 
http://www.worldwildlife.org/ 
RAINN 
http://www.rainn.org/ 
Salvation Army 
http://www.salvationarmy.org/ 
YWCA 
http://www.ywca.org/ 
YMCA 
http://www.ymca.net/index.jsp 
M.A.D.D. - Mothers Against Drunk Drivers 
http://www.madd.org/home/ 
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 
http://www.peta.org/ 
The Humane Society 
http://www.hsus.org/ace/352 
The Children's Defense Fund 
http://www.childrensdefense.org/ 
Christian Children's Fund 
http://www.christianchildrensfund.org/ 
Make-A-Wish Foundation 
http://www.wish.org/ 
ChildHelp USA 
http://www.childhelpusa.org/ 
World Vision Canada 
http://www.worldvision.ca/welcomewvc/Homewvc.nsf/home?OpenFrameset 
American Civil Liberties Union 
http://www.aclu.org/ 
Better Business Bureau 
http://www.bbb.org/ 
Oxfam International 
http://www.oxfam.org/ 
Peace Corps 
http://www.peacecorps.gov/indexf.cfm 
NFB - National Institute for the Blind 
http://www.nfb.org/ 
National Audubon Society 
http://www.audubon.org/ 
Sierra Club 
http://www.sierraclub.org/ 
Greenpeace 
http://www.greenpeace.org/homepage/ 
Friends of the Earth 
http://www.foei.org/ 
Red Cross 
http://www.redcross.org/ 
The War Amputees 
http://www.waramps.ca/ 
Shriners Hospital 
http://www.shrinershq.org/ 
The Hunger Project 
http://www.thp.org/ 
Habitat for Humanity 
http://www.habitat.org/ 
United Way 
http://national.unitedway.org/ 
Children's Miracle Network 
http://www.cmn.org/ 
National Coalition for Homelessness 
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/ 
Community Outreach 
http://www.fmi.org/community/ 
Ford Foundation 
http://www.fordfound.org/ 
Planned Parenthood Federation 
http://www.ippf.org/ 
World Federalists 
http://www.wfa.org/ 
United Nations 
http://www.un.org/ 
Covenant House 
http://www.covenanthouse.org/ 
National Wildlife Federation 
http://www.nwf.org/ 
Advocates for Youth 
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/ 
World Conservation Union 
http://www.iucn.org/ 
American Legion 
http://www.legion.org/ 
Environment Canada 
http://www.ec.gc.ca/ 
American Life League 
http://www.all.org/ 
National Urban League 
http://www.nul.org/ 
Drug Reform Coordination Network 
http://www.drcnet.org/ 
Catholic Charities USA 
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/index_flash.cfm 
Pax Christi USA 
http://www.paxchristiusa.org/ 
GLAD - Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation  
http://www.glad.org/ 
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 
http://www.handguncontrol.org/ 
AIDS Action Council 
http://www.aidsaction.org/ 
American Cancer Society 
http://www.cancer.org/ 
American Farm Bureau Federation 
http://www.fb.com/ 
Rainforest Action Network 
http://www.ran.org/ 
Alliance for Justice 
http://www.afj.org/ 



Additional Resources to Find Organizations  (Thanks Jim!!)

The Hunger Site 
http://www.thehungersite.com/ 
The Humanitarian Site 
http://www.thehumanitariansite.org/ 
The Human Rights Watch 
http://www.hrw.org/ 
War Resisters' International 
http://www.wri-irg.org/ 
Women's Human Rights Resources 
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/ 
Anti-Racist Action 
http://www.web.net/~ara/ 
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 
http://www.unhchr.ch/ 
European Court of Human Rights 
http://www.echr.coe.int/ 
Stop Esso! 
http://www.stopesso.com/ 
Clean Clothes Campaign 
http://www.cleanclothes.org/ 
Campaign Against Arms Trade 
http://www.caat.org.uk/ 
Kurdish Human Rights Project 
http://www.khrp.org/ 
Child Rights Information Network 
http://www.crin.org/ 
Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers 
http://www.defend-asylum.org/ 
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights 
http://www.nnirr.org/ 
Google Directory for Activism 
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Activism/