2009 CMT MUSIC AWARDS  /ARTISTS' CHARITIES/

The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

The mission of Team25 is to improve the quality of life and create an environment of caring and community support for children facing extraordinary difficulties in their lives. The children, their families, our board and volunteers, sponsors and celebrities all work together in our efforts to accomplish this mission. TOGETHER we are Team25.

MusiCares provides financial assistance, confidential resources and a safety net of services to music people in times of need. We offer support for a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and treat each situation with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community.

Dedicated to finding the causes, cures and treatment for autism, ADD, and other learning disabilities in children. We truly believe that through our vast research we will stop the epidemic of these disorders in children. Until they are stopped completely, we will find non-medicated treatments that enable all children to live to their fullest potential.

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is a nationally ranked provider of pediatric health care with 222 beds dedicated to high-level care, sub-specialty treatment and trauma care. A place to hope and a place to heal, Children's Hospital includes the family as an essential element of every child's treatment plan.

Established to preserve the memory of Jenifer Strait, the foundation accepts private donations which are placed in an investment fund. Yearly earnings are then donated to various child-related charities.

FAAN's mission is to raise public awareness, to provide advocacy and education and to advance research on behalf of all those affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis.

PLAN!T NOW provides people, communities and companies who are in high-risk regions the relief information they need to protect their families, homes, businesses, resources and documents from the effects of severe storms and hurricane-related disasters.

Create Now transforms the lives of high-risk and at-risk youth through creative arts mentoring, education, resources and opportunities. We serve troubled kids, ages 2-25, who come from poverty-stricken families with histories of violence, substance abuse, or neglect and have served over 18,000 youths throughout Southern California in the last 13 years.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, is one of the world’s premiere centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. Children from all 50 states and from around the world have come through the doors of St. Jude for treatment, and thousands more around the world have benefited from the research conducted at St. Jude -- research that is shared freely with the global medical community. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance. No child is denied treatment because of a family’s inability to pay.

Thistle Farms is a nonprofit bath and body care business that is run by the women of Magdalene, a residential community for women who have survived lives of prostitution, violence and abuse. During their two-year stay, at no cost to the women, we provide for their medical care, therapy, housing, education and job training through Thistle Farms. At Thistle Farms and Magdalene, we operate on the principle that love is the most powerful force for social and individual change in the world.

The Humane Society of East Texas offers refuge, medical care, nourishment and opportunity for a second chance for life to unwanted animals in our community, fosters a public sentiment of humanity and gentleness toward animals and encourages and promotes responsible pet ownership.

Childhelp has been a leading national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect and at-risk children. Childhelp’s approach focuses on advocacy, prevention, treatment and community outreach.

The T.J. Martell Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that supports innovative research for leukemia, cancer and AIDS research through six top research hospitals in the United States.

The mission of the Wounded Warrior Project is to honor and empower wounded warriors. Our purpose is to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation's mission is to support innovative HIV prevention programs, support efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS and direct care and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Since 1992, the foundation has supported projects in 55 countries around the world.

The mission of Team25 is to improve the quality of life and create an environment of caring and community support for children facing extraordinary difficulties in their lives. The children, their families, our board and volunteers, sponsors and celebrities all work together in our efforts to accomplish this mission. TOGETHER we are Team25.

Friends of the World Food Program (Friends of WFP) is a U.S.-based, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on building support in the United States for the United Nations World Food Program and other hunger relief operations.

CMT One Country was created to inspire our viewers to take action in their own communities by demonstrating great acts of kindness, civic participation and volunteerism through on-air, on-line and grassroots efforts. CMT One Country gives our viewers an opportunity to have a voice about what’s going on in their lives and those in their community.