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Non-profit organizations
Abbreviated as NGO, and also known as not-for-profit organisation; an organisation that does not distribute its surplus capital to shareholders or owners, but instead uses them to pursue its original goals.They are usually exempt from income and property tax and most often include charitable organisations, trade unions and public arts organisations.
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UNICEF
Non-profit organizations; Charity
The United Nations Children's Fund is a United Nations Program headquartered in New York City that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children ...

Acorns Children's Hospice
Non-profit organizations; Charity
Acorns Children's Hospice Trust is a registered charity, offering a network of care and support to life-limited and life-threatened children and their families across the ...

Action Against Hunger
Non-profit organizations; Charity
Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization that intends to end world hunger. Action Against Hunger's primary aim is to respond to emergency situations ...
The Alliance for Safe Children
Non-profit organizations; Charity
The Alliance for Safe Children is a non-profit organization formed to address the issue of child injury in the developing world. The founder is Pete Peterson, former United States ...

Amref Health Africa
Non-profit organizations; Charity
Amref Health Africa was founded by three surgeons as the Flying Doctors Service of East Africa. Three doctors – Sir Michael Wood, Sir Archibald McIndoe and Tom Rees – drew up a ...

The Asia Foundation
Non-profit organizations; Charity
The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization professing a commitment to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region. The ...

Baan Gerda
Non-profit organizations; Charity
Baan Gerda is a humanitarian non-profit organization that looks after AIDS orphans in Thailand. It is a project of the Bangkok-based Children's Rights Foundation. The small ...
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