What is a nonprofit mission statement?
A nonprofit mission statement describes the purpose of your organization and what you’re hoping to accomplish in an easily understandable way.
What makes a good nonprofit mission statement?
A good nonprofit mission statement should be a few sentences or less. It should also be written in a way that anyone can understand.
How long is the typical mission statement?
The average nonprofit mission statement was 18 words. The shortest was 2 words and the longest was 65 words.
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Advocate Health And Hospitals Corporation
Serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a holistic philosophy.
African Wildlife Foundation
To craft and deliver creative solutions for the long-term well-being of Africa’s remarkable species, their habitats, and the people who depend upon them.
Allina Health System
Create a healing environment where passionate people thrive and excel, and lead collaborative efforts that solve our community’s health care challenges.
American Museum Of Natural History
Discover, interpret, and disseminate – through scientific research and education – knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe.
Andrews University
Educating students to seek knowledge and affirm faith in order to change the world.
Art Center College Of Design
Learn to create.
Art Institute Of Chicago
To found, build, maintain, and operate museums, schools, libraries of art, and theaters
Augustana College
Committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit and body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership and service in a diverse and changing world.
Banner Health
Make a difference in people’s lives through excellent patient care.
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Hospital
Dedicated to the delivery of cancer care services, the treatment and care of cancer patients and the prevention of cancer.
Beckman Research Institute Of The City Of Hope
Treating the whole person, not just the diseases.
Best Friends Animal Society
End the killing in America’s animal shelters and create a time when there are no more homeless pets. we do this by building community programs and partnerships all across the nation.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
We see equal value in all lives.
Birdlife International
To conserve wild birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, by working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources
California Endowment
Health happens in neighborhoods, schools, and with prevention.
Canada Council For The Arts
Research, communications & arts promotion to support, promote & celebrate the arts.
Canadian Cancer Society
Eradicate cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer.
Carleton College
Devoted to academic excellence, distinguished by the creative interplay of teaching, learning, and scholarship, and dedicated to our diverse residential community and extensive international engagements.
Casey Family Programs
Provide and improve–and ultimately to prevent the need for–foster care.
Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute Inc
Promote the finest quality cancer treatment and compassionate care and to improve our knowledge through education and research
Cerebral Palsy Of Massachusetts Inc
Provide a continuum of community based services that supports the efforts of children and adults with developmental disabilities to live as independently as possible in the least restrictive environment through personal involvement, individual decision-making is supported and encouraged to enhance the control of a person over their own lives and foster self-sufficiency the general areas of service include, but are not limited to, physical, speech
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
It is in the best interest of patients to pool the talents of medical specialists to develop, teach and apply the best medical techniques.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Engaging, informing, and inspiring people as they learn about this history, the events that occurred here, and the diverse people who helped shape America.
Concordia University Irvine
Empowers students through the liberal arts and professional studies for lives of learning, service, and leadership.
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Facilitate the development of, and ensure universal access to, non-commercial high-quality programming and telecommunications services. it does this in conjunction with non-commercial educational telecommunications licensees across America.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Headquarters
Find a cure for cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for people living with the disease.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
Provide expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of cancer and related diseases.
David And Lucile Packard Foundation
Improving the lives of children, enabling the creative pursuit of science, advancing reproductive health, conserving and restoring the earth’s natural systems.
Defenders Of Wildlife
Dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities.
Dignity Health
Dedicate resources to delivering compassionate, high-quality, affordable health services.
Drake University
Prepare students for meaningful personal lives, professional accomplishments, and responsible global citizenship.
Educational Media Foundation
Create compelling media that inspires and encourages our listeners to have a meaningful relationship with god.
Fairview Health Services
Improve the health of the communities we serve we commit our skills and resources to the benefit of the whole person by providing the finest in healthcare.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Further the American tradition of philanthropy by providing programs that make charitable giving simple and effective.
Fisk University
Emphasize the discovery and advancement of knowledge through research in the natural and social sciences, business and the humanities.
Foundation For The Carolinas
Inspire philanthropy and strengthen our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death the center conducts research to improve prevention and treatment of cancer and related diseases
Global Fund To Fight Aids Tuberculosis And Malaria
Funding to fight aids.
Government Employees Health Association Inc
Deliver excellent products, value and care to our customers
Governors Island Corporation
Making progress to insure that governors island is a resource for the people of the city of New York today and in the future.
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Manage sea lamprey and improve fish stocks in the great lakes
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
We are a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs.
Health Research Incorporated
Administer gifts and grants in keeping with the health research.
Henry M Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine
Provides scientific and research project management support to the military medical community around the world grants, contracts and cooperative agreements from government and nongovernment sponsors
Houston Endowment Inc
Supporting a broad spectrum of charitable organizations.
Humane Society Of Missouri
Provide animals and people with life-saving and life-enriching programs and services.
Humane Society Of The United States
The mainstream force against cruelty, exploitation, and neglect.
J Paul Getty Trust
Weaving together the presentation, enjoyment, study, and conservation of the visual arts in order to increase the public’s knowledge an sensitivity, expand its awareness and creativity, sharpen its understanding and caring — all with the conviction that cultural enlightenment and community involvement in the arts can help lead to a more civil society.
John And Catherine Macarthur Foundation
Supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts
Producing and presenting the greatest examples of music, dance, and theater; supporting artists in the creation of new work; and serving the nation as a leader in arts education.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc
To provide high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve
Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts Inc
To sustain, encourage, and promote the performing arts and to educate the public with relation thereto
Lynde And Harry Bradley Foundation
Strengthen American democratic capitalism.
Manhattan And Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
Provide public bus transportation in the New York city boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.
March Of Dimes Foundation
Save babies from death or disability.
Massachusetts Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
Protect animals, relieve their suffering, advance their health and welfare, prevent cruelty, and work for a just and compassionate society.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Provide leadership in the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and to that end of furnishing popular instruction.
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc
Performance of opera to the public.
Museum Of Fine Arts
Celebrating diverse cultures and welcoming new and broader constituencies; and creating educational opportunities for a wide range of visitors.
Museum Of Modern Art
Dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world.
National Christian Charitable Foundation Inc
To enable followers of Christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom.
National Fish And Wildlife Foundation
Protect and restore our nation’s native wildlife species and habitats.
National Gallery Of Art
Serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art, at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards
National Philanthropic Trust
Increasing philanthropy in society. NPT offers donor-advised funds and supporting organizations to help donors achieve their philanthropic goals.
National Public Radio
Our vision is to serve the public as the leading provider of high quality news, information and cultural programming worldwide.
National Wildlife Federation
Inspire Americans to protect wildlife for our children’s future.
New York State Catholic Health Plan Inc
Promote health education and preventative medicine.
North Shore Animal League America
To provide, promote and advance the humane protection, care, and treatment of animals by any and all means.
Panthera
Ensure the future of wild cats through scientific leadership and global conservation action.
Park University
Provide access to a quality higher education experience that prepares a diverse community of learners to think critically, communicate effectively, demonstrate a global perspective and engage in lifelong learning and service to others.
Patient Access Network Foundation
Offers help and hope to people with chronic or life-threatening illnesses for whom cost limits access to critical medical treatments.
Pheasants Forever Inc
Dedicated to the conservation of pheasants, quail and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public awareness, education and land management policies and programs
Providence Health & Services Washington
Compassionate service healthcare with special concern for the poor & vulnerable.
Public Broadcasting Service
Inform, to inspire, and to educate.
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat, and our hunting heritage.
Royal National Theatre
A commitment to openness, wide-reaching engagement and access for everyone.
Saint Vincent College
Provide quality undergraduate and graduate education for men and women to enable them to integrate their professional aims with the broader purposes of human life. the programs, activities, and encounters that make up student life.
San Francisco Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
Save and protect animals, to provide care and treatment, to advocate for their welfare and to enhance the human-animal bond.
Schwab Charitable Fund
Increase charitable giving in the united states by offering advantageous ways to give, useful information and unbiased guidance.
Sightsavers International Inc
A world where no one is blind from avoidable causes, and where vision impaired people participate equally in society.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Through visionary leadership, strategic grantmaking and world-class experiences, we partner with donors to strengthen the common good locally and throughout the world.
Smithsonian Institution
Scientific research and scholarship in the arts, history, and culture.
Soka University Of America
Foster a steady stream of global citizens committed to living a contributive life.
St. Catherine University
Educates students to lead and influence.
Stetson University
Embrace leadership in an increasingly complex, interdependent, and technological world; and to commit to active forms of social responsibility.
Sweet Briar Institute
Prepare women to be productive, responsible members of a world community.
The Medical College Of Wisconsin Inc
Discover and translate new knowledge in the biomedical sciences; to provide cutting-edge, interdisciplinary and compassionate clinical care of the highest quality; and to improve the health of the communities it serves.
Trout Unlimited National Office
To conserve, protect, and restore coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer research that pushes the boundaries of current human knowledge; and to provide the most current and highest quality patient care.
Tufts University
Dedicated to the creation and application of knowledge.
University Of Southern California
Foster a vibrant culture of public service and encourages students to cross academic as well as geographic boundaries in their pursuit of knowledge.
University Of Western Ontario
Providing the best student experience among Canada’s leading research-intensive universities
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Increase philanthropy and maximize its charitable impact over time.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Supporting children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.
WGBH Educational Foundation
Enrich people’s lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.
Whitney Museum Of American Art
Foster the work of living artists at critical moments in their careers through direct interaction with artists
Yeshiva University
Dual emphasis on professional excellence and personal ethics that gives our graduate students the wisdom to succeed in both their professions and their lives.
How was this list compiled?
This list was compiled by analyzing the top 10,000 mission statements from the top nonprofits and selecting the top 500 statements that best represented specific causes or nonprofit types.
The statements were selected by a panel of experts who judged the statements on the following criteria:
- Clarity
- Readability
- Impact
- Originality
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