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Flip Flop Foundation
New York, NY-
- Recommended Apr 18, 2009
The Flip Flop Foundation was founded in 2006 as a partnership between Zambians and Americans concerned about the many Zambian children who lack shoes and other basic necessities essential for health, hygiene, education, and comfort. Shira Ro... Read More »
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LOTUS OUTREACH
San Diego, CA-
- Recommended Feb 14, 2009
dedicated to ensuring the education, health and safety of vulnerable children. Lotus Outreach was initially incorporated as a secular, non-profit organization in the United States to increase support for established educational programs opera... Read More »
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UNIVERSAL AWAKENING
Asheville, NC-
- Recommended Dec 27, 2008
Universal Awakening supports a small up and coming non-profit called Emerge Global under their umbrella. Emerge Global helps young girls in Sri Lanka who have survived rape, sexual assault, debilitating mental and physical handicaps, an... Read More »
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Kiva
San Francisco, CA-
- Recommended Dec 23, 2008
Dear friends, Have you ever heard of Kiva? Kiva is a grassroots-formed organization that connects individual people all over the world who are small lenders with other people who need very small micro-loans to get started in a small mo... Read More »
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ACUMEN FUND
New York, NY-
- Recommended Dec 23, 2008
The world needs more organizations creating change with humility and empathy by listening to and empowering the poor to make their own decisions. Acumen is doing just that. Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses en... Read More »
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Vegan Action Incorporated
Madison, WI-
- Recommended Nov 27, 2008
In the vegan advocacy movement VERY early - very creative
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ELLENSBURG DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION
Ellensburg, WA-
- Recommended Oct 09, 2008
The Ellensburg Downtown Association is a local non profit organization dedicated to the cultural and economic revitalization of Ellensburg’s historic downtown. They are one of more than 1600 organizations nation wide trying to rev... Read More »
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Partners In Health
Boston, MA-
- Recommended Oct 08, 2008
PiH founder Paul Farmer has lamented the fact that their model, which focuses on enabling the poorest of the poor to access the same quality health care as the wealthy, *shouldn't* be innovative, but unfortunately it is. Farmer and Partners i... Read More »
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Teach for America
New York, NY-
- Recommended Oct 08, 2008
Teach for America is often held up as a model of social entrepreneurship, and for good reason. Their innovative model of placing the highest achieving college graduates in the lowest performing schools, and then engaging them throughout the r... Read More »
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The Skoll Foundation
Palo Alto, CA-
- Recommended Oct 08, 2008
Through their Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship, the Skoll Foundation helps social entrepreneurs with successful pilot programs begin to scale their programs with an average $1 million, 3-year grant. Founded by Jeff Skoll, the first CE... Read More »
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ONE ACRE FUND
Falcon Heights, MN-
- Recommended Oct 08, 2008
The One Acre Fund helps the poorest of the poor end the cycle of poverty and hunger by helping them improve their farm yields. Rather than relief, One Acre Fund focuses on increased production as a strategy to end the root causes of hunger. I... Read More »
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The Center for Global Engagement
Evanston, IL-
- Recommended Oct 08, 2008
The Center for Global Engagement is emerging as one of the leading support institutions for undergraduate social entrepreneurs. By combining on-the-ground immersion learning with practical skills building and project support, the CGE makes su... Read More »
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GlobalGiving Foundation
Washington, DC-
- Recommended Oct 08, 2008
GlobalGiving tries to bridge the gap between the developed and the developing world by helping individual small donors connect directly with quality development projects around the world. Many of of the organizations listed on GlobalGiving ar... Read More »
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Ashoka
Arlington, VA-
- Recommended Oct 08, 2008
Ashoka is the leading network of global social entrepreneurs. They have supported more than 2,000 entrepreneurs from more than 60 countries. Ashoka fellows have an incredible record of success, exemplified by the fact that more than 70% of th... Read More »
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Echoing Green Foundation
New York, NY-
- Recommended Oct 08, 2008
Echoing Green is one of the leading early stage funders and support institutions for up-and-coming social entrepreneurs. It has contributed millions of dollars in capital and far more in advice, support, and connections to organizations inclu... Read More »
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