CALIFORNIA - COLORADO - CONNECTICUT



CALIFORNIA

Opera San Jose
Opera San Jose is a professional, regional opera company that is unique in the United States. Maintaining a resident company of principal artists, this company specializes in showcasing the finest young professional singers in the nation.


Eastside College Prepatory School  
Eastside is committed to opening new doors for students historically underrepresented in higher education. Eastside students who are the first in their families to go to college create a ripple effect, changing their own lives, the lives of their families, and the life of their community.

Autism Research Institute

Established in 1967,  the San Diego based nonprofit ARI is the world headquarters for research and information on autism and related disorders, and the epicenter of a growing movement that holds that autism can be treated effectively through intensive behavior modification and a variety of individualized biomedical treatments.

Marin Humane Society

Since 1907, The Marin Humane Society has sheltered lost and homeless animals and provided myriad community and educational services, and pet assistance for the elderly and homebound.

Whittier Institute for Diabetes
The Whittier Institute administers one of the largest American Diabetes Association recognized diabetes education programs in the nation.

Hinds Hospice

Where treatment focuses on a patient's well-being rather than a cure and includes visits by professionals to provide for pain management and the person's physical, emotional and spiritual needs.    


COLORADO

Project Angel Heart promotes the health, dignity and self-sufficiency
of people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by providing nutritious, home-delivered meals with care and compassion.

Energy Outreach Colorado
 
Energy Outreach Colorado is dedicated to keeping Colorado homes warm, healthy and safe by raising money for energy assistance. We assist people in emergency situations by helping pay the balances on their utility bills. We also help limited income families to be more self-sufficient by funding energy efficiency measures that lower energy costs in affordable housing across Colorado.

CONNECTICUT

Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation is more than just a guide dog school -- it is a family, a group of people tied together by their mission to help bring increased freedom and independence to men and women who are visually impaired.



The Connecticut Historical Society  

Established in Hartford in 1825, The Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) is the seventh oldest historical society in the nation and houses one of the most distinguished museum and library collections in New England. The museum's collections include more than 200,000 prints and photographs and 35,000 objects, with strengths in 17th and 18th century furniture; costume and textiles; portraits and landscapes; tavern and trade signs; decorative arts; and toys and tools.