Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners
Description: AGE Africa works to help disadvantaged but academically gifted young girls to attend and finish secondary school in order to pursue opportunities beyond high school that they typically would not have. They use a three-pronged approach in order to provide...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: African Entrepreneur Collective works in Rwanda. AEC is a collection of incubators, accelerators, and investment funds supporting young entrepreneurs in Africa. AEC supports existing entrepreneurs through capacity building, mentorship, and direct...Read more
Categorized as: Caribbean, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Agora Partnerships was founded in 2005 by students and entrepreneurs hoping to create change throughout Latin America. They provide resources and materials to entrepreneurs who are working to build businesses in order to solve social and environmental...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: The Akilah Institute works to educate young women in low-income, underdeveloped areas of East Africa. They focus on building private-sector partnerships and developing curricula hand-in-hand with business leaders and fast-growing sectors of the economy....Read more
Categorized as: Caribbean, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners
Description: Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti) works to improve the education system in Haiti not through the students, but through the teachers. They train and empower teachers in disadvantaged areas in order to provide a better education for the children. They have...Read more
Categorized as: Grantees, Legacy Partners, U.S.
Description: The Artemis Center helps victims of domestic violence by providing them with a safe place to stay, help and guidance with the legal system, information about domestic violence and its affect on children, and referrals to other helpful community services,...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners
Description: Asante Africa Foundation works to provide access to education to underprivileged children living in extreme rural poverty within Kenya and Tanzania. Their programs provide sustainable solutions that help disadvantaged children gain a solid education. They...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners
Description: Batonga Foundation is using a multi-pronged approach to transform the educational experience of girls in Benin. They tackle their mission by looking at several different issues. Batonga offers scholarships for secondary school, vocational schools, and...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners & Tagged as: Uganda
Description: BESO Foundation provides access to quality education, health services, and economic empowerment for women and children through agriculture in rural Uganda. So far, they have opened several schools, provided education and housing to thousands of students,...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: BOMA Project replaces aid with sustainable income, helping ultra poor women “graduate” from extreme poverty by giving them the tools they need to start small businesses. They work in Kenya’s toughest remote areas impacted by climate change and turns...Read more
Categorized as: Grantees, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation, U.S.
Description: Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington is an agency that works to help the residents of the Diocese of Lexington through empowerment and various forms of assistance. They offer many services to their community in order to accomplish their mission....Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation, U.S.
Description: The Catholic Committee of Appalachia works to establish community and solidarity, Catholic social teaching, educational programs, spirituality, and participation in order to promote social, economic, and ecological justice in Appalachia. They have...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Latin America, Legacy Partners
Description: The Cooperative for Education works to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education. They provide educational resources and opportunities to indigenous Mayan schoolchildren in Guatemala’s Central and Western Highlands. They have created...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Founded in May, 2011, CREA Nicaragua has worked with several local community organizations and schools in the region to promote literacy. Additionally, they have an Educational Outreach program, which provides after-school homework help for primary school...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Health, Legacy Partners, U.S.
Description: The Dayton Christian Center works to provide families and individuals with essential and supportive services to better their lives. Their mission is to nurture youth, empower families, and promote their community. The Dayton Christian Center uses several...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, U.S.
Description: The Dayton International Peace Museum is a non-profit organization based in Dayton, Ohio and works to inspire a culture of peace on the local, national, and international levels. They use educational activities and events in order to raise awareness about...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners
Description: The Destiny Foundation works to rescue young women from sex trafficking and/or sexual exploitation and provide them with training and employment opportunities. Their goal isn’t just to pull them from a dangerous life, but to make sure they...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners & Tagged as: Sri Lanka
Description: Educate Lanka empowers economically disadvantaged Sri Lankan children and youth by enhancing their access to education, mentoring, and employment opportunities. Their online global community crowdfunding model raises scholarship funds that provide...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners
Description: Education Bridge is a non-profit organization that builds and operates schools in South Sudan. As an organization, their goal is to empower communities through education and peacebuilding. Their first goal is to increase access to quality secondary...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Eggpreneur is a social enterprise working in remote Kenyan communities to build sustainable egg farming ventures that help families end the cycles of poverty. The Eggpreneur model trains and engages women egg farmers, also known as “Eggpreneurs” to...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, U.S.
Description: The Emily Griffith Foundation has been working to provide education for “all who wish to learn” by funding the Emily Griffith Technical College. It is the most affordable post-secondary education institution in the region and their goal is to...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners
Description: Firelight Foundation works on a local level in East Africa to identify, fund, and strengthen promising community organizations that support the health, resilience, and education of children. They use a four-stage approach to achieve their goal. They find...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Grantees, Health, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Storytelling
Description: Freedom from Hunger worked through microfinance to bring education and healthcare services to the ultra poor, helping to empower women and families in nearly 30 developing countries. Their goal was to promote economic and social development through...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Health, Legacy Partners, Storytelling
Description: Gardens for Health International works to provide sustainable agricultural solutions for chronic childhood malnutrition throughout Rwanda. They target the caregivers of children under five who are malnourished and they teach them which foods to grow and...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Storytelling
Description: Global Press Institute uses journalism as a development tool to educate, employ and empower women in the developing world to produce professional news coverage that elevates global awareness and ignites social change. This allows the world to see unique,...Read more
Categorized as: Grantees, Health, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation, U.S.
Description: Good Shepherd Ministries works to help reintegrate former addicts back into society. They provide material needs, such as clothes and food, spiritual guidance, job networking, counseling, and mentoring, along with other services. Mission Statement: Good...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Grantees, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: The Grameen Foundation works in impoverished countries all over the world to help the world’s poorest people develop skills and get the resources they need to reach their full potential. Grameen Foundation provides numerous services and programs to...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Middle East
Description: Hand-in-Hand is an organization that works throughout Israel to educate Jews and Arabs and build peace through understanding. They want to create a shared society where Jews and Arabs learn together and live together. They have helped educate thousands of...Read more
Categorized as: Grantees, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation, U.S.
Description: Harvard Divinity School is a nonsectarian school of religious and theological studies that educates students both in the pursuit of the academic study of religion and in preparation for leadership in religious, governmental, and a wide range of service...Read more
Categorized as: Grantees, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation, U.S.
Description: HomeFirst, previously EHC Lifebuilders, works to to improve the quality of life in Santa Clara County and provide stability for people in need by providing housing, hope, and opportunity. They continuously accomplish their goals through a variety of...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Hope for Honduran Children works in several different communities throughout Honduras, providing children living in extreme poverty with the basic necessities such as food, clothing, shelter, and medical care, as well as making sure they have the...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Middle East
Description: JAAGO Foundation works to provide quality education to many of the millions of children who live below the poverty line. They help these children turn from a future of exploitation, drug abuse, and poverty to a future of health, education, and...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Jolkona runs mentor-driven education programs for high potential social entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs are solving some of the most challenging societal issues in their communities. Their mentors include some of Seattle’s best startup talent who...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners
Description: Kiretono Resource Centre (KRC) provides a young women’s residential program with educational and life skills support for PRIMARY school students from Maasai villages in the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area. Established in 2014, this residential...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Lumana worked in rural Ghana to find innovative solutions for overcoming the inherent difficulties of sustainably running a microfinance program. They used a multi-pronged approach to create a solid foundation for community economic development. Lumana...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners
Description: Medha is a social enterprise that is working to train youth for the working world and life after schooling. They are trying to change the employability training paradigm in India by integrating their approach into the public sector education system. They...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, U.S.
Description: The Education Department of the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum is working to empower young girls and teach children about the importance of participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs. Their education programs engage and...Read more
Categorized as: Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation, U.S.
Description: Praise Laundromat is a microbusiness laundromat established to employ local residents, boost the economy, provide a community center and laundry facility in a depressed coal-mining town in Appalachia. They serve over 12,500 residents and visitors. Mission...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, U.S.
Description: Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR) is a network of reconciliation ministries promoting restorative justice and peace throughout their community. They provide a safe place for youth living in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in South...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Storytelling
Description: Resonate Workshops is a non-profit based in Rwanda that works to help empower women and girls through self-discovery and storytelling. They work toward gender equality by providing training rooted in storytelling, but also by attempting to break down...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Grantees, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Save the Children works to help children in the United States and worldwide by providing them with basic needs and education. They have various programs, including Education, Emergency Response, Health and Nutrition, HIV and AIDS, Hunger and Livelihood,...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: StrongMinds is a social enterprise founded in early 2013 that provides life-changing mental health services to impoverished African women. They empower impoverished women by treating depression at scale and enable them and their families to lead healthy,...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, U.S.
Description: Summer Search is a U.S.-based non-profit that works in national youth development. They work with low-income high school students and help them build the skills they need not only to survive, but to thrive. They make multi-year investments in these...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners
Description: Teach North Korean Refugees (TNKR) is a non-profit that works in South Korea, teaching North Korean refugees, with a primary focus on English. They teach basic English and business English, depending on the interest of the student. All of the tutors are...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Grantees, Latin America, Legacy Partners
Description: The School Fund is dedicated to providing opportunity for impoverished students all over the world through educational scholarships. They created a person-to-person funding site which allows students in need to create personalized profiles and gives...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Middle East
Description: Tomorrow’s Youth Organization works with underprivileged children and communities throughout the Middle East. They aim to offer high-quality early education to help children become creative and active members of society. They share knowledge and...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Tujenge Africa Foundation’s goal is to build African capacity through quality, innovative, and boundary-pushing education. The Foundation will help boost the potential of the poorest and most marginalized in the African Great Lakes region through...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Grantees, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Unitus used a venture-capital approach to microfinance: provided capital, technical assistance, and management training to small- to mid-sized microfinance organizations in Africa, Asia, Latin and South America. They ceased operations in 2010–read...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners
Description: Launched in summer 2011 in Seattle, Washington, Upaya Social Ventures’ founders bring years of research in ultrapoverty and a deep desire to effect long-term change for the 1.4 billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 day. Upaya offers...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Middle East, U.S.
Description: V-Day is a global activist movement working to end violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sex slavery. They create global awareness and raise funds through a variety of media outlets, while...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Latin America, Legacy Partners
Description: Vittana built loan programs for tertiary students in over a dozen countries. They raised funds for each student on their vibrant website. Vittana partnered with 29 microfinance and financial organizations to tailor-make programs for each particular...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Storytelling, U.S.
Description: Voice of Witness–“Amplifying Unheard Voices”–works to bring awareness of human injustices occurring in the United States and all over the world by publishing high-quality books that relay the human experience of natural disasters,...Read more
Categorized as: Caribbean, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Voix & Actions is a nonprofit organization geared toward the development of the Haitian community and the physical and moral relief of the disadvantaged people who live there. They accomplish this vision through various programs ranging from...Read more
Categorized as: Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, Middle East
Description: Wahat al-Salam–Neve Shalom, or Oasis of Peace, was founded in 1970 in order to create a community where coexistence and cohabitation was the priority. They wanted to create a safe place for both Jews and Arabs to live together. Since 1970, they have...Read more
Categorized as: Asia, Education, Grantees, Job Creation, Legacy Partners & Tagged as: Nepal
Description: Women LEAD is an organization that works with young women in Nepal. They provide these women with opportunities and skills they need to become leaders all over the world. They are youth-driven, youth-led, and gender inclusive and they are locally...Read more
Categorized as: Grantees, Job Creation, Latin America, Legacy Partners, Poverty Alleviation
Description: Working Capital for Community Needs, or WCCN, was founded in 1984 and since has been working toward economic development through impact investing in impoverished areas in several countries throughout Latin America. They empower low-income entrepreneurs...Read more
Categorized as: Grantees, Legacy Partners, Storytelling, U.S.
Description: Working Narratives works with social movements to share stories that motivate change and encourage possibilities. Working Narratives provides training, technology, production, and networking to nonprofits and foundations to create social change through...Read more
Categorized as: Africa, Education, Grantees, Legacy Partners, U.S.
Description: Xavier University is a Jesuit Catholic university with the goal of providing a well-rounded, liberal arts education to its students. They provided the opportunity to travel abroad on Service Learning semesters. This provided students the opportunity to...Read more