The Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) may seem at cross purposes but it helps the poor on both ends of the age spectrum. The lay Catholic not-for-profit organization works in about two dozen countries in Africa, Asia, The Americas and Caribbean. CFCA provides services for children and the elderly in areas such as education, medical care, clothing, and nutrition. Christian Foundation for Children and Aging sets up relationships between more than 270,000 sponsors in the US and about 310,000 who need assistance in countries like Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Tanzania, and Uganda. CFCA was founded in 1981 by a group of missionaries including its president Bob Hentzen.

City Harvest is a not-for-profit organization that delivers food to about 600 soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and community food programs in New York. City Harvest Inc. distributes more than 25 million pounds of excess food each year, feeding some 260,000 men, women, and children each week. Founded by Helen verDuin Palit in 1982, City Harvest works with more than 1,900 food donors such as Tropicana, Dannon, Whole Foods, D'Agostino Supermarkets, and Au Bon Pain, as well as roughly 28,000 financial supporters, to bring food to the city streets.City Harvest Inc. work to connect low-income New Yorkers with access to federal nutrition programs, a safe and diverse regional food supply, equal opportunities to consume healthy and affordable food, and economically viable and environmentally sound communities.

Community Gatepath leads disabled people in San Mateo County, California to a place even better than Oz. The not-for-profit organization serves more than 1,100 individuals and their families by promoting independence and integration into the community. Community Gatepath offers adults and children rehabilitative therapy, support groups, educational and vocational classes, and socialization training. Community Gatepath also provides services to local businesses and individuals that include production work (hand assembly, mail sorting, collating, shrink-wrapping, and delivery), staffing, and landscape work. Community Gatepath was formed when community centers Poplar Center and Peninsula ReCare merged.

Conservation International is dedicated to protecting the environment and its inhabitants. The not-for-profit works in more than 40 countries on four continents. Conservation International staff focuses on biodiversity hotspots, wilderness areas with high-biodiversity, and certain marine areas. CI's Center for Biodiversity Science collects data, develops conservation plans, and creates partnerships to reach its targets. Programs include working with farming cooperatives to increase efficiency, promote ecotourism, track sea turtles, and restore threatened forests. Because the group believes human welfare is important to conservation, Conservation International also supports health and family planning clinics in developing nations. CI was founded in 1987.

Counterpart International finds perfect partners to work together in improving the quality of life for communities worldwide. The not-for-profit humanitarian relief organization provides food, medical supplies, disaster relief, technical and economic assistance, and training to countries in the former Soviet Union, Central Asian republics, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa. Counterpart International, Inc. helps to form coalitions of companies, governments, and grass roots organizations to build schools and hospitals, foster micro-businesses, and develop tourism in war-torn or disaster-affected areas. Counterpart was founded in 1965 as the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific.

Covenant House offers outreach and crisis centers for homeless and runaway youths. Covenant House centers offer food, shelter, clothing, and medical and counseling services, as well as job skills and substance abuse and parenting programs. There are about 15 centers in the US, two in Canada, and one each in Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Covenant House Rights of Passage Programs and Covenant House Crisis Shelters served more than 15,000 people and the entire organization reaches some 71,000 homeless kids annually. Covenant House also operates the Nineline (1-800-999-9999) for runaways. Covenant House was founded in 1972 by Franciscan priest Father Bruce Ritter.

CPI Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides professional portrait photography services. CPI Corp. engages in selling and manufacturing portrait photography of babies, preschoolers, school-age children, adults, families/groups, weddings, passports, and churches. CPI Corp. focuses on the sale of packages and portrait collections. CPI Corp. owns and operates portrait studios under the PictureMe Portrait Studio brand, which include the PictureMe Portrait Studios in the United States; and the Wal-Mart Portrait Studios in Canada and Mexico. CPI Corp. also operates portrait studios in Wal-Mart Stores and supercenters. In addition, CPI Corp. provides on-line sales and services through its Web site searsphotos.com. As of February 2, 2009, CPI Corp. operated 3,046 professional portrait studios in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico principally under license agreements. CPI Corp. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. Crisis UK is dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. Crisis (which is the trading name for Crisis UK) raises funds to help homeless people throughout the UK. Crisis UK also operates shelters, provides food to those in need, and more. The non-profit group partners with other charities and corporations to offer money, training, and housing. Besides helping the formerly homeless develop job and social skills, Crisis also helps its clients kick drug and alcohol addictions. Crisis UK was founded in 1967 and maintains thousands of volunteers.

Direct Relief International wants to relieve the health problems of people around the world. The not-for-profit organization is dedicated to providing health care support and emergency relief to people in developing countries, as well as victims of disasters and war. Direct Relief International gives medicine, supplies, and equipment through partnerships with local groups that make specific requests and coordinates distribution. Citing a "national health insurance and budgetary crisis," the group also has partnered with nonprofit clinics and commmunity health centers to provide medical care and medicine for homeless and low-income people in California. Direct Relief was founded in 1948 by Estonian immigrant William Zimdin.

Dress for Success has assisted some 450,000 low-income women worldwide by providing each client with a suit to wear to a job interview and an additional suit after she lands the position. The not-for-profit organization also offers them support in developing their career skills and networking through a membership in the Professional Women's Group. Dress for Success, which relies on donations and volunteer help, operates from offices in about 90 cities. Dress for Success has more than 100 affiliates in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Poland and the West Indies. Former executive director Nancy Lublin founded the organization in 1997 with an inheritance from her great-grandfather, Poppy Max, an immigrant from Eastern Europe.

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