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A-Z Charity Listing
The full listing of the charities AIP rates

AIP offers ratings on the following organizations in its Charity Rating Guide. AIP considers a group’s willingness to provide basic documents to serious donors as an important factor in one’s giving decision. These documents include an annual report, complete audited financial statements, and Internal Revenue Service form 990, with Schedule A where applicable. Groups which have complied with AIP’s request and sent these documents are marked in the list below by an open book symbol: Open Book

Notes:
· Charity names do not link to web sites on this page.
· The open book graphic is not a link; please see paragraph above.

INDEX OF CHARITIES
Click on the first letter of the charity in which you are interested to go to that section.
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AARP Foundation Open Book
Accion International Open Book
Accuracy in Media Open Book
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Open Book
ACLU Foundation Open Book
Action Against Hunger - USA Open Book
Action on Smoking and Health Open Book
Africa Action Open Book
Africa-America Institute Open Book
African Wildlife Foundation Open Book
Africare Open Book
AFS-USA
AIDS Research Alliance Open Book
Air Force Aid Society Open Book
Alaska Conservation Foundation Open Book
Alley Cat Allies Open Book
ALM International / American Leprosy Missions Open Book
ALS Association – National Office Open Book
ALSAC/St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital Open Book
Alzheimer’s Association / Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders Association Open Book
Alzheimer’s Disease Research, a program of the American Health Assistance Foundation Open Book
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults / American Brotherhood for the Blind Open Book
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
American Association of State Troopers Open Book
American Association of State Troopers Scholarship Foundation Open Book
American Brain Tumor Association Open Book
American Breast Cancer Foundation Open Book
American Brotherhood for the Blind / American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults Open Book
American Cancer Society Open Book
American Council of the Blind – National Office
American Deputy Sheriffs Association (ADSA)
American Diabetes Association Open Book
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Open Book
American Farmland Trust Open Book
American Federation of Police & Concerned Citizens
American Forests Open Book
American Foundation for the Blind Open Book
American Foundation for Disabled Children
American Friends Service Committee Open Book
American Health Assistance Foundation Open Book
American Heart Association / American Stroke Association Open Book
American Humane Association Open Book
American Indian College Fund Open Book
American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / Native American AID / Navajo Relief Fund / Sioux National Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council
American Indian Youth Running Strong / Christian Relief Services Charities Open Book
American Institute for Cancer Research Open Book
American Jewish Committee Open Book
American Jewish Congress Open Book
American Jewish World Service Open Book
American Kidney Fund Open Book
American Leprosy Missions / ALM International Open Book
American Life League
American Liver Foundation Open Book
American Lung Association / Christmas Seals – National Office Open Book
American Near East Refugee Aid Open Book
American Parkinson Disease Association Open Book
American Printing House for the Blind Open Book
American Red Cross Open Book
American Refugee Committee Open Book
American Relief Association / AZ Indian Heritage Association / Four Corners Indian
American Rivers Open Book
American Social Health Association Open Book
American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
American Stroke Association / American Heart Association Open Book
American Studies Center / Radio America
American Veterans Coalition New Listing
American Veterans Relief Foundation Open Book
Americans for UNFPA (formerly U.S. Committee for U.N. Population Fund) Open Book
Americans United for Separation of Church and State Open Book
AmeriCares Open Book
America’s Second Harvest / Second Harvest Open Book
Amnesty International of the U.S.A. Open Book
AMVETS National Headquarters New Listing
AMVETS National Service Foundation Open Book
Animal Legal Defense Fund Open Book
Animal Protection Institute (premerger with Born Free USA) Open Book
Animal Welfare Institute Open Book
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith & Foundation Open Book
Arc of the United States – National Office Open Book
Armed Services YMCA of the USA Open Book
Army Emergency Relief Open Book
Arthritis Foundation Open Book
Arthritis Research Institute of America
Arthritis Trust / Rheumatoid Disease Foundation Open Book
Asia Foundation Open Book
Asia Society Open Book
Asian-American Legal Defense & Education Fund Open Book
Asian Relief / World Villages for Children
Associated Humane Societies
Association for Firefighters & Paramedics
Association on American Indian Affairs Open Book
Autism Speaks Open Book
Avon Foundation/Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
 
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Bailey House (formerly AIDS Resource Center) Open Book
Bat Conservation International Open Book
Beckman Research Institute / City of Hope Open Book
Best Friends Animal Society Open Book
Big Brothers / Big Sisters of America – National Office Open Book
Blinded Veterans Association Open Book
B’nai B’rith International / Hillel Foundation Open Book
Bowery Residents’ Committee Open Book
Boy Scouts of America – National Office
Boys and Girls Clubs of America – National Office Open Book
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Open Book
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Open Book
Bread for the World Open Book
Bread for the World Institute Open Book
Breast Cancer Fund Open Book
Breast Cancer Research Foundation Open Book
Brookings Institution
Brother’s Brother Foundation Open Book
 
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Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch and Affiliates Open Book
Camp Fire USA – National Office Open Book
Cancer Care
Cancer Center for Detection & Prevention / Breast Cancer Relief Foundation
Cancer Federation
Cancer Fund of America
Cancer Recovery Foundation of America
Cancer Research Institute Open Book
CARE Open Book
Carter Center Open Book
Catalyst Open Book
Catholic Charities
Catholic Medical Mission Board Open Book
Catholic Relief Services Open Book
Cedars Home for Children Foundation Open Book
Center for Community Change Open Book
Center for Constitutional Rights Open Book
Center for Reproductive Rights Open Book
Center for Science in the Public Interest Open Book
Center for Victims of Torture Open Book
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Open Book
Child Find of America Open Book
Child Welfare League of America
A Child’s Dream / Youth Development Fund
A Child’s Wish Foundation / Children’s Charity Fund
Childhelp
Childhood Leukemia Foundation
Children Incorporated Open Book
Children International Open Book
Children’s Cancer Assistance Fund / National Children’s Cancer Society Open Book
Children’s Cancer Dream Network / Foundation for Children with Cancer / Reach Our Children
Children’s Cancer Research Fund Open Book
Children's Charitable Foundation
Children’s Charity Fund / A Child’s Wish Foundation
Children’s Defense Fund Open Book
Children’s Inn at NIH Open Book
Children’s Wish Foundation International
ChildSight / Helen Keller International Open Book
Christian Appalachian Project Open Book
Christian Children’s Fund Open Book
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging Open Book
Christian Record Services Open Book
Christian Relief Services Charities Open Book
Christmas Seals / American Lung Association - National Office Open Book
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Open Book
Church World Service Open Book
Citizens Against Government Waste
City Harvest (New York City) Open Book
City of Hope / Beckman Research Institute Open Book
Coalition Against Breast Cancer
Coalition for the Homeless Open Book
Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes / Help Hospitalized Veterans
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Committee for Missing Children
Committee to Protect Journalists Open Book
Common Cause Open Book
Common Cause Education Fund Open Book
Compassion & Choices (formerly Hemlock Foundation for End of Life Choices) Open Book
Compassion International Open Book
Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) Open Book
Concord Coalition
Conservation Fund Open Book
Conservation International Foundation Open Book
Council of Indian Nations / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Native American AID / Navajo Relief Fund / Sioux National Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council
Cousteau Society Open Book
Covenant House Open Book
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Open Book
CureSearch / National Childhood Cancer Foundation Open Book
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Open Book
 
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Dakota Indian Foundation
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Open Book
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Jimmy Fund
David Livingstone Missionary Foundation
Deafness Research Foundation
Defeat Diabetes Foundation
Defenders of Wildlife Open Book
DELTA Rescue Open Book
Delta Society Open Book
Diabetes Action Research & Education Foundation Open Book
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
Diabetes Trust Foundation Open Book
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Open Book
Direct Relief International Open Book
Disabled American Veterans
Disabled Veterans Association New Listing
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation New Listing
Doctors of the World - USA Open Book
Doctors Without Borders - USA Open Book
Don Stewart Association / Feed My People / Feeding America’s Hungry Children / Southwest Indian Children’s Fund
Doris Day Animal League (merged with HSUS) Open Book
Ducks Unlimited Open Book
 
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Earth Island Institute Open Book
EarthJustice (formerly Sierra Club Legal Defense) Open Book
Easter Seals / National Easter Seal Society Open Book
Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence
Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee Open Book
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Open Book
EngenderHealth (formerly AVSC International) Open Book
Environmental Defense Open Book
Epilepsy Foundation Open Book
 
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Farm Aid Open Book
Farm Sanctuary Open Book
Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home / Girls and Boys Town Open Book
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) Open Book
Feed My People / Don Stewart Association / Feeding America’s Hungry Children / Southwest Indian Children’s Fund
Feed the Children / Larry Jones Ministries Open Book
FINCA International Open Book
Fire Victims / Firefighter’s Charitable Foundation Open Book
First Candle / SIDS Alliance - National Office Open Book
Fisher House Foundation Open Book
Food Bank for New York City (formerly Food for Survival) Open Book
Food for the Hungry Open Book
Food for the Poor Open Book
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Open Book
Fortune Society Open Book
Foundation Fighting Blindness Open Book
Foundation for AIDS Research (formerly AMFAR) Open Book
Foundation for Children with Cancer / Children’s Cancer Dream Network / Reach Our Children
Freedom Alliance
Freedom from Hunger Open Book
Fresh Air Fund Open Book
Friends of Animals Open Book
Friends of the Earth
Fund for Peace Open Book
Futures for Children Open Book
 
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Gaia - Movement Living Earth Green World Action USA Open Book
Gay Mens Health Crisis Open Book
Gifts in Kind International Open Book
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. – National Office Open Book
Girls and Boys Town / Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home Open Book
Girls, Inc. – National Office Open Book
Give Kids the World Open Book
Global Fund for Women Open Book
Global Hunger Project Open Book
Goodwill Industries International – National Office Open Book
Gorilla Foundation
Grameen Foundation USA Open Book
Greenpeace, Inc. Open Book
Greenpeace Fund, Inc. Open Book
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Open Book
Guide Dogs for the Blind Open Book
Guide Dogs of America Open Book
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Guttmacher Institute Open Book
 
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Habitat for Humanity International – National Office Open Book
Hadassah Open Book
Hale House Center & Affiliates
Heart Support of America
Heifer Project International Open Book
Helen Keller International / ChildSight Open Book
Helen Keller Services for the Blind Open Book
Help Hospitalized Veterans / Coalition To Salute America’s Heroes
Heritage Foundation Open Book
Hillel Foundation / B’nai B’rith International Open Book
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Open Book
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Open Book
Homes For Our Troops Open BookNew Listing
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Human Rights First (Frmrly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) Open Book
Human Rights Watch Open Book
Humane Farming Association Open Book
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Open Book
Huntington’s Disease Society of America Open Book
 
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Immigration & Refugee Services of America / U.S. Committee for Refugees & Immigrants Open Book
In Defense of Animals Open Book
Interfaith Alliance Open Book
Interfaith Alliance Foundation Open Book
International Campaign for Tibet Open Book
International Childrens Fund Open Book
International Eye Foundation Open Book
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Open Book
International Fund for Animal Welfare
International Medical Corps Open Book
International Peace Institute (formerly International Peace Academy)
International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War
International Planned Parenthood Federation – Western Hemisphere Open Book
International Rescue Committee Open Book
Interplast Open Book
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Open Book
Islamic Relief - USA

Izaak Walton League of America Open Book

 
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J.A. Worldwide (formerly Junior Achievement) – National Office Open Book
Jane Goodall Institute Open Book
Japan Society
Jewish Fund for Justice (Premerger with JFSJ)
Jewish National Fund Open Book
Jewish War Veterans of the USA Open Book
Jimmy Fund / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Judicial Watch
Junior Police Academy
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Open Book
 
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Keep America Beautiful – National Office Open Book
Kids Wish Network
 
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Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Open Book
Lance Armstrong Foundation Open Book
Larry Jones Ministries / Feed the Children Open Book
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights / Human Rights First Open Book
League of Women Voters Education Fund
League of Women Voters of the U.S.
Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund)
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Open Book
Lifesavers
Lighthouse International (formerly New York Association for the
Blind) Open Book
Little Sioux / Rosebud Educational Society / St. Francis Indian Mission
Lupus Foundation of America – National Office Open Book
Lupus Research Institute Open Book
Lutheran World Relief Open Book
 
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Macular Degeneration Research, a program of the American Health Assistance Foundation Open Book
Make-A-Wish Foundation Open Book
MAP International Open Book
March of Dimes Foundation Open Book
Marine Mammal Center Open Book
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Open Book
Mays Mission for the Handicapped
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger Open Book
Media Research Center
Medic Alert Foundation United States
Medical Teams International Open Book
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Open Book

Mennonite Central Committee Open Book

Mental Health America (formerly National Mental Health Association) Open Book
Mercy Corps Open Book
Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Open Book
Military Ex-Prisoners of War Foundation
Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation
Miracle Flights for Kids / Angel Planes
Morality in Media
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Ms. Foundation for Women Open Book
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Open Book
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Open Book
Muscular Dystrophy Association Open Book
Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation
 
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NAACP & NAACP Special Contribution Fund Open Book
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Open Book
NAMI & Mind of America Foundation Open Book
NARAL Pro Choice America
NARAL Pro Choice America Foundation
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Open Book
National Alliance to End Homelessness Open Book
National Anti-Vivisection Society Open Book
National Arbor Day Foundation Open Book
National Association for the Terminally Ill
National Association of Chiefs of Police
National Association of Police Organizations & Subsidiaries
National Audubon Society
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund Open Book
National Cancer Center

National Cancer Coalition

National Cancer Research Center / Walker Cancer Research
National Caregiving Foundation
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Open Book
National Childhood Cancer Foundation / CureSearch Open Book
National Children’s Cancer Society / Children’s Cancer Assistance Fund Open Book
National Children’s Leukemia Foundation
National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare Open Book
National Conference for Community and Justice
National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence – National Office
National Council on the Aging 
National Diabetes Fund / Project CURE
National Easter Seal Society / Easter Seals Open Book
National Emergency Medicine Association / National Heart Council Open Book
National Federation of the Blind Open Book
National Foundation for Cancer Research Open Book
National 4-H Council Open Book
National Glaucoma Research, a program of the American Health Assistance Foundation Open Book
National Heart Council / National Emergency Medicine Association Open Book
National Hemophilia Foundation – National Office Open Book
National Humane Education Society Open Book
National Jewish Medical & Research Center Open Book
National Kidney Foundation Open Book
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Open Book
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
National Military Family Association Open Book
National Multiple Sclerosis Society – National Office Open Book
National Organization for Rare Disorders Open Book
National Organization for Women (NOW) – National Office Open Book
National Osteoporosis Foundation Open Book
National Park Foundation Open Book
National Park Trust Open Book
National Parkinson Foundation
National Parks Conservation Association Open Book
National Relief Charities / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / Native American AID / Navajo Relief Fund / Sioux National Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council
National Rifle Association Open Book
National Rifle Association Foundation Open Book
National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund Open Book
National Right to Work Committee Open Book
National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation Open Book
National Society to Prevent Blindness / Prevent Blindness America Open Book
National Trust for Historic Preservation Open Book
National Urban League – National Office
National Veterans Services Fund
National Vietnam Veterans Committee
National Wildlife Federation Open Book
Native American AID / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / Navajo Relief Council / Sioux National Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council
Native American Heritage Association Open Book
Native American Rights Fund Open Book
Natural Resources Defense Council Open Book
Navajo Relief Council / American Indian Education Foundation / American Indian Relief Council / Council of Indian Nations / Native American AID / Sioux National Relief Fund / Southwest Indian Relief Council
Nature Conservancy Open Book
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Open Book
NCOA National Defense Foundation
Negative Population Growth
New Israel Fund & Signing Anew Open Book
North Shore Animal League of America Open Book
 
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Ocean Conservancy (formerly Center for Marine Conservation) Open Book
Omaha Home for Boys
Operation Lookout National Center for Missing Youth
Operation Smile Open Book
Operation USA Open Book
Opportunities for the Blind
ORBIS International / Project ORBIS International Open Book
Oxfam-America Open Book
 
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Pacific Legal Foundation
Paralyzed Veterans of America Open Book
Parents Television Council
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Open Book
Pathfinder International Open Book
PCI - Media Impact (formerly Population Communications International) Open Book
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue
Pearl S. Buck International Open Book
People for the American Way
People for the American Way Foundation
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Open Book
People-to-People Health Foundation / Project HOPE Open Book
Phoenix House Development Fund Open Book
Phoenix House Foundation Open Book
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Open Book
Physicians for Social Responsibility Open Book
PKD Foundation  Open Book
Plan USA (formerly Childreach) Open Book
Planet Aid
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Open Book
Ploughshares Fund Open Book
Police Protective Fund
Population Action International Open Book
Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth) Open Book
Population Council Open Book
Population Institute Open Book
Prevent Blindness America / National Society to Prevent Blindness Open Book
Prevent Cancer Foundation Open Book
Prevent Child Abuse America - National Office Open Book
Prison Fellowship Ministries Open Book
Project Concern International Open Book
Project CURE / National Diabetes Fund
Project HOPE / People-to-People Health Foundation Open Book
Project ORBIS International / ORBIS International Open Book
Proliteracy Worldwide Open Book
Public Citizen Open Book
Public Citizen Foundation Open Book
Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund
 
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Radio America / American Studies Center
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Open Book
Rainforest Action Network Open Book
Rainforest Alliance Open Book
Reach Our Children / Children’s Cancer Dream Network / Foundation for Children with Cancer
Reach Out and Read Open Book
Reading is Fundamental Open Book
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Open Book