All Community created Funds

Homelessness is a rapidly growing global crisis. Climate change, systemic racism and economic inequality are just a few factors exacerbating this displacement around the world. While this issue is daunting, great work is being done to house those affected and end the damage of this humanitarian crisis. This fund is supporting six organizations whose aim is to provide supportive and permanent housing for those affected by this pervasive issue. All contributions of $1 or more will be matched by the Cisco Foundation as part of your annual $25,000 employee match.

Join us for a holiday event at Marbles Kids Museum to support four of our local nonprofit partners! There will be a band, photo booth, food and beverage, and you’ll have a chance to hear directly from the nonprofits about the incredible impact they’re making in our community. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with Cisco colleagues and executives, support the community, and start the holiday season off right. Suggested Donation: $50/person (Blue Badge + one guest)

Creating a world where women and girls can live free of violence.

Health & Sport Fund Top 5 Reasons why you should consider helping the Austin Angelfish meet our fundraising goal: The Austin Angelfish is the only competitive synchronized #swimming team in Central Texas. We have swimmers that travel to #Austin from Dripping Springs, Cedar Park, Onion Creek and as far as Salado! If you are not familiar with #Austin, this is a huge geographic spread or one team! 2. Not only is #SynchronizedSwimming one of the toughest Olympic sports (imagine working out and competing at 100% while holding your breath), it builds tough, STRONG people who will go on to do great things! Synchronized Swimming is considered to be the ULTIMATE team sport! 3. We compete at the National and Junior Olympic level and we are beyond committed! 4. We are a very diverse group of girls age 8 to 18 and have 44 swimmers who speak at least 7 different languages and more than half speak at least 2 languages. 5. Our coaches are VOLUNTEERS! Our head coach, Cheryl Cook has been volunteering more than 20 hours per week for 26+ years! Legit commitment to the sport coming from ALL of our coaches! We are doing a 21 Day Fitness Challenge and Synchro-A-Thon to raise $12,000. 1. To offset cost for swimmer's who need financial assistance. We want to make synchronized swimming available to all athletes in Central Texas. 2. To help offset the expenses our monthly dues do not cover (ex: rental time at four 25 yard, deep water pools year round, insurance, underwater sound equipment etc.)

Hope for Youth provides Christian focused programs to Houston's urban youth via mentoring relationships, twice per month Friday Night Live youth worship, college and career prep, and 3 Christian camps to challenge and enable the youth to reach their full potential spiritually, academically, and socially. (VMware 100% matched employee donations over $32.00) Learn more at www.HopeForYouth.org

The East Bay Area Cat Rescue Fund features organizations throughout the SF Bay Area that support various cat rescue and advocacy initiatives. Through their advocacy and on the ground efforts, these East Bay organizations promote cat advocacy and rescue, TNR (Trap Neuter Release) efforts for feral cats, public outreach and education, and more!

Thousands of fires burning across the Amazon rainforest have captured international attention over the past week. Experts point to deforestation as the cause, which is often carried out illegally and which removed over three times as much forest last month as in July 2018. Fires have been reported in the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Rondonia, Para and Mato Grosso. At least 305 indigenous groups live in the Amazon that depend on the forest and rivers for food and shelter. But the effects of damage to the Amazon go far beyond Brazil and its neighbors. The area's rainforest generates more than 20% of the world's oxygen and is home to 10% of the world's known biodiversity. The Amazon is referred to as the "lungs of the planet" and plays a major role in regulating the climate. Greenpeace has stated that as the number of fires increase, greenhouse emissions do, too. The world would drastically change if the rainforest were to disappear, with impacts on everything from farms to drinking water. The organizations included in the Fund address immediate measures to combat the current crisis and harm to indigenous communities, as well as long term initiatives to combat climate change and to advocate against pro-development policies that have relaxed the enforcement of laws against deforestation and have encouraged mining and farming across biological reserves and indigenous territories.

Join GitHub in supporting various regional partners for the upcoming Global Climate Strikes on Sept 20 and 27. For more information about the Climate Strikes, please see: https://globalclimatestrike.net/

Team4Tech Cambodia

This summer, I've had an amazing experience volunteering my time with YCore, a non-profit that brings together young professionals with the common goal of advancing social impact in our local community. The program not only educates and equips us with skills to contribute to the social sector, it also gives us the hands-on experience in building out capacity with local non-profits. It was through YCore that I've been able to support Able Works, an organization that gives young mothers the life skills and financial education necessary to break free from cycles of poverty. Without YCore, I would not have had this opportunity to directly impact our community and because I want YCore to continue being able to help others, I'd like to raise $2,000 this summer to support them. Every donation enables more and more individuals to enact social change and help those most in need. Please join me in donating to the cause! Check out my campaign: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/ycore-summer-2019-peninsula/danubephan And check out YCore: https://ycore.org Thank you!!

The primary goal of this Team4Tech project in December is to increase student engagement in the STEM fields through access, inspiration, and fun educational activities using robotics and coding! The target beneficiaries are 2,889 adolescents including 1,505 marginalized ethnic minority adolescent girls and boys from the rural province of Ratanak Kiri.

St Luke's Hospice - Harrow & Brent. A godsend for patients and their families, offering the opportunity to enjoy their final days in peace.

This fund has been established to collect contributions to the Hurricane Dorrian Relief Fund on behalf of Connected Black Professionals

Villages Mwana / Mwana Villages

United Way of Lamar County

Hurricane Dorian, which hit the northern Bahamas as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, has caused extreme destruction on the Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands and has killed at least five people there. Evacuations have been ordered for parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina as the Hurricane continues to move northward toward the U.S. Draper and Bright Funds have established the Hurricane Dorian Disaster Response and Recovery Fund, which is comprised of pre-vetted nonprofits providing on-the-ground disaster response in the region. Through a single tax deductible donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations’ initiatives to provide short- and long-term response and recovery to those affected by Hurricane Dorian. The composition of nonprofits in this Fund is subject to change as we learn more about the most pressing needs of those affected on the ground.

The Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria helps all refugees and asylum seekers in the process of their integration in the Bulgarian society. In this sense, the Council is organizing their annual initiative "Welcome to the Bulgarian School", which has the goal of providing equal access to Bulgarian education for the refugee children living in Bulgaria. The campaign is an annual initiative of the Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria (CRWB) for the duration 15.08.2019 until 30.09.2019. It has the goal to provide equal access to education for refugee children, who start or continue their education in Bulgaria. One of the main functions of CRWB is to support integration through education. Notably, the children are those, who are able to learn Bulgarian language quickly, to make friendships easily, to adapt effectively to a new environment and to identify their meaningful place in our society. These processes are possible only when they are able to attend school on an equal basis with the Bulgarian children. Join me in supporting this tremendous initiative by donating to the organization, so that the necessary school supplies and items can be procured in time for the start of the new school year!

Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian, which hit the northern Bahamas on Tuesday as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, has caused extreme destruction on the Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands and has killed at least seven people there. Evacuations have been ordered for parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina as the Hurricane continues to move northward toward the U.S. Casper has established the Hurricane Dorian Disaster Response and Recovery Fund, which is comprised of pre-vetted nonprofits providing on-the-ground disaster response in the region. Through a single donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations’ initiatives to provide short- and long-term response and recovery to those affected by Hurricane Dorian. The composition of nonprofits in this Fund is subject to change as we learn more about the most pressing needs of those affected on the ground.

Hurricane Dorian Disaster Response and Recovery Fund

Hurricane Dorian, which hit the northern Bahamas as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, has caused extreme destruction on the Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands and has killed multiple people there. Evacuations were ordered for parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina as the Hurricane continued to move northward toward the U.S., where it eventually made landfall in North Carolina. Bright Funds has established the Hurricane Dorian Disaster Response and Recovery Fund, which is comprised of pre-vetted nonprofits providing on-the-ground disaster response in the region. Through a single tax deductible donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations’ initiatives to provide short- and long-term response and recovery to those affected by Hurricane Dorian. The composition of nonprofits in this Fund is subject to change as we learn more about the most pressing needs of those affected on the ground.

Operation Smile es la organización más grande a nivel mundial basada en un distinguido voluntariado médico que provee cirugías gratuitas de labio y paladar hendido (LPH) y brinda un tratamiento multidisciplinario (dental y foniátrico) a niños y niñas, jóvenes y adultos en países en vías de desarrollo. Operation Smile México brinda atención gratuita a personas y principalmente a niños de bajos recursos con labio y paladar hendido, por medio de cirugías reconstructivas y tratamiento multidisciplinario, siguiendo estándares globales de alta calidad, con voluntarios médicos y no médicos, para mejorar las condiciones de vida de los pacientes y sus familias. En México nacen cada año aproximadamente 3,500 niños con Labio y/o paladar hendido y Operation Smile Mexico está realizando al año cerca de 700 cirugías. Esto quiere decir que, del total de niños y niñas nacidas en México con esta condición, atienden a un 20%. El año pasado, hubo 5 jornadas en Monterrey, Guadalajara, Puebla, Oaxaca y San Cristobal de las Casas, en donde se hicieron 1384 valoraciones y se operó a 690 niños. Desde el 12 de julio del 2017, Operation Smile cuenta con el nivel óptimo en la Acreditación en Institucionalidad y Transparencia (AIT). Esto es una garantía de que los recursos obtenidos son destinados para el cumplimiento cabal de su misión y objetivos. Esta certificación y reconocimiento tiene vigencia durante los años 2017 al 2019. Operation Smile Mexico ya organizó 4 jornadas este año y es turno de la última jornada del año, en Oaxaca. Está programada para 1-30 de noviembre en Oaxaca, México. Una cirugía tiene un costo aproximado de 15,000 MXN pero gracias a tu donación, ¡muchos niños podrán accesar a esta operación de forma gratuita! Si tienes más dudas, visita la página oficial http://www.operationsmile.org.mx/index.phtml O accesa al Informe Anual 2018 http://www.operationsmile.org.mx/docs/Informe_Anual_2018.pdf

Back to school and uniform project

Hurricane Dorian Relief Fund

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