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Charity Navigator

For Students 9th - 10th
Charity Navigator rates U.S.-based nonprofits and charities on a variety of effectiveness scales so that givers can make informed decisions about how their charitable contributions are spent. Find useful insights for analyzing the role...
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We Charity: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
WE Charity is the new name for Free the Children. This is a network of children helping children. They do so through education in over 45 countries.
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Cancer Research Uk: The Uk's Leading Cancer Charity

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Research is killing cancer, over 200 types of cancer to be exact. Discover ways that the UK's leading cancer charity is helping to bring an end to the disease that has affected millions worldwide.
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International Orthodox Christian Charities

For Students 9th - 10th
The IOCC's mission is to "provide assistance to the poor, either in response to emergencies or long term socio-economic development needs". Find articles, pictures, video, and other resources.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Early American and Puritan Literature: "A Model of Christian Charity"

For Students 9th - 10th
"A Model of Christian Charity" is a 1630 sermon by Puritan layman and leader John Winthrop, who delivered on board the ship Arbella while en route to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is also known as City upon a Hill and denotes the...
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Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Charity Organization Society

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of an attempt at social reform in cities in the United States, the Charity Organization Society was formed to coordinate the activities of charities. Read about how the society functioned in Cleveland, and how many people were...
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Chicago History Museum

Encyclopedia of Chicago: Charity Organization Societies

For Students 9th - 10th
As urban populations increased along with poverty in urban areas, charities began to offer help. Read about the Charity Organization Society that attempted to coordinate charitiable giving. Read about the evolution of the coordination of...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Ethel Seymour, Or, Charity Hopeth All Things by Mrs. h.b. Paull

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the illustrated children's novel Ethel Seymour, or, Charity Hopeth All Things by Mrs. H. B. Paull (1888).
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Water Aid

For Students 9th - 10th
"WaterAid is an international charity. Our mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world?s poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education". Find articles, video, learning exercises, and more.
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Charity: Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know this non-profit organization whose goal is to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Inspirational videos and stories are included on the site.
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Bible Study Tools

Bible Study Tools: Christian Character: Love, Charity

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from Bible Study Tools is full of biblical quotes concerning love and charity. Part of a larger site of biblical scriptures by subjects.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Government Spending Charity Begins at Home

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The U.S. government created a program that funds job training and placement of Americans who are blind or severely disabled. Through this activity, students will research the program to establish their own opinions as to whether the...
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Hope Worldwide

For Students 9th - 10th
International charity organization serving the poor worldwide with health, education, children's, senior, global outreach, and employment programs. Find a number of articles detailing their successes.
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Hope and Homes for Children

For Students 9th - 10th
Charity organization which works in Eastern Europe and Africa.
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Christian Giving and Charity

For Students 9th - 10th
Quotes from the Bible concerning charity. Includes links to each biblical quotation.
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Emory University

Lewis H. Beck Center: Child, Lydia Maria: Charity Bowery

For Students 9th - 10th
Download and read Lydia Maria Child's "Charity Bowery," originally written in 1839, which tells the story of a freed slave's choices as she is allowed to take only one of her children out of slavery.
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Infed: Casework and the Charity Organization Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a brief history the the Charitiy Organization Society and the reasons behind its formation. Included is a discussion of the philosophy of social work in the late 19th century.
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New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Social Welfare and Visual Politics: Story of Survey Graphic

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay offering an explanation of "scientific charity" by tracing its roots back to the 1870's. Excellent information about social reform and charities.
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Evergreen

For Students 9th - 10th
A national charity created to turn schools into green space that celebrate the environment, as well as preserve natural outdoor spaces within Canadian cities, Evergreen has core programs: Learning Grounds - transforming school grounds,...
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Mercy Usa for Aid & Development

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-profit organization focuses on improving health and promoting economic and educational growth around the world. Find articles, photos, videos, and more resources that chronicle their efforts.
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Friend Ships

For Students 9th - 10th
Non-profit organization that provides humanitarian aid worldwide.
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International Medical Corps

For Students 9th - 10th
The International Medical Corps is a humaritarian, non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving world suffering by providing health care training and relief.
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Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod)

For Students 9th - 10th
CAFOD helps the impoverished by promoting long-term development, emergency response, and educating the public about poverty. CAFOD also speaks out on behalf of the poor and promots social justice.
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Plan: An International Development Agency Working With and for Children

For Students 9th - 10th
Non-profit organization whose aims are to improve the quality of life for impoverished children in developing countries. Find articles, photos, videos, and other resources.

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