Sister Cities International
www.sister-cities.org

Sister Cities International is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network creating and strengthening partnerships between U.S. and international communities in an effort to increase global cooperation at the municipal level, to promote cultural understanding and to stimulate economic development. Sister Cities International leads the movement for local community development and volunteer action by motivating and empowering private citizens, municipal officials and business leaders to conduct long-term programs of mutual benefit.

The Carter Center
www.cartercenter.org

The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 65 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity; preventing diseases; improving mental health care; and teaching farmers to increase crop production. Please visit www.cartercenter.org to learn more about The Carter Center.

Since 1986, The Carter Center has spearheaded the international effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease, which will be the next disease to be wiped off the face of the Earth.

African Wildlife Foundation
www.awf.org

Founded in 1961, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is the leading conservation organization focused solely on the African continent. AWFs programs and conservation strategies are based on sound science and designed to protect both the wild lands and wildlife of Africa and ensure a more sustainable future for Africas people. Since its inception AWF has protected endangered species and land, promoted partnerships with the private sector for ecotourism to benefit local African communities as a means to improve livelihoods, and trained hundreds of African nationals in conservation all to ensure the survival of Africas unparalleled wildlife heritage. AWF is a non-profit organization with offices in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia and is a registered 501(c)(3) in the United States.

Save Africa's Children
www.saveafricaschildren.org

Save Africa's Children is a private, non-profit relief and development organization working in African nations with a variety of non-sectarian partners to deliver aid and assistance to needy children. Their goal is to help alleviate poverty, hunger and suffering, particularly among orphaned boys and girls in the wake of the AIDS pandemic sweeping the African continent. They currently provide support to over 180 orphan care and support programs throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

National Urban League
www.nul.org

Established in 1910, The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. Today, the National Urban League, headquartered in New York City, spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its local affiliates. There are over 100 local affiliates of the National Urban League located in 35 states and the District of Columbia providing direct services to more than 2 million people nationwide through programs, advocacy and research.

Africare
www.africare.org

Africare is a leading non-profit organization specializing in aid to Africa. It is the oldest and largest U.S.-based organization in the field. Africare's programs address needs in the principal areas of food security and agriculture as well as health and HIV/AIDS. Since its founding in 1970, Africare has delivered more than $450 million in assistance -- 2,000 projects to 35 countries Africa-wide.

The Leon Sullivan Foundation
www.thesullivanfoundation.org

The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation was established in 2001 to honor not only the life and legacy of a great African-American, civil rights pioneer and international humanitarian, but to promote the principles of self-help and social responsibility worldwide. Through the Leon H. Sullivan Summit, previously held in six different African countries, African heads of state and others have sought to build recognition for Africa among American and other business stakeholders.

Corporate Council on Africa
www.africacncl.org

Founded in 1993, the Corporate Council on Africa is the leading American nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to enhancing trade and investment ties between the United States and the 53 countries in Africa. CCA is comprised of about 200 member companies representing nearly 85 percent of total U.S. private sector investment in Africa. CCA programs are designed to bring together potential business partners and raise Africa's investment profile in the US by developing business relationships and providing a forum for the exchange of information and ideas.

Goodworks International
www.goodworksintl.com

GoodWorks International LLC was formed to foster long-term economic development in Africa and the Caribbean by creating successful business partnerships between private sector corporations and decision-makers in those emerging markets. Their goal is to be the leading global advisory firm offering international market access and political risk analysis in key emerging markets within Africa and the Caribbean. In 1996, Andrew Young, Carl Masters and Hamilton Jordan formed GoodWorks International, LLC.

Dikembe Mutombo Foundation
www.dmf.org

NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo of the Houston Rockets has long been dedicated to improving the health, education and quality of life for the people in his birthplace, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Created in 1997, the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation is attempting to eradicate many childhood diseases that have virtually disappeared in developed countries while those diseases are still life threatening to children in the Congo everyday.