It takes an average of 10-40 minutes for a fish to die out of water, and sometimes it can take even longer. Keep in mind that fish (And the vast majority of sea life) feel pain.

Education is the key to building a better world! We should all support it!

Thank you POWHR! You do so much for our communities!

Hope to make a tiny change in someone’s life.

Humans can do better by all of the creatures on this planet.  Thank you for helping lead the way.

I give because Founder Pledge's high-quality research and an effective network of partners allows me to indirectly offset my carbon footprint today despite limited direct knowledge and influence on this topic.  Keep up the good work!

Aquatic Life Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on reducing the suffering of aquatic animals in the global food system.

Aquatic Life Institute (ALI) was founded in 2019 to address the critical and often overlooked issue of aquatic animal welfare. Recognizing that aquatic animals are the most exploited group of animals worldwide yet remain largely unprotected, ALI set out with a mission to drive systemic change and elevate aquatic animal welfare as a priority in global food systems.

Our theory of change is rooted in the belief that by influencing key stakeholders and decision makers, advancing policies, and fostering collaboration, we can drive systemic transformation for billions of aquatic animals. 

Building on this foundation, ALI has emerged as a thought leader, advocating for tangible improvements across the seafood supply chain. By engaging with key stakeholders, including corporations, certification schemes, and policymakers, we work to ensure that aquatic animals trapped in the food system receive the attention they deserve in decision-making processes relating to sustainability and food systems. 

ALI’s work is driven by evidence-based strategies and collaboration. This approach has earned ALI widespread recognition, including a 2024 Top Charity recommendation from Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE). This endorsement solidifies ALI’s position as one of the most effective organizations in the world advancing aquatic animal welfare. 

Aquatic Life Institute Inc

Working to end poverty, inequality, and climate change and helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Donations made here to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/PNUD) are made on an unrestricted basis.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/PNUD)

A grassroots coalition in VA and WV dedicated to protecting water, land, and people from harms caused by extractive industries.

Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights (POWHR) is an interstate coalition representing individuals and groups from Virginia and West Virginia dedicated to protecting water, land, and communities from harms caused by the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, including the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). 

We are part of a growing grassroots movement to stop fossil fuel expansion in Appalachia, including the MVP, and to kick-start the transition to a just and renewable future. We integrate the broader context of this pipeline fight into all our work, as part of a united fight to stop all new fossil fuel projects in the United States, combat environmental injustice, and meaningfully address the climate crisis.

Protect our Water, Heritage, Rights (POWHR)

Adeso is a pioneering African social enterprise with a global influence. 

Adeso is a pioneering African social enterprise with global influence. Rooted in Africa for over 30 years, we are working toward a decolonised world where people thrive through their own resourcefulness and tenacity. Adeso is part of global movement to shift power to local leaders who are closest to the problem and, by consequence, closest to the solution. We are working with allies all over the world to reimagine and build a better system that is based on the principles of solidarity, humility, self-determination, and equality.  We are committed to this work. Committed to proving it is possible. Ready to partner, ready to overcome barriers, and ready to evolve to create a blueprint for change.

We develop practical solutions for donors and doers alike that help break down the barriers toward locally-led development in order to unlock opportunities that create lasting change.

To do this, we work in two primary arenas:

- **At the global stage,** where we use our powerful advocacy platforms to call out and improve the systems that perpetuate the power and wealth gaps between the Global North and Global South. 

- **In Somalia,** where we use our deep community connections and long track record of success to implement game changing projects that pass our high standards of authentic community involvement.   

Adeso

Supporting highly-impactful, evidence-based solutions to the triple challenge of climate change, air pollution and energy poverty.

The Founders Pledge Climate Fund exists to leverage each dollar and fund the most effective, neglected climate solutions.

Climate change is an incredibly complex problem borne out of how we produce and consume energy; it's intertwined with challenges of economic development, energy poverty, and emissions-fueled air pollution. It is an environmental and humanitarian crisis we must urgently address.

We aim to take a holistic approach that recognizes the global nature of this challenge and the fact that, despite its urgency, we are still in the early days of climate action. We address the worst-case scenarios of climate damage, and look for solutions that can reduce current carbon emissions and accelerate the transition to clean energy to meet global demand, especially in developing countries. Through the Fund, we:

- Accelerate innovation in neglected technologies
- Catalytically grow the most effective climate organizations
- Promote policy leadership and paradigm shaping

### Our Approach to Grantmaking
When evaluating potential grants, we consider several key points:

- **Counterfactual impact.** Our grants are designed to create a meaningful outcome that would not otherwise have happened. This means that you can rely on the Funds to create meaningful, real change, rather than just maintaining the status quo.
- **Impact-driven philanthropy.** This fund prioritizes the highest-impact solutions to challenges. We assess where the gaps are, which opportunities may be neglected by other funders, and where the biggest wins are in terms of making the biggest difference.
- **The organization’s funding gap.** Not all organizations are set up to scale up their programming and many can’t productively absorb large amounts of unsolicited funding. We evaluate all potential grantees’ capacity for growth and consider how much money they could put to good use.
- **Organizational strength.** Particularly with unrestricted funding, it’s important to have trust in the leadership and capacity of the organizations we support. We look at their track record of success and their transparency about failures as well as successes, and we only support those organizations which are exceptionally well run.
- **Time-critical opportunities and funding certainty.** While Founders Pledge members give to our top climate charities regularly, sometimes there are time-critical opportunities which require fast decisions. We will use the Fund to make grants that enable such short-term opportunities and stability for high-impact funding opportunities thereby increasing the impact compared to individual giving to specific organizations.
- **Portfolio approach.** Because most climate damage comes from particular severe outcomes – with a world of 4 degrees of warming being much worse than twice as bad as a world with 2 degrees – and because every particular strategy – such as energy innovation – might underdeliver, we pursue a portfolio approach to maximize positive impact. This means we will diversify our bets in ways that, when one approach fails (such as energy innovation), the others we promote (such as carbon removal) can be expected to be particularly important and still available.

### Frequently-Asked Questions

**Can charities apply for money from the Fund?**
The Funds do not generally accept applications from charities, and we request that charities do not send unsolicited applications for funding. If the Fund Managers choose to open up an application round, this will be publicized.

**How frequently will you make grants from the Fund?**
In general, Fund Managers will review grantmaking decisions on a quarterly basis. Decisions will be made based on the value of Funds and the available options for high-impact grantmaking. We may disburse funds outside of quarterly review dates if we become aware of a particularly promising and time-sensitive funding.

**How will my contribution be used?**
All funds are granted out. The Fund is not an investment vehicle. The Fund does not use any percentage of contributions to cover staff time or other overhead costs. Every dollar contributed to the Fund will be used to make grants directly to end-user organizations creating a real difference.

### More Questions?

To learn more about the Founders Pledge Climate Fund, please visit [founderspledge.com](https://founderspledge.com/funds/climate-change-fund) or email the Fund Managers at [funds@founderspledge.com](mailto:funds@founderspledge.com).

Founders Pledge: Climate Fund

EDF delivers bold game-changing climate solutions to build a vital Earth, for everyone, with flourishing ecosystems and clean air.

Environmental Defense Fund is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are access to clean air and water, healthy and nourishing food, and flourishing ecosystems.  

Guided by science, Environmental Defense Fund evaluates environmental problems and works to create and advocate solutions that win lasting political, economic and social support because they are nonpartisan, cost-efficient and fair.

Environmental Defense Fund

The Guatemalan-Maya Center Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on human and civil rights and advocacy.

Our story begins with **Father Frank O'Loughlin**, our Executive Director, whose unwavering dedication to migrant workers spans over 50 years of advocacy and service.

​Father Frank’s journey with the Mayan people began in the early 1980s, when he served as a parish priest in Indiantown, Florida. During this time, he encountered Mayan migrant workers who were not just laborers, but refugees escaping the horrors of the Guatemalan genocide, seeking sanctuary and a new life.

​Before this, in the 1970s, Father Frank was deeply involved in the farmworker movement alongside Cesar Chavez. Inspired by Chavez’s tireless fight for justice, Father Frank worked in solidarity with the United Farm Workers, advocating for fair wages and better conditions for migrant workers. This experience strengthened his lifelong commitment to standing with marginalized communities and fighting for their rights.

In 1992, this powerful connection led to the founding of the Guatemalan-Maya Center. Our mission was clear from the start: to assist, advocate for, and provide services to Maya refugees and others in need, focusing on areas such as education, health, immigration, cultural continuity, and family preservation. We honor and support the Maya culture as we embrace the new environments in which we all live, empowering families to thrive in their new homes.

​Our work has always been rooted in advocacy for the inalienable rights that belong to every human being. We stand for the belief that the Maya, like all people, have the right to spiritually live in peace and dignity.

​What began with a commitment to providing prenatal care for indigenous women in Palm Beach County has grown into a network of support for an ever-evolving community. Over the years, our programs have expanded, addressing the emerging needs of over 1,000 families every month, representing more than 28 countries. With a deep focus on family, we continue to create a place of support, empowerment, and hope, grounded in compassion, solidarity, and a shared commitment to justice for all.

The Guatemalan-Maya Center, Inc

At the heart of our Garden Council are 40+ community gardens, each nurturing an ecosystem of health, connection, and resilience. 

With more than 2,000 members spanning diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods, the Los Angeles Community Garden Council is a dynamic force for positive change in Los Angeles. From Watts to Pasadena, Santa Monica to East Los Angeles, our 47 community gardens serve as vital hubs of activity and collaboration, offering access to fresh food, opportunities for education and engagement, organizing smart environmental and community-oriented policy and advocacy, and a shared space for neighbors to connect and thrive.

Join us as we cultivate a healthier, greener, and more resilient city for all. Together, we can sow the seeds of change and cultivate a brighter future, one garden at a time.

Los Angeles Community Garden Council

Sustainability education at the EcoVillage at Ithaca, a living laboratory for intentional community & ecological resilience.

For over 30 years, the [EcoVillage at Ithaca](https://https://ecovillageithaca.org/) has been part of a global movement shaping a sustainable future. We believe that today’s complex global challenges — climate change, social and economic injustice, biodiversity loss, and the loneliness epidemic — are best addressed at the local level. Working together with our neighbors, we are experimenting with intentional ways of living and learning as part of the [Great Turning](https://https://workthatreconnects.org/dimensions-of-the-great-turning/) - through shared governance, mutual aid, regenerative agriculture, and green energy and infrastructure. [Thrive Ithaca EcoVillage Education Center](https://https://www.thriveithaca.org/) **shares the lessons learned in our community to inspire the next generation of sustainability change makers.** We provide experiential education programs for students, researchers, and design professionals, as well as individuals and groups in all phases of intentional community exploration and development.  
 
**Our team**

**Jen Myers**, Project Director
  
**Advisory Board**
 
Heather Sullivan-Catlin 
Julia Ellis  
Wren Anjali 
Steve Gaarder

**Contact information** 

[contact@thriveithaca.org](mailto:contact@thriveithaca.org) 
   

Thrive Ithaca EcoVillage Education Center

CIMMYT is an International Organization focused on food security issues.

CIMMYT is a cutting edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow’s problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum, millets, and associated crops through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Global South, through building strong partnerships. 

This combination enhances the livelihood trajectories and resilience of millions of resource-poor farmers, while working towards a more productive, inclusive, and resilient agrifood system within planetary boundaries.

CIMMYT is a core CGIAR Research Center, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security and improving natural resources.

For more information, visit cimmyt.org.

CIMMYT

A policy shop working to implement the civilizational low-hanging fruit.

Balsa Research is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on crafting shovel-ready policies that actually address core underlying human needs. We model issues, draft viable legislation, commission academic studies, spread ideas, and work to enact change.

Balsa will focus initially on some combination of four fronts: Repealing the Jones Act, Reimagining NEPA, ensuring housing gets built where people want to live, and protecting against the risk that AI will cause human extinction.

We take a full stack approach to policy:
1. Model the world. Find improvements that balance viability with physical impact.
2. Compile options into Official Policy Binder and Official Solutions Website.
3. Commission proper academic work to credibly quantify impacts on all fronts.
4. Use this as an opportunity to run experiments and learn more.
5. Draft model legislation using learnings.
6. Spread the world via media and writing.
7. Lobby. Pitch members of Congress and their staff. Do the work. Find champions.
8. Start small if necessary. Wins beget wins.


Balsa Policy Institute Inc.

The Christopherson Center works across New York State to support a more equitable, climate-resilient built environment.

The Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning works across New York State to enhance the capacity of communities and organizations to engage meaningfully and successfully in planning projects at the intersection of climate resiliency, equity, and the built environment. Our initiatives bring together diverse voices around shared challenges to work in a way that is collaborative, participatory, data-driven and results-oriented.
  
The Christopherson Center honors and continues the life’s work of internationally renowned economic geographer Susan Christopherson (1946-2016), former chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. Dr. Christopherson’s focus on regional and economic development issues, policy, and public engagement form the foundation of the Center’s efforts.

The Christopherson Center is a fiscally sponsored project of the Center for Transformative Action, a registered 501c3 organization.

**The Problem**

Our homes, the shops and offices in our cities and towns, the roads and bridges and sidewalks we travel along – the built environment — account for more than 40 percent of carbon emissions. It is critical that we find solutions to lower these emissions while also addressing issues of resiliency and equity tied to climate impacts.  While bold and collective action is necessary, many organizations and communities are siloed in their efforts for lack of resources, whether those resources are funds, staff, time or a wider network. The Christopherson Center works to break down these silos, inviting others to the table and serving as a forum for collaborative efforts that lead to greater good for our entire region.
 
**Our Approach**

The Christopherson Center works with stakeholders throughout New York State communities large and small to develop equitable programs and policies to address climate resiliency and the built environment while recognizing economic development opportunities. We believe change can occur when more people lend their voice to an issue; we are committed to inclusivity and outreach to populations and communities that are often neglected or left out of planning conversations and processes. Our current areas of focus include:  

- Support and development of the circular construction economy in New York State and beyond. The Christopherson Center is one of the founding partners of CR0WD (Circularity, Reuse and Zero Waste Development), which works to advance policy and practice to realize the economic, environmental and social benefits of a full spectrum of building and building material reuse. 
- The Chusid Symposium on Place is an annual event celebrating placemaking and placekeeping in New York State: sites where diverse voices engage with economic development, heritage, climate resiliency and equity to recognize and build place and a sense of community.
- At the Frontline of Change offers a platform for New York State's professional planners to come together to engage with planning issues relevant to our region. We feature workshops, seminars, speakers and other events throughout the year. 
 
**Our Team**

Gretchen Worth, Project Director
  
**Advisory board**
 

- Jeffrey Chusid, Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University 
- Derek Crossman, Advisory Board Chair, Deputy Regional Director, Empire State Development, Mohawk Valley 
- George Frantz, Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University 
- Danielle Hautaneimi, State Extension Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension   
- Rod Howe, Supervisor, Town of Ithaca; former Executive Director, The History Center; former Executive Director, Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI) 
- Tom Knipe, Director, Ithaca Tompkins County Transportation Council 
- Nicolette Wagoner, Senior Funding Consultant, Arcadis
 
**Contact information** 

Gretchen Worth, projectdirector@christophersoncenter.org 
   

Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning

Trees&Circles mission is to support women-led grassroots initiatives, focused on ecosystems conservation and restoration. 

We are **Trees&Circles** a **non-profit Swiss foundation** whose **mission** is to **support women led grassroot initiatives focused on ecosystems conservation and restoration.** We feel a sense of urgency to contribute to the wellbeing of our beautiful Mother Earth and all its life forms. 

We believe in the power of the collective effort of committed individuals. Together we can create a movement, **United for Mother Earth**. **Join us!**

**Why Women?** Women are the ones who nourish their communities. They tend to naturally be the guardians of life, understand interrelations and that caring for the land is caring for their children’s future. They are often marginalized and particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis. Empowering women has a direct and long-standing impact on their communities and territories.

**Why Grassroot?** Local and indigenous communities tend to be in good relationship with their territories. They best understand how the community’s and ecosystem’s needs are interrelated. Their wisdom, knowledge, culture and traditions are key to sustainability.

**Why Ecosystems?** Ecosystems represent a complex web of interrelations, built upon eons, which sustains life and culture. The wellbeing of all life forms and of human societies depend on the wellbeing of ecosystems. The predominant western extractivist and consumerist model overlooks the relational nature of life and has severely damaged ecosystems.

Thank you for your generous support.

Trees&Circles

Trees&Circles

Why Support Crop Diversity?

The world is losing crop diversity and crop relatives in the wild at an alarming rate. This diversity is important for a healthy food supply in the face of climate change and other environmental pressures. If we rely on only a few crops, we miss opportunities to develop new crops or revive existing varieties for food security and global well-being.

Crop diversity that is safely conserved and available to researchers and farmers provides options to respond to an uncertain future. A diversity of crops and diversity within crops give us diverse opportunities.

By donating to the Crop Trust, you invest in the conservation of crop diversity and make it available for use forever and for the benefit of everyone.

Learn more by visiting the [Crop Trust website](https://www.croptrust.org/).

Crop Trust

Our Mission is to provide healthy food and aid to vulnerable communities in crises.

**Our Vision**

is a world where **rebuilding** is a **healthy** and **collective** **responsibility**.

**Rebuilding**

We believe rebuilding is more than swinging hammers. Rebuilding after a disaster is about bringing communities back together and removing stress on survivors. It is about providing nutritious foods, critical sanitation, and fortifying products in times of crisis.

**Healthy** 

We believe individual and community health are keys to rebuilding. Through its kitchen and distribution model, GAP delivers wholesome food for the masses, sources organic options when possible, and provides a space where humans can heal through community.

**Collective Responsibility**

We believe it is the collective responsibility of all of us to help our communities in times of crisis. Our goal at GAP is to create a unique partnership of shared responsibility between conscious companies, philanthropic donors, disaster relief organizations, and dedicated volunteers.  We also believe it’s our responsibility to respond in ways that don’t do more harm to the environment or its inhabitants.

Grassroots Aid Partnership

SUPPORTING PEOPLE - CONSERVING NATURE - IN THE CAUCASUS

An Enduring Solution 
 
The Caucasus eco-region is one of the most biologically rich and culturally diverse regions on Earth. It's recognized as one of only 35 "biodiversity hotspots" worldwide. Our mission is to contribute to the improved management and sustainable development of the Caucasus' natural and cultural heritage by providing effective long-term funding support to the protected areas of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. 

Caucasus Nature Fund

FORRAD works with vulnerable communities to build water, agriculture, and nutrition security in the face of climate change.

**About FORRAD**

The **Foundation for Rural Recovery and Development (FORRAD)** was established in Delhi in 1980 with the objective of promoting, supporting, and coordinating initiatives in sustainable agriculture and the protection of natural resources. Over the past four decades, FORRAD has extended technical and financial support to more than 450 grassroots projects across rural India, building strong partnerships with local communities and organizations.

FORRAD’s work focuses on the needs of smallholder farmers, sharecroppers, and the most vulnerable and marginalized communities. The groups that are the worst affected by the consequences of climate change, yet have the least access to resources and decision-making spaces. FORRAD places these communities at the center of its interventions, ensuring that they are the primary stakeholders who shape and often lead the initiatives.

Central to its work is strengthening **water security** and promoting **low-cost regenerative agriculture** as strategies to mitigate climate risks and restore ecological balance. FORRAD has revived and restored traditional water conservation and management practices, enabling communities to build resilience against droughts and erratic rainfall. More than aware of the nutrition crisis confronting the country and recognizing the close and inextricable link between water, agriculture, livelihoods, and health, FORRAD has, over the past five years, also integrated **nutrition security** as a core component of all its programmes.

Beyond water and agriculture, FORRAD engages with the intersecting issues of **girls’ education, and community healthcare**. All its projects are designed to be community-driven, with control over natural resources, information and related technologies vested in the local people themselves.

FORRAD’s guiding principles are rooted in equity and justice. The organisation ensures equal opportunities across gender, caste, and community. By creating spaces for the most disenfranchised voices to be heard and recognized, we work towards building resilient rural communities that can adapt to climate change, secure their livelihoods, and shape their own sustainable futures.

**Previous Experience Thematically**

 **Education**

**JB Singh Kanya Shiksha Setu – A Learning Centre for Girls in Bihar**

The learning centre, established in 2017, now enrols 141 girls. All girls are enrolled in government schools, and the centre remains essential to address gaps in learning. Most students of the centre are first generation literate and do not have an environment that facilitates learning at home. The centre prepares students and their parents for ensuring learning at school. 140 children have been provided nutritious snacks at the learning centre. This has improved their parameters

 **Nutrition**

In an action-research project initiated in late 2023, 300 children were assessed for malnutrition in Nalanda district, Bihar. These children belonged to the most marginalised community groups. Children were administered B-complex vitamins, supplementary nutrition in the form of a locally produced protein and energy mix, and put on a deworming regimen. Each child received nutritional supplementation for over 15 months. While results are encouraging, the acute and chronic malnutrition has created stunting and the children did not show the signs of height and weight gain as in other states like Tamil Nadu.  

**Agriculture**

**Transitioning to Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture in Bihar**

700 acres of land in Nalanda district, Bihar transitioned to LEISA in the form of mixed cropping in the winter of 2025.

**Tree Plantation**

Over 1,600 saplings including mango, guava, banana, drumstick, hog plum (Amra), arjun (Kahua), jackfruit, mahogany, and teak were planted on pyne embankments in Bihar with farmers and local committees ensuring their protection.

**System of Rice Intensification in Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu**

96 farmers were motivated to use the **SRI method of rice cultivation** over their fields covering a total of 173 acres. SRI uses half the water that the traditional method does.

 **Water**

**1.      Pyne Restoration in Bihar**

FORRAD has restored 34 km of pynes (flood diversion channels from seasonal rivers) in Bihar creating a standing storage of 200 million litres of water serving a command area of 4000 acres of farmland.

2.      **Rainwater harvesting around the Sambhar Salt Lake (In partnership with Manthan Sanstha and Prayatna Sansthan)**
Storage capacity of 1.5 billion litres created through restoration of 31 rainwater harvesting structures in 20 villages around the Sambhar salt lake. Each year, about a billion litres of rainwater is collected. The reservoirs are maintained by the panchayats with support from district and state authorities.

3.      **Water storage for individual households (In partnership with Manthan Sanstha supported by individual donors)**
Water storage tanks of 10,000 litres each were constructed for 206 vulnerable families in remote hamlets lacking regular water supply. These communities now have means to store water from weekly tanker deliveries.

4.      **Watershed development in UP Bundelkhand (In partnership with Gramonnati Sansthan)**
Watershed development over 1,000 acres in Bilkhi and Tola Swayam villages in Uttar Pradesh transformed wasteland into productive farmland through farm-bunding, check-dams, ponds, and tree plantations.

5.      **Farm bunding** in Dikwaha began on 35 acres of land to conserve water and soil. It was expanded to 110 acres on demand from the community and mandated by panchayat, with farmers contributing 10% via shramdaan and five wells cleared for drought relief. In Baniya Tala, bunding started on 28 acres and extended by 18 more acres after panchayat interest, benefiting additional farmers.

6.      **The restoration of 39 km of traditional irrigation channels** in Tiruvallur district allowing for the use of surface water for irrigation thereby reducing dependence on groundwater and greatly benefitting the small-holder farmers who do not have their own tube-wells.

7.      **The cleaning of 60 public overhead tanks, (30,000 – 60,000 litres) and 16 school tanks** significantly reducing bacterial contamination in water. The tanks are now maintained by the local panchayat with occasional reminders from the community.

**8.      The cleaning, chlorination, and covering of 22 open wells** that had fallen into disuse with the coming of piped water and were being used as garbage dumps.


Foundation for Rural Recovery and Development

The world's largest vegan food relief network with over 260 charity projects in 60 countries

To support plant-based (prasadam\*) meal distribution to the disadvantaged, malnourished and victims of disaster (natural or manmade), wherever there is a need in the world.
To help establish pure food prepared and served with loving intention as a viable means to create peace and unity in the world.
To produce promotional and training materials for the development of Food for Life projects worldwide.
To represent Food for Life to the government, media and public through public lectures, newspaper articles, the Internet, and email.
To promote a food culture of hospitality based on spiritual equality.
To raise funds on behalf of Food for Life projects worldwide and to support them with grants.
To coordinate and sponsor emergency vegan relief efforts conducted by Food for Life volunteers
Background on the Food for Life Project: The distribution of sanctified plant-based meals has been and will continue to be an essential part of India’s Vedic culture of hospitality from which Food for Life was born.
Since its inception in the early ’70s, Food for Life has tried to liberally distribute pure plant-based meals (prasadam) throughout the world to create peace and prosperity.
The Food for Life Global office facilitates the expansion, coordination, and promotion of prasadam distribution throughout the world. The project started in 1974 after yoga students of Swami Prabhupada became inspired by his plea that “No one within a ten-mile radius of a temple should go hungry!”
Today Food for Life is active in over 60 countries. With volunteers serving up to 2,000,000 free plant-based meals daily to schools, as well as from mobile vans and to disaster areas.
FOOD FOR LIFE is now the largest food relief in the world, eclipsing even the United Nations World Food Programme. Food for Life volunteers come from all walks of life. Food for Life Global and its worldwide network of affiliates are non-sectarian and non-discriminating.
Everyone is welcome to participate in our community projects. 

Food Yoga International

Our mission is to multiply the impact of farmed animal advocates by deepening global connection, collaboration, and coordination. 

**We are building a stronger farmed animal advocacy movement.**

Our theory of change is rooted in the idea that uniting and empowering advocates can unlock value in the movement. We are strong on our own, but we can be stronger, together.

At Hive (formerly Impactful Animal Advocacy), we work towards our mission by cultivating thriving spaces for advocates, enhancing knowledge sharing, and facilitating strategic connections for the movement.

With over 4,000 community members worldwide, we are now one of the largest and most engaged communities for productive discussions and initiatives aimed at helping farmed animals.

We aim to remain responsive to our community's needs, foster an environment of support and effectiveness, and continue strengthening the farmed animal advocacy movement.

**How Your Contribution Helps**

- **$10:** Fund 40 views of our Hive Highlights newsletter, fueling knowledge and action.
- **$50:** Support 47 members in our advocacy community for one month, fostering collaboration and innovation.
- **$200**: Cover the cost of one entire edition of our Hive Highlights newsletter, sharing insights with advocates worldwide.

If you want to make a larger donation, find a donation swap and would like to speak to us 1:1, please contact Sofia at [sofia@joinhive.org](mailto:sofia@joinhive.org?).

If you’d like to donate via **DAF, crypto, stock, or PayPal**, please let **Sofia** know so we can log your gift on Every.org for matching. These methods can take up to a few weeks to appear on the site.

We kindly ask that you **avoid sending checks if possible**, as they take longer to process. If you prefer to give by check, just let us know and we’ll share the mailing details. Thank you!

Hive

Our School's global impact would not be possible without the crucial support of our community of committed donors and friends. 

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is renowned for its world-leading research, postgraduate studies and continuing education in public and global health.

With your help, we can increase the number of scholarships we are able to offer. We receive thousands of applications every year, with funding only available to support a small number. 

Our diverse student body is what makes our community so special. Each year, your support funds our LSHTM Fund Scholars, enabling exceptional students to study at our School. We receive thousands of applications every year, with funding only available to support a small number. Without support, many brilliant students like this year's LSHTM Fund Scholar, Judy Baariu (MSc Public Health for Development, 2023) would not have been able to study with us.

LSHTM has over 3,500 staff conducting research in more than 100 countries, with core hubs in London and at the MRC Units in The Gambia and Uganda. Our outstanding, diverse and committed staff make an impact where it is most needed - deploying research in real time in response to crises, developing innovative programmes for major health threats, or training the next generations of public and global health leaders and researchers.

We help shape health policy and translate research findings into tangible impact. We are uniquely placed to lead on transformative approaches to global health and have 120 years of experience tackling big challenges. We are focused on finding new solutions to complex problems and acting upon this knowledge.

We work in collaboration with friends, partners, and supporters to achieve large-scale, long-term impact. Researchers at LSHTM explore all aspects of health challenges, from fundamental laboratory science to policy appraisal and analysis, encompassing statistical, clinical, laboratory, epidemiological and social science research globally.

Our aim is to build strong and dynamic leadership, push the frontiers of knowledge and make an impact where it is most needed. Philanthropy helps us achieve our mission; to improve health and health equity worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The Vision of the EWT is a healthy planet and an equitable world that values and sustains the diversity of all life.

The EWT is among South Africa’s largest and
most established national non-governmental
conservation organizations.  Founded in 1973, we are a non-profit organization with an expanding footprint
throughout southern and East Africa, focusing
on conserving threatened species and ecosystems to the benefit of people. We achieve this by conducting on-the-ground research, supporting community-led conservation, training and building capacity, addressing human-wildlife conflict, monitoring threatened species, and establishing safe spaces for wildlife range expansion.

The EWT works with key partners, including
communities, businesses, landowners, academic
institutions, and governments, to create a
sustainable future for wildlife and people.
 The Endangered Wildlife Trust is dedicated to
conserving threatened species and ecosystems in southern and East Africa to the benefit of all.

The EWT achieves this mission by delivering on
three strategic imperatives: Saving species,
conserving habitats, and benefiting people.
OUR STRATEGY
Our conservation programmes form the
organization’s backbone, harnessing the talent
and enthusiasm of a dynamic team of
individuals whose unique exper􀆟se and
mo􀆟va􀆟on provide them with the tools to
respond to the challenges they face in pursuit
of saving our most threatened species and
ecosystems.
The EWT is a registered Trust governed in accordance with the Trust Property Control Act No. 57 of 1988, under Master’s reference number IT 6247. The EWT is also registered in South Africa as a Non-Profit Organisation, registration number 015- 502 NPO
and Public Benefit Organisation, registration number 930 001 777

SPECIES RECOVERY
The EWT has achieved remarkable gains for many species, where downward trends in the local populations of Wattled and Grey Crowned Cranes, Piggersgill’s Frogs, the Amathole Toad, and the Riverine Rabbit have joined the Cheetah as species on a pathway to recovery. Critically Endangered
Wattled Cranes are increasing in number, now estimated at some 320 birds nationally, up 60% from their lowest numbers. The EWT has also helped reverse the decline of Endangered Grey Crowned Cranes, while Blue Crane numbers have increased from an estimated 25,500 birds nationally in 2007 to some 30,000 birds today.
SPACE FOR SPECIES
Through our range expansion work, we have secured and protected safe spaces for multiple species to thrive and we have reintroduced many threatened species back into secure and suitable landscapes. Safe space for African Wild Dogs has increased to over 1.4 million ha throughout southern Africa and their numbers and generic health have followed suit. Safe space for Cheetahs and their numbers have also increased from 217 Cheetahs on 41 reserves in South Africa in 2011, to 470 Cheetahs on 65 reserves covering over two million hectares across southern Africa.

SAFEGUARDING OUR SPECIES
To protect threatened species, we monitor them and work with partners, businesses, landowners, and communities to reduce the threats they face. We are innovating to achieve bigger impacts, as evident in our drone project’s expansion to use drones to mark power lines - reducing bird strikes safely and affordably and monitor Southern Right Whales in a way that wasn’t possible before. We continue to explore the use of eDNA to identify the presence of elusive and potentially extinct species, such as
Van Zyl’s and De Winton’s Golden Moles, so that action can be taken to save the last of their habitats.

Our pioneering Eye in the Sky carcass and wildlife poisoning detection project has already saved thousands of animals from secondary poisoning as a result of its efficient and effective success and our quick response times. The project uses the movements and behavior patterns of GPS-tracked vultures to remotely detect potential poisoning events and respond to these rapidly, alerting rangers on the ground and preventing further loss of wildlife to poisoning. We also contribute to preventing wildlife crime through the deployment of Conservation K9s to detect wildlife contraband and track poachers. These dogs help us to protect species, including rhinos, elephants, and pangolins.

Protec􀆟ng and conserving natural places is one of the most important strategies for comba􀆫ng the effects of
biodiversity loss and climate change. The EWT conserves habitats by reducing habitat loss and improving the
ecological integrity of threatened ecosystems through rehabilita􀆟on, restora􀆟on, and sustainable land
management. Many of the EWT’s programmes are involved in habitat conservation, but two are dedicated to protecting specific habitats.

COLLABORATING FOR CONSERVATION
An effective vehicle for conserving habitats is the formal protection of land through Biodiversity Stewardship. We work with private and community landowners to legally declare their land as protected or help them to manage it sustainably and without damage to sensitive species and ecosystems.
The EWT was instrumental in the development of Biodiversity Stewardship, having facilitated the workshops which led to its establishment, and subsequently, the EWT has declared 185 properties (over 139,000 ha) as protected areas in the last
ten years and is currently in the process of securing a further 130,000 hectares for threatened species conservation across South Africa. This includes proper􀆟es in one of the region’s most important centres of endemism: the Soutpansberg Mountain Range. Easily recognized for our work to safeguard charisma􀆟c species like the Wild Dog and Cheetah, the EWT also played a key role in preventing the extinction of the Brenton Blue Butterfly by establishing a dedicated reserve for this endemic insect.  Other critical habitats have been protected to prevent the extinction of many smaller, lesser-known species, including rep􀆟les, amphibians, butterflies, golden moles, and threatened plants.

CARBON FOR CONSERVATION
After establishing the feasibility of carbon trading in South Africa’s grasslands and recognizing the potential benefits for farmers and grassland and wetland management, the EWT the EWT initiated the first carbon offsetting contracts with private landowners in South Africa, in the Drakensberg.
When landowners agree to conserve and manage their land to allow for the verifiable sequestration of carbon in the soil, the carbon can be converted into carbon credits. Liable ensures, usually big carbon emitters, can purchase up to 10% of their carbon as carbon credits to reduce their tax liability in South Africa. These purchases create a long-term revenue stream for farmers and conservation organizations to support conservation efforts and protect important habitats through improved land-use management.

People need nature to survive – it provides important resources we depend on. We must live in harmony
with nature to thrive in healthy ecosystems that will support us and future genera􀆟ons, our wildlife, and
maintain our rich natural and cultural heritage. Through two of its programmes, the EWT implements
innovative strategies that incorporate the needs of people and the environment to ensure that people
benefit from the more sustainable use of natural resources.
BENEFITTING PEOPLE
CAPACITY FOR CONSERVATION
Working across diverse landscapes such as wetlands,
grasslands, river catchments, savannahs, and mountains, the EWT has embraced the need to support the lives and livelihoods of thousands of people who depend on their local environment, from developing sustainable livelihoods as alternatives to environmentally destructive practices in communities from KwaZulu-Natal to Limpopo, Zambia, and as far as Uganda, to pioneering the implementation of Population, Health and Environment in communities in southern and East Africa to support sustainable communities and empower women. The EWT
promotes and implements the education of school
learners and builds capacity for conservation and
ecotourism in communities across our project areas.

BIODIVERSITY AND BUSINESS
Recognizing the importance of biodiversity to business, the EWT established the National Biodiversity and Business Network (NBBN) in 2013 to work with innovative businesses to identify and manage the risks and opportunities resulting from their interactions with the natural world. Through its Biodiversity Disclosure Project, the NBBN helps companies to understand, measure, and disclose their biodiversity impacts and policies. The NBBN introduced the world’s first standardized accounting
framework, the Biological Diversity Protocol (BDP), which measures a business’ impact on biodiversity and identifies areas of improvement over time.  The EWT’s targeted conservation work has national and global impacts and our achievements contribute to multiple conservation-related frameworks. These include South Africa’s 2nd National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2015–2025), and the National Biodiversity Assessment which assess the status of, and identify the biodiversity and ecosystem
management priori􀆟es as well as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. 

Arguably, the EWT’s most important global impact is our work toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed by the United Nations. The SDGs are a universal set of goals, targets, and indicators that UN member states should use to frame their agendas and political policies. Ambitious by nature, they are a government-led endeavor that serves to coordinate actions by United Nations agencies, businesses, non-governmental groups, and any other entities working on specific goals. These are
the goals that the EWT contributes to.



Endangered Wildlife Trust

The Fountain aims to envision, create and restore a global economy of reciprocity, inspired by nature and the sacred.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Our Vision
We envision a restored global economy of reciprocity inspired by Nature and the Sacred in which all beings thrive.

Mission 
Our mission is to enable collaborative action that bridges the original principles of ancient cultures into a new vision for sacred economics in service to sacred territories.

Our Values
The Fountain’s work is inspired and guided by the original principles including: Reciprocity | Respect | Responsibility | Relationship

What Is The Fountain ?

Imagine a global economic system truly aligned with care for the earth and the whole of life for the benefit of current and future generations, guided by the ancestral wisdom and technologies of cultures that have lived this way for the larger course of human history. This is the work of The Fountain.

There is growing awareness of the extraordinary wisdom originally developed and perennially sustained by the world’s ancestral indigenous peoples – peoples whose cultural genesis can be traced back to the original times. 

It is in the return to the sacred origins and principles of this ancestral wisdom – calling for the unification of all peoples with the earth – that a return to balance and sustainability is to be found. The vision of The Fountain, and the extraordinary sacredness of its origin and seed, is of partnership between sharing original teachings, conscious collaboration, and being in action to activate sacred economics and sacred territories.

Through the deep understanding, experience and relationships contained in its ecosystem, The Fountain exists to catalyse this journey to reconnection and ultimately to unification through its vision, mission, and values. 

The path forward is to restore a global economy of reciprocity inspired by nature and the sacred – bringing together conscious investors, philanthropists, whole system entrepreneurs, leaders on transformational economics and finance and holders of indigenous ecological knowledge. A multi-disciplinary, intercultural exchange united in service to the earth and future generations.

Our current programs
Mother Earth Delegation of United Original Nations 
Gathering of elders from around the globe working in unity and in service to Mother Earth

Sacred Land Trusts for Sacred Territories 
Protection of sacred sites of key importance for Earth’s preservation

Houses of Original Thought
Restoring esoteric knowledge of Mother Earth

Pagamentos
Ancient forms of ritual and specially prepared offerings that restore and harmonize Earth’s energies

Original Principles Alignment Protocol
Educating business leaders on original wisdom and ways of being

The Fountain Flow Fund 
Flexibly flowing resources to where they are urgently needed especially to original nations and their associated programs

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Reefs for Life is bringing life back to coral reefs and hope to the communities that depend on them.

Reefs for Life is transforming communities through conservation and restoring damaged coral reefs. We are bringing hope back to needy communities and life back to the ocean that they depend on to make a living. Partner with us and play a role in restoring tropical coral reefs in the Philippines.

Reefs for Life

Ensuring access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene since 2007. 

We envision a better world, where all have access to living conditions that allow empowerment and development. Together, we aim to ensure sustainable access to safe water and sanitation for the most vulnerable communities through innovative partnerships, creativity and the power of art.

One Drop Foundation

We connect and support communities for regenerating local ecosystems and societies worldwide. We need help to continue our work!

Global Ecovillage Network connects communities and facilitates spreading of ecovillage-based approaches for environmental and social restoration, locally worldwide and globally. We link existing initiatives for mutual support and sharing best practices; we support new ecovillages and provide education and capacity building; we engage in post-disaster regions for community-led rebuilding and work with local and regional authorities; we foster fundamental behaviour shifts in community for systemic change.
GEN International connects 6000 grass-root communities in 114 countries, as well as builds connections with NGOs, academia and  policy-makers to facilitate the global transition to a peaceful and resilient future for all. 


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Communicating the best research and data to understand big global problems and make progress against them

Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. Our World in Data focuses on communicating the best research and data that helps us understand and find solutions to the world’s largest problems.


Our World in Data publishes an open-access publication where users can understand the state of the world today, where we are making progress and where we are falling behind. Through interactive data visualizations we can see how the world has changed; by summarizing the scientific literature we can understand why. We cover everything from global poverty to natural disasters, education and health, democracy; we have over 13,000 charts across hundreds of topics.


Our World in Data is free, open-source and provided as a public good. It has millions of users every month, and is cited in research and media across the world every day. This allows millions of people to understand the large problems the world is facing, and how we can solve them.

Our World in Data

We want to make life better for wild animals.

We are dedicated to finding evidence-backed ways to improve the lives of animals in the wild.

We depend on individual donors to help us make life better for wild animals. To a small nonprofit working hard on a big problem, your support is more crucial now than ever!

Wild Animal Initiative

Terra Praxis designs and implements strategies that leverage science, technology and energy innovation for a prosperous planet

We co-founded TerraPraxis to design and implement strategies that leverage science, technology and energy innovation for a prosperous planet. Our mission is to innovate and accelerate scalable, equitable solutions for unsolved areas of the climate challenge. 

Our special focus is on enabling high-impact rapid transitions for neglected parts of the decarbonization challenge. 

We work with an extensive global network to define, incubate and initiate scalable strategies that fulfil the twin missions of prosperity and decarbonization. 

Terra Praxis

Founders Pledge is a global nonprofit empowering entrepreneurs to do the most good possible with their charitable giving. 

Maximize your philanthropic impact with Founders Pledge. We empower a global community of over 2,100 members, equipping them with everything needed to give effectively: from evidence-led research and expert advice on the world's most pressing problems to comprehensive infrastructure for seamless global grant-making, and a powerful network for collaboration. Together, we've already channeled over $1.5 billion to high-impact causes globally, tackling critical issues like climate change, global health, and emerging existential risks. 

When you donate through every.org today, you're joining this proven movement, and our unique funding model ensures 100% of your contribution goes directly to charity, as our operational costs are generously covered by a dedicated community of philanthropists.

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