Philanthropy

American Cancer Society

Together with our millions of supporters, the American Cancer Society (ACS) saves lives and creates a world with less cancer and more birthdays by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back.

The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the ACS has 13 chartered Divisions and more than 3,400 local offices.

The Paul Chester Children’s Hope Foundation (PCHHF)

The foundation provides vital assistance to improve the health and well being of families in developing countries. The programs fuel the potential for lasting good, by providing early intervention to children or young adults where services are unavailable due to logistics or financial reasons. The Foundation harnesses the expertise of medical professionals and volunteers to identify opportunities for maximum social impact in the developing world, and then funds and completes the medical or surgical interventions it has identified as being worthwhile. Dr. Tehrani currently serves as President of the Paul Chester Children’s Hope Foundation.

Susan G. Komen

We are the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists. As the face and voice of the global breast cancer movement, we have local Affiliates in 125 cities and communities, and advocates at the local, state and federal level. Susan G. Komen promised her dying sister that she would do everything in her power to cure breast cancer thus the foundation of this organization. We are dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage – from the causes to the cures, to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between, a cause without borders.

Feeding America

Feeding America is the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Our mission is to feed America’s hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. Each year, the Feeding America network provides food to more than 37 million low-income people facing hunger in the United States, including 14 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.

Our network of more than 200 food banks serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, securing and distributing more than 2.5 billion pounds of food and grocery products annually. Those member food banks support approximately 61,000 local charitable agencies and 70,000 programs, which provide food directly to individuals and families in need.