PLATFORM:
The Adventure Project
http://theadventureproject.orgThe Adventure Project is a non-profit organization established to increase investments in positive social enterprises around the world. Founded in 2010 by Becky Straw & Jody Landers, who met while traveling through Liberia, West Africa. They have joined forces to raise awareness and funds to support the world’s most-effective social ventures.
Startup Weekend
http://startupweekend.orgStartup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups!
The Gay Men Project
http://thegaymenproject.comThe Gay Men Project is a personal project by New York based photographer Kevin Truong. His goal is to create a visual catalog of gay men living across the world.
Ladyfingers Letterpress
http://www.ladyfingersletterpress.comLadyfingers Letterpress is more than just a printshop. As designers, artists and craftspeople, we bring our trained expertise, visionary approach and our creative passion into every project. We see each new invitation as an opportunity to craft something truly personalized and unique to your event.
It Gets Better Project
http://www.itgetsbetter.orgThe It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better.
AARP Experience Corps
http://www.aarp.org/experience-corpsAARP Experience Corps, an award-winning national program, engages people 50-plus in meeting their community's greatest challenges. Two thousand AARP Experience Corps volunteer members tutor and mentor in 19 cities across the country, providing literacy coaching, homework help, consistent role models and committed, caring attention
Everybody Wins!
http://everybodywins.orgToday, EVERYBODY WINS! affiliates are helping bridge the literacy gap for more than 9,200 public school students across the country. Our goal is to reach 100,000. The EVERYBODY WINS! equation is simple – one mentor, one child, one book at a time – but has a profound impact
We Give Books
https://www.penguin.com/static/pages/features/wegivebooks/We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online.
We Give Books combines the joy of reading with the power of helping others, providing a platform for caregivers and educators to inspire children to become lifelong readers and lifelong givers.
We Give Books also helps some of the world's best, most inspiring, literacy organizations by spreading the word about their great work and by providing books to the young people these organizations support.
Unbound
http://unbound.co.ukUnbound puts the power of publishing in the hands of authors and readers. Authors pitch their book ideas directly to you. If you back a project before it reaches its funding target, you get your name printed in the back of every copy and immediate behind-the-scenes access to the author’s shed. If any project fails to hit its funding target, you get refunded in full.
Whichbook
http://www.openingthebook.com/whichbookIf you're not good at remembering book titles, or if you are the sort of reader who likes to choose by browsing round a little and seeing what tempts you, whichbook is the perfect solution to help you find what you are looking for.
Reading Hamlets
http://www.readinghamlets.orgReading Hamlets is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization led by women, dedicated to ending the cycle of poverty through literacy, by providing books to children, with a special emphasis on girls, living in low income areas in rural Nigeria.
Better World Books
http://www.betterworldbooks.comBetter World Books uses the power of business to change the world. We collect and sell books online to donate books and fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than 8 million new and used titles in stock, we’re a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for all our stakeholders.
ReLIT NY
http://www.relitny.orgReLIT NY is a free book donation and reading program that collects your unwanted books and recycles them back to the public. You'll see us outside subway stations every month handing out hundreds of free books to anyone who wants a good read.
Call Me Ishmael
http://callmeishmael.comCall Me Ishmael is a novel way to celebrate books and life by leaving a voicemail about a book you love and a story you’ve lived.
Little Free Library
http://littlefreelibrary.orgIn its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share. You can, too!
