All Community created Funds

Empowering the women veteran community is an important part of inclusion and diversity.

A Mercy Corps virtual engagement and volunteer activity Join Mercy Corps, for an engaging activity that borrows from the curriculum of their Family Superhero program in Jordan, where they are helping Syrian families cope with the big, complex emotions that come with prolonged stress through art. Aiming to be light and fun, each participant will walk away with tools to better express difficult and complex emotions, develop language for feelings, and help to create a safe space at home. Join us February 23, 2021 at 3pm CET

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, led by The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., was a pivotal time in our nation’s history and has had far-reaching repercussions. Modern movements for racial justice and equality, like the Black Lives Matter movement, are extensions of the work that he started. The protests against systemic racism in 2020 and the insurrection at the beginning of 2021 have proven that the fight for civil rights is far from complete. MLK Day, celebrated nationally on January 18, is a day of service that celebrates the Civil Rights leader’s mission, life, and legacy. The holiday, often referred to as “a day on, not a day off,” is dedicated to volunteerism, encouraging people everywhere to reflect and take action in their communities. The call to action on this day is intended to empower individuals, strengthen communities, bridge barriers, create solutions for some of our most pressing social problems, and move us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a “Beloved Community.” Dr. King led the charge to demand the most basic of human rights -- civil rights -- and there are plenty of opportunities to contribute. This Fund is comprised of nonprofit organizations that are fighting for social justice in the U.S. and around the world. We encourage you to give to this campaign, or to search on Bright Funds for a nonprofit that is doing the work to fight racism and intolerance in order to create a more just, equitable world.

Hey Team - would appreciate any contributions to a few non-profits I directly work with in the Richmond, VA area. These organizations directly impact Community Outreach and Refugee Relief through weekly food distributions, educational initiatives, and economic assistance. If you'd like to learn more about our work and programs, feel free to reach me at sullah@vmware.com. Thanks!

Help bring back life to people at Boraie village, Rajasthan, India by supporting this project. Water scarcity has taken a huge toll on villages. In absence of water people face hardships. Many women walk miles daily to fetch water for daily use. Many farmers struggle with farming. Families are forced to pick up alternative livelihoods in nearby cities. Villages are abandoned. Boraie is such a village. Project Oasis is focused on developing self-sustained water resources for water desperate villages in India. By identifying strategic locations with scientific research and local expertise, check dams are built for the villages to ensure year-round availability of water sourced by rainwater harvesting techniques. Reviving Boraie is part of Project Oasis. Boraie is evaluated as a high impact site, where by building a checked dam farmers can have access to water supply throughout the year. A checked dam harvests/preserves rainwater during monsoon, then let it flow away. This collected water goes underground replenishing all wells in the area. In good monsoon the dam will hold 4,03,571 cft = 1,13,00,000 crore litres of water. Each village is unique. At Boraie the planned checked dam is named Aatamni Khalli . This campaign targets funding of $6000 for the purpose of this dam. With checked dam built, following impact is expected at Boraie: --145 families, totaling 1160 people will get access to water throughout the year. --320 migrant/displaced workers will reverse migrate to the village to pick up farming again. --529 Acres of new irrigable land will be generated. --290 new employment opportunities will be generated.

Please support Educational Opportunities for underprivileged kids in Liberia. - Annual Academic Scholarships for St Teresa's Convent children, an all girls school - Rebuild St. Patrick’s High School Project to educate boys

Collection of funds focused on the health of our forests, climate change activism, and environmental/human rights for communities that are exploited in the pursuit of corporate profit. These funds are a mix of US and globally-focused charities.

When we give from our hearts, we change lives. And, when we receive from our hearts, our own lives gain greater meaning. The Hustle ✝️ Heart 33 organization www.hustleandheart33.com provides opportunities for students to reach their potential on and off the court of life, to display kindness and have an impact on their community. All in the memory of our daughter "Lil Mac" Every year, we have raised money for high school seniors in the community who embody her traits and the messaging that…. “Kindness Matters.”

The aim of this fundraiser is to support seniors with disabilities and mental health issues, the residents of Krakow Praska DPS. We want to help them stay fit & healthy by providing necessary rehabilitation & gym equipment. Praska DPS is a social care home in Krakow providing shelter for 80 elderly citizens, often with disabilities. Since the outbreak of pandemic in March 2020, their residents are locked down with very limited possibilities to go out and total restriction on external visits. The only way for them to stay active is a daily practice at the gym / rehabilitation room. Currently, most of the equipment is obsolete and needs refreshments. Gather funds could help to equip it for the use of senior residents and help them stay healthy & happy. The total sum of $2500 will fully cover costs of equipping rehabilitation room for the seniors and help them to stay active during this challenging Covid times. Big or small, every donation matters. A heartfelt thank you for all your support!

This is to help with Sanitization in rural areas. Help build toilets and give santization materials.

A few brightfunds approved organizations local to Durham and the research triangle. Happy to add more as others find them or they are approved.

A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Croatia on Tuesday, December 29th. At least six people were killed, dozens were wounded and several towns in central Croatia were left in ruins. The full extent of casualties was not known and as daylight faded, emergency crews, assisted by the military, searched the wreckage for survivors. The quake, which hit just after noon local time about 30 miles from the capital, Zagreb, could be felt across the Balkans and as far away as Hungary. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/world/europe/croatia-earthquake.html It followed a smaller earthquake a day earlier and another in March, rattling residents in the earthquake-prone region. The epicenter of the quake was near the towns of Petrinja and Sisak, which is home to the region’s largest hospital, rendered largely unusable because of damage. Although people injured in the quake were still being taken to the facility to be triaged, including two in critical condition, the government said it would evacuate the patients there. That effort would also include moving 40 coronavirus patients to other facilities. In March, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hit Zagreb caused wide damage of 26,000 buildings and homes. https://www.croatiaweek.com/photos-two-earthquakes-rock-the-croatian-capital-zagreb/ With the urgency of leaving their homes, the situation was exacerbated by the ongoing fight with COVID-19 with people not allowed to gather in groups and travel to other regions to slow the speading of the virus down. The consequences of this earthquake became immediately evident: downtown residents had to leave their homes and move to student dorms, several cultural institutions, including educational facilities, museums and the famed Zagreb Cathedral, sustained significant damage. Many hospitals were forced to evacuate patients and move them to safer locations with the help of the army personnel amid freezing temperatures.

Children, youth, and adults in West Africa, Liberia is in need of education, healthcare, and relief aid. This fund will help and empower residents of Gessi town in Liberia with much-needed assistance. They will have access to free education, healthcare, library, and computer lab. Currently, children living in that town walk 2 miles to school, and healthcare such as clinics or hospitals are not located in that area. The need to erect such a facility is needed. The 1st phase of our project is completed. We are looking at the 2nd phase, and with your help of $10,000, we can achieve our goal and begin the roofing of this infracstructure. 3 truckloads of sand @210.00 USA dollars $630 2 truckloads of crush rocks @420 USA dollars $840 300 bags of cement @7.50 USA dollars $2,250 3000 blocks @ 0.45 USA dollars $1,350

"Even the smallest footprints can leave an imprint on this world" We are devastated by the passing of our daughter Eleanor Diane Ruth Marcell. On Sunday, November 1st, Jason and I went to the emergency room. After monitoring, no fetal movement or heartbeat was detected. I delivered our daughter stillborn at 9:20 am on Tuesday, November 3rd. Our little miracle measured 17” and weighed 5 lbs 4 oz. Her gestational age on November 1st was 34 weeks, 6 days. We are so grateful for the outpouring of love and support of all that have surrounded our family in the last weeks. During the unimaginable grief we experienced during our hospital stay from November 1st through the 5th, we were comforted by the ability to spend time with our daughter in our room through the use of a Cuddle Cot. Cuddle Cots are a sort of small refrigeration system used in a bassinet that helps slow decomposition, thus allowing bereaved parents like us the gift of time with our baby. Jason and I took solace in the fact that our precious baby did not need to spend any time in a morgue because of this device. Instead, she was with us and our nursing staff until the funeral home came to pick her up. Unfortunately, Cuddle Cots are not available in all hospitals in Louisiana, and the overall number of Cuddle Cots in Louisiana is extremely low. To honor our beloved baby, we are seeking to raise funds to donate a Cuddle Cot in her memory and pass on the gift of time to other parents experiencing the gut-wrenching loss we experienced. We are partnering with The Ardent Foundation to acquire and donate a Cuddle Cot to Ochsner Kenner’s birthing center, which currently does not have any Cuddle Cots. And if our Go Fund Me is so blessed we might be able to donate more Cuddle Cots to additional hospitals all over the state of Louisiana. Links: https://flexmort.com/cuddle-cots/ https://www.theardentfoundation.com/cuddlecot-campaign "The CuddleCot™ cooling pad is placed in any Moses basket, crib, bed, or another receptacle. It is connected by a specially insulated hose and is quietly cooled using the CuddleCot cooling unit. The CuddleCot system comes in its own carry case with two sizes of cooling pad for premature and full-term babies. The CuddleCot cools to an ideal temperature for preserving baby without being too cold for the parents." One of the best ways you can honor Eleanor is to hug your children close to you and tell them how much you love them - whether they are 3, 23, or 43.

Clinic, school, library, and compute lab for children living in poverty in a town in Liberia, West Africa.

To help with Bill's and needs food

Helping all animals everywhere!

From Intuitive VETS ERG, please help this season in support of the VFW National Home for Children campaign. VFN National Home for Children is a neighborhood of military and veteran families located in Eaton Rapids, Michigan and the neighborhood consists of 42 single-family homes. Families can live at the National Home for up to 4 years and have the opportunity to accomplish significant life goals by working one-on-one with a case manager. All families have access to educational, recreational, and enrichment services, as well as free housing and daycare. Your help through donations during this challenging year will enable the National Home to purchase items from their Amazon Wish List. All items on the list are needed for the day to day operations throughout their facility and will continue to support the important work that they are doing for military and veteran families. To learn more about the National Home visit their website at www.vfwnationalhome.org.

Project Oasis is helping farmers in India by making water supply available throughout the year. Agriculture and drinking water are made available through means of rainwater harvesting which is achieved by building check dams. The project has already completed construction for 8 dams providing water to more than 12 villages. These check dams have transformed the lives of more than 10,000 villagers and farmers. These check dams have triggered the reverse migration. For more information please visit - projectoasis.iahv.org In the year 2021, we intend to build 20 more check dams. Funds raised through this campaign will be used to build new check dams for transforming the lives of more than 20,000 villagers and farmers. Project Oasis team visited several villages and met farmers who were benefitted by check dams. Amazing stories of these farmers are captured here - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=ProjectOasisIndia&set=a.2476937272408135 Our past check dams - Jaipal ChekDam, Village : Dadhikar, Tehsil : Sadar, District : Alwar - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=ProjectOasisIndia&set=a.2742566605845199 Radha CheckDam, Village : Shyampura, Tehsil : Thanagazi, District : Alwar - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=ProjectOasisIndia&set=a.2742587329176460

Przystan Medyczna NGO is dedicated to providing medical aid to destitute and homeless people, who are socially excluded. In the age of the pandemic, they have established a helpline, which has been used 220 times so far. Every phone call is followed by intervention, when young doctors & med students visit places where their homeless patients live. NGO provides them with not only medical aid but also clothes and other essential articles. Interventions are implemented with the help of an ambulance, which is not only a vehicle but also a space for comfortable and safe examination. The ambulance they currently use was donated to the Foundation in 2018 as used vehicle. Unfortunately, it is now in a poor technical condition owing to its age and frequent use. The repair costs exceed financial capacities. Therefore, we need to raise funds for a new one. Przystan Medyczna relies predominantly on donations, that is why we are kindly asking you for your support in buying a new Ambulance. We would appreciate any assistance!

Assisting individuals in our communities with advocacy, employment and re-entry services.

CalSAC helps build an out-of-school time workforce (such as before school, afterschool and summer learning) that is filled with strong mentors and highly skilled practitioners who reflect the communities they serve. Through collaboration and innovation, our network creates ripple effects of opportunity, equity and transformation throughout California, both for professionals and the young people they serve.

2020 has been a very hard year for many families. The Midwest Intuitive Team would like to help in some small way by giving to those families that could use some help this holiday season. Please consider helping to put a smile on some faces by donating to the Toys for Tots Foundation. Happy Holidays!

We are putting together a fund for local charity group for this holiday season in AZ. The Sunshine Angels offer support to foster children in AZ.

Supporting Non Profits - this year the EMEA SAM team want to help raise funds - at this time of year we would normally be in the office and doing Secret Santa Due to remote work from home this is not possible but we would like to donate what we would have spent on Secret Santa this year to non profits Marymount and Barretstown are the chosen non profits.