Cantor Fitzgerald

Cantor Fitzgerald held its annual Charity Day on Monday, September 12th, 2011. Together with BGC Partners, approximately $12 million was raised globally. Every year Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners donate 100% of their global revenues on the day to charities around the world by hosting charities and celebrity ambassadors in commemoration of the 658 employees we lost in the World Trade Center attacks.  We are pleased to say that to date Cantor Fitzgerald and its affiliate BGC Partners have raised over $77 million for more than 160 charities around the world. 

Ten Year Commemoration of 9/11, Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day 2011 Video

Please, see the list below of out Charity Day 2011 participating charities:

9/11 Day of Service (My Good Deed)

By annually organizing the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance ("9/11 Day"), is to provide a positive and forward-looking way for Americans and others to forever honor and remember the 9/11 victims, survivors, and the many that rose in service in response to the 9/11 tragedy, including first responders, recovery workers, volunteers, public safety officers and members of our military. For more information, please visit 911 Day of Service.

 

Action America

The mission of Action America is to unite and activate Americans everywhere to turn the events of 9/11 into positive action. For more information, please visit Action America.

 

Autism Speaks

To discover through research the causes of autism and how to prevent and treat it, to support families and community organizations, to increase awareness, and to advocate for public policy change. For more information, please visit Autism Speaks.


 

Children's Tumor Foundation

The Children's Tumor Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) medical foundation, dedicated to improving the health and well being of individuals and families affected by the neurofibromatoses (NF).

 

The mission of The Children's Tumor Foundation is to:

- Encourage and support research and the development of treatments and cures for neurofibromatosis types 1 and 2, schwannomatosis and related disorders (hereafter collectively referred to as "NF");

- Support persons with NF, their families and caregivers by providing thorough, accurate, current and readily accessible information;

- Assist in the development of clinical centers, best practices and other patient support mechanisms (but not including direct medical care) to create better access to quality healthcare for affected individuals; and,

- Expand public awareness of NF to promote earlier and accurate diagnoses by the medical community, increase the non-affected population's understanding of the challenges facing persons with NF, and encourage financial and other forms of support from public and private sources.

For more information, please visit Childrens Tumor Foundation.
 
 

Deafness Research Foundation

DRF's mission is to attain a lifetime of healthy hearing and balance through quality research, education, and advocacy. For more information, please visit Deafness Research Foundation.
 

Family Services of Westchester

Family Services of Westchester is a nonprofit that provides a broad range of services, including the Jerome Wagner Youth Residence for Boys and the Evelyn Sachs Steiner Residence for Girls which would be the focus of Cantor Fitzgerald support. These Residences are places of safety and support for adolescent boys and girls who, for a variety of reasons, cannot or should not remain within their family homes. For more information, please visit Family Services of Westchester.
 

The Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation

The Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation is a leading source of funding for Alzheimer’s research. The Foundation serves Alzheimer’s patients and their families by seeking to understand the causes of, discover a cure for, and improve the lives of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard directs the Foundation’s team of internationally renowned scientists who have been at the forefront of research for Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Greengard’s seminal findings have been the basis for much of modern day Alzheimer’s investigations. It also is a leader in public education through its website ALZinfo.org and Preserving Your Memory magazine. Only 8 cents on the dollar is used for overhead purposes.

Flight 93 National Memorial

The memorial missions are:

• Honor the heroism, courage and enduring sacrifice of the passengers and crew of Flight 93;
• Remember and commemorate the events of September 11, 2001;
• celebrate the lives of the passengers and crew on Flight 93; 
• Revere this hallowed ground as the final resting place of heroes who sacrificed their lives so that others would be spared; 
• Express the appreciation of a grateful nation forever changed by the events of September 11th;
• Educate visitors about the context of the events of September 11th; and  offer a place of comfort, hope and inspiration.

Friends of Firefighters

Friends of Firefighters is dedicated to addressing the physical, mental health, and wellness needs of New York City’s firefighters and their families. Our ongoing mission is to provide long-term support and services through confidential counseling, wellness services, and other assistance required by firefighters and their families. For more information, please visit Friends of Firefighters.

 




 

Lower Eastside Service Center

To meet the special and changing needs of New Yorkers experiencing critical life problems with substance abuse and mental illness. Using a wide-ranging network of health and human services, we help people empower their lives. For more information, please visit Lower Eastside Service Center.



 

Good Shepard Services

To surround at-risk New York City youth and their families with a web of supports that promote a safe passage to self-sufficiency.  To achieve our mission, we lead in the development of innovative youth development programs; provide quality, effective services that strengthen participants’ connections with family, school and community; and advocate on their behalf for broader change. For more information, please visit Good Shepard Services.
 

Happy Hearts Fund

Happy Hearts Fund is a non-profit foundation dedicated to improving children’s lives through educational and sustainable programs in natural disaster areas. For more information, please visit Happy Hearts Fund.

Let's Get Ready

The mission of Let’s Get Ready is to expand college access for motivated, low-income high school students by providing free SAT preparation and college admission counseling. Since 1998, Let's Get Ready has helped more than 10,000 under-served students reach college by engaging more than 4,500 college student volunteers who have served as tutors and role models. For more information, please visit Let's Get Ready.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

Delivering better treatments and, ultimately, a cure to people living with Parkinson's disease.  The Foundation takes a focused and proactive approach to speeding scientific solutions that will improve patients' quality of life and works to maximize impact by pushing basic discoveries toward clinical trials and strategically targeting resources toward critical research hurdles.  Now the largest private funder of Parkinson’s research worldwide, the Foundation has invested $200 million in research since founded in 2000.

Noreen Fraser Foundation

To raise funds for women’s cancer research. Specifically, NFF funds translational cancer research aimed at developing new prevention methods, diagnostic tools and non-toxic therapies to treat women’s cancers. Our hope is that until there are CURES, women’s cancers will become manageable diseases that can be controlled with targeted therapies that protect patients’ quality of life. For more information, please visit Noreen Fraser Foundation.

Peter C. Alderman Foundation

The mission of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation is to heal the emotional wounds of victims of terrorism and mass violence by training indigenous health workers and establishing trauma treatment systems in post-conflict countries around the globe. For more information, please visit Peter C. Alderman Foundation.

Reach the World

Reach the World is building a pipeline of globally-competent students and educators who will succeed in and steward the 21st Century global community. Our program connects disadvantaged youth to volunteer mentors who are studying, working or exploring abroad. Through a highly structured program of online journalism, collaborative project-making, and videoconferencing, RTW students go on virtual journeys with their mentors – and expand their worldview and skills in the process. For more information, please visit Reach the World.

Readiness Center



The mission of the Readiness Center is to provide educational programs for low-income parents and their pre-school through grade five children with the goal of fostering self-esteem in both parents and children by offering a variety of educational opportunities in a setting wherein they can be successful. The Readiness Center provides the following programs: 

1.   A Preschool Program (ages 3-5) . This program is unique because the parent attends with the child.  For the first ½ hour the parent and child work together, with the parent as the teacher, then the child continues the preschool day and the parent attends a class (offerings follow).

2.   Offerings for Parents

A.   Computer Class
Volunteers provide individualized help to learn or update skills. Parents may also study for their G.E.D. on our software.

B.   Craft, Sewing and Cooking Classes
Each group determines what they want to do.

C.   Parenting Classes
These are on-going throughout the year, and monthly luncheons with speakers are planned by the participants.

3.   City Kids' Program (K-5)
This is a homework assistance program that integrates prevention programs and enhances learning with our educational games, software, and lending library.

4.   Teen Volunteer/Work 50/50 Program
Teens work as mentors in the City Kids’ program and do
cleaning and preparation (cutting, assembling) of preschool materials.  They are paid for 50% of their work time.  The teens learn needed job skills.

For more information, please visit Readiness Center.

Tribute WTC

The September 11th Families' Association supports victims of terrorism through communication, representation and peer support. Driven by a mission to unite the September 11th community, present evolving issues, and share resources for long-term recovery, the Association serves 9/11 family members with consistent communication. The September 11th Families` Association is the umbrella organization that inspires the work of the Tribute WTC Visitor Center.

Tribute WTC Visitor Center offers visitors to the World Trade Center site a place where they can connect with people from the September 11th community - family members, survivors, rescue and recovery workers, volunteers, and residents of Lower Manhattan. Through walking tours, exhibits, educational materials and programs, the Tribute WTC Visitor Center offers "Person to Person History", linking visitors who want to understand and appreciate these historic events with those who experienced them.

For more information, please visit Tribute WTC.

 

The 52nd Street Project

The 52nd Street Project is to bring together kids (ages 9 to 18) from the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, with theater professionals to create original theater. The primary activity of the Project is to present free theater. The Project's deeper purpose is to use the art form of theater to engage the children’s imaginations, broaden their means of expression, and increase their sense of self worth, their literacy skills and their appreciation for the arts. For more information, please visit The 52nd Street Project.

The John Starks Foundation

The John Starks Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance to high school seniors in the form of academic scholarships. In addition, theFoundation provides community programs focused on furthering the educational, recreational and career development of children and their families. For more information, please visit John Starks Foundation.

The Samaritans

The Samaritans mission--achieved through our 24-hour crisis hotline, public education and awareness programs and suicide survivor support groups--is to prevent suicide by providing immediate and ongoing support to those in crisis, providing solace and support to those who have been touched by suicide, teaching health providers the most effective ways to prevent suicide, and making the public aware of the keys to preventing this national health problem that leads to twice as many fatalities annually as homicide. For more information, please visit The Samaritans.

The September 11th Education Trust

Evolving from its genesis as the WTC United Family Group—one of the original and largest of the 9/11 community organizations—the September 11th Education Trust produces comprehensive, flexible, and engaging 9/11 education programs and provides 9/11 teacher professional development workshops to protect the legacy and memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks, preserve and harness the lessons of 9/11 and its aftermath, and direct our nation’s youth toward informed and effective civic participation. Lesson plans are personalized and enriched through first-hand accounts, filmed oral histories, and authentic, primary archival materials to teach 9/11 in a way that is not stagnant, but inspiring and relevant to the nation’s youth. For more information, please visit September 11th Education Trust.

Todd Ouidas Children's Foundation

To financially support psychological services for children of families in need and promote mental health initiatives for all children. To raise awareness and reduce the stigma of anxiety and depression disorders in children, recognizing the need for early interventionTo provide contact information for those seeking help. For more information, please visit Todd Ouidas Children's Foundation.

Tuesday's Children

Tuesday’s Children is a non-profit family service organization that has made a long term commitment to every individual impacted by the events of September 11, 2001 and more recently those who have been impacted by terrorist incidents worldwide.  Since 2001, Tuesday’s Children has promoted healing and recovery by strengthening family resilience, providing individual coping and life management skills and creating community through programs, mental health support and family engagement opportunities. For more information, please visit Tuesday's Children.

Voices of September 11th

Voices of September 11th provides information and a wide range of support services and programs, including commemorative events, for 9/11 families, rescue workers and survivors. Through its 9/11 Living Memorial Project, VOICES assists families in digitally documenting the lives of the nearly 3,000 lost and the first-hand accounts of survivors. VOICES promotes resiliency and best practices in working with victims of traumatic events. For more information, please visit Voices of September 11th.

Additional Charities:

• Team Tomorrow Inc.
• A Son Never Forgets
• The Kris Humphries Foundation
• Dream Granting Foundation
• Martin Luther King J. Institute.
  
  
  
   

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