#7 Architecture For Humanity

The organization was founded on April 6, 1999 by Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr in response to the need for immediate long-term shelter for returning refugees in Kosovo after the region's bloody conflict.

Designers at Architecture For Humanity spend their lives innovating and designing for at-risk communities around the world -- those refurbishing after natural disasters and those that have always been in need.

 To date it has worked in twenty eight countries around the world and has completed over 245 projects. Collectively more than 700,000 people are living, teaching and working in buildings designed by Architecture for Humanity design fellows, chapter members and volunteer design professional.

#6 FIRST

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields. The organization is the foundation for the FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST LEGO League, Junior FIRST LEGO League, and FIRST Tech Challenge competitions.

FIRST also operates FIRST Place, a research facility at FIRST Headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, where it holds educational programs and day camps for students and teachers.

It also sponsors techie projects, shells out for scholarships and mentors the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

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