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Founded in 2009, The Grassroot Project (TGP) uses the power of sports and the platform of athlete role models to educate, inspire, and mobilize youth to live healthy lives. We are a team of more than 1,000 NCAA varsity athletes and 5,000 DC teens who are committed to making our city healthier. The Grassroot Project capitalizes on the excitement, relatability, and popularity of sports to provide much-needed health literacy and social empowerment programs to DC teens. The only way for us to succeed is to believe in the power of youth to make a difference. In addition to providing health education to DC teens, we invest in the leadership training, cultural competency, and professional skills of hundreds of NCAA varsity athletes who serve as our program facilitators. Also known as Athletes United For Social Justice.

The mission of Brain Injury Services, Inc. is to improve the lives of people who are affected by brain injury through community-based services, education and advocacy. The purpose of adapt clubhouse is to encourage an atmosphere of many possibilities and provide an environment where members work together supporting and encouraging each other. Members gain vocation skills, increase their level of independence, and social skills. Staff and members work together in a cooperative work ordered day experience.

Since 1946, the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind has trained and placed guide and service dogs to provide independence, enhanced mobility, and companionship to people who are blind, have low vision, or who have other special needs. The Guide Dog Foundation serves clients from across the United States and Canada. People come to us for our trademark small classes and personalized instruction, and we have successfully worked with individuals who are deaf-blind and those with disabilities other than blindness or hearing impairment. In addition to our guide and service dog programs, the Foundation offers extensive education and outreach programs to broaden the public's understanding of vision and visual impairment, and access and disability rights.

The Mission of the American Epilepsy Society is to advance research and education for professionals dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of epilepsy. As the leading multidisciplinary epilepsy professional organization, AES brings together a community of experts committed to excellence in medical knowledge, education and research dedicated to improving the live of people with epilepsy and to eradicating epilepsy and its consequences

VisionLink is dedicated to assisting all who are living with vision loss to achieve greater independence through excellence in education and wrap-around support services that advance necessary skills and establish meaningful community connections. VisionLink is committed to collaborating with local, regional and national partners to broaden access to resources and opportunities that enable those we serve to live their lives to the fullest.

To positively impact the physical, social and emotional health of youth through innovative education programs in partnership with parents, schools and communities.

The Praxis Project is a nonprofit movement support intermediary and an institution of color that supports organizing and change work at local, regional and national levels. Focused on movement building for fundamental change, our mission is to build healthy communities by changing the power relationships between people of color and the institutional structures that affect their lives.

Sparkle Bright Foundation was created to raise funds to support patients and their families who have been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Honoring Kelly O'Mahoney's life and spirit by funding research to eradicate brain cancer.

Founded in 2012, The mission of the AJSF is to: -Advocate for ALD Newborn Screening Nationally -To Provide Financial Support for families Affected -To Fund research Efforts for ALD -To Raise Awareness of ALD

Our mission is to improve the health and quality of life for all people of the greater Pajaro Valley, especially the most disenfranchised. We do this by working “upstream” (before health problems occur or worsen) to help prevent future disease through education and disease prevention, as well as “downstream” (where problems require immediate intervention or treatment) to meet the most acute need for access to quality, culturally responsive services. In all our work, we collaborate with community members and agencies and rely on data to guide our decisions. In this way, we aim to pass on stronger systems and healthier lifestyles to future generations of Pajaro Valley residents.

Our Mission Through grassroots education, advocacy and direct services, Breathe California fights lung disease, advocates for clean air, and advances public health. Our Vision Communities empowered to eliminate the causes and burden of lung disease, promote clean air and improve public health. Our Theory of Change We believe the Breathe CA comprehensive approach of direct services, advocacy, and education, increases knowledge, confidence and ability in lung health management & treatment, resulting in lower rates of morbidity and mortality, and advancing health equity.