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The advocacy effort was led by the Disability and Aging Collaborative—a coalition NCOA formed and co-chairs.

• Successfully mobilized national, state, and local partners to counter administration proposals to eliminate or cut multiple investments in aging services, including SCSEP, falls prevention, CDSME, Medicare State Health Insurance Assistance Programs, and the Social Services Block Grant.

Celebrated and sponsored the annual National Senior Center Month in September with the theme Senior Centers: Delivering Vital Connections, reflecting their critical role in meeting community needs during the pandemic.

• Co-created a toolkit for senior centers to incorporate ridesharing into community transportation strategies through an initiative with Lyft and senior center partners, informed by a multi-site pilot.

Both versions provide a comprehensive and fun approach to positive aging by focusing on key aspects of health, finances, relationships, personal growth, and community involvement.

Mastery comes from turning these lifestyle changes into habits that lead to improved health, stronger economic security, enhanced well-being, and increased societal participation.

The bulk of the net investment was $Planner, including Medicare education.

NCOA created Age Well Planner to provide a trusted resource for adults to plan their retirement journey and ensure they can meet their goals for healthy aging.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS At Conservation International, we are proud to have some of the leading minds in natural and social science, policy, finance and business working together to improve people’s lives through the care and protection of nature.

Robert J. Fisher Chairman of the Board Gap Inc.

Over the last two years, a clear consensus has emerged: Securing the health of Earth’s climate, ecosystems and biodiversity is essential to the survival of all people.

With help from our partners at IDEO, we have embraced the tenets of design thinking, a human-centric approach to management.

I am confident that with our dynamic team and the support of our amazing community, we, like the salmon, will not just survive but succeed in this turbulent new world.

A Conservation International study last year helped shine a light on the millions of onshore fish workers — predominantly women — who spend long hours cleaning and packaging fish in factories, maintaining community fish farms and often filling low-paying or informal positions throughout seafood supply chains around the world.

In these roles, women face a different —  but equally egregious — set of human rights abuses, the researchers write.

Through the Blue Nature Alliance, Conservation International is incorporating social equity as a core value that informs our work around the world.

Conservation International staff contributing  —  explores these issues and calls for steps for improving social equity in ocean conservation efforts.

signal that Conservation International’s approach to marine conservation is one worth following. 01: Women fill 90 percent of land-based jobs at fisheries, including cleaning, processing and packaging — but often face systemic discrimination.

A NEW HAVEN IN THE HIGHLANDS A small community in the Bolivian Andes is making a huge impact on one the most unique and biodiverse ecosystems in the world.

CI Ventures, our investment fund, is filling that gap by providing funding for businesses that contribute to healthy ecosystems.

International that supports environmentally friendly livestock grazing among rural communities while increasing their access to markets.

OR RISK FUTURE PANDEMICS “Human health cannot be separated from the health of the planet,” warns Conservation International’s new pandemic prevention fellow, Dr. Neil Vora.

Through conservation agreements, communities in the protected forest can receive benefits such as agricultural training and access to specialty-grade markets for the coffee they grow.

Our roots have informed all that we’ve done for more than three decades, including being one of the first environmental organizations to develop a policy for partnering with Indigenous peoples — an initiative that evolved into our rights-based approach to conservation; supporting women to participate fully in community discussions and management decisions; and rolling out new systems to better address project impacts on people and the environment.

We elevated the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion into our top organizational priorities last year, and we now measure our progress toward greater workforce diversity, workplace inclusion, inclusive conservation and leadership accountability.

Indigenous women from Amazonia gathered for a historic summit this year, uplifting their unique and essential role in conserving the world’s most iconic forest.

communities to initiate investable community- based, “nature-friendly” rural enterprises that can deliver environmental and social outcomes.

The Sue Taei Ocean Fellowship for Indigenous Women of the Pacific aims to elevate the role of Indigenous women from across the region in ocean conservation.

Our inaugural fellows, Tepoerau Mai and Te Aomihia Walker, have used their fellowships as launchpads to secure scholarships to further their education and research.

research on the risk of toxic and harmful micro- algae to human health.

in New Caledonia and analyzing the toxins produced by these organisms, and received the Young Talents For Women in Science.

This first cohort promotes resolving challenges related to Indigenous economies, gender balance, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and more, based on their own solutions.

the constraints imposed by COVID to deliver quality conservation outcomes while ensuring the health and safety of our staff, partners and beneficiaries.

At the age of he famously called for devoting 50 percent of the Earth’s surface to nature to stave off mass extinction.

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Carolyn S. Brody Family Foundation Bronfman Hauptman Foundation Builder’s Vision Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Harold K.L. Castle Foundation Caterpillar Foundation Catto Shaw Foundation The Cedars Foundation, Inc.

Charles Spear Charitable Trust The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Stearns Charitable Trust Joseph and Diane Steinberg Sunbridge Foundation The Suwinski Family Foundation Swarovski Foundation Swedish Postcode Foundation Swiss Re Foundation The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Flora L. Thornton Foundation Three Graces Foundation, Inc Tides Foundation Tierra Pura Foundation The Tiffany & Co.

and Cooperation Center Kamehameha Schools Ministère de I’Europe et des Affaires étrangères Ministère de la Transition écologique Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de la Relance Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture of Samoa MoreTrees Inc.

Strengthening the human-animal bond by supporting pets and those who love them.

This scholarship supports students carrying out pathbreaking work in their communities and aims to create access to veterinary care for those who need it most.

those with disabilities, but his work and passion for providing access to veterinary care have only begun.

His unrelenting dedication to service, education and the human animal bond will effect positive changes in making veterinary care accessible for all who need it.

develop more inclusivity and equity within the animal welfare industry.

CARE believes closing the gap is possible, but it requires reaching-out to people of color and seeking their leadership in the lifesaving work of Animal Welfare – and we’re here to help makes strides in closing the gap.

That’s why in a $250,000 grant to help fund research into biases within the animal welfare industry, the impact of policies on People of Color and to expand on studies examining the under-representation of African American employees in animal welfare organizations.

Funding also supports staff training for a variety of animal welfare organizations, instituting an online certification program and a one-of-a-kind implicit bias test to help animal welfare organizations in their journey towards a more diverse, equitable and inclusive industry for all pets and people.

Bill Karwoski was a man who loved pets and we’re honored and humbled he decided to make planned giving part of his legacy with a $2.2 million donation to PetSmart Charities.

His inherent nature of giving back, combined with a soft spot for supporting animals and animal lovers in his community, will change the lives of those in need across North America through his generous contributions to PetSmart Charities.

Help ensure the welfare and humane treatment of nearly species living in the world’s zoos, aquariums and conservation centers.

In the wake of the disaster, American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, immediately deployed its rescue team with an invitation from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, conducting search-and-rescue operations, setting up, rebuilding and running shelters, transporting tons of emergency food, performing spay-and-neuters, funding veterinary care, and helping airlift animals to New Providence Island to help reunite pets with their families.

sHelter AniMAls CArried to sAfety Here at home, American Humane was busy at work even before Hurricane Dorian struck, evacuating scores of shelter animals in its path.

American Humane volunteers rushed to pick up vulnerable pets at a South Carolina shelter and drove them more than in New York and New Jersey where they would find safety and forever homes.

One dramatic rescue involved Roscoe, a dog who lived in the community of hard-hit Webbers Falls.

His family had to evacuate as the floodwaters approached.

As his family struggled to reclaim some sense of normal life and be reunited with Roscoe, we worked with our sheltering partners to care for him.

The “PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act” will train and pair vets suffering from post-deployment mental health issues with service dogs.

He can spend his days playing with the Ogin children and the family’s two Jack Russell terriers – an awesome pack in the making.

Supported by a host of human stars, including Betty White, Jay Leno, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Pauley Perrette, Ariel Winter, Vivica A. Fox, Richard Marx, Daisy Fuentes, Alison Sweeney and dozens more animalloving VIPs, our Hero Dogs and what they have done for us uplift the human spirit and inspire us to return the favor to all our animal friends.

Then, on a normal day, while riding in the back of his parents’ SUV with his younger brothers on the way to a family dinner, a man fired three to five bullets into their car and shot him in the head.

Until recently, however, there were few or no accepted humane standards governing the treatment of animals in a wide variety of settings involving human care.

Today, American Humane is the largest certifier of animal welfare in the world, with innovative programs that help ensure humane conditions for some one billion animals across the country and around the world.

To ensure compliance with these standards and absolute integrity of reporting, these standards are enforced by independent, expert third-party auditors or Certified Safety Animal Representatives with ultimate oversight of all programs provided by the country’s trusted first national humane organization.

The expertise and verification process helps provide those who care about animals with assurance that the creatures under the certification enjoy demonstrably good welfare and were treated humanely.

In fact, we were founded on this vital issue in promoting the welfare and humane treatment of animals in agriculture.

Today, we help ensure better lives for nearly Humane Certified™ program, the first, largest and most trusted independent farm welfare and audit effort in the country.

Promoting the welfare and humane treatment of nearly than 200 rigorous, science-based standards covering everything from adequate space to air and water quality, heating, lighting, shade and animals’ ability to engage in natural behaviors.

Significant additions like these help to increase the reach of our protective umbrella covering hundreds of millions of chickens, turkeys, dairy cows and other agricultural species who deserve good welfare and humane treatment.

“We’ve been committed to excellence in animal welfare standards since my family started ranching in 1875.

To elevate standards and shine a spotlight on those who take good care of their animals, American Humane developed the first-ever independent, science-based humane certification dedicated solely to helping ensure the welfare and humane treatment of the animals in the world’s zoos, aquariums and conservation centers.

Helping protect species in zoological settings worldwide: American Humane now helps protect the welfare and humane treatment of nearly around the world.

• Raised public awareness for humane conservation: American Humane created a series of six educational videos about the vital role of zoos and aquariums in conservation, prompting more than 15 million views on social media.

We now help ensure the welfare and humane treatment of animals at 18 U.S. states and 12 countries in North and Central America, Europe and Asia.

American Humane pioneered assuring the well-being of animals used in cinema production.

Now the organization is turning its attention to animals kept in zoos and aquaria, an area that has again elicited major social concern.

The American Humane Hollywood program has been First to Serve in the protection of our beloved animal actors since 1940 and is the only industrysanctioned effort to oversee animal safety on filmed production sets.

Millions look for our famed “No Animals Were Harmed®” certification to assure them that furred, finned and feathered performers from Black Beauty to Benji were kept safe and humanely treated under the watchful supervision of our trained Certified Animal Safety Representatives.

Some of the top movies we were on include seven Academy Award winners, including in Hollywood, Marriage Story, Rocketman, Little Women and Bombshell.

By playing the “best friend” to a protagonist, these theatrical thespians achieved several goals, which include, but are not limited to enriching the lead actors’ vulnerabilities, extracting the characters’ authentic selves, bringing some comic relief and ultimately highlighting the importance of the human-animal bond.

To help ensure a safe, comfortable, healthy and humane experience for these beloved family members, American Humane has been working to improve the safety, comfort and well-being of pets traveling by plane.

Best practices are being developed by American Humane animal welfare specialists and an independent Scientific Advisory Committee consisting of the world’s leading animal welfare experts, veterinarians, researchers and animal ethicists.

Covering every aspect of air travel from health certifications to pre-flight preparation and acclimation, check-in, temporary housing, ground transport, crating, loading and unloading, employee training and crew notifications, breed protections, temperature inside and outside the aircraft, wait times, monitoring checks, availability of food and water, route length and scores of other factors, the effort represents a significant, science-based step forward in helping ensure the health, comfort and welfare of animal passengers in commercial aviation.

American Humane is dedicated to improving safety for pets traveling by air, advancing our mission to protect animals everywhere, and making the skies an even friendlier, safer and more humane place for our best friends.

“We’re asking people to save a life, to raise your hand, and to volunteer to take one or two of these animals home with you from your local shelter.

Dogs have been darlings of the screen since film’s beginnings, says Robin Ganzert, author of Animal Stars and president and CEO of American Humane, the nonprofit that monitors onset animal safety to provide the “No Animals Were Harmed” certification.

Ganzert said fostering not only helps save the lives of animals but can benefit the people who open their homes, particularly those struggling with stress or social isolation [and] stressed there is no evidence that dogs and cats can transmit COVID-disease caused by the novel coronavirus, to humans.

“At American Humane we say, ‘Only their unconditional love is contagious.’” globAl AWAreness And PUbliC edUCAtion As the leader on animal welfare issues since our expertise and commentary.

“When humans fail to take action to protect animals from unethical treatments, fail to have biosecurity procedures, fail to have independent oversight from animal welfare and fail to change societal norms for the betterment of all animal kind, this is exactly the disaster we invite.

– Sir Anthony Hopkins “American Humane pioneered assuring the well-being of animals used in cinema production.

Steven Spielberg “For almost I’ve been a member of the country’s oldest charity dedicated to the welfare of animals, American Humane.

– Vivica A. Fox “Disasters like hurricanes, floods and tornadoes can leave pets and other animals injured, abandoned or lost.

The Independent Charities of America “Seal of Excellence” The Independent Charities Seal of Excellence is awarded to the members of Independent Charities of America and Local Independent Charities of America that have, upon rigorous independent review, been able to certify, document and demonstrate on an annual basis that they meet the highest standards of public accountability, program effectiveness and cost effectiveness.

Getting the Gold from GuideStar USA! GuideStar USA, Inc., the premier source of nonprofit information, awarded American Humane the Gold Level, by demonstrating our deep commitment to nonprofit transparency and accountability.

With millions of animals helped each year, you may be sure that your donation will be well used and will have a real measurable impact.

Mission Founded in is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals.

Every step of the way we’re fighting the president as he tries to deny the reality of climate change, discredit science, gut our environmental laws, despoil our public lands and waters, open the doors to killing off our native wildlife, conduct mass deportations, eliminate regulations protecting poor communities from pollution and violence and take away women’s reproductive rights.

Along with Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva, we’ve sued over Trump’s disastrous and cynical border wall scheme, which would further militarize precious landscapes and hurt wildlife and human communities alike.

This year we launched our Wild Energy campaign, promoting renewable energy solutions that benefit wildlife as well as human communities.

Threatened by poaching to satisfy consumer demand for ivory, elephant populations face additional pressures as competition for space and resources and resulting human-wildlife conflict continues to increase across Africa.

From overfishing to transportation choices, human activity is driving wildlife extinction and ecosystem breakdown at an unprecedented rate. are killed annually for their ivory.

human development, and illegal fishing seriously threaten the long-term health of our oceans.