Great program to save endangered animals from extinction! We hope the maned wolves return to nature and thrive!

This group does such terrific work! Really appreciated seeing them in action last year.

I support PAWS because the Philippines is still largely a breed & buy culture when it comes to pets. So many homes could be graced with the gift of a saved life once these animals are rehabilitated.

Love Founders Pledge's approach to finding nonprofits who are doing impactful work in fighting climate change. From their site: "Charities should compete on how much impact they have, not how good they are at fundraising. When we donate thoughtfully, based on evidence of strategic thinking and outcomes, we incentivise those practices within the sector as a whole."

Temaikèn Foundation promotes the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in Argentina.

Temaikèn Foundation is a prominent member of the Latin American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (ALPZA); the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), and one of the few institutions certified by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in Latin America, a region currently facing the highest rate of biodiversity loss in the world (95%, according to WWF's Living Planet Report 2024).

We work with the vision that all living beings can coexist harmoniously on our planet. Our mission is “We Protect Nature Together.”

Our facilities include:

a) a zoo and aquarium, the Temaikèn Biopark;

b) a private protected natural area in the province of Misiones, the Osununú Natural Reserve;

c) a Species Recovery Center.

“One Health” approaches, a focus on ecosystem restoration, and mitigation of wildlife trafficking have become pillars that characterize most of our projects. We also reaffirm our commitment to combat biodiversity loss and contribute to stopping species extinction by joining the “Reverse the Red” movement and other relevant conservation communities.

In 2020, we signed an alliance with the IUCN to create a Species Survival Center based in Temaikèn. As the host organization, our main role is to articulate a diversity of actors with the aim of saving species and ecosystems in Argentina and in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America.

For the next 80 years, Fundación Temaikèn has assumed the goal of transcending 100 years and becoming a recognized conservation organization, with a world-class zoo that tells stories that inspire people to change their behavior and join the effort to save wildlife and all forms of life on the planet.

With this objective, in the coming years, the Temaikèn Foundation will focus on:

-Working in collaboration and generating synergies with the most prestigious organizations in the world to multiply the impact on conservation

-Conserving and promoting the conservation of the jungle and grasslands; the wetlands of the Delta and the ecosystems of Patagonia, through restoration and conservation plans for priority species in danger throughout the country: the marsh deer, the maned wolf, the yellow cardinal, the endemic flora of Teyú Cuaré, the leopard shark, the huemul, the Patagonian frog, the Andean condor, the apipé snail, the jaguar and the scarlet macaw.

- Mitigating the effects of wildlife trafficking in South America.

- Developing a sustainability plan that allows the biopark to be self-sustaining and to exponentially increase fundraising.



Temaikèn Foundation was created with the goal of educating for conservation. Its biopark is strategically located in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Buenos Aires, with more than 16 million inhabitants, and has become a platform to promote environmental citizenship. At Temaikèn, every action prioritizes the generation of educational opportunities.

A few years after the opening of the biopark, the Species Recovery Center (CRET) was created. CRET's work is based on the organization's experience in wildlife and strengthens the Temaikèn Foundation's role in conservation. Since its creation in 2005, it has assisted more than 17,000 wild animals affected by various anthropogenic activities. This has been an effective resource for the conservation of endangered species, to mitigate the effects of illegal trafficking, and to respond to natural disasters. Its work has been strengthened through collaborations and partnerships with key government agencies and other conservation organizations, with which we share protocols, best practices, and training programs. By always maintaining the highest standards, CRET has gained national and regional recognition, becoming a highly complex rescue center that assists individuals of endangered species from all corners of the Argentine territory and plays a key role in the breeding of endangered species. Its purpose is the recovery and reintroduction of these animals into the wild, ultimately strengthening the populations of these species. Argentina, with its 2.78 million km², is a federal country with 23 jurisdictions, 17 of which are partners of the Temaikèn Foundation.

Shortly after the rescue center began to operate formally, the Temaikèn Foundation deployed activities on site with the creation of the Osununú Natural Reserve in the south of the province of Misiones. Osununú has a permanent interdisciplinary team of park rangers, researchers and educators.

A milestone in the foundation of Osununú was the massive rescue of endemic flora in response to a flood that was going to occur due to the flooding of the area.

Fundacion Temaiken

The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is a volunteer-based, non-government organization whose goal is to prevent animal cruelty through education, animal sheltering and advocacy, based in Quezon City, Philippines.

PAWS also runs an animal shelter for over 300 cats and dogs rescued from cruelty or neglect. There, animals are rehabilitated in the hope of finding them new homes and a second chance at a good life.



There is also a low-cost clinic that provides veterinary services to the indigent community, including spay and neuter (kapon).



See more details: [About PAWS • The Philippine Animal Welfare Society](https://paws.org.ph/about-us/)

The Philippine Animal Welfare Society

SORBA Orlando is the Orlando/Central Florida chapter of the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association.

Founded in 2013, SORBA Orlando has grown to include eight distinct and fun trails in and around Orlando and its suburbs, with more trail miles on the way!  SORBA Orlando trails offer everything from family-friendly places to ride, endurance bike races and time trials, skills-building sections, and opportunities to give back to the community.

By partnering with the community SORBA Orlando builds and maintains our local trails. Your support goes directly to materials, workday essentials, and training needed to keep the area rolling in a fun, sustainable and safe environment.

We bring several events to the community including the annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day and have sponsored The Battle of Snow Hill and Markham Woods Masher endurance races for several years.

\*\* We now offer the opportunity to donate to SORBA Orlando and/or donate to a specific trail. There are eight trails that we maintain and eight trail options to donate to. 

Build! Ride! Learn! Engage! Get involved!

SORBA Orlando

Resilient communities, sustainable and equitable forest landscapes.

[RECOFTC](http://recoftc.org/) is an international nonprofit organization working towards a future where resilient communities with respected rights thrive in forest landscapes that they manage sustainably and equitably. RECOFTC takes a long-term, landscape-based and inclusive approach in supporting local communities to secure their land and resource rights, stop deforestation, find alternative livelihoods and foster gender equality. With more than 37 years of experience, RECOFTC has built trusting relationships with partners from communities, governments, businesses, academia and civil society organizations. RECOFTC’s innovations, knowledge and initiatives enable countries to foster good forest governance, mitigate and adapt to climate change and achieve the UN Global Goals. 

RECOFTC operates in the Asia-Pacific region, with country offices in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam.

We strengthen capacities, rights and governance to ensure that local people can maintain and benefit fairly from sustainable forest landscapes in the Asia-Pacific region. We deliver on our mission through training, network building, research, demonstrating landscape interventions, convening, advocacy and outreach, and policy analysis.

RECOFTC is certified by [NGOsource](https://www.ngosource.org/) as equivalent to a U.S. public charity under the International Revenue Service's Equivalency Determination standards.

RECOFTC

Anabel’s Grocery provides nutritious, affordable food for all Cornell students through a student-run grocery store and educational programs that create a fun and empowering...

Anabel’s Grocery provides nutritious, affordable food for all Cornell students through a student-run grocery store and educational programs that create a fun and empowering community around quality food, food choices, wellness and positive social change. Our store is located right on Cornell’s campus, eliminating the need for transportation and greatly reducing the time required to shop. Because of our subsidy fund, we are able to buy fresh and nutritions food, much of it from local vendors, at low cost to our shoppers. On average, we save our shoppers 20% on their grocery bill. We are also the only venue on campus accepting SNAP EBT.  Anabel’s helps students stretch their food budgets and prioritizes a healthy diet by focusing on fresh produce, whole grains, legumes, nuts, herbs and spices.

**The problem**

Food on campus is expensive, and the Cornell campus lacks a full-scale grocery store. For many students, a lack of time, transportation, money, or knowledge prevents them from accessing nutritionally adequate food. In a 2019 survey of Cornell undergraduate students, 17% reported having to skip meals frequently due to financial constraints. For Hispanic students this number jumped to  28.2%  and for Black students to 34%. 
  
The same survey showed that a lack of transportation and a lack of time to shop and prepare food are also significant barriers to eating well for Cornell students. Thirty percent of students said that they frequently did not eat as much as they needed because of a lack of transportation to an area grocery store. This number rose to almost 38% for Black students and 35% for Hispanic students. 
  
Twenty-nine percent of students surveyed said they frequently ate less than the needed because of the lack of time to shop for food and almost 37% said they were frequently hindered by a lack of time to prepare food. These numbers are significantly higher for Black and Hispanic students: 41% of Black students and 35% of Hispanic students responded that they ate less than they wanted to because they lacked time to shop at area grocery stores: 48% of Black students and 44% of Hispanic students surveyed said they ate less then they want to because of lack of time to prepare food.
 
**Our approach**

Our approach to addressing the problems of food insecurity and the associated stigma is to operate a student run grocery store on campus with low-cost, nutritious food for all Cornell students.  Yet, Anabel’s is far more than a grocery store 
  
We hope to increase nutritional literacy and cooking skills through easy to make, nutritious and inexpensive recipes, and programming events such as cooking classes, community dinners, and guest lecturers. To make cooking more accessible, we have established a pot and pan rental system, since access to adequate kitchenware is a barrier for many students. We also collaborate with like-minded student organizations to tackle the systemic forces that give rise to food insecurity, and racial inequities in the campus food system. For example, we have established an Anti-racism Action Fund, from the sale of produce donated to us by the Dilmun Hill student farm and the Cornell Hydroponics Club. This fund supports anti-racist student actions on campus and is distributed by Cornell4BlackLives. 
  
By design, Anabel’s has a somewhat unorthodox organizational structure, one that is lateral rather than hierarchical. We don’t have supervisors,  managers or directors.  Anyone can take the initiative to make decisions and effect change. In fact, we want everyone to have agency in decision-making and taking action because Anabel’s then benefits from the good ideas, passion, interests, and skills that each and every one of you bring to the organization. That said, we do have structure, policies and defined roles that are consistent from semester to semester. And although everyone has agency to make decisions, our organization isn’t completely flat. Those with more experience naturally take on roles with more responsibility.  We have four committees (Org Strategy, Operations & HR; Purchasing, Sales & Product Promotion; Collaboration & Education) that meet weekly and are facilitated by a committee coordinator. These committees largely govern themselves, determining their goals for the semester and who will take which roles. While committee roles are defined, they can change depending on the talents and interests of members and the evolving needs of the organization. The committee coordinators meet weekly to ensure effective communication and coordination between committees.
 
**Our Team**

Our team is made up of about 40 students from across years, majors, and colleges. All members of our team are currently or have taken AEM 3385, a social entrepreneurship practicum focused on Anabel’s Grocery. Everyone in this course is helping to run Anabel’s. After taking the course, some students continue with Anabel’s to coordinate one of our committees and staff the store.
 
**Contact information** 

[anabelgrocery@gmail.com](mailto:anabelgrocery@gmail.com) 
   

Anabel’s Grocery

Branches Atelier is a Reggio Inspired center in Culver City, CA. Providing  education for preschoolers, parents and educators.

**Support The Branches Atelier Fund**

Thank you for visiting our giving page. The Branches Atelier Fund allows friends to make tax-deductible donations to support Branches Atelier and our community.

**Branches Professional Development** -Branches Atelier is committed to ongoing  Branches teacher and staff professional development opportunities.

At Branches Atelier, we believe that inspired teachers create inspirational classrooms. Our goal is to cultivate excellent, challenging learning environments where children can thrive and grow. To achieve this, we recognize the importance of investing in our educators through high-quality continuous professional development opportunities.

Contributions from generous supporters like you enable our dedicated staff to participate in educational conferences, workshops, seminars, and ongoing education, including and extending beyond early childhood education courses. We are also able to work with experts from the schools in Reggio Emilia. These experiences not only enhance their skills and knowledge but also empower our teachers to implement innovative practices that directly benefit our students and create a community of lifelong learners.

We invite you to partner with us in this important endeavor. Your support will help us ensure that our teachers are equipped with the latest tools and strategies to inspire their students. Together, we can create a brighter future for theteachers, children, and families in our Branches community.

**Branches' Community Professional Development Initiatives** - For over 18 years, Branches has been dedicated to providing high-quality early childhood education beyond the walls of our school, rooted in the belief that every child deserves an exceptional learning experience.

Our commitment extends beyond our classrooms; we are passionate about sharing our knowledge and practices with educators across the United States and abroad. To achieve this, we host an annual two-day Early Childhood Education (ECE) conference, attracting 200 to 300 educators each year. This event serves as a platform for collaboration, learning, and inspiration, equipping educators with the latest research and effective teaching strategies they can bring back to their classrooms.

In addition to our conference, we offer a variety of ongoing professional development opportunities, including on-site workshops, seminars, online classes and consulting. These programs are designed to empower educators, foster community, and ultimately enhance the quality of education that children receive.

To continue and expand these vital initiatives, we are seeking ongoing funding. This funding will help us cover the costs of organizing our annual conference, facilitating workshops, and developing new online resources that reach educators in underserved areas.

Your support will play a crucial role in creating a brighter future for children by investing in the professional growth of their educators. Together, with your support we can make a lasting impact on the early childhood education landscape.

FAMILY RESOURCES

Branches' Financial Aid and Scholarships

At Branches, we firmly believe that every child deserves access to excellent preschool education, regardless of financial circumstances. Our mission is to ensure that no child is excluded from the opportunities that quality early childhood education provides.

As we strive to create an inclusive and diverse learning environment, we recognize that many families face financial challenges that can hinder their ability to enroll their children in preschool. To address this issue, we are seeking funding to establish scholarships and financial aid programs for families in need.

Your support would enable us to offer tuition assistance to deserving families, ensuring that all children can experience the benefits of early education. By investing in our scholarship program, you would be playing a vital role in promoting equity and diversity within our community.

Help us make a difference in the lives of children and families in our community.

Branches Emergency fund

At Branches Atelier, we believe in fostering a nurturing environment for our families and staff. Unfortunately, life can present unexpected challenges that put a strain on our community members. Our Emergency Fund is dedicated to providing financial assistance in times of crisis, whether that be through tuition support or other forms of aid.

By contributing to the Emergency Fund, you can help us ensure that families and staff can access the resources they need during difficult times. Your generosity will enable us to continue supporting our community and upholding the values we all cherish. Your contributions can make a significant impact. Thank you for considering this opportunity to help our community thrive.

Branches Parent Workshops, Classes and Seminars

Our mission is to support families in their parenting journeys by providing them with valuable resources and insights.

We believe that equipping parents with the right tools and knowledge can lead to healthier family dynamics and stronger communities. To enhance our offerings, we plan to invite guest speakers who are experts in various fields of parenting, child development, and family wellness. These workshops will cover a range of topics, from effective communication and discipline strategies to mental health and well-being.

We anticipate that these sessions will not only empower parents but also foster a sense of community among families.However, to bring in these esteemed speakers and cover necessary materials, we are seeking funding to help offset the costs.

We would be grateful for any support you can provide, whether through financial contributions or resources. Yourinvestment will directly impact the lives of families in our community, helping them thrive in their parenting roles.

Your contribution of any amount enables us to continue to inspire the growth of our Branches Atelier teachers, children and their families and support, ECE teachers and families with young children. Thank you in advance for your support of our mission.

***-~- OUR PHILOSOPHY -~-***

Branches Atelier is committed to creating high-quality, creative, dynamic, educational programs for children, families and educators. We are a social constructivist program, inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education.

Based on our fundamental belief that children learn best when their work is meaningful and in a social context, we integrate all areas of curriculum though short-term explorations and long-term projects. Children are viewed as protagonists in their learning and are encouraged to work in collaboration with their peers to co-construct new theories and ideas.

The role of our teachers is to extend and deepen children’s ideas and theories. Through careful observation, documentation, thoughtful questions and deep reflections, our teachers work in partnership with the children to negotiate curriculum, extend thinking and develop explorations. Our teachers are life long learners who continue to research contemporary child development theories. Attending conferences, workshops and classes supports our teachers’ commitment to integrating new research into their daily practice.

We have an extensive media program that encompasses a wide range of materials and symbolic languages. The children use the various media to communicate their ideas, develop their theories and deepen their learning.

Our children are not given traditional preschool materials such as play dough, construction paper and prepackaged collage materials. Instead they are offered a wide range of artist-quality mixed media materials including clay, pastels, weaving materials, beadwork and natural materials in addition to canvases and beautiful papers for use with various types of paint and collage.

“Materials are the text of early childhood classrooms. They offer openings and pathways by which children can enter the world of knowledge.”

We are influenced by the work of various artists such as Goldsworthy, Calder, Matisse and O’Keefe whose work we observe in books and photographs. In the atelier, the children’s work is displayed for further inspiration: clay leaves and tempera butterflies hang from the ceiling, wirework of DNA and kinesthetic sculptures adorn the space.

We see children as active, vital participants who contribute to our community. As part of our curriculum, we visit Temescal Canyon, Tanaka Strawberry Farm, Underwood Family Pumpkin Farm and farmers markets. We believe that extending our curriculum into the community allows the children to become more connected to their community and the community to become more connected to our children.

We understand and value the importance of children having time to connect with nature. Our beautiful outdoor environments give children time to explore nature through immersive experiences with clay, sand, water, natural materials and gardening. These experiences are set up to encourage children to connect with each other, develop peer relationships and make meaningful connections with natural world. Our environment has been certified by the **National Wildlife Federation** as a **School Yard Habitat.**

Research has shown that early experiences in programs such as Branches Atelier, improves children’s abilities to develop socially, intellectually and emotionally before they enter kindergarten, and that children who attend high-quality preschools like Branches will have more successful academic careers and develop the social skills necessary to adapt more easily to an elementary school environment.

Our Founder **Patricia Hunter McGrath** was named **Culver City's Visionary Woman of the Year** in 2020.

Branches Atelier has been certified by the **National Wildlife Federation** as a **School Yard Habitat.**

Branches Atelier has been certified as a **Sustainable Green Business Innovator** by Culver City.

Branches Atelier Fund

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

UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, over 80% of our students selected through UWC's national committee receive a scholarship. This support allows UWC to continue selecting students based on their potential and merit, regardless of their race, gender or financial means.

Most UWC national committees across the globe are run by volunteers. With selection activities in over 150 countries and territories, this volunteer network identifies promising young students, many of whom would never otherwise have access to a transformative UWC education.

**Why Support UWC**

UWC is committed to making its life-changing education accessible to students from all backgrounds. Scholarships ensure that financial circumstances never prevent talented students from attending.

Your support helps sustain UWC’s mission to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Donations from alumni, individuals, foundations, companies, and governments make it possible for UWC to continue this work.

*"A UWC scholarship is a great investment in society. We are developing a global community of leaders who are aware of the world’s needs, steeped in the nuances and dynamics of international and intercultural cooperation and equipped with the mindset, skills, sense of agency and the global network to make a tangible difference in the world."* - **Faith Abiodun, Executive Director of UWC International**

If you are a **US taxpayer**, you can donate to any UWC institution by clicking “**Donate**” above and specifying your intended recipient (School, College, National Committee or Campaign) under “*Add a note for UWC International"*.

If you are not a US taxpayer, you can also donate via [uwc.org/donate](https://uwc.org/donate).

UWC International (United World Colleges)

NAFSN is a professional association of people working to strengthen their local & regional food systems.

The [North American Food Systems Network](https://foodsystemsnetwork.org) (NAFSN) works at the forefront of the food systems profession itself, providing networking opportunities, resources, career guidance, leadership opportunities, training, webinars, podcasts, and a comprehensive jobs board for people at all levels of this critical-change work. 

NAFSN also convenes subject matter experts to develop training and open-access tools specifically for community-based food systems professionals. 

We envision a future in which food systems practitioners have the tools and support to effectively support the development of viable local and regional food systems that offer rewarding economic opportunities for producers as well as provide access to healthful, safe, reliable, affordable, biodiverse and culturally-diverse connections to food for all.

**Your support helps NAFSN provide inclusive, affordable, easy-to-access, professional development opportunities for all involved in community food systems work.** 

If you value a diverse, place-based, well-informed workforce at the helm of every community's food systems, support NAFSN today!

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NAFSN's mission stems from our collective knowledge that the world’s dominant food structures have undermined the well being of Earth and all its inhabitants, including humans. Urgent issues related to food and agriculture that reduce the resilience of communities include:

- the ubiquity of diet-related human diseases
- farmer economic insecurity, aging-out, mental health concerns
- unjust and unsafe working conditions of farm workers
- farmland loss
- inability for new and historically marginalized farmers to access farmland & resources
- degradation of soil, water, air
- confined, disease-prone livestock
- disparities in rural communities
- lack of local infrastructure supporting food processing and distribution
- poor access to healthful foods in many communities
- disregard for traditional knowledge of regenerative practices
- climate change threatening food production
- industrial food production contributing to climate change
- multi-cultural foodways lost and replaced with cheap, highly-processed products sold as food

Effective solutions to these issues will address the interrelated challenges across both food and nutrition security and climate change and work towards transforming national and global food systems. This work will include strategies to promote local and regional food systems, which have been shown to reduce food waste, support local economics, increase the biodiversity, freshness, and nutritional value of foods, and reduce food insecurity. 

NAFSN knows that this workforce requires unique skills, science-based knowledge, and trust-based networks. We offer learning and networking opportunities for practitioners at all career points (emerging, transitional, seasoned) to help this workforce become better known, valued, and engaged in driving meaningful change. We lean toward newcomers, and value lived experiences and activism as cornerstones of this profession.

NAFSN is a project of the Center for Transformative Action, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that accepts all funds on our behalf.

North American Food Systems Network

Factory farming is a broken system. Our mission is to give you the power to help fix it. Lead the shift to kinder farming today.

**Factory farming is a broken system. It exploits animals, people and the planet. Our mission is to give you the power to help fix it.**

We want everyone to be able to be a part of fixing factory farming. Not everyone can go to a protest, or cut animal products out their diet right now. But almost all of us can give, even a little, to help. And, by helping you pick the right charities - those that make your dollars go the furthest - we can help your donations make a huge impact.

**We're a donation guide and multiplier ​**

1. **Guide:** We’ve done the homework for you, so that you can donate to the best charities working to reform factory farming without the hassle of spending hours doing research. 
2. **Multiplier:** We multiply your impact by topping up your donation with matching funds and boosting its effectiveness with our charity recommendations.
3. **Fully independent:** We operate independently, funded by philanthropic grants. This ensures that 100% of your donation goes to your chosen charities and that our recommendations stay free from bias.

FarmKind

Our mission is to build on the late UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s legacy for peace.

**About the Kofi Annan Foundation**
The Kofi Annan Foundation is an independent non-profit established in Switzerland in 2007 by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. We strive to build a fairer, more peaceful world by supporting democratic leadership, empowering youth, and fostering inclusive international cooperation.

**Our approach is rooted in Kofi Annan’s values**: dialogue over division, dignity over discrimination, and global solidarity over isolation. Inclusion, gender equality, and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do.

Through our programmes, we:

- Empower youth to lead peacebuilding and development efforts.
- Strengthen democratic integrity and accountable leadership.
- Champion multilateral cooperation in addressing today’s global challenges.

**Why Youth?**
Young people are often sidelined - but we see them as powerful agents of change. That’s why we support youth leaders with seed funding, mentoring, and access to networks through initiatives like:

- **Kofi Annan Changemakers**, a leadership programme for young social innovators.
- **Extremely Together**, a youth-led network countering extremism and building peace.
- **WYDE Accountability Hubs**, training young leaders to advance good governance in Africa.
- and more!

With your support, we can amplify this work and unlock more opportunities for the next generation of changemakers.

Thank you for helping us Fuel more Futures!

Kofi Annan Foundation

Empowering vulnerable and poor rural communities on livelihoods improvement and environmental wellbeing.

Development Alert exists to identify, develop and promote talent, projects, programs and activities on and related to the fight against the causes and consequence of poverty, ill health, community water shortage, illiteracy, biodiversity loss and marginalization for Livelihoods improvements and Environmental conservation.

**AREAS OF FOCUS:**

1)	Education

2)	Access to clean and safe water.

3)	Economic Empowerment.

4)	Promoting Environmental conservation initiatives

**RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS**

Since 2020, the organization has achieved the following;

-Provided 1000 people with clean water

-Provided School lunch for 400 disadvantaged children

-Provided 634 Needy children with Scholastic materials and school supplies

-Planted over 7000 trees

-Provided 50 rural entrepreneurs with business skills and Interest-Free microloans

-Supported 9Young tailors with New Sewing Machines and Start-up Fabrics for business

-Supported 10 elderly in the community with basic needs

**FUTURE ACTIVITIES**

-Provide over 13,000 people in greater Paya Sub-County with clean water access.

-Provide school infrastructures

-Build capacity on climate change adaptation and mitigations strategies

-Empower rural women and community Entrepreneurs

-Provide education opportunities for disadvantaged girls and boys

-Provide disadvantaged communities with resources and opportunities for economic empowerment.

Development Alert

We host 300+ social impact projects across Europe 

Open Collective Europe promotes charitable initiatives within the European Union, with a focus on Education, Social Impact and Civic participation, and provides such initiatives with a simple and transparent way to manage their finances. Open Collective Europe's mission is to promote projects in the EU with the following charitable purposes: - increasing access to educational resources and training,  - creating a positive social impact and  - developing tools to improve civic participation within cities or communities. Future perspectives At the beginning of 2022, we shared our desire to grow the Open Collective Europe community. Our goal is to make the community more vibrant, supported and resilient. We set out to build a more comprehensive fiscal hosting service and support system for our collectives.  

Open Collective Europe

We're growing a greener future with millions of trees in the ground and planting projects underway worldwide. 

#TEAMTREES

Where are these millions of trees being planted? All over the world! Get the latest info on our current projects at teamtrees.org, or check out our social media for regular updates. 



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We empower veterans to cultivate purpose and belonging by growing food, community and each other. Your generosity fuels us!

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Committed to defending animal rights and protecting animals from cruelty and abuse worldwide

OIPA - *International Organization for Animal Protection -* is a global NGO committed to defending animal rights and dedicated to the protection of animals from cruelty, abuse and exploitation worldwide**.**

OIPA is dedicated to creating a world free from cruelty. Our mission is to promote the respect and protection of all animals, regardless of species, and to work towards a world where animals are treated with kindness and compassion.

We actively engage in national and international initiatives to address a wide range of animal welfare issues, including:

- **Caring for Animals in Need:** OIPA rescues, rehabilitates, and provides care for injured, sick, and abandoned animals. We also support stray animals and provide assistance to those in shelters and sanctuaries.
- **Ending Animal Cruelty and Exploitation:** We advocate for the abolition of fur farming, intensive livestock practices, and animal testing. We work to improve the living conditions of animals.
- **Protecting Wildlife:** We fight against hunting, wildlife trade, and the confinement of animals in zoos and aquariums.
- **Educating and Advocating:** We organize educational programs to raise awareness and empower individuals to take action, promoting ethical treatment of animals.  We participate in protests, demonstrations, and legal actions to advance animal rights legislation and policies. 

*By combining direct action, advocacy, and education, OIPA strives to build a compassionate and sustainable future for all animals.*

OIPA's headquarters in Italy oversees operations across over 110 provinces, supported by a dedicated team of volunteers and authorized animal control officers. These volunteers respond to reports of animal cruelty and abuse from citizens.

OIPA's global network empowers volunteers worldwide to address local animal welfare issues. Through collaborations with our member associations in various countries, we can have a significant impact on countless animals worldwide.

OIPA Onlus

KWO is an indigenous women’s organisation serving women and girls in our community in Burma and in refugee camps in Thailand.  

The Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO) currently has a membership of more than 70,000 women living in Karen State, Burma and in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. KWO is a leading indigenous women’s organisation working in protection and our programs directly serve women, girls, children, and the most vulnerable people in our community. We promote women’s leadership, gender equality and community ownership in all aspects of our work. KWO is active in four main sectors: Organising and Information Sharing Program, Education Program, Health Program and Social Welfare Program.  KWO is led and staffed entirely by women in our community. KWO participates in the struggle to stop all kinds of oppression of women and of children. We believe in a federal Burma, where all communities have gender equality, the protection and promotion of indigenous people’s rights, human rights, and justice. 


WHAT WE DO

Within our 4 program areas we provide: service delivery, advocacy, awareness raising, and capacity building threaded throughout our daily work and our funded projects. Our work varies from the delivery of hygiene kits for mothers with new-borns, conducting community health and nutrition education, to ensuring safe accommodation for women suffering violence, developing Women’s Protection Laws, to training young women from our Communities to become leaders. 

KWO believes that empowering women will help reduce human rights abuses and encourage an end to discrimination against women. We believe that women have a right to be properly represented in politics and society at large. And we believe that the whole community is better off when women play an equal role with men in decision-making. The 17 individually funded Projects which KWO currently implements in refugee camps and Karen State, run under our 4 programs, and have over 100,500 beneficiaries.

WHERE WE WORK
KWO lives and works in the 7 districts of Karen State, Burma which is in Southeastern Burma and in 7 refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border.

ORGANISING AND INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM  - KWO’s Organising and Information Sharing Program provides services, advocacy and capacity building to support women’s empowerment, mobilize the community, and sustain the organisation. KWO believes that broad community and organisational education contributes to building a fair and tolerant civil society. We conduct training, events and activities around: women’s rights, indigenous rights, democracy, political awareness, a Federal system for Burma, child protection, human rights, project management, leadership skills, public speaking, financial policy and procedures, KWO policy, landmine awareness, etc.

The Organising and Information Sharing Program Co-ordinators are all Karen women who live in their communities. Work under this Program includes: to conduct community consultations to identify needs, share information in the community about the current situation, including through KWO publications, update KWO’s membership list, co-ordinate with the KWO Social Welfare Program to organize the distribution of humanitarian aid (food and materials) in emergency situations, oversee and monitor all funded KWO projects implemented in the area, arrange and attend meetings for KWO and our network, coordinate with other agencies on issues that affect the community, assist researchers and field trips for visiting individuals, advocate on behalf of vulnerable groups in the community, conduct individual and joint advocacy efforts on the local, national, regional, and international stage.  We currently implement 4 funded projects under this program.

EDUCATION PROGRAM 
KWO’s Education Program provides services, advocacy and capacity building to promote education in our community. We provide schooling where there are gaps in existing education mainstream services in the refugee camps, and in areas in Karen State. We particularly target girls in the community to ensure they have equal access to education, protection, development and care. We also place a significant emphasis on education that promotes and preserves Karen indigenous culture.

Our Education Program Co-ordinators are all Karen women and are part of the community. Every day they work to promote education, to identify children struggling at schools or at home and provide support to the family, and assist with school fees when possible. They monitor and support KWO’s funded education projects in their areas, visit all community schools and give encouragement to students and teachers. They conduct home visits and encourage parents to send children to school, and assist the poorest of the poor children to get into schools. They attend events organized by schools to share positive messages about the benefits of education for all. They meet with education leaders at all levels and advocate for inclusive education, improved child protection mechanisms, and the importance of girls education. We currently implement 7 funded education projects under this program.

SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAM 
KWO Social Welfare Program provides services, advocacy and capacity building in all sectors of Karen society. We provide direct care and assistance to community members and we work to solve social problems in our community, particularly those that affect women. Due to the failure of Burma’s successive governments to provide care and security for the people, many ethnic groups, like the Karen, have established well-organised and high-functioning social systems. The KWO Social Welfare Program does a lot of the work that a free and democratic national government would normally be offering to the people.

Our Social Welfare Program Co-ordinators are all Karen women and live in their community. Their duties include: identifying and providing care to the most vulnerable members of the community including the elderly, people with disability or chronic illness, and families in trouble; providing assistance in emergencies; help to organize community events and ceremonies; home visits; build capacity and opportunity for women to earn income especially through traditional crafts; be advocates for the best interests of women in justice cases; fight for improvements in laws relating to women and child protection, justice system reform and better enforcement mechanisms both in the refugee camps and within Southeast Burma.

Overall our Program’s main area of focus is to prevent, and respond to Violence Against Women. Under the Social Welfare Program, and its funded project, we provide an enormous amount of training for women, for KWO leaders and staff, for local community leaders, and for the broader community. We currently implement 4 funded projects under this program.

HEALTH PROGRAM 
KWO’s Health Program provides services, advocacy and capacity building to promote better health in our community. Our Health Program activities address common community health issues, like nutrition and hygiene, and we focus on the health needs of women and of children. KWO collaborates with existing community health organisations to support local health workers, to care for patients and the community. We do not offer medical or clinic-based services ourselves.

Our Health Program Co-ordinators are Karen women who live in their communities. Their work includes: to advocate for better access to health services, accompany patients to hospitals or clinics, organise village and stream clean ups, identify health needs of the most vulnerable people and provide support in the home, conduct health education campaigns in the community, share information with families about good health practices, encourage communities to set up kitchen gardens, organise access to clean drinking water, improve village sanitation and the use of built toilets, promote KWO’s key health messages for women’s reproductive health, improve access to safe sanitary materials for all women and girls, monitor any funded KWO Health projects being implemented in their area, educate parents about good nutrition and childcare, advocate for recognition of skilled Traditional Birth Attendants, and for birth registration and birth certificates for all children. We currently implement 2 funded projects under this program.

Karen Women's Organization

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

Amnicon Adventures & Retreats is a high adventure wilderness camp and retreat center located just 30 minutes outside Duluth, MN. We guide people to experience Grace & Growth in the wild places of God's creation. There's something powerful that happens when small groups of thoughtful people venture into the wilderness together. We hear it over and over again from our campers...

"If I can do this, I know I can handle whatever life throws at me."

"I feel a lot more comfortable going to school and church now, because I feel like I really know these people, and I know they accept me for me."

If you want to help young people build resilience, experience true peace, foster meaningful connections, and grow...send them camping. 

Camp Amnicon

Providing transformative education to strengthen the movement for Palestinian rights
 

Makan was founded in 2015 by Tamara Ben-Halim and Dr. Tareq Baconi to nurture and amplify the voices of human rights advocates, drive a rights-based narrative forward and ultimately help change the mainstream discussion on Palestine/Israel to one that upholds freedom, justice, and dignity. Today, Makan equips students, grassroots leaders, and organisations within the ecosystem of Palestinian rights and social justice with the tools, knowledge and confidence they need to transform the existing narrative on Palestine/Israel in Britain and beyond, and to advocate for human rights. We connect people to one another, facilitate spaces for learning and exchange, and build community in order to strengthen the ecosystem around us. To date, Makan has: - Supported over 10,000 people globally through our online talks and events  - Directly built the capacities of over 2,900 human rights supporters in Britain & Ireland, Palestine, Europe and the US through our intensive educational training programme - Reached hundreds of thousands of people through our educational content on social media - Become a critical educational resource at the forefront of the ecosystem on Palestine/Israel, and built an excellent reputation for our credibility, our rigorous content & workshops, and our collaborative nature as an organisation.

Makan Rights 

North America’s nonprofit that documents and protects fungi and their habitats through mobilizing community scientists.

FUNDIS is working to protect fungal diversity through conservation, education, and community engagement for a well-documented fungal world. We envision a world in which the fungal kingdom is fully documented, appreciated and protected.

FUNDIS is a nonprofit designed to document and protect fungi and their habitats across North America. Our goals are to help create a detailed inventory of fungal diversity across continental regions and ecosystems, identify key ecological interactions, contribute to the broader scientific knowledge of fungal ecosystems, and execute conservation strategies that actually include our beloved Fungal Kingdom. 

We exist to remedy the lack of knowledge about Kingdom Fungi due to chronic underfunding. We have 38 staff, hundreds of volunteers, and thousands of people rooting us on. 

Please visit https://fundis.substack.com/ to sign up for our newsletter. Invite your friends to follow us, too. We can't protect fungi without community.

Fungal Diversity Survey (FUNDIS)

CIELO supports community-based permaculture in rural Guatemala . 

CIELO’s first partner is CEPC Toliman, a community-focused permaculture initiative in rural Guatemala founded and run entirely by indigenous Mayan-Kaqchikel people. They are dedicated to protecting the environment and empowering the local community through ecological agriculture projects and training.

CIELO

Catalyzing resilient solutions, scaled to meet the climate challenge.

CATF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing atmospheric pollution through research, advocacy, and private sector collaboration.

Clean Air Task Force

The mission of Coalition for Rainforest Nations (www.cfrn.org) is to slow, stop and reverse global deforestation.

The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering rainforest countries to assume a leadership role in the fight against climate change. Through policy support, capacity building, and direct finance, CfRN incentivizes developing countries to slow, stop, and reverse deforestation through the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) mechanism. REDD+ is now universally recognized as one of the most immediate mitigation actions that preserves the planet’s rainforests and directly addresses the climate emergency.

CfRN’s Origins and the Promise of REDD+
Inspired by the call of Papua New Guinea’s former Prime Minister, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, to equitably preserve the planet’s rainforests, CfRN’s Executive Director, Kevin Conrad, who grew up in Papua New Guinea, and Managing Director Federica’s Bietta, who is from Italy, lead the Coalition for Rainforest Nations. By advancing REDD+, their aim was to give rainforest nations a voice within international climate negotiations and define rainforests as worth more alive than dead. 

REDD+ was introduced in 2005 at the Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by the newly formed Coalition for Rainforest Nations. Founding nations, Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea, envisioned REDD+ as a way to assign a financial value to forests for the role they play in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and not just as a source of logged timber, agriculture, or grazing lands.  REDD+ (Forestry) is the only sector to enjoy a unique article in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (Article 5).  Furthermore, REDD+ preserves forests at the scale and speed needed to keep 1.5 alive – the goal prescribed under the Paris Agreement of limiting temperature rise to 1.5°Celsius. 

The REDD+ mechanism was developed over the years at successive COP meetings, as shown in the timeline below. As a result of CfRN’s leadership, rainforests are now recognized as a critical climate solution under the UNFCCC.  

What We Do
CfRN’s work encompasses three key areas: policy support; capacity building; and direct finance. The collective goal of these programs is to effectively reward countries for the work they do to preserve their forests. The Coalition provides direct policy support during all UNFCCC negotiating sessions and works in-country to help develop conservation policies, laws, and national forest protection plans. CfRN also trains countries’ experts to build the expertise needed to gather data required by the UNFCCC to report forest conservation results. CfRN works to ensure that rainforest countries are compensated for verified emission reductions under REDD+, as promised under the Paris Agreement. 

Policy Support
As a UNFCCC-recognized Negotiating Group, CfRN establishes and advances positions on behalf of its countries – over fifty rainforest nations —at all UNFCCC sessions. In this capacity, CfRN strives to advance the REDD+ mechanism and ensure that climate finance is allocated equitably to rainforest nations. Currently, CfRN is working to ensure that REDD+ is fully represented in the rulebook of the Paris Agreement. 

Technical Training & Capacity Building 
Countries’ results are eligible for financial compensation through REDD+ only after rigorous measurement, reporting and verification data are submitted, reviewed, and deemed to conform to UNFCCC guidelines. REDD+ results are then registered on the UNFCCC REDD+ Information Hub and made available to the public to review in detail. In its capacity building role, CfRN helps countries develop national technical expertise to take stock of their forest resources, create national plans to preserve them, and submit their data to the REDD+ registry at the UNFCCC in a consistent manner with their climate pledges, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. 

Direct Finance
To date, rainforest countries have not been compensated for the majority of their REDD+ emissions reductions, as promised. Though certain governments including Norway, the U.K., and Germany, have paid bilaterally for some results, this is far from sufficient. CfRN’s finance work helps rainforest nations raise debt funding and receive performance-based compensation. The sale and trading of REDD+ Paris Agreement-compliant carbon credits is a growing source of climate finance. These credits are available for purchase through CfRN’s REDD.plus platform. Over the next few years, our member countries will bring a pipeline of sovereign carbon credits to market representing Paris Agreement-compliant emissions reductions, resulting from member country efforts to keep their rainforests standing. 

Coalition for Rainforest Nations

The destruction of healthy forest systems causes so many different problems. Trees provide a habitat for animals, purify water sources, control flooding and erosion and help to replenish the soil with nutrients needed for farming. When farmers can’t grow anything their farms fail and they have no option but to move to the overcrowded cities looking for work. Often they have to resort to selling themselves or their families into slavery just to survive.

We start by hiring the local community to plant trees. This gives them a decent income so they can provide for their families again. As the reforestation effort goes on, healthy forests begin to emerge and all the negative effects of deforestation begin to disappear.

Eden Reforestation Projects

Together, we can preserve the rainforests, protect the climate and uphold human rights.

Rainforest Action Network preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns.

RAN works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

We are committed to doing what is necessary, not only what is considered politically feasible, to preserve rainforests, protect the climate, and uphold human rights.

Our commitment to fairness and equity demands that we treat each other, fellow activists, and community partners with honesty, respect and dignity and that we are accountable to these relationships.

We are committed to working with Indigenous communities and frontline communities directly impacted by profit-driven systems of injustice. We support the leadership of these communities in working on strategic and effective solutions to protect people and the planet.

We believe creativity, integrity and people power drive the success in our campaigns and in our organization; while compassion, irreverence, and a celebration of life’s possibilities drive the commitment to our mission.

We are a collaborative organization that challenges corporate power and exposes institutional systems of injustice in order to drive positive systemic change.

Rainforest Action Network

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