]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. A collection of organizations. Instances of SocialAidOrganization are groups whose main goal is to provide aid to those in need. For a group to be an instance of this collection it must provide a tangible benefit to those it aims to serve, whether by directly providing goods and/or services to those in need or by assisting other organizations in such endeavors. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZodrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalRedCrossAndRedCrescentMovement</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2cc1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaveTheChildren</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4mb25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DoctorsWithoutBorders</a>. Note that social welfare departments that supply government-subsidized aid are classified not under this constant but in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwnA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanServicesOrganization</a>. SocialAidOrganization charity social aid organization social aid organisation charitable organizations charitable organisations social aid organizations charitable organization charities social aid organisations charitable organisation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_organization Bonyad bonyad According to the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonyad), Bonyads are Iranian institutions that are ostensibly charitable trusts that have existed since the days of the late shah. Endemically overstaffed, corrupt, and unprofitable, the Bonyads have command of a tremendous amount of wealth in Iranian society, controlling an estimated 40% of the country's GDP. Always unacknowledged pawns of the Iranian government, after the Shiite revolution of 1979, the bonyads came under the direct control of the supreme leader and expediency council. Some, like the sprawling Bonyad-e Janbazan va Mosztaz'afan, or 'Foundation of the Downtrodden', have since been used to channel money into some of the government's more questionable ends, such as Lebanese Hezbollah and the nuclear development program. foreign aid organization ForeignAidOrganization A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4xutpl9jQdmZipMiX9ULbQ" class="cyc_term">ForeignAidOrganization</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWVLEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialAidOrganization</a> that specializes in providing assistance to citizens of foreign countries -- i.e., countries other than the one(s) in which the organization is based. Orphanage An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv392vpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByActivityType</a> and specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWVLEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialAidOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rmS8E3GszQdmaNJndo9A0qw" class="cyc_term">Orphanage</a> is an organization dedicated to housing and generally taking care of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQyeAzmm5EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Orphan</a>s. orphanage RedCrossSociety-National National Red Cross or Red Crescent society A collection of organizations. Instances of this collection are Red Cross or Red Crescent societies of specific countries, for example, the American Red Cross. Each national society is a member of the InternationalFederationOfRedCrossAndRedCrescentSocieties. Amigos De Las Americas AmigosDeLasAmericas An international relief organization whose aim is to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Oxfam Oxfam Doctors Without Borders The world's largest medical aid organization; whose humanitarian missions provide relief to victims of disasters throughout the world. DoctorsWithoutBorders FannieMaeFoundation This instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWVLEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialAidOrganization</a> is supported by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwVVoB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FederalNationalMortgageAssociation</a>, also known as 'Fannie Mae'. The goal of the Fannie Mae Foundation is to create affordable home ownership and other housing opportunities in the United States. Fannie Mae Foundation FeedTheChildren An international relief organization whose aim is to provide food, clothing, educational supplies, medical equipment and other necessities to people who lack these essentials because of famine, drought, flood, war or other calamities. Feed the Children An international organization whose aim is to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in peacetime. ICRM InternationalRedCrossAndRedCrescentMovement FoodForTheHungry Food for the Hungry is a Christian organization whose purpose is to provide relief and self-development efforts worldwide to help people overcome poverty and hunger. Food for the Hungry InternationalCommitteeOfTheRedCross ICRC An impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. An international relief organization whose aim is to promote the world-wide development and improvement of emergency and disaster medicine. WADEM World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine ConsumerCreditCounsellingService-UK An instance of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWVLEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialAidOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2KIRZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditCounselingService</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rnAEQykx-QdmV-ZOhVScVEQ" class="cyc_term">ConsumerCreditCounsellingService_UK</a> is a registered charity whose purpose is to assist people facing some form of financial difficulty. consumer credit counselling service BillAndMelindaGatesFoundation the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Save the Children SaveTheChildren Save the Children is a humanitarian organization based in the U.K. which works worldwide in the interest of children's health and well-being. the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies An international organization whose aim is to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions; to promote humanitarian activities; to represent and encourage the development of National Societies; to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people; to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs. InternationalFederationOfRedCrossAndRedCrescentSocieties CARE <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rJcBf3rhHEdqAAAACs40hRg" class="cyc_term">CAREInternational</a> is a worldwide humanitarian organization which strives to combat the effects of poverty. CAREInternational HumanitarianOrganization The collection of organizations that have humanitarian purposes as their main ends. These include organizations that provide tangible aid in the form of goods and services provided directly to those in need, organizations that work on behalf of those in need (e.g., by working with government organizations to develop assistance programs), and organizations whose aid mission is primarily one of advocacy on behalf of some particular group. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRA2DpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmnestyInternational</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4mb25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DoctorsWithoutBorders</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkZE_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalCommitteeOfTheRedCross</a>. humanitarian organization A collection of organizations. Instances of SocialAidOrganization are groups whose main goal is to provide aid to those in need. For a group to be an instance of this collection it must provide a tangible benefit to those it aims to serve, whether by directly providing goods and/or services to those in need or by assisting other organizations in such endeavors. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZodrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalRedCrossAndRedCrescentMovement</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2cc1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaveTheChildren</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4mb25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DoctorsWithoutBorders</a>. Note that social welfare departments that supply government-subsidized aid are classified not under this constant but in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwnA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanServicesOrganization</a>. SocialAidOrganization charity type of organization classified by activity OrganizationTypeByActivityType A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv392vpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByActivityType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose instances engage in the same type of activity. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv392vpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByActivityType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ResearchOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ServiceOrganization</a>. A collection of organizations. Instances of SocialAidOrganization are groups whose main goal is to provide aid to those in need. For a group to be an instance of this collection it must provide a tangible benefit to those it aims to serve, whether by directly providing goods and/or services to those in need or by assisting other organizations in such endeavors. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZodrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalRedCrossAndRedCrescentMovement</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2cc1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaveTheChildren</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4mb25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DoctorsWithoutBorders</a>. Note that social welfare departments that supply government-subsidized aid are classified not under this constant but in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwnA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanServicesOrganization</a>. SocialAidOrganization charity Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString A collection of organizations. Instances of SocialAidOrganization are groups whose main goal is to provide aid to those in need. For a group to be an instance of this collection it must provide a tangible benefit to those it aims to serve, whether by directly providing goods and/or services to those in need or by assisting other organizations in such endeavors. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZodrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalRedCrossAndRedCrescentMovement</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2cc1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaveTheChildren</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4mb25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DoctorsWithoutBorders</a>. Note that social welfare departments that supply government-subsidized aid are classified not under this constant but in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwnA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanServicesOrganization</a>. SocialAidOrganization charity A collection of organizations. Instances of SocialAidOrganization are groups whose main goal is to provide aid to those in need. For a group to be an instance of this collection it must provide a tangible benefit to those it aims to serve, whether by directly providing goods and/or services to those in need or by assisting other organizations in such endeavors. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZodrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalRedCrossAndRedCrescentMovement</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2cc1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaveTheChildren</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4mb25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DoctorsWithoutBorders</a>. Note that social welfare departments that supply government-subsidized aid are classified not under this constant but in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwnA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanServicesOrganization</a>. SocialAidOrganization charity