The mission of the I AM 4 Kids Foundation is to teach children of all ages how to build an empowering identity for themselves and to challenge each child to live up to that standard every day. By combining proven learning practices with cutting edge technology and rich media, I AM 4 Kids engages, encourages and empowers today's kids to become their own role models.

The International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred), is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to helping research the causes of depression, to support those dealing with depression, and to combat the stigma associated with depression. iFred is dedicated to Bringing Depression Hope.

We work every day to eliminate deaths and inhumane treatment of all animals in the state. Our goals are to ensure that every animal is treated with the respect that they deserve; to educate our communities on the importance of spaying or neutering their pets; the humane treatment and care of all animals and the rescue and transportation of the many animals that are being put to death.

Connecting children and fathers by promoting responsible fathering and helping equip men to become better fathers or father-figures.

Scholarships for Illinois Military Families

The Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness, founded in 1916, is dedicated to the care, protection and preservation of sight through education, information, eye safety and research.

To connect military, veterans and families with services and programs to benefits, employment, education, housing, legal, disabilities, mental health, family and children services.

The Y: We are for Healthy Living, for Youth Development and for Social Responsibility.

To assist veterans and service members with obtaining information about benefits, employment, education, housing and legal services available to them. We promote positive community relations and presents veterans with many opportunities for future goals. This one of a kind event also advocates networking between different organizations which improves business to business relations; enhancing the quality of veteran support services, and in turn, helping thousands of veterans.

Imerman Angels provides personalized connections that enable 1-on-1 support among cancer fighters, survivors and caregivers. The organization partners a person fighting cancer with someone who has beaten the same type of cancer. The free service helps anyone touched by any type of cancer, at any cancer stage level, at any age, living anywhere in the world.

We have four interconnected missions. One, provide cohesive integrated knowledge freed from minutia and redundancies; two, restore hygiene to curtail incidences of infectious diseases as well as ensure the safety of our food supply thus reducing recalls and the resulting economic loss and illness, three, bring and retain more students into science; and four, establish teacher revitalization centers making them versatile.

In The Paint Basketball, developing youth of all ages at all stages.

The Israel Sports Center for the Disabled specializes in the physical and psychological rehabilitation of Israeli children and youth. Over 2,500 of these disabled youngsters, without discrimination of religion, race or sex, participate in 18 aquatic and wheelchair sports branches at our Center. In its forty-six years of existence, the Center has rehabilitated over 25,000 seriously disabled children.