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Goodwill Industries of Central Texas is the Austin-area operating company for Goodwill Industries International. Goodwill Industries of Central Texas serves people with barriers, like developmental, medical, psychiatric, and emotional problems, to employment. Goodwill Industries of Central Texas also works with homeless people, at-risk youth, dislocated workers, and those over 50 seeking jobs. Goodwill Industries of Central Texas operates about 20 retail outlets and two refurbished computer outlets. In 2008 the group partnered with area employers, not-for-profits, and community groups to help 10,000 needy individuals find jobs. Goodwill Industries of Central Texas teamed with Dell and the City of Austin to form a computer-recycling program and computer museum.

Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC) is a not-for-profit organization that works with business and community leaders to provide economic development, education, and workforce development for needy neighborhoods in the metropolitan Philadelphia area. Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition assists other grassroots organizations by providing financial management services, as well as loans and grants; Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition also operates more than 30 programs of its own, including youth services and literacy programs. Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition is funded through government and foundation grants, corporate contributions, and individual donations. GPUAC was formed by the 1991 merger of The Urban Affairs Partnership and the Philadelphia Urban Coalition.

The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind helps people get around with the help of a four-footed friend. The not-for-profit organization offers guide dogs to the blind or visually impaired for free. Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. cost of raising and training a guide dog (Labradors, Golden Retrievers, and mixes of the two) is $30,000. Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. also provides instruction to the blind to handle their skilled guide dogs through a month-long training program. Classes, as well as dog breeding and training, are held at the Guide Dog Foundation's eight-acre facility in New York. Founded in 1946, Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. is supported solely by private donations.

Habitat for Humanity, more than 1.7 million people worldwide know there's no place like home. The mission of the not-for-profit, ecumenical Christian organization is to provide adequate and affordable shelter. Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. has built more than 350,000 houses at cost for families who demonstrate a need and are willing to invest "sweat equity" during construction. Homeowners make payments on no-interest mortgages; Habitat funnels the funds back into the construction of homes for others. Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. operates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico, in addition to affiliates in more than 90 countries. Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 by Linda Fuller and her late husband Millard.

Heifer Project International (known as Heifer International) runs more than 860 projects that help millions of impoverished families become self-sufficient. Recipients are located in 125 countries around the world, including 28 US states. The non-profit organization provides more than 25 different kinds of breeding livestock and other animals (bees, rabbits, ducks) that can be used for food, income, or plowing power, in addition to training in sustainable agriculture techniques. In exchange, the family agrees to pass on not only the animals' first female offspring to another needy family, but their knowledge, too.

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