Volunteers of America, a national faith-based organization that provides community-level human services to more than 2 million people a year. It works to help abused and neglected children, at-risk youth, disabled people, the homeless, people with substance abuse problems, the elderly, and prisoners and former prisoners. The group operates from about 40 offices across the US and counts more than 70,000 volunteers in its ranks. It receives government grants as well as support from the public. Volunteers of America was organized in 1896 by Ballington and Maud Booth. At Volunteers of America, we are more than a nonprofit organization. Volunteers of America is a ministry of service that includes nearly 16,000 paid, professional employees dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential.

WHYY provides the media landscape with a little Fresh Air. The company operates public radio station WHYY 91FM, which produces the popular NPR talk show with host Terry Gross. WHYY, Inc. also runs public television stations TV12 and TV 64; they all three serves parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. WHYY's Advantage Productions offers studio rental, satellite links, and other productions services to film and video producers. WHYY, Inc. has its roots in the 1950s, when what was then The Metropolitan Philadelphia Educational Radio and Television Corporation began broadcasting cultural and educational radio programming. WHYY, Inc. 125,000 members along with corporations and government agencies fund WHYY.

The Wildlife Conservation Society, founded in 1895, has the clear mission to save wildlife and wild places across the globe. Wildlife Conservation Society story began in the early 1900’s when we successfully helped the American bison recover on the Western Plains. The not-for-profit group operates New York City's Bronx Zoo, the New York Aquarium, and the "city zoos" of Central Park, Prospect Park, and Queens. Wildlife Conservation Society environmental education programs are used in schools throughout the US and in other nations. Wildlife Conservation Society has ongoing efforts in more than 50 countries to protect endangered species and ecosystems. Much of the funding for the society's work comes from visitors and from grants. WCS was founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society.

Window To The World Communications (WTTW) broadcasts arts, children's, current event, humanities, and science programming via its Chicago television station (WTTW Channel 11, with the nation's largest viewer base) and radio station (98.8 WFMT). Window To The World Communications, Inc. programming focuses on events and issues that effect the Chicago metropolitan area: special emphasis is given to cultural and educational topics. WTTW is a not-for-profit corporation governed by about 50 trustees representing the greater Chicago community. Window To The World Communications, Inc. is licensed by the FCC as a public TV station and is funded and governed by the community it serves. The station, started by Inland Steel chairman Edward Ryerson, began broadcasting in 1955.

WITI, or Women in Technology International, is a professional organization devoted to helping women advance through the use of technology. Through its Web site, WITI provides access to educational, financial and job information, and networking opportunities. WITI publishes the magazine FasTrack. WITI has chapters in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico, the UK, and in more than 25 US states and the District of Columbia. WITI, also known as WITI4Hire, was established in 1989. WITI started in 1989 as The International Network of Women in Technology and, in 2001, evolved into The WITI Professional Association, the nation's leading trade association for tech-savvy women. Today, WITI is the premiere global organization empowering women in business and technology to achieve unimagined possibilities.

World Concern is concerned with the poorest of the poor around the world. The Christian not-for-profit helps about 4 million people a year in more than 30 nations. World Concern uses its own index of nine factors like economy, health issues, conflict, and food availability, along with prayer, to determine which nations most need assistance. World Concern provides emergency relief and community development, including small business loans, agriculture starter kits, prenatal education, Christian literature, village sanitation kits, and donated goods (clothing, plant seeds, bedding). Founded in 1973, World Concern uses about 1,300 volunteers throughout the world working from offices in the US, Bolivia, Kenya, and Thailand.

World Vision International (WVI) sees a world where all children are fed, sheltered, educated, valued, and loved. The Christian relief, development, and advocacy organization aims to help communities around the globe in areas such as education, health care, and economic development; World Vision International also participates in emergency relief efforts. WVI operates in about 100 countries from some 40 offices worldwide. Projects in Africa account for about 40% of the group's spending; the Asia/Pacific region accounts for about 20%. WVI's private donors sponsor some 3 million children. The group receives its contributions -- both cash and gifts-in-kind -- mainly from private sources. WVI was founded in 1950 by the Rev. Bob Pierce.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), known for its black and white panda logo, strives to protect the diversity of life on the planet. The conservation organization has worked on more than 13,000 projects in about 160 countries to save endangered species and natural areas, as well as to address threats such as global warming and the exploitation of forests. WWF operates projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, and Eurasia with national affiliates in about 100 countries. World Wildlife Fund publishes data on endangered wildlife, wild places, and global challenges, such as toxic chemicals and climate change. WWF was founded in 1961 and is supported by some 1.2 million members in the US and 5 million globally.

WWF-UK is not Britain's chapter of the World Wrestling Federation. One of the autonomous national organization members of the World Wildlife Fund, WWF-UK is a non-profit that raises money to fund a variety of environmental conservation causes, protecting flora, fauna, land, sea, and air alike. The larger organization is active not only in the UK but also around the world. Building sustainable homes, safeguarding endangered animals, and working to limit the use of chemicals are among the group's efforts. Established in 1961, WWF-UK conducts its conservation efforts in such places as Africa, the Asia-Pacific area, Europe, and Latin America.

The YAI National Institute for Disabilities Network (YAI/NIPD) serves developmentally and learning-disabled people and their families throughout Connecticut, New Jersey, the New York metropolitan area, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico. The nonprofit's services include health care, job training and placement, counseling, "overnight respite" for family caregivers, social activities, and summer camp programs. YAI National Institute for People with Disabilities Network also conducts research into the specific needs of individuals and families cooping with disability and provides public information about the capabilities of disabled people. YAI/NIPD was founded in 1957 as the Young Adult Institute, a social welfare agency for young adults with disabilities.

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