THIS is the kind of postsecondary experience so many young people in the U.S. need and deserve -- and that the nation urgently needs them to have. This is the path to a brighter future for all of us. Kudos, Workshop Learning -- keep growing!

Voy a estar siempre agradecido al ITBA por la excelente educacion y los grandes amigos que hice durante esos cinco anios.

I feel proud to help a student go to the best private engineering school in Argentina

Einstein called compound interest The Eighth Wonder Of The World - but we don’t teach enough personal finance in schools.  The Motley Fool has taught me so much, and the Foundation actively seeking, teaching and helping people do the right small things early to have big impact later is just such another Wonder.  I’m proud to support them.

I gave because I am an older women who would have loved a space like this when I was younger trying to navigate life and motherhood. 

Popular entertainment is arguably society's most powerful for change. But the lack of accurate representation in mainstream entertainment perpetuates the racial divide. There is no shortage of talented BIPOC creators. The only scarcity is opportunity, funding, and risk taking for them within the Hollywood machine. Rideback Rise is ensuring creators of all backgrounds can tell their stories and see themselves in popular culture, creating a system of change designed to reshape majority opinions. Everybody in. Everybody forward. Everybody up.

Workshop Learning is a nonprofit educational organization, founded in 2010 in Philadelphia to serve under-resourced youth

Through real-world learning, robust community, and personal growth, Workshop Learning empowers young adults to pursue a life of security, connection, and purpose. 

We design learning experiences in which students hone their sense of self, shape a vision for what comes next, and build the skills they need to make that vision a reality. While we believe this is critical to flourishing for all students, our work centers on youth and emerging adults from the most marginalized communities. These students' dreams and talents are too often overlooked and they often feel alienated and left behind by education systems. 

Serving young people ages 14-24, Workshop Learning works in three spaces.  First, we assist the School District in operating and supporting a high school (the Workshop School).  Second, we’re piloting a new alternative postsecondary program (Workshop U). Third, we work with other educators, schools, and systems that want to adapt or learn from our approach. 

Workshop Learning

An organization focused on preserving, protecting, and improving environment. It received its nonprofit status in 2024.

Seed Foundation

ITBA  Engineering, Technology & Business argentine university. A non-profit achieving proven levels of excellence among graduates.

For more than 65 years, ITBA - Instituto Tecnólogico de Buenos Aires  has contributed to solving the challenges of humanity through a university education recognized for its excellence, the production of scientific knowledge and international collaboration, and outstanding levels of excellence among its graduates.

Thanks to the financial contribution of companies and individuals, scholarships are obtained so that young people  with talent, passion and determination, can study at ITBA.

ITBA invests in people, in the equipment and infrastructure necessary to be at the forefront of technological progress.

The photo that illustrates this space (courtesy of Matt Dahle)  captures ITBA Rocketry Team celebration after successfully launching their hybrid rocket engine entirely designed and built at our labs by a team of 40 students from different careers, teachers and university technicians in record time of 9 months.
Together they developed LANIN a hybrid rocket and became the first Latin American team to launch it successfully with engines using solid and liquid propellants. 
Spaceport America Cup June 2024

 ITBA - Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires

An organization focused on achieving Fiancial Freedom for all. It received its nonprofit status in 2020.

Fool Community Foundation

Love + Ethos is a nonprofit organization serving women in greater Los Angeles. 

Love + Ethos is dedicated to creating supportive spaces and opportunities for women journeying through motherhood while facing systemic, economic, and social challenges. We envision a world where every woman — and her family — defines their individual and collective futures on their own terms.

Upcoming events:

May 10, 2024, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm: Guided Pottery and Silent Auction in Culver City, CA - all proceeds are in support of L+E's inaugural Postpartum Retreat.

August 2024: Inaugural Postpartum Retreat in Los Angeles County - assisting women post-birth with healing, self-identification, connection, and wellness education during a 4-day, 3-night retreat.

Visit our website to learn more and to stay up-to-date.

Get in touch with Love + Ethos by emailing info@loveandethos.com

Love + Ethos

Rideback RISE is an accelerator—of talent, of community, of opportunity, of change.

RISE supports and empowers mid-career POC creators and artists to make commercial film and television across genres that reflects our multicultural society - to propel narrative change, advance racial equity, and create cultural impact.

We are reshaping majority opinions by ensuring that creators of all backgrounds can tell their stories and see themselves in popular culture.

Rideback RISE

Pendeza Shelters turns plastic waste into eco-friendly homes for vulnerable families, creating green jobs for youth.

Introduction and Background

Pendeza Shelters is a social Enterprise that transforms the poorly disposed of plastic waste into eco-friendly building materials to construct cost effective eco-homes for the homeless and disaster affected communities. Our visionary organization is committed to addressing the global housing crisis while mitigating plastic pollution. Our innovative approach involves constructing affordable, sustainable homes using discarded plastic bottles, thereby tackling two of the world’s most pressing challenges: housing shortages and environmental degradation. Founded with a mission to provide eco-friendly, cost-effective housing solutions to underserved communities, Pendeza Shelters combines environmental conservation with social impact, focusing on low-income communities, refugees, and other vulnerable populations.

Our approach not only reduces the environmental footprint by reusing waste materials but also generates employment and offers a model for sustainable rural and urban development. Our organization is driven by the belief that everyone deserves a decent home and that innovation can serve as a tool for global change.

The challenge: Uganda’s Housing deficit

Uganda is currently experiencing a severe housing crisis, with a national deficit exceeding 2.4 million units, according to Uganda Bureau of statistics. Rapid urbanisation and a growing population have placed intense pressure on already limited housing resources. Kampala and other urban centre’s face rising numbers of informal settlements and slums, while rural areas lack cost-effective housing solutions.

In 2023, Pendeza Shelters conducted a needs assessment in Kasese District, revealing that 62% of households were struggling with housing, and 75% were open to adopting plastic bottle housing due to its affordability, durability, earthquake resistance, and sustainability for hot climate. 

Mission, Vision and Goal

Vision: A green world with transformed communities. We focus on a world where every person has access to a dignified home, built with respect for people and the planet.

Mission: Creating a world where human live in harmony with nature by promoting environmentally responsible behavior and preserving biodiversity for future generations.

Pendeza shelters endeavors to provide sustainable, affordable housing solution while combating plastic pollution through innovative eco-construction practices. 

Core Goals

Reducing plastic waste through upcycling into construction materials

Building affordable, disaster-resilient homes for vulnerable population

Creating jobs and skills training in marginalized communities

Promote green construction and sustainable development across Africa and beyond

Innovation and Model

At the core of Pendeza Shelters' model is the use of plastic bottles as an alternative building materials. This approach is not only cost-effective but also environmentally friendly. Each house is constructed using thousands of plastic bottles filled with soil, which provides durability and insulation. These bottles are used in combination with traditional materials such as cement and mortar to create structurally sound buildings that meet modern housing standards.

Our construction process involves the collection of plastic waste from urban and rural areas, turning a major environmental pollutant into a valuable resource. This model not only reduces the reliance on conventional building materials but also offers a solution to the growing problem of plastic waste in our environment.

Current and past projects

Pendeza shelters has successfully piloted and implemented eco-construction projects cross multiple countries:

Uganda: build homes for displaces families and low-income earners, especially in refugee settlements.

South Africa (Nongoma): partnered with Udoti Initiative and ARWCO to reduce plastic pollution and provide housing in informal settlement 

Nigeria: partnered with Bramble Network to construct learning and sleeping space for children using plastic bottles.

Zimbabwe: in collaboration with Transformational Innovation Hub, developed a youth empowerment housing model in Tongagara Refugee settlement. 

Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa): partnered with Congo Innovation Academy and Ekimeli school to launch an eco-house built with 20,000 bottles, engaging 14 youth, 4 engineers and 56 community workers.

Achievements and Impact

50+ Houses Built: Across Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and democratic republic of Congo serving refugee, low-income families and disaster survivors.

1,500,000 million bottles recycled: diverted from landfills, rivers and oceans contributing to ecosystem preservation.

500+ jobs created: including roles for plastic collectors, builders and trainers. Many of whom are women, youth and refugees.

Green building innovations: integration of solar energy and rainwater harvesting for climate-smart living 

Refugee empowerment: providing vocational skills, employment and a sense of ownership to displaced individuals.

Training and Capacity building

Pendeza Shelters actively trains community members, with a focus on;

Bottle collection, cleaning and sorting

Eco-construction techniques

Projection management

Environmental conservation and community mobilisation.

These programs empower youth and women with practical skills and sustainable income sources, strengthening local economies.

Future Plans

Pendeza shelters is poised for scale. Planned initiatives include

Plastic collection centers: establishing hubs in rural and urban areas to collect, sort, and supply plastic bottles, while creating local jobs

School and health clinic construction: building education and healthcare facilities in underserved communities using plastic bottle architecture. 

Affordable Housing units: expanding reach in both urban slums and rural areas, including climate-resilient community housing.

Rural-Urban development balance: promoting rural sustainability to reduce urban migration by offering quality housing and economic opportunity in rural settings.

Municipal and community partnerships: collaborating with city authorities, schools, and private entities for plastic collection and awareness campaigns. 

Return on investment (RONI)

Investment in Pendeza Shelters yields measurable social, environmental and economic returns:

Environmental: each home removes 10,000 plastic bottles from the environment

Economic: bottles homes are 20% cheaper than traditional homes

Social: empowered communities, jobs creation, and enhanced dignity for vulnerable population

Scalability: our proven model is adaptable to different setting and can be replicated across regions.

Pendeza Shelters (U) Ltd

Founded in 2008, TGF partners with Cambodian villages for sustainable development and community empowerment to improve livelihoods

Founded in 2008 Temple Garden Foundation (TGF) works in partnership with local villages in Cambodia to improve livelihoods through sustainable development and the empowerment of communities. It supports projects that maximize community participation and minimize external support in four interconnected areas: Water & Sanitation, Health, Children's Education, and Income Generation.



**Our Vision:**

Empowered rural communities building a sustainable future.

**Our Mission:**

To work in partnership with communities to provide the resources and support needed to sustainably build livelihoods.



Over the years, TGF has contributed significantly to essential services, fostering a sustainable and self-sufficient environment in the rural area of Chi Kraeng – an area as big as Singapore. By empowering individuals and communities, we are driving sustainable and inclusive development.

Temple Garden Foundation (TGF)

Run Your City is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to introducing kids from all backgrounds to the transformative power of sports.

At **Run Your City**, we believe that running is more than a sport—it’s a pathway to self-discovery, confidence, and community. Our mission is to ensure every child has the opportunity to participate in free, inclusive running programs, regardless of their circumstances. Through our programs, children gain not only physical fitness but also valuable life skills like perseverance, teamwork, and goal-setting. By uniting collegiate athletes, volunteers, and local communities, we create spaces where kids can feel supported, dream big, and take those first steps toward their future. Your support helps us bring this vision to life, ensuring that every child can reach the starting line and run toward their dreams.

Run Your City

Harnessing the power of technology, volunteerism and collaboration to help move the needle for equality, equity and social justice

What We Do

WAKE is dedicated to empowering women and girls through technology, education, and collaboration. We connect social impact leaders and organizations with the consulting, tools, and training they need to enhance their impact. Our programs also inspire and prepare young women and girls to develop their leadership skills and become changemakers. By fostering global collaboration, we build cross-cultural connections, unite passionate volunteers with inspiring community leaders, and strengthen the global fight for equity and social justice.

Why We Do It

Globally, women are leading social enterprises addressing critical issues like reproductive rights, gender-based violence, economic empowerment, and access to healthcare and education. WAKE’s programs bolster these organizations and leaders, enhancing their effectiveness, resilience, and sustainability in the fight for a more just and equitable future.

Who We Serve

We support social entrepreneurs, community organizers, and nonprofit leaders tackling critical community issues. Additionally, we empower young women and girls through leadership and technology programs, preparing them as future leaders and innovators in their communities.

WAKE- Women's Alliance for Knowledge Exchange

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center - Weaving Native Culture into the Future.
Native governed and operated since 1996

The **California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (CIMCC)** exists to honor and advance the cultural vitality, sovereignty, and resilience of California Indians, recognizing their enduring relationships to land and place. Led by California Indian expertise, we amplify traditional knowledge, lifeways, and voices. Through education and advocacy, we deepen public understanding of California Indian histories, cultures, and contemporary leadership.

We achieve our purpose by being a dynamic and innovative museum and cultural center, providing exhibits and educational programs for diverse audiences, and a resilience hub for Native communities. We represent and champion California Indian knowledge, perspectives, and voices, and work to change systems by increasing California Indian visibility and authority within them.

**Your Generosity: Powering Action and Transformation -** [2024 Annual Report](https://www.canva.com/design/DAGbopCZ3KU/OjAGR7tfmwXn7OAYTQ5TLw/view?utm_content=DAGbopCZ3KU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h5a314376ea)

Your heartfelt donations touch the lives of thousands of Native youth and families, K-12 students and teachers, and the general public throughout the Greater Bay Area of California and beyond. Please review our annual report to see our current programs and initiatives and their impacts. 

2025 CIMCC Programs and Services

- **Tribal Youth Ambassadors** - Being with Bears; Screen-Printing and Digital Media Arts Entrepreneurship Training; Advancing Cultural Opportunities to Reclaim Nutrition; Traditional Gathering Policy Advocacy Development and Training; Cultural Pathways 
- **California Indian Traditional Food Incubator** - supporting the emergence and success of Traditional Food Producers through business assistance and shared production facilities. Providing traditional food ways education to Native people.
- **Native Arts** - Artist showcases, gift shop, and business support.
- **Permanent and Temporary Exhibitions:** Ishi Theater and Exhibit; Contemporary Photography and Fashion; Precious Cargo
- Online Exhibits and Educational Websites: Virtual Tours and Programming; California Missions Native History; Pomo Language Learning and Resources; 
- **K-12 Curricula and Programs:** Math Interwoven; Native American Studies Model Curriculum for California; Healthy Ecosystems Curriculum; Representation Matters Curriculum; Native STEM Maker Program; Cultural and Historical Intelligence Training; School Group Tours; California Indian Education for All
- **Center for Resilient Native Generations** - our Resilience Hub is designed to support the emergency to long-term recovery needs of Native people and communities faced with climate change related disasters and risks, and coordinate with community-wide efforts. Providing education, training, and wellness supports through the following programs: Healing through Cultural Arts Wellness Workshops; Wildfire Smoke Preparedness Workshops, Emergency Food Planning; Traditional Food Sovereignty Planning and Programs; Cleaner Air, Cooling, and Resilient Power Center; Food Assistance; Climate Ready Tribal Community Health Representatives Career Pipeline Program.

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

The Innovation Center at Saratoga is a makerspace where artists, entrepreneurs, and community members learn, create, and innovate.

The Innovation Center at Saratoga, Inc. is a collaborative makerspace where artists, entrepreneurs, and community members can come together to learn, create, and innovate. 

We provide shared equipment, resources, and programming to support the needs of entrepreneurs and artists. We also provide STEAM educational opportunities for schools, community groups, and individuals.

Innovation Center At Saratoga Inc

Xoogler community (xoogler.co) is managed by The Network Institute

*The primary purpose of The Network Institute is to empower professionals from various industries to pursue continuing education, enhance their career development, and foster innovation, particularly in the fields of science and technology. The Corporation aims to provide a comprehensive platform where these professionals can access a wealth of resources that support their educational advancement, career growth, and encourage collaborative innovation. Additionally, the Corporation will provide resources that support creating and obtaining funding for startups, thereby promoting entrepreneurial education and contributing to the public good through the development of new technologies and businesses.*

The Network Institute

Building an entrepreneurship ecosystem in Middle India to inspire and support entrepreneurs to create local jobs and livelihoods.

Jagriti is a non-profit organization, registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act 1860, with an objective of building an entrepreneurship ecosystem in Tier 2 & 3 districts of India.

The organization aims to inspire and support entrepreneurs so that they can create local jobs and livelihoods.

Jagriti Yatra ( Building India through Enterprise.)

Vision :

Inspiring and enabling leaders to build India through enterprise

Mission :

Creating purpose, employment, and ecosystems in Middle India (Tier 2 & 3 districts) with its core philosophy of Udyamita. Jagriti will achieve this by inspiring leaders across Middle India through a robust incubation and innovation ecosystem that will build the nation through enterprise.

Following are the key initiatives of Jagriti:

1) Jagriti Yatra http://www.jagritiyatra.com/

Jagriti Yatra is a movement for creating a national ecosystem for entrepreneurs in Tier 2 and 3 districts of India. It is an entrepreneurship journey that takes hundreds of India's highly motivated youth on a 15-day, 8000 km national odyssey to learn from the role models - social and business entrepreneurs - of the country. Started in 2008, the Yatra has impacted 7000+ youth; 28% of them turning into entrepreneurs. The Yatra has been replicated in 5 other countries.

2) Jagriti Enterprise Centre – Purvanchal (JEC-P) http://jecp.in/:

JECP is building an enterprise incubation and innovation ecosystem in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Our aim is to motivate local youth to build enterprises. Designed with a 3-I (Incubation, Innovation and

Inspiration) framework, the Centre will incubate enterprises, promote sustainable innovation in six focus areas – Health, Women, Digital, Rural Urbanization, Agro Processing, Handicraft and Apparel

– and inspire local people through culture, architecture and local role models. Over the past 3 years, it has incubated 100 enterprises, creating 2000 jobs and impacting 30,000+ beneficiaries. It

also implemented a digital literacy training program, called Internet Saathi supported by Tata Trusts and Google, for 1.7 million rural women across 10000+ villages in 7 districts

3)Jagriti Ambassador for District Entrepreneurship (JADE) :

A district-level outreach program to promote entrepreneurship through interventions like business-plan competition, workshops, and semi

 Jagriti Sewa Sansthan

We’re a nonprofit accelerating the growth of women entrepreneurs in food and beverage.

Our mission is to create a more equitable and inclusive industry where women have a strong voice and equal decision-making power by addressing access to capital, opportunities, and resources. 

Regarding Her

Empowering women and children through small enterprise, education, environmental sustainability and women's health.

Congo Connect and Thrive was created with the goal to empower women and children from Congo access recourses they need to attain self sufficiency. with the mission to helping women and children realize their full potential through business and small enterprise, education, environmental sustainability, and women’s health initiatives.

Our future plans is to provide provide good quality education to children in Congo by building schools, vocational training and skills centers, provide financial support for women to start small entrerprises, focus on environmental sustainability and women's health. 

Congo Connect and Thrive

Baltimore Youth Arts provides creative education and job training for youth, focusing on those impacted by the justice system.

**Baltimore Youth Arts (BYA)** is a community-based arts and workforce development program for youth ages 14–25, focusing on those impacted by the juvenile justice system. BYA offers young people a platform to express themselves, build leadership skills, and prepare for employment and adulthood through paid creative job training, mentorship, and educational programming.

We work inside youth detention centers and in the community to ensure that young people are recognized for their creativity, resilience, and power. Your support helps us provide youth stipends, art supplies, job training, and a safe, supportive space where youth can grow and thrive.

Together, we’re creating a future where young people are not only heard but hired, healed, and celebrated.

Baltimore Youth Arts

Created in 1997, the Fondation des Ponts supports the development of the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and its students.

Excellent research and educational innovation 
 
Created in 1997 on the initiative of 11 major French companies, as well as the association of former ENPC students (AAENPC), the Fondation des Ponts supports the development of the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and its students. École des Ponts ParisTech, created in 1747 under the name École Royale des Ponts et Chaussées, is a higher education establishment that trains engineers to a high level of scientific, technical and general competency. 

Recognized as a public utility, the Fondation des Ponts supports the development of the École des Ponts ParisTech by financing a whole series of projects that can be grouped according to 6 major themes:  
- Support research and educational innovation. 
- Support students, promote diversity, encourage excellence. 
- Increase the School's international reach to attract excellent teachers, researchers and students.  
- Helping startups created by students 
- Allow the School to have the facilities and equipment required to support its development. 
- Promote the historical and scientific heritage of the School. 

Visit our website:  http://www.fondationdesponts.fr/

Fondation de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées 

Supporting African youths to cultivate a better tomorrow by providing them with critical career and personal growth  opportunities

[Watch Borderless Classroom Video](https://youtu.be/YX8mxWvS2Lw?si=mBa64iTr8sxIrXi2)

**Vision**: A world where young people across Africa have access to world-class education and career opportunities, empowering them to lead, innovate, and drive sustainable, transformative change in their communities.

**The Shasha Approach:** At Shasha Network, we believe that what keeps many young people from accessing the right education opportunities is a lack of information and mentorship. Our digital platform is designed to empower young people aged 16-24 with soft skills and personal development tools We focus on:

1. **Essential Soft Skills**: Enhancing communication, opportunity search, and mentorship capabilities
2. **Digital Learning**: Breaking barriers through accessible online education
3. **Career Development**: Our Shasha Bridge program provides crucial guidance for aspiring professionals

**Our Impact**: Since the inception of our Bridge program, Shasha Network has made significant strides in empowering African youth:

- We've worked with 4,000 young people across 19 African countries, with the majority coming form Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Rwanda and Kenya
- Shasha scholars have gone on to study at top universities worldwide, including the University of Cambridge, University of Rochester, and Yale
- Our goal to reach 50 million youths falls within the context of Africa's booming population projected to grow beyond 2 billion by 2050. We are betting on our youths to build the future of their communities

**Why Your Support Matters**: By supporting Shasha Network, you're not just donating to an organisation – you're directly investing in Africa's future. Your contribution helps us:

1. Expand our reach to more communities across Africa
2. Provide more program scholarships and mentorship opportunities
3. Enhance our digital platform for a more engaging learning experience

Note: We also welcome refurbished tablets and computers for our educators

Shasha Network

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