Not only is the goal of Earthdance to join the global community in celebration of peace, but also to support international and local charities around the world.

Policy | 2006 Charities | 2005 Charities | The Tadra Project

EARTHDANCE CHARITY POLICY
To become an officially recognized Earthdance event, each promoter must create space at their event and donate 50% or more of their profits to a local charity that falls into one of the following categories:

• The Welfare of Children & Urban Youth
• Indigenous Peoples & Cultures
• International Relief and Development
• Environmental Sustainability & Protection
• Organizations that help Promote Peace
  

CHARITIES SUPPORTED IN 2006 (partial list):

*Disclaimer: The following information was furnished to Earthdance by individual event promoters.
We can not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Support can mean monetary gifts, publicity, a platform, material donations, etc...

Name of Charity (supported by Earthdance event based in)

50 Lanterns (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Aboriginal Health Center (Hamilton, ON, CANADA)
ACT (Action for Cooperation & Trust) (Angel's Hills, CYPRUS)
Adoption Means Love Foundation (Santa Fe, NM, USA)
Aldeas Infantiles SOS Panama (Panama City, PANAMA)
Acvarius (Bucharest, ROMANIA)
Arid Land Environment Centre (Alice Springs, NT, AUSTRALIA)
Arusha Children's Trust (Arusha, TANZANIA)
AustCare (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
Bailes De los Ninos (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
BioTour (New York City, NY, USA)
Booker High School Visual & Performing Arts Center (Sarasota, FL, USA)
Brahma Kumaris - World Spiritual University (Hamilton, ON, CANADA)
CBCA - Sexual & Reproductive Wellness Centre (Calgary, AB, CANADA)
Centro aiuti per l`Etiopia (Domodossola, ITALY)
Centro de Trabalho Indiginista (Florianopolis, BRAZIL)
Chilliwack Community Services (Ahilliwack, BC, CANADA)
Christiana (Copenhagen, DENMARK)
Citizens for Peace, Cobb County (Marietta, GA, USA)
City Farm/Men of the Trees (Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA)
Communidad Tawantinsuyu (Lima, PERU)
Cruz Roja Guatematelca (Guatemala, GUATEMALA)
Dream Change (Orlando, FL, USA)
Earthdance International (Laytonville, CA, USA & Pittsburgh, PA)
ECOMB Environmental Coalition of Miami Beach (Miami, FL, USA)
EDGE (Damascus, MD, USA)
Early Childhood Center (Worcester, MA, USA)
Environment Centre Northern Territory (Darwin, NT, AUSTRALIA)
Fair Trade Hellas (Athens, GREECE)
FDR Skatepark (Pennsylvania, PA, USA)
La Fundación Instituto Indígena (Santiago, CHILE)
Fundación Amigos del Niño con Leucemia y Cáncer (Panama City, PANAMA)
Global Alliance for Ministries & Depts of Peace (Mullimbimby, NSW, AUSTRALIA)
Global Art Project for Peace (Tucsson, AZ, USA)
God's Golden Acre (Dargle, KZN, SOUT AFRICA)
Great Plains Earth Institute (Wichita, KANSAS)
Grupo Lobo (Almada, PORTUGAL)
Hana Youth Center (Honolulu, HI, USA)
Healing Earth Resources (Central Illinois, IL, USA)
Indigo Mountain Wolf Rescue (Lake George, CO, USA)
Interior Indian Friendship Society, Native Youth Centre (Kamloops, BC, CANADA)
James River Association (Richmond, VA, USA)
Kika (Arnhem, THE NETHERLANDS)
La Luciernaga (Cordoba, ARGENTINA)
L'écovillage du Mont Radar (Saint-Sylvestre, QB, CANADA)
Legion de la Buena Voluntad (La Paz, BOLIVIA)
Light Way School (Houston, TX, USA)
Lubasi Home (Victoria Falls, ZAMBIA)
Maya Mountain Research Farm (Teakettle, BELIZE)
Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame (Okemas, MI, USA)
Mizuit Jewish Community (Chicago, IL, USA)
Music 4 Peace (Zurich, SWITZERLAND)
Namlo International (Denver, CO, USA)
NRDC - Natural Resources Defence Council (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
Ning Jey Projects for Tibetan Communities (Melbourne, VIC, AUSTRALIA)
Obras Sociales del Hermano Pedro (Guatemala, GUATEMALA)
Odawa Native Friendship Centre (Ottowa, ON, CANADA)
One Common Unity (Washington, DC, USA)
Orphanage in Kijaszkowo (Pila, POLAND)
Oshkosh Rhythm Institute (Oshkosh, WI, USA)
Outside In (Portland, OR, USA)
Peter Mac Foundation (Melbourne, VIC, AUSTRALIA)
Projeto Mutirão (Curitaba, BRAZIL)
Purga Elders & Descendants Aboriginal Corp. (Brisbane, QLD, AUSTRALIA)
Raven's Grove Foundation (Austin, TX, USA)
Regina Food Bank (Regigina, SK, CANADA)
SOUL - Soul of Universal Love (Farmington, MI, USA)
Salvation Army (Virginia Beach, VA, USA)
Santa Fe Mountain Center (Santa Fe, NM USA)
Sierra Club - CT Chapter (Hartford, CT, USA)
SurfAid International (San Diego, CA, USA)
TADRA Project (Santiago, CHILE)
The Aunty Program (Byron Bay, NSW, AUSTRALIA)
The Empowernment Channel (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
The Open Mind Foundation (Salt Lake City, US, USA)
Tibet Aid (Mugichou, JAPAN)
Tibet Support Groep Nederlands (Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS)
Tools 4 Schools (Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA)
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre (Vancouver, BC, CANADA)
Vitosha National Park (Sofia, BULGARIA)
War Child - UK (London, ENGLAND)
War Child - NL (Den Bosch, NETHERLANDS)
WMNF 88.5 Community Radio (Safety Harbor, FL, USA)
WSLR 96.5 Grassroots Community Radio (Sarsota, FL, USA)
YMCA - Kosovo (Prishtina, KOSOVO)

CHARITIES SUPPORTED IN 2005 (partial list)

Cordoba, Argentina: La Luciernaga
Alice Springs, Australia: Arid Lands Environment Centre
Byron Bay, Australia: Island Quarry
Byron Bay (Bush), Australia: The Uncle Project
Darwin, Australia: Northern Territory Environment Centre
Melbourne, Australia: Ning Jey Projects
Perth, Australia: City Farms Tree Planting Initiative
Sydney, Australia: Camp Quality
Teresina, Brazil: Assossia de Amigos dos Altistas do Piaui
Brasilia, Brazil: Resgate da Vida
Porto Alegre, Brazil: Asilo Sao Joao
Sofia, Bulgaria: Bulgarian Red Cross
Edmonton (AB), Canada: Canadian Red Cross
Kamloops (BC), Canada: Kamloops FoodBank
Red Deer (AB), Canada: Central Alberta Diversity Association
Toronto (ON), Canada: Pueblito
Vancouver (BC), Cananda: Purple Thistle
Medellin, Columbia: Reserva Natural Montevivo
Limassol, Cyprus: Bicommunal Movement of Cyprus
Mankessim, Ghana: Center for Human Development & Social Change
Athens/Santourini, Greece: Mediterranean SOS
Tel-aviv, Israel: The Painter House Jerusalem
Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia: Welfare of Streetchildren of Ulaaanbaatar
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Tibet Support Group Netherlands
Waiheke Island, New Zealand: Save the Children
Pila, Poland: Orphanage in Kijaszkowo
Kikinda, Serbia: Red Cross
Bratislava, Slovak Republic: Food for Life
Cape Town, South Africa: Tools 4 Schools
Cape Town, South Africa: CapeNature Conservancy
Cape Town, South Africa: Worcester Street Kids Project
Coffee Bay, South Africa: Aids to Eden
Johannesburg, South Africa: All Our Children First
Scottdale (AZ), USA: RESPECT Sierra Leone/Peace Pals Network
Tucson (AZ), USA: Global Art Project
Hobe Sound (FL), USA: Treasure Coast Wildlife Center
Sarasota (FL), USA: Mobilized Youth
St. Petersburg (FL), USA: Salvation Army
Atlanta (GA), USA: Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund
Chicago (IL), USA: Healing Earth Resourses
Missoula, (MT), USA: Buffalo Field campaign
Santa Fe (NM), USA: Adoption Means Love Foundation
New York (NY), USA: Bio Tour
Oxford, (OH), USA: Rock the Earth
Philadelphia (PA), USA: Police Athletic League
Austin (TX), USA: American Youthworks
Houston (TX), USA: Citizens` Environmental Coalition
Oshkosh (WI), USA: Oshkosh Rhythm Institute

THE TADRA PROJECT

Until our policy changed in 2002, encouraging promoters to choose local issuse and charities, the single project that Earthdance International and promoters supported from 1997 - 2002 was the Tadra Children's Village in Eastern Tibet.  This Tibetan charity based in Germany supports homeless Tibetan children, many of whom would not otherwise survive the bitterly cold Tibetan winters.  Over the period Earthdance parties globally raised enough funds to build two children's homes ad begin the construction of a much-needed medical center. Some promoters still choose to support the tadra project.

On an international level, Earthdance continues to support many non-profit organizations.