Nonprofit Organizations
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MAAP Services for Autism & Asperger Syndrome
We are dedicated to providing information and advice to families of More Advanced individuals with Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Through our newsletter, The MAAP, our organization provides the opportunity for parents and professionals to network with others in similar circumstances and to learn about more advanced individuals with autism.
MacArthur Foundation
Magnus Charitable Trust
In 1995, Mr. Magnus and his wife Maria created the Magnus Charitable Trust with the mission to feed the hungry, to help the hungry learn how to feed themselves, and to educate young people with high morals and integrity so that they are committed to making the world a better place.
Malcolm X College/Business & Industry Services
The Business Development Center of Malcolm X College will primarily assist entrepreneurs and other small business owners with Counseling to foster small business development and growth. Training seminars to develop, strengthen and grow a small business. College faculty and expertise. Resource Center to write a business plan, access financial information,Internet and other services. Resident Business Center, Business Advertising and more.
Man-Up-Ministries, Inc.
Man-Up-Ministries, Inc. Mission: To Improve the environment, Public Safety, Education, life, liberty, and the pursuit to happiness and holistic health for
Afrikaan-American males, vulnerable, and disenfranchised populations. Together we accomplish our mission
Using community based assets, advocacy, action and research to advocate for and achieve changes in public
policy and programs. We focus our efforts in the areas of Public Information, Education, Edutainment,
Inneractive Participation, employment and training, social enterprise and Technology.
Mandel Legal Clinic, University of Chicago
Marian College
Private applied liberal arts institution of higher education sponsored by the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Marwen
Marwen provides high quality visual arts education, college planning, and career development programs - all free of charge - to Chicago's under-served youth in grades 6-12.
Mayor's Office of Workforce Development
Works with employers to screen and hire new workers and upgrade performance of current employees. Funds agencies training unemployed and dislocated workers.
McHenry County Music Center
The McHenry County Music Center's McHenry County Youth Orchestra is in it's 25th year of operation. Formed in 1994, the Contemporary Children's Choir of McHenry County consists of four choirs, Cantate, Chamber, Chorale, Concert and Treble Choir. CCC was formed in 1994 as an outreach of the McHenry County Youth Orchestra and Community Arts Center. CCC are in our tenth season and are one of many programs offered by the McHenry County Music Center. MCMC offers early childhood music programs based on the beliefs that every child is musical, every parent is the child's most important teacher, the home is the most important place for learning to take root and grow, and that based on research, music. The McHenry County Music Center (MC)2 offers private instruction in orchestral instruments, piano, guitar, voice and musicianship at our facility in Crystal Lake. Four private studios and one larger rehearsal room/classroom are available for lessons. Lessons may be offered for any instrument where we have potential students totaling at least three hours of instruction. Lessons may be scheduled during the day (for pre-school and home-school students and adults with flexible schedules), after school, and evenings.
MCIC (Metro Chicago Information Center)
MCIC is a Chicago-based not-for-profit research, information, and consulting resource committed to increasing the quality, quantity, and accessibility of information about quality of life issues, human needs, and social conditions.
Looking for data about metro Chicago to support funding requests, marketing efforts or a strategic plan? The FREE resource, Metro Chicago Facts OnLine, aggregates U.S. Census data and other datasets, generates custom reports to track demographic, social and economic changes from 2000-2005 and 2005-2010.
MEANS
Mission East Asian National Support (MEANS) serves as an indigenous mission support society by matching the resources of US donors primarily in Asia or sent from Asia. MEANS is a 501(c)(3) charitable, evangelical mission organization dedicated to promote the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ among the people in East Asians worldwide.
Media Democracy Chicago
Mended Hearts Inc. Chapter 337
A non-profit, all volunteer organization of Heart disease/condition survivors and caregivers offering hope, support, and encouragement to other like survivors. They meet once a month every third thursday of every month at Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington . All other like survivors welcome. Find out your not alone. For more info. Contact Social Sevices at 847-381-9600 ext. 26-4381.
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, a Catholic institution, transforms lives of suffering into lives of hope and promise by providing: a nurturing home, healing for families, the means for growth and God’s mercy in action.
Merit School of Music
Merit School of Music, a nonprofit community music school in the West Loop, provides high-quality music education to students in metropolitan Chicago. Its primary goals are to help young people achieve their full musical potential, to remove economic barriers to participation, and to stimulate personal and educational growth through music. Merit’s programs are provided without regard to national origin, race, religious belief, gender or physical handicap. In keeping with our mission, more than 95% of Merit students receive financial assistance.
Metro Seniors in Action
Metropolitan Area Group for Igniting Civilization
Metropolitan Family Services
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Metropolitan Planning Commission
Metropolitan Planning Council
Metropolitan Planning Council
Metropolitan Planning Council
Metropolitan Planning Council
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Michigan Land Use Institute
The Michigan Land Use Institute was founded in 1995 to establish an approach to economic development that strengthens communities, enhances opportunity, and protects the state's unmatched natural resources. Our mission from the beginning has been to help Michigan avoid the patterns of suburban sprawl and over-development that cause traffic congestion, pollution, loss of community, rising costs to individuals and governments, and a deteriorating quality of life. Now, more than ever the Institute is focused on local policy solutions to the biggest challenges facing our state, like climate change and economic strife. Our focus on local food, clean energy, and growing prosperous communities in Michigan has drawn statewide and regional recognition by producing tangible results that benefit people and places.
Midwest Academy
Founded in 1973 the Midwest Academy is a national training institute committed to advancing the struggle for social, economic, and racial justice. From local neighborhood groups to statewide and national organizations, Midwest Academy has trained over twenty-five thousand grassroots activists from hundreds of organizations and coalitions. Midwest Academy teaches an organizing philosophy, methods and skills that enable ordinary people to actively participate in the democratic process. Courses and consulting services are designed for progressive organizations and coalitions that utilize civic engagement activities to build citizen power at all levels of our democracy.
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Midwest High Speed Rail Association
Midwest High Speed Rail Association
Midwest Save Our Ancestors Remains & Resources Indigenous Network Group Foundation
Midwest Save Our Ancestors Remains & Resources Indigenous Network Group Foundation, (Midwest SOARRING Foundation) is a Native-based, not-for-profit organization formed in November of 1996. Our mission is to offer assistance, when asked, as a facilitator to the tribes regarding repatriation concerns, educate the public about various Native American issues including repatriation, cultural and environmental issues and building community among all people. Our goal is to widen the knowledge of native plants and their uses and in the future, form trade of seeds and plants among different Tribes, while also working toward building a re-created working village where members, as well as family, friends and visitors can enjoy a sampling of our rich heritage.
MIKE (Minority Intervention and Kidney Education)
The American Kidney Fund established the MIKE Program to address the alarming rates of chronic kidney disease and related conditions in African American, Hispanic, Native and Asian-American communities. MIKE has a local office offering screenings in the Chicago area.
Mikva Challenge
Misericordia Home
Misericordia Home provides residential services and programs for children with mental disabilities, many also physically impaired. Misericordia is “Home” to more than 500 children and adults from the State of Illinois of all races, religions and creeds with disabilities ranging from mild-moderate to severe and profound. Special programs are provided to meet the physical, psychological, social, educational, vocational, religious and recreational needs of every person served.
Mission Paradox
Mission Paradox presents a series of workshops on issues such as corporate sponsorship, branding and earned income strategies.
Mother Jones Festival
Motivating Our Mothers
Motivating Our Mothers Offers Supportive Services And Groups With Training For Foster Adopted, Biological Parents And Their Children.
Mountain Lion Foundation
National conservation organization working to save America' lion.
Movimiento 10 de Marzo
Municipal Services Associates
Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDA is a voluntary health agency – a dedicated partnership between scientists and concerned citizens aimed at conquering neuromuscular diseases that affect more than one million Americans. Since its founding in 1950, MDA has provided comprehensive medical services to tens of thousands of people with neuromuscular diseases at more than 200 hospital-affiliated clinics across the country. Right here in the Chicagoland area, more than 3,500 families receive top-notch medical care at one of five MDA supported clinics or MDA/ALS centers every year. MDA also sponsors research in neuromuscular disorders, including nine forms of muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease), myasthenia gravis, spinal muscular atrophy, and others. Currently, MDA has awarded research grants to nine teams of scientists and physicians in Chicago. In addition to providing public awareness of the effects of neuromuscular disease, MDA sends more than 150 Chicago area children with neuromuscular diseases to MDA summer camps each year at no charge to the families.
Music For Kids
Music For Kids is a non-profit organization that makes instrumental music lessons available to Chicago Public School children.
Muslim Civil Rights Center
