Founded in 1985, amfAR is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research. With the freedom and flexibility to respond quickly to emerging areas of scientific promise, amfAR plays a catalytic role in accelerating the pace of HIV/AIDS research and achieving real breakthroughs. amfAR-funded research has increased our understanding of HIV and has helped lay the groundwork for major advances in the study and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Since 1985, amfAR has invested nearly $290 million in its mission and has awarded grants to more than 2,000 research teams worldwide.

The National Education Association (NEA) is dedicated to promoting the cause of public education and the teaching profession. The organization boasts a membership of 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, support professionals, administrators, higher education faculty, and student teachers. The group's key issues include the No Child Left Behind Act, professional pay, education funding, minority community outreach, dropout prevention, achievement gaps, and other matters facing America's schools. NEA also hosts Read Across America, a one-day reading event held on Dr. Seuss' birthday.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a watchdog for, well, watchdogs, along with all sorts of other domestic and wild animals. A leading animal protection organization, HSUS has more than 10.5 million human members and constituents. The Humane Society of the United States supports the work of local humane societies and implements a variety of investigative, educational, advocacy, and legislative programs to promote animal welfare. The Humane Society of the United States campaigns have addressed issues such as animal fighting, factory farming, the fur trade, and hunting practices. Most of its revenue comes from contributions and grants. An affiliate, Humane Society International, operates in other countries. HSUS was founded in 1954.

The private, family-owned firm runs approximately 800 hair salons in about 15 US states and manages some 12,000 stylists companywide. It operates under the brands BUBBLES, Hair Cuttery, Salon Cielo, ColorWorks, and Salon Plaza. Value-priced salon chain Hair Cuttery is the company's largest division with some 800 unisex salons mainly on the East Coast and in the Midwest. Salon Cielo and BUBBLES both carry Ratner's hair care product line, Cibu International. Ratner Companies also operates two Paul Mitchell schools in Florida and Virginia that offer advanced classes to hairstyling educators. It was founded in 1974 by stylists Ann and Dennis Ratner.

CSI is the largest privately-held independent IT lessor in the United States. CSI Leasing (formerly Computer Sales International) provides computer leasing for customers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. CSI Leasing, Inc. owns more than $1 billion in leased assets. CSI Leasing, Inc. also provides off-lease services through its EPC subsidiary. EPC handles equipment remarketing, recycling, and disposal, as well as resale of refurbished products. CSI was founded in 1972. Charlesbank Capital Partners of Boston invested about $30 million in the company in 2002, taking a minority equity position. Co-founder and chairman Ken Steinback is the majority shareholder. Since 1972, CSI Leasing has been helping companies implement leasing solutions that reduce the costs, risks and hassles of using technology equipment.

SGS North America, a division of global testing and verification giant SGS, offers technical services such as product testing, conformity assessment, quality inspection, product safety inspections, design reviews, statutory certification, quality assurance, environmental impact, and consultancy. SGS North America tests everything under the sun, and targets such industries as power generation and transmission, oil and gas refineries and pipelines, metals and minerals, agriculture, transportation, construction, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, and industrial manufacturing.

911 Air Cargo wants to help companies solve their freight transportation emergencies. 911 Air Cargo, Inc. specializes in arranging flights for time-sensitive cargo or cargo requiring special handling. Its business ranges from auto manufacturers and suppliers needing parts in a hurry, to disaster relief charters for the USAID, to flying seven dolphins and their veterinarians to a children's aquatic therapy center in Mexico. 911 Air Cargo, Inc. doesn't own or operate any aircraft; instead, it acts as a broker of air charter services. 911 Air Cargo arranges flights within the US, between the US and Mexico, and between the US and Canada.

Document services company Merrill is no relation to financial services giant Merrill Lynch, but the companies do share an interest in SEC paperwork. Legal and Financial Transaction Services (LFTS) provides the world’s leading legal, financial and corporate professionals with a suite of advanced services as well as secure web-based tools to gather, organize and manage the confidential and time-sensitive information related to their matters or transactions. Our cost-effective solutions accelerate time-tables, ensure confidentiality, ease our clients’ workload and efficiently support the completion of transactions on time in a global market. Marketing and Communication Solutions (MCS) specializes in technology-enabled marketing and compliance communications. MCS connects our customers with their customers through technology integration, document composition, printing, fulfillment, and digital delivery of documents. We solve communication challenges throughout their complete lifecycle - all while providing our clients with 100% visibility along the information supply chain. At MCS, we help clients with complex information, document and communications requirements stay compliant, enhance their brands, and improve sales efforts.

Since 1787, Franklin & Marshall College has provided students of high promise and diverse backgrounds with a cooperative learning environment, where professors inspire students to go beyond their expectations. They are an outstanding liberal arts college with a stellar academic program. Two-thirds of their students engage in directed research under the guidance of faculty, and students at F&M receive $500,000 in research support each year. They're an undergraduate liberal arts college with a graduate school mentality. Their students have access not only to some of the best faculty in their fields, but also to more than 10 centers and institutes that provide opportunities to extend their classroom experience into the real world. They're a small college with big resources.

Concordia Bus knows that public transportation is the way of the future in Europe. The company, through its subsidiaries, operates bus systems throughout Sweden and in major urban areas in Norway and Finland. Its Concordia Bus Nordic unit operates the bus systems under contracts with public transportation authorities in Sweden (through Swebus), Norway (through Schøyen Bilcentraler), and Finland (through Concordia Bus Finland). It also offers express bus services (Swebus Express) and bus rental for its bus companies (Concordia Bus Fleet).

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