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Musk Foundation
Musk Foundation: Elon Musk's private philanthropic foundation (founded 2002, Austin, Texas), funding renewable energy, space exploration, pediatric research, STEM education, and safe AI; record $474 million granted in 2024, mostly to Musk-affiliated entities, with repeated shortfalls against the 5% payout rule.
Myra Kraft
Myra Hiatt Kraft (1942-2011), American philanthropist, wife of Patriots owner Robert Kraft; first woman chair of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, president of the Patriots Charitable Foundation, namesake of the Myra Kraft Community MVP Award.
Nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization, also known as a not-for-profit, is an organization whose surplus earnings cannot be distributed to owners or members; examples range from charities to universities.
Pioneer Fund
Pioneer Fund is a US seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Jason Gray, funded by 540+ Y Combinator alumni and investing mainly in YC startups; distinct from the 1928 Carret mutual fund, the 1937 eugenics foundation, and the Pioneer.app accelerator.
Rada Główna Opiekuńcza
Rada Główna Opiekuńcza (RGO, Central Welfare Council) was the largest Polish social self-help organization of World War I, aiding war victims in German-occupied Poland from 1916 to 1921.
Rainforest Alliance
Rainforest Alliance: international nonprofit (founded 1986 by Daniel Katz) running the green-frog sustainable agriculture certification for coffee, cocoa, tea, and bananas in 60+ countries; merged with UTZ in 2018; standard v1.4 applies from October 2025.
Ramon Magsaysay Award
The Ramon Magsaysay Award, often called Asia's Nobel Prize, honors selfless service in Asia. It was created in 1957 in memory of the Philippine president.
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (Mother Mary Alphonsa, 1851–1926), daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, founded the Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer and Rosary Hill Home (1901), the first US hospice; declared Venerable in 2024.
Saiseikai
Saiseikai (済生会), formally the Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation, is a Japanese social welfare corporation founded by Emperor Meiji in 1911 to bring medical care to the poor.
Save the Children
Save the Children, also called the Save the Children Fund, is an international charity founded in London in 1919 that protects children in more than 100 countries.
Social services
Social services: organized public and voluntary programs delivering cash and in-kind benefits across the life cycle, also called social protection or social security; three pillars (social assistance, social insurance, labour market programs), about 20% of OECD GDP in spending, and persistent non-take-up of eligible benefits.
Spolok svätého Vojtecha
Spolok svätého Vojtecha (Society of Saint Adalbert, SSV) is the largest and oldest Catholic association in Slovakia, founded in 1870 in Trnava by Andrej Radlinský.
Team Water
#TeamWater is a creator-led crowdfunding campaign by MrBeast and Mark Rober that raised over $40 million in August 2025 to provide clean water to 2 million people for decades, with WaterAid as lead partner.
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), founded 1951 in the U.S., is a global environmental nonprofit conserving lands and waters in 86 countries and territories, protecting 125M+ acres, with FY2025 revenue over $2 billion, known for easements, water funds, blue bonds, and past controversies.
The TerraMar Project
The TerraMar Project, also called TerraMar, was a 2012–2019 ocean-conservation nonprofit founded and funded by Ghislaine Maxwell, with US 501(c)(3) and UK charity arms; it closed six days after Jeffrey Epstein's July 2019 arrest and gave no recorded grants.
WaterAid
WaterAid is an international WASH charity and federation founded in the UK on 21 July 1981 by water industry figures led by David Kinnersley; it works in 22 countries, has reached 28.9 million people with clean water, and co-led the 2025 $40 million #TeamWater campaign.
World Food Programme
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations' food-assistance organization, established in 1961, working in over 120 countries and awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
Young Global Leaders
Young Global Leaders (YGLs) are members of the World Economic Forum's Forum of Young Global Leaders, founded 2004 (precursor Global Leaders for Tomorrow, 1992); a nomination-only, under-40, three-year leadership program with 1,400+ members from 120+ countries.