Worthy Beyond Purpose: LA Founded + Operated
Both Robert and Andrew Haag serve on the board of the nonprofit Worthy Beyond Purpose. Worthy Beyond Purpose is a Los Angeles-based foundation that teaches mindfulness and meditation practices to kids worldwide. Andrew Haag has served on the Board since the founding of WBP and has seen the organization grow from a seedling to a burgeoning tree having many branches that bring mindfulness and meditation practices to children around the world.
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ORGANIZATIONS WE ACTIVELY SUPPORT:
UNICEF, for every child - Worldwide
UNICEF, the United Nations agency for children, works to protect the rights of every child, especially the most disadvantaged and those hardest to reach. Across more than 190 countries and territories, they do whatever it takes to help children survive, thrive and fulfill their potential.
Razom – Ukraine
Razom creates spaces where people meet, partner and work together to unlock the potential of Ukraine. Razom means “together” in Ukrainian and serves as a constant reminder of the community that it takes to create, build and do. We maintain a relentless focus on the needs on the ground to support Ukraine and on opportunities to amplify voices from Ukraine in conversations in the United States.
Humanitarian groups were able to meet the sudden and dramatic surge in need for aid thanks to their partnerships with the Jewish Federations of North America, which in 2022 raised over $73 million for Ukraine-related needs. That leadership has made federations the backbone of the Jewish humanitarian effort — helping Ukrainians not just flee the fighting and find safe haven, but also figure out long-term solutions while their country remains at war.
Revived Soldiers Ukraine (RSU) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to the people of Ukraine so that they may fulfill fundamental rights and freedoms such as right to life, right to appropriate and affordable medical care, freedom of belief and freedom for an adequate standard of living.
Established in 1925, the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) is the longest-running and largest Ukrainian women’s organization in the US. Our mission: uniting women of Ukrainian descent and affiliation in service, friendship and dedication in order to promote and develop educational and cultural efforts and humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians worldwide.
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America – Ukraine
Since 1940, UCCA has enabled the Ukrainian-American community to generate the political capital and momentum needed to aid the people of Ukraine. During World War II, that included such measures as a Ukrainian-American war bond drive of $5,000,000, organizing aid for Ukrainian war victims and refugees, rallying parishes and community centers towards blood drives, and advocating for the passage of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, which allowed for more than 200,000 persons to enter the US, nearly half of whom were Ukrainians
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, Inc. (UUARC) was founded in 1944 to help those in need. Since its beginning, UUARC has endeavored to provide aid where the need is the greatest. It provided help to many thousands of refugees who came to the United States after World War II, as well as assisted countless Ukrainians throughout the world.
Voices of Children – Worldwide
The Voices of Children Foundation has been helping children affected by the war since 2015. They provide psychological and psychosocial support to children. It helps them overcome the consequences of armed conflict and develop
ICRC – Ukraine
The ICRC is responding to urgent humanitarian needs and must be able to continue their life saving work. ICRC water engineers and doctors aim to help more than 3 million people access clean water and improve the living conditions of more than 66,000 whose homes have been damaged by heavy fighting.
World Central Kitchen – Worldwide
WCK is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. They build resilient food systems with locally led solutions.
YMCA – Worldwide
YMCA of the USA’s World Service Campaign is working in coordination with YMCA Ukraine, YMCA Europe and the World YMCA to help people and communities who are impacted by the conflict. YMCA Europe has already disbursed emergency funds to YMCAs in Romania, Moldova and Ukraine in support of the emergency services they are providing to refugees fleeing Ukraine and internally displaced people inside Ukraine.
Save the Children – Worldwide
For 100 years, Save the Children has been giving children in the U.S. and around the world a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, they are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. They do whatever it takes to save children, transforming their lives and the future we share.
American Humane – The United States
Since our founding nearly 150 years ago, American Humane Society has served as a beacon for all those who cherish the human-animal bond. We provide meaningful, humane direction through an ever-expanding lens of scientific knowledge and grassroots compassion. And we make animals our top priority when it comes to their safety, their treatment, their wellbeing and their place in our world.
The Nanubhai Education Foundation works to have a positive impact on financially vulnerable rural students in a scaleable and sustainable way. We seek to empower women by providing them access to quality education. For the past decade we have worked closely with communities in Gujarat and Rajasthan, India.
Habitat for Humanity - Worldwide
Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat works toward a vision by building strength, stability and self-reliance in partnership with families in need of decent and affordable housing. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.
Promises Foundation - Los Angeles, CA
The Promises Foundation is committed to restoring hope for families by creating a safe environment for mothers and their children to grow and develop the tools they require to live meaningful and self-sufficient lives. The Promises Foundation’s vision is to support substance abuse prevention and provide behavioral health services to low-income women and their families. We strive to create innovative programs that provide a unique approach to substance abuse amidst under-served communities.
Harlem Academy - New York, NY
Harlem Academy is a private school for gifted children from underserved communities. Ability and hard work should be a pathway to success, but for many bright students, this promise too often remains out of reach. By first grade, low-income children are only half as likely to be high achievers as their peers from more affluent communities. By fifth grade, this shrinks even further.1 By the time they reach college, only 14% of students at the nation’s top 160 colleges and universities come from the bottom half of the income distribution.
Meals on Wheels America is the leadership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior isolation and hunger. This network serves virtually every community in America and, along with more than two million staff and volunteers, delivers the nutritious meals, friendly visits and safety checks that enable America’s seniors to live nourished lives with independence and dignity. By providing funding, leadership, education, research and advocacy support, Meals on Wheels America empowers its local member programs to strengthen their communities, one senior at a time.
City of Hope - Los Angeles, CA
City of Hope is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of people with cancer, diabetes and other serious illnesses. Our mission is to transform the future of health care by turning science into a practical benefit, hope into reality. We accomplish this by providing outstanding care, conducting innovative research and offering vital education programs focused on eliminating these diseases.
Be the Match Walk+Run - U.S.A
Be The Match is the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on saving lives through marrow and umbilical cord blood transplantation. We foster a community of donors, volunteers, health care professionals and researchers who deliver cures by helping patients get the life-saving marrow or cord blood transplant they need. Our passion to save lives drives us to help more patients survive each year.
Chandanni Scholarship Fund brings kids from underserved backgrounds to experience diversity and wellness in India and other nations. We are dedicated to exposing kids to diverse cultures and practices of wellness and mindfulness. We know that each person counts and if we can make a change in how even just one kid feels about themselves and the world we know we are making a big difference in helping heal the world to become a more peaceful and joyous place.
Hunstman Cancer Foundation – Salt Lake City, Utah
Huntsman Cancer Foundation's sole purpose is to raise funds to support the mission of Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and is dedicated to ensuring excellence in these endeavors through the development and prudent stewardship of private resources. Huntsman Cancer Foundation offers a variety of ways for individuals and organizations to support cancer research.
NO Thirsty Child – Africa
NO Thirsty Child champions sustainable clean water programs in developing countries. Clean, safe, accessible water provides children greater access to education and improves health. Clean water increases parents ability to earn a living and provide a better quality of life for their families.
Children International – Kansas, Missouri
Children International is focused on making a long-term impact by helping kids living in poverty. They have a bold vision: graduating healthy, educated, empowered and employed young adults from their program so they can achieve the goal of breaking the cycle of poverty. Period.
