Founded as royal foundations by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the original bonyads were criticized for providing a " smokescreen of charity " to patronage, economic control, for-profit wheeling and dealing done with the goal of " keep the Shah in Power.

Founded in 1442 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy, and his wife, the Hospices are a charity running hospitals and other services for the needy.

Founded in 1839, it is the world's oldest international human rights organization, and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses.

Founded in 2000 by George Roter and Parker Mitchell, engineering graduates from the University of Waterloo, it is a registered Canadian charity focused on finding solutions to extreme poverty, specifically in rural Africa.

Founded in 1958, Kent Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation charity for Kent and Medway, with the purpose of protecting wildlife, educating the public, influencing decision makers and restoring habitats.

Founded in 1552, it is the oldest of five independent schools in Bedford run by the Harpur Trust charity.

Founded in 1953 by Richard Cave, whose wife had MS, the MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis ( MS ).

" Founded in 1980 as a registered charity, its founder Chairman was Professor Julius Gould, and its founder Director, Dr. Digby Anderson.

Founded in 1705 as a charity, the original schools are two of the oldest schools in the city.

Founded in 1945, the Society became an official charity in the 1960s, and is now affiliated with the National Operatic and Dramatic Association.

Founded in 1846, the Hakluyt Society is a registered charity based in London, England, which seeks to advance knowledge and education by the publication of scholarly editions of primary records of voyages, travels and other geographical material.

Founded in 1987 by Michael Young, it is a registered charity.

Founded August 24, 1690 by Job Charnock of the East India Company, and commonly called `` The City of Palaces '', it seemed a vast and elegant place to Ann Hasseltine Judson.

Founded in the Ninth Century B.C. it was called Byzantium 200 years later when Byzas, ruler of the Megarians, expanded the settlement and named it after himself.

Founded by Maharaja Sri-Gupta, the dynasty was the model of a classical civilization. Maurya and Gupta empires are called as the Golden Age of India and were marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, art, religion and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Indian culture. The religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, which began in India, were an important influence on South, East and Southeast Asia

Founded in 1923 as the first Catholic university in the Netherlands, it used to be called ( Catholic ) University of Nijmegen until 2004, when it took its current name.

Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or " Oxy " as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast.

Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called " Azalea City ," is a Tree City USA and a nuclear-free zone.

Founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC, Messina was originally called Zancle, from the meaning " scythe " because of the shape of its natural harbour ( though a legend attributes the name to King Zanclus ).

Founded by the Leleges and called Ninoe it became Megalopolis (" Big City ") and Aphrodisias, sometime capital of Caria.

Founded in 1937, New Haven County has a county-wide fire-protection agency called " New Haven County Fire Emergency Plan " based in Hamden to " Coordinate Mutual Aid-Radio Problems, assist members of county at major incidents if requested, provide training ".

Founded in 1843 and initially called Elizabeth, it was renamed after Robert Dale Owen of New Harmony, the town's congressman at the time.

Founded by the Jesuits, Harbor Springs was once called L ' Arbre Croche, which means Crooked Tree.

Founded in 1832 by John A. Roebling, who is known for the design of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, and for innovation in producing wire rope, the community was initially called " Germania ", which was soon changed to " Sachsenburg " and eventually anglicized to Saxonburg.

Founded in 1837, Jacobus was originally called New Paradise.

Founded in 1982, WCCN was originally called the " Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua " and was active in the US-Nicaragua " sister city " movement, which promoted people-to-people projects and locally based " municipal foreign policies " by individual U. S. cities as an alternative to the militaristic foreign policy of the U. S. government under President Ronald Reagan.

Among its supporters were judge and future Supreme Court Justice, David Davis and local businessman and land holder Jesse W. Fell whose friend, Abraham Lincoln, was the attorney hired by the Board of Education to draw up legal documents to secure the school's funding Founded as Illinois State Normal University, its name was reflective of its primary mission as a teacher training institution ( at that time called a normal school ).

Founded in 1843 by a group of immigrants from the then independent state of Baden ( later incorporated into Germany ), is characterized by maintaining the cultural imprint of their origin, so it is called " the Germany of the Caribbean ".

Founded in August 1889 as a semi-public secondary school and chartered as Cullowhee High School in 1891 ( also called Cullowhee Academy ), it served the Cullowhee community and boarding students from neighboring counties and other states.

Founded in 1957, it was originally called Puerto Flor de Lis, then until 1989 Puerto Presidente Stroessner, after Alfredo Stroessner.

Founded in 1848, ' BZ ', as the society is called often, is the oldest of the societies of the now-defunct Sheffield Scientific School, the institution which from 1854-1956 was the sciences and engineering college of Yale University.

Founded first as a department of Syracuse University, in 1913 the College was chartered as an independent state institution, called " The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University ".

Founded in 1618 by men from Tomsk as a Cossack ostrog ( fort ) on the Tom River, it was initially called Kuznetsk ().

Founded on January 15, 1939 by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations ( now called the Union for Reform Judaism ), the then-titled National Federation of Temple Youth was a program to encourage college students to engage in synagogue life.

Founded in 1842 as the replacement and continuation of the former colonial Royal University of San Felipe ( 1738 ) ( Spanish: Real Universidad de San Felipe ), the university is often called Casa de Bello ( House of Bello ) in honor of its first president, Andrés Bello.

Founded in 1943 as an element of the military secret service they were one of the " Kriegsmarine's " most important nuclei of the so called " Kleinkampfverband " in 1944.

Founded in 1827 by George Champlin Sibley and Mary Easton Sibley as The Linden Wood School for Girls, it is the second oldest higher-education institution west of the Mississippi River and since 1990 the fastest growing university in the Midwest.

Founded in 1893 as " Malvern Girls ' College, it was renamed Malvern St James following a succession of amalgamations with other independent schools for girls ' St James's School ' in West Malvern, it continues to occupy the same campus as the former college, which includes as its main building, the former Imperial Hotel, which had been taken over for use as a school by Malvern Girls ' College in 1919.

Founded in 1964 as a private institution under title of The Higher Educational Institute For Girls ( In Persian: مدرسه عالی دختران ), it was renamed Farah Pahlavi University after empress Farah Pahlavi, the wife of Muhammad Reza Pahlavi.

Dongwon Girls Boarding School Founded

Founded the MIRACLE GROUP and Boys & Girls club in Cass Lake and the Leech Lake Reservation

Founded in 1871 by the suffragette Frances Mary Buss, who also founded North London Collegiate School, the Camden School for Girls was one of the first girls ' schools in England.

Founded in 2003, their influences include original Los Angeles punk bands such as Black Flag, The Germs, Girls Aloud, The Weirdos, and X.