a cool autumn breeze by Janine Dupree
We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth. ~Abraham Lincoln
I've listed below some charities awarded four stars (highest rating) by Charity Navigator- "Your Guide to Intelligent Giving":
Click the Charity Navigator link above for detailed rating information on these and many more charities. It's really eye-opening to see the ratings for these organizations. And yes, there are some with zero stars; the NAACP is one of them.
Links below take you to individual charity websites. For your holiday giving, please consider making charitable donations in the names of friends and family members in addition to or in lieu of gifts. I certainly found some new ones for my 2009 holiday gift-giving.
Amazon Conservation Team
The Adirondack Council
American Forests
Beyond Pesticides
Center for Biological Diversity
Council on the Environment of New York City
Earth Day Network
Earth Justice
EDF: Environmental Defense Fund
Grand Canyon Trust
Greenpeace Fund
Heal the Bay (Santa Monica CA)
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
NRDC: Natural Resources Defense Council
The Nature Conservancy
Oceana
Oregon Environmental Council
Rainforest Alliance
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
Union of Concerned Scientists
World Resources Institute
Alliance for Global Justice
Jane Addams Peace Association
United States Fund for UNICEF
American Bird Conservancy
Bat Conservation International
Big Cat Rescue
Jane Goodall Institute
Pollinator Partnership
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Snow Leopard Trust
Ducks Unlimited
The Elephant Sanctuary
Center for Great Apes
Sea Turtle Restoration Project
Wild Salmon Center
Wildlife Conservation Network
World Wildlife Fund
Dogs for the Deaf
Guide Dogs of the Desert
Humane Farming Association
The Humane Society of the United States
The Archaeological Conservancy
The New York Public Library
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
The V Foundation for Cancer Research
Cultural Survival
Family Violence Prevention Fund
The BELL Foundation (Building Educated Leaders for Life)
Chez Panisse Foundation
The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans
The Juilliard School
Portland Schools Foundation
Teach for America
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Boys Town
Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Plantation
Armed Services YMCA
Volunteers of America
Army Emergency Relief
Delancey Street Foundation
Farm Aid
Navy-Marine Corp Relief Society
Operation Homefront
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Portland OR
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