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Seeds in the Middle, named by fourth graders in central Brooklyn, inspires parents, educators, students and their community to access all opportunities beginning with improving their health, enhancing arts education and greening their environment. We are joyful, respectful, educational and engaging. We nurture the whole child. Our innovative strategy to fight obesity and combat health disparities initiates at schools. We weave proven programs into a comprehensive package to turn around ills driving down opportunity and advancement. We empower and educate all to get healthy and scale disparities. Our pilot Hip2B Healthy schools are in central Brooklyn, a neighborhood with one of New York City's highest obesity, diabetes, and heart disease rates. Our programs are models for replication. We have run community farmers markets and founded Soccer for Harmony tournaments, inspiring social change through soccer. We are proud to boast that our focus 4th grade class test scores in 2012 surpassed the citywide average! At Seeds in the Middle, we partner with faculty. We teach how to grow, market, access and prepare nutritious food, how to exercise and engage in the arts, all the elements needed to promote life-changing lifelong health. Our partners come from all walks of life: chefs, athletes, educators, artists, builders and more. We cross cultures. We transform gray into green, destitution into inspiration.

AWAKENING THE SPIRIT AND HEALING WILD HEARTS THROUGH ART. With the understanding that art is inherently healing our mission is to support the Adults, Families and Children of Denver in having access to art and healing. Our hope is that our patrons will see themselves authentically and move forward with their dreams through art, creative expression and experience holistic wellness. Let us help you with the challenges that prevent you from enjoying and being present in your life. We believe that healing begins with taking care of your whole being...

To empower young adolescents through mentoring, workforce development and bullying awareness which will bring forth a positive growth in the community.

Our mission is to train and coach people facing career and life transitions to overcome barriers, restore self-belief, and acquire the skills and tools needed to secure employment. Our vision is the elimination of long-term unemployment in our community.

MISSION: The Harbour provides emergency housing and services to youth experiencing homelessness in order to promote safety, stability, and personal growth. The Harbour’s vision is to provide opportunities that guide and empower youth to their fullest potential through safe housing, critical emergency interventions, positive mentoring, and resource services. Stable housing in tandem with educational and vocational support, life skills training, and intensive financial literacy support, coupled with the mentoring and nurturing support of caring adults are hallmarks of each program. Unlike adults, most homeless youth have never lived on their own and typically lack the skills or financial resources to begin living independently and sustain a path to independence and housing stability.

The Colorado Teen Project in a non-profit organization serving youth aging out of foster care and youth who have or are currently experiencing homelessness - essentially, youth in transition. This special population aged 16-24 is vulnerable to living a life on the streets, a life of loneliness and a lifetime of untapped potential. By creating community connections and tapping into the spark of the youth we serve, we can help create a sustainable community for so many. Our mission is to create a 1:1 mentorship connection for youth who may be held back by birth lottery, social stigma and learned dysfunction.

Triangle Special Hockey Association / Triangle Sled Hockey Association are dedicated to the development and enjoyment of ice hockey for developmentally or physically challenged youth and adults. We are associated with USA Hockey Disabled Hockey. We serve the Triangle and surrounding areas of North Carolina. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization consisting of parents, volunteers, sponsors and of course, our exceptional athletes.

All children in foster care have success in school and life. Friends of Wednesday’s Child transforms the lives of children in foster care through education.

Post 74 was established in 2003 to provide benefit services to veterans and their families.

Solar Youth’s mission is to empower youth from New Haven’s high-poverty neighborhoods to achieve lifelong success. We do this through our unique program model which includes LONG-TERM supportive relationships, and programs that happen IN their neighborhoods where youth EXPLORE their ENVIRONMENT, become PROBLEM-SOLVERS and practice LEADERSHIP. Founded in 2000, Solar Youth has served over 3,000 children aged 4 to 18+. In the coming years we are looking to expand to serve MORE youth, and serve them BETTER - ensuring they have the on-going strategic supports to (1) graduate from high school; (2) with a post-HS plan; (3) prepared for success.

Community Initiatives acts as a thought-partner and provides professional services to nonprofit startups, established initiatives, networks, and collaborations. We sponsor initiatives for the benefit of communities in service to social change.

The mission of The Save Our Children Movement Inc, also known as SOCM, is to provide some of the basic and practical needs of our children in the low-income areas of the United States. We are vigorously dedicated to providing our children with everything within our resources, as well as empowering them to be productive members of our communities as they grow up. We primarily assist these children in the areas of food, clothing, mentorship, academics, family support, recreation, behavioral skills, and other areas of youth development.