TOPIC: ACTION (64)
Unicef
http://www.unicef.orgUNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.
CauseArtist
http://causeartist.comCauseArtist is a place of discovery, inspiration, and most importantly information - everyone is an artist, we all create things. The site makes the connection between how our creations are shaping our world in positive ways.
Doing Good Works
http://doinggood.worksDoing Good Works provides career and entrepreneurship training to foster youth through the sale of promotional products, print material and packaging. The idea is that businesses can buy those products through Doing Good Works and receive the corporate social responsibility value that comes with buying from a Benefit Corporation supplier.
StartSomeGood
http://startsomegood.comStartSomeGood empowers people from around the world to become social innovators. By connecting social entrepreneurs with the financial and intellectual capital they need to transform an idea for improving the world into a reality, together we can turn ideas into action and impact.
We’ve taken the crowdfunding model -- which is growing in popularity world-wide -- and customized it to reflect the unique needs of social entrepreneurs.
Doing Good
http://www.thestaffordfoundation.orgDoing Good is dedicated to empowering the underserved to help others and contribute to a world-changing cycle of good. Through monetary support, feature stories, volunteer opportunities, and much more, we are taking back our world by doing good and making a difference in others’ lives.
In addition to connecting people and organizations, Doing Good™ expands the scope of The Stafford Foundation by encouraging everyone to get out and make a difference.
Taproot
http://www.taprootfoundation.orgTaproot is a nonprofit organization that makes business talent available to organizations working to improve society. We engage the nation’s millions of business professionals in pro bono services both through our award-winning programs and by partnering with companies to develop their pro bono programs. One day, we envision all organizations with promising solutions will be equipped to successfully take on urgent social challenges.
Causes
http://www.causes.comCauses is the world’s largest platform for activism and philanthropy. We empower individuals to create grassroots communities called “causes” that take action on behalf of a specific issue or nonprofit organization.
United Way Worldwide
http://www.unitedway.orgUnited Way Worldwide is the leadership and support organization for the network of nearly 1,800 community-based United Ways in 45 countries and territories. We envision a world where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability and healthy lives.
WASH United
http://www.wash-united.orgWASH United is an international non-profit organisation headquartered in Berlin, Germany, operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and at the global level. Combining the power of games, superstar role models, positive messaging and creative expertise, WASH United works to change attitudes around sanitation and hygiene and facilitate behaviour change at scale.
Beespace
http://www.beespacenyc.orgBeespace is a nonprofit incubator, helping to identify and launch the next generation of high impact nonprofits. Utilizing the tech incubator model, we invest in genuine and bold organizations, providing them with a comprehensive set of innovative resources, completely free of charge, to profit the world.
Designer Fund
http://www.designerfund.comThe Designer Fund is an angel fund of designers. Our community gives angel funding, mentorship, and connections to entrepreneurial designers. Our mission is to invest in designers who create businesses with positive social impact. We accept applications and referrals from talented designers and match them with resources to succeed at any stage of their development, ranging from accelerator graduates to later stage companies post Series A financing.
DoGoodBuyUs
http://www.dogoodbuy.usDoGoodBuyUs is a marketplace for Goods that Do Good, featuring the best socially responsible products. We believe that the world can't change until consumerism does. That's why we created the largest marketplace of charity-made products. Changing the world starts with what we buy.
Compass
http://jacompass.comCompass is a non-profit Junior Achievement company dedicated to making a lasting impact on the lives of as many of the incoming Syrian refugees as possible. Compass aims to enhance their experience as they transition into Canada by providing them with Welcome Packages sponsored by individual supporters and socially responsible corporations. Through its unique initiative, Compass seeks to create awareness and inspire social action amongst youth in the ongoing global refugee crisis.
PeacePlayers International
http://www.peaceplayersintl.orgBased on the premise that “children who play together can learn to live together,” PeacePlayers International's mission is to unite, educate and inspire young people in divided communities through basketball. Since inception in 2001, PPI has impacted more than 69,000 youth and trained 1,764 coaches from 15 countries in a groundbreaking peacebuilding-and-leadership development curriculum. Through year-round sports activities, PPI is bringing together children from opposite sides of religious, ethnic and cultural divides to develop friendship and mutual respect.
Clinton Global Initiative
http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.orgPresident Bill Clinton established the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in 2005 to turn ideas into action. From presidents to academics, from the boardroom to the classroom, CGI members from all walks of life are creating positive change around the world.
