They include the Dublin-based European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), and the European Training Foundation (ETF), which deals with teacher training and the skills profiles of migrants.

BBC: European employment statement

Obama acknowledges meeting Ayers, now a university professor, in 1995, when both worked with a nonprofit group trying to raise money for a school improvement project and a charitable foundation.

CNN: Candidates dial back campaign rhetoric

Obama and Ayers, now a university professor, have met several times since 1995, when both worked with a non-profit group trying to raise funds for a school improvement project and a charitable foundation.

CNN: Obama accuses McCain of looking for distractions

Obama and Ayers, now a university professor, have met several times since 1995, when both worked with a nonprofit group trying to raise funds for a school improvement project and a charitable foundation.

CNN: McCain to voters: 'Who is the real Sen. Obama?'

At the 2000 World Education Forum, the international community recognized ECCE as the foundation for lifelong learning, and made expansion and improvement of ECCE the first goal of Education for All.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Corporate responsibility efforts include recycling centers in every store, and a foundation that supports K-12 public education and community improvement.

FORBES: 25. Lowe's

Norman Borlaug had got a Nobel in 1970 for developing the high yielding wheat at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre in Mexico, and had been supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.

ECONOMIST: Chidambaram Subramaniam

Some countries, particularly Spain, have succeeded in raising the number of organ donors, but there is still much room for improvement, according to Leo Roels, managing director of the Donor Action Foundation.

CNN: Spain leads the way in organ donation