TOPIC: PHILANTHROPY (31)
Global Philanthropy Forum
http://www.philanthropyforum.orgA project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, the Global Philanthropy Forum aims to build a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes, and to inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of their work.
Acumen Fund
http://www.acumenfund.org/tenOur mission is to create a world beyond poverty by investing in social enterprises, emerging leaders, and breakthrough ideas. We use philanthropic capital to make disciplined investments – loans or equity, not grants – that yield both financial and social returns. Any financial returns we receive are recycled into new investments. We believe that pioneering entrepreneurs will ultimately find the solutions to poverty. The entrepreneurs Acumen Fund supports are focused on offering critical services – water, health, housing, and energy – at affordable prices to people earning less than four dollars a day.
Clinton Foundation
http://www.clintonfoundation.orgThe Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation works to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote health and wellness, and protect the environment.
Small Change Fund
http://smallchangefund.orgSmall Change Fund empowers you to make big change with small change. We provide a place for you to discover, share, connect with, and support amazing grassroots projects in communities across the country – projects that need just a small amount of money to make a real and significant impact in the world.
Philanthropy Action
http://www.philanthropyaction.comOur vision is for philanthropy to evolve into a sector that is more thoughtful and effective. We want to see money move to places where it does the most good and away from where it does the least. In short, we want philanthropy to behave more like a market. We recognize that markets have failings and aren’t appropriate or feasible in all situations. Where they aren’t, we want the available alternatives to be based on knowledge about what is truly helpful.
Philanthropy UK
http://www.philanthropyuk.orgPhilanthropy UK is the leading resource for free and impartial advice to aspiring philanthropists who want to give effectively. We develop and share current information and best practice on giving; provide accessible links to specialists; and aim to inspire more people to become philanthropic and so enjoy the extraordinary rewards this brings. We are a project of The Association of Charitable Foundations.
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.
The Awesome Foundation
http://www.awesomefoundation.orgWe are an ever-growing, worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of awesomeness in the universe. Created in the long hot summer days of 2009 in Boston, the Foundation distributes a series of monthly $1,000 grants to projects and their creators. The money is pooled together from the coffers of ten or so self-organizing “micro-trustees” and given upfront in cash, check, or gold doubloons. The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest.
The Foundation provides these grants with no strings attached and claims no ownership over the projects it supports. It is, in the words of one of our trustees, a micro-genius grant for flashes of micro-brilliance.
Impatient Optimists
http://www.impatientoptimists.orgOn this blog you’ll find stories from the people working every day to help alleviate poverty, to help promote health, and to help every student in the United States realize his or her full potential. Impatient Optimists features the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s grantees, partners, leadership, and staff, as well as other bloggers, to provide commentary and insight on these issues.
Micro Giving
http://www.microgiving.comFounded in 2007, the Micro Giving Foundation started with the basic concept of connecting people who have financial resources with people in need, also known as crowd funding. Since its founding, the organization has built an online community of over 50,000 people, expanding rapidly and constantly looking for growth opportunities in the world of philanthropy and fundraising.
Philanthropegie
http://philanthropegie.orgPhilanthropegie's mission is to bring people together with the resources they need to make the world a better place. They provide easy access to thousands of valuable resources to connect individuals, organizations and nonprofits.
PACE
http://www.pacefunders.orgPACE's mission is to inspire interest, understanding, and investment in civic engagement.
Philanthropy Fashion and Compassion
http://www.philanthropyfashion.comPhilanthropy opened in June of 2007 with the belief that a business built around charitable works and grounded in Christ could make a difference in the world.
Give Something Back
http://www.givesomethingback.com/thm78HomeUSM.aspxGive Something Back is here to make the experience of buying office supplies for your business a whole lot more fun and personal while keeping prices competitive. Thanks to the company's unique giving model, profits go to hard-working nonprofit organizations who share in the Give Something Back mission to improve local communities and help the environment thrive
1440 Foundation
http://1440.org1440 Foundation invests in projects and programs that bring the power of self awareness and authentic relationship skills to education, wellness and the workplace. In this way, 1440 aims to improve the state of the world … one person, one relationship, one connection, and one minute, at a time.