www.planethope.org/
Sharon Stone and her sister, Kelly began Planet Hope in 1992 to help instill hope in the lives of those who need it most, the homeless. Planet Hope’s programs have been able to offer gratis medical and dental care, new clothes for kids, counseling and image makeovers for homeless women and women that have been victims of domestic violence. Their mission of providing hope for a better life has made a tremendous difference to thousands of homeless and abused children and their families.

www.oprahsangelnetwork.org
Oprah Winfrey has used the power of the media to create an unparalleled connection with people around the world. Her accomplishments as a global media leader and philanthropist have established her as one of the most respected and admired public figures today. Oprah has long believed that education is the door to freedom, offering a chance at a brighter future. Through her private charity, The Oprah Winfrey Foundation, she has awarded hundreds of grants to organizations that support the education and empowerment of women, children and families in the United States and around the world. Oprah’s Angel Network is a public charity dedicated to inspiring people to make a difference in the lives of others. Since beginning in 1998, they have been making grants to organizations and operating projects in underserved communities that provide educational initiatives as well as assist people in fulfilling basic human needs and regaining dignity.

www.computers4communities.org
Jacob Komar founded Computer for Communities, Inc. at age 9, when he realized that not all people had the ability to purchase a computer. Jacob started out by refurbishing 30 computers that were destined for the scrap heap and then finding people in need to receive them. Their goal is to help groups of people in all states start their own local CFC to distribute computers to those who need them.

www.leonardodicaprio.org
Leonardo DiCaprio founed the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998, to actively fostered awareness of environmental issues through participation with such organizations as Natural Resources Defense Council, Global Green, USA, the International Fund For Animal Welfare, and National Geographic Kids. In order to reach, inform, and entertain a wider global audience about these issues, the environmental website www.leonardodicaprio.org was created. The Foundation places particular emphasis on the issues of global warming, alternative and renewable energy sources, and the preservation of the planet’s amazing biodiversity.

www.vitaminangels.org
Howard Schiffer founded Vitamin Angels Alliance after a career in the natural foods marketplace which included creating or developing a number of well known brands including Balance Bars. Vitamin Angels is dedicated to providing basic nutrition and fighting vitamin A deficiency, childhood blindness and other vitamin deficiency diseases around the world. They have numerous programs supporting children and expecting mothers. Within a week after Hurricane Katrina hit, Vitamin Angels had ten trucks loaded with vitamins going out of warehouses south of Houston.

www.chinacare.org
Matt Dalio is the Founder of China Care Foundation, Inc. and President of its Board of Directors. His passion for China started when he lived for a year in Beijing, China at the age of eleven. Even at a young age, Matt Dalio was able to see the difficulties suffered by many special-needs Chinese orphans, and in 2000 at the age of 16, he founded an organization that would aid in giving these children a better future. In addition to being the founder of China Care, he is also a founder of the online non-partisan blog newspaper called TheIssue.com. Mr. Dalio is a graduate of Harvard University.