The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, works to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime by providing critical funding for innovative clinical and genetic research at leading medical centers worldwide, and increasing public awareness about good breast health. Since its inception, the Foundation has raised more than $125 million to support clinical research at cancer centers across the globe conducting the most advanced and promising breast cancer research into new therapies and genetic links that will help lead to prevention and a cure. In October 2005, the Foundation awarded over $22 million in new grants to more than 110 researchers across the United States and in Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Israel.

Founded in 1996, the National Prostate Cancer Coalition (NPCC) sets the standard for rapidly reducing the burden of prostate cancer on American men and their families through awareness, outreach, and advocacy. NPCC aims to educate every American about the risk of prostate cancer, the importance of early detection and the research funding needed to beat the disease. NPCC manages the only national mobile prostate cancer screening clinic, the Drive Against Prostate Cancer, reaching out to at-risk and underserved communities by offering free, complete and confidential screenings. So far, the program has screened over 45,000 men. NPCC actively works with government officials to increase federal funding for prostate cancer research.

The Fisher Center Foundation for Alzheimer's Research Foundation was established in 1995 for purposes purely charitable, scientific and educational. With support generated from public and charitable activities, The Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research, at The Rockefeller University in New York City, is headed up by Nobel Laureate, Paul Greengard, PhD. Additionally, the foundation supports related research facilities throughout the U.S. and abroad. The Fisher Center and its Foundation firmly believe Alzheimer's disease can and will be eliminated with the cooperation of the world's scientific community and the dedication of the pioneering scientists at the Fisher Center.

The National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF) works to raise funds and awareness to conquer childhood cancer. These funds support the work of the CureSearch Children's Oncology Group, the leading organization of doctors and scientists dedicated to discovery and compassionate cures for infants, children, teens and young adults with cancer at over 200 institutions throughout North America and abroad.

The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) is a national non-profit organization devoted to education, advocacy, and the funding of research. We strive to bring help and hope to as many as one million Americans who now suffer from this debilitating condition. PDF has a range of programs geared to: advancing Parkinson's science through research awards and training fellowships; the sponsorship of professional and lay conferences; meeting the needs of the Parkinson's community for information and education; and engaging in advocacy for heightened public interest in Parkinson's, and for increased government allocation of funds for research into the causes of and a cure for this debilitating condition.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society works to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. Founded in 1946, the Society remains the only voluntary health organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, alleviation and cure of multiple sclerosis. The Lone Star Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society was founded in 1955 to provide direct services to people affected by MS and to fund research in an effort to find a cure for the devastating effects of MS. Our Chapter serves 141 counties in Texas and services an estimated 14,000 clients, their families and friends, the professionals who serve them, and the general public.

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is a global organization working to speed the search for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. Founded in 1996 and operational in 23 countries, IAVI and its network of partners research and develop vaccine candidates. IAVI also advocates for a vaccine to be a global priority and works to assure that a future vaccine will be accessible to all who need it. IAVI operates the second largest AIDS vaccine research and development program. To date, IAVI has invested more than US$100 million in vaccine Research & Development. IAVI's advocacy program promotes awareness among political and scientific leaders, community groups and others worldwide about the urgent need for a vaccine.

Since its founding in 1946, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has been singularly focused on identifying and encouraging extraordinary young scientists to commit themselves to arresting cancer's devastating legacy. The Foundation is dedicated to identifying generations of truly innovative investigators in cancer research: scientists that approach questions from totally new directions, challenge existing dogma, and think "outside the box." To date, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has invested over $150 million in cancer research, supporting approximately 3,000 of the most gifted scientists in the nation.

The Christian Relief Fund is dedicated to following Christ's example of ministering to human needs: spiritually, physically, and emotionally, by feeding the hungry, healing disease and heartbreak, fighting ignorance and poverty through education and preaching the Gospel through word and deed. Baxter Loe founded the Christian Relief Fund in May of 1971 in order to care for John Abraham's orphaned children. John Abraham was a Christian minister in India and died from starvation during a famine year. The Christian Relief Fund has since grown to provide child sponsorship, family sponsorship, and operate children's homes and schools in third-world countries. CRF sponsorship programs and homes provide food, clothes, medical care, schooling, and Bible teaching in 22 countries, Currently nearly 3,000 children are being sponsored in our programs.

Feed The Children, Inc. is a Christian, international nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to children, and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disaster.