Mergers Announced by Charities

Chicago Association for Retarded Citizens plans to merge with Clearbrook, an Arlington Heights, Ill., organization. Both groups serve developmentally disabled children and adults.

Children for Children, a New York organization that provides volunteer and educational programs for youths, has merged with the HandsOn Network, an Atlanta group and an affiliate of the Points of Light Foundation that matches people with volunteer opportunities associated with causes they care about.

Contemporary American Theatre Company and Phoenix Theatre for Children, both in Columbus, Ohio, plan to merge next year and will operate under the former’s name.

Greater Richmond Stop Child Abuse Now and Richmond Court Appointed Special Advocates, both in Virginia, plan to merge. Both organizations seek to help abused and neglected children.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a marine-research organization, and the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, both in Portland, have merged.

I Do Foundation, a Washington organization that helps engaged couples raise money for charity in lieu of receiving wedding gifts, has merged with JustGive, a San Francisco group that connects people who want to donate online to charities and causes of their choice.

Insight, a substance-abuse-treatment and mental-health organization in Flint, Mich., has merged with Hope Network, a Grand Rapids, Mich., group that serves people with developmental disabilities.

San Diego Humane Society and the North County Humane Society, in Oceanside, Calif., plan to merge by the end of the year. The combined group’s new name will be San Diego Humane Society and SPCA.

Variety Health Center and Oklahoma Community Health Services, both in Oklahoma City, have merged. The new organization is called Variety Care.

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