The CrowdCafe is an education and advocacy platform for the investment crowdfunding industry. Our goal is to promote greater awareness and understanding of the industry _ speaking to the enormous value it holds for businesses, investors and the economy at large _ by providing data-driven research, resources, and discussion. Transparency is paramount.
Kiva
Kiva. We are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
BALLE – Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
BALLE – Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Catalyzes, strengthens and connects networks of locally owned independent businesses dedicated to building strong Local Living Economies.
Play Big
Play BIG is an intimate gathering that inspires and informs people with large capital reserves who seek to align their money more fully with their values. Participants take time to consider a broader vision and mission for their work and their lives, while gaining access to experts in strategic philanthropy and impact investing. Play BIG
American Sustainable Business Council
American Sustainable Business Council – ASBC’s vision is one of an economy that provides economic development along with shared prosperity, environmental protection, and social justice.
Nexus Youth Summit
Nexus is a global movement of 2000+ young people from over 70 countries working to increase and improve philanthropy and impact investing by bridging communities of wealth and social entrepreneurship. Founded in 2011, Nexus puts the hope and promise of young people on the world stage by bringing leaders together at Nexus Summits around the world for dialogue, education, and collaborative problem-solving.
American Independent Business Alliance
American Independent Business Alliance Helps communities develop strong local economies through nurturing local entrepreneurs, and promotes citizen engagement in local economic development.
More Than Money
More Than Money Journal, published quarterly from 1993 – 2006, was one of the first public forums where people shared personal stories about the impact of wealth in their lives.
BSR
BSR is a global nonprofit organization that works with its network of more than 250 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. BSR develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration.
Making Money Make Change (MMMC)
Making Money Make Change (MMMC) is Resource Generation’s annual 100-person gathering for young people with wealth (ages 18-35) who believe in social change. MMMC is a confidential space to explore issues related to wealth, privilege, philanthropy, and participation in grassroots movements for justice and equality. Participants and programming at MMMC bring multiple lenses to this work, including a focus on the dynamics of cross-class relationships and a developing curriculum around the intersections of racial and economic justice.
RSF Social Finance
The RSF Donor Advised Fund is a charitable giving vehicle that allows an individual, group, family, corporation, trust, or foundation to make a tax-deductible contribution to RSF, and then recommend grants from that contribution to qualified non-profit organizations. Donors not only receive an immediate tax deduction and back-office services, they also gain access to RSF
The Logos of Money
The Logos Of Money – to assist people with a better understanding of money, its role in our lives and our issues and concerns around money.
Triskeles Foundation
Triskeles believes that aligning practice with purpose – at the individual level, in the community and on a global scale – is the way to achieve a positive future.
Healthy Money Summit
Engaging virtual dialogues with world-renowned thought leaders in the fields of finance, economics, psychology, spirituality and more. They share practical insights, tools and techniques to empower true financial abundance _ both individually and collectively.
Social Venture Partners International
With a network of more than 3000+ engaged donors in 38 cities, SVP helps individuals amplify their giving, fund and strengthen nonprofits and equip their communities to tackle their greatest social challenges – together.
Charity Navigator
Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. In our quest to help donors, our team of professional analysts has examined tens of thousands of non-profit financial documents. We’ve used this knowledge to develop an unbiased, objective, numbers-based rating system to assess over 7,000 of America’s best-known and some lesser known, but worthy, charities.
The Story of Stuff Project
We have a problem with Stuff. We use too much, too much of it is toxic and we don’t share it very well. But that’s not the way things have to be. Together, we can build a society based on better not more, sharing not selfishness, community not division. The Story of Stuff Project’s journey began with a 20-minute online movie about the way we make, use and throw away all the Stuff in our lives. Five years and 40 million views later, we’re a Community of 750,000 changemakers worldwide, working to build a more healthy and just planet. We invite you to watch and share our movies, participate in our study programs and join our campaigns. Come on, let’s go!
Bolder Giving
Bolder Giving’s mission is to inspire and support people to give at their full lifetime potential. We promote three ways to give boldly. Give more: The average giving in the U.S. is 2-3% of annual income. We help those who can afford it to take quantum leaps further. Risk more: Many people are in an uninspired giving rut. We invite people to be more adventurous, strategic, and involved. Inspire more: Most people rarely talk about their giving. We support people to step out, start conversations, and to inspire others about the joy of giving.
Green America’s Responsible Shopper
Green America’s Responsible Shopper provides you with the real story about abuses by well-known companies, gives you actions to promote corporate responsibility, and helps you green your life and world.
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA)
NCBA represents a cross-sector co-op community of 29,000 businesses that control over $3 trillion in assets. They unite co-ops by promoting the cooperative business model, driving cross-sector collaboration, and being the national
Ethical Consumer
For over 20 years Ethical Consumer has been the hub of the ethical consumer movement. Our mission is to make global business more sustainable through consumer pressure. We are an independent, not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative with open membership, founded in 1989 and based in Manchester.
Green Business Network & Certification
Green Business Network & Certification – Helps small green businesses grow the new green economy from the ground up
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
Environmental Working Group empowers people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. We drive consumer choice and civic action with breakthrough research and an informed public.
LOHAS
LOHAS focuses on educating and building community around the central theme of healthy and sustainable lifestyles for individuals and societies. LOHAS provides business focused resources on the growing $290B LOHAS market and serves as the central hub for education, updated news, and B2B gatherings of those cultivating the LOHAS movement. LOHAS not only shares information but also provides practical tools and techniques for people to implement into their businesses that enable LOHAS values to penetrate into various situations. These values include: authenticity, transparency, honesty, integrity, professionalism and love for mankind and the planet.
Social Impact International
Social-Impact International developed a programme that combines mentoring with skills training and access to capacity building and funders. Social-Impact International is a global initiative taking a local approach, and is continually searching for partners and powerful social entrepreneurs.
Cafe Impact
Cafe Impact is democratizing access to careers of conscience. Our awesome social change agents give you the nitty-gritty career-building skills you need to get started changing the world. Check out their powerful insights about the real challenges all social entrepreneurs face.
The Hub
A member-driven community taking collaborative action for a better world. They empower people through place, community and programming to make change for our communities, our cities, and our world at large.
Kiva Zip
Kiva Zip is part of Kiva.org. It is a small project through which lenders make microfinance loans directly to borrowers in the U.S. and Kenya via the Internet. Kiva Zip was launched as a pilot in November 2011 and moved into its Alpha testing phase in September 2012.
The Soul of Money Institute
Founded in 2003 by Lynne Twist, the Soul of Money Institute is a center for exploring and sharing the best practices, theories, and attitudes that enable people to relate to money and the money culture with greater freedom, power, and effectiveness.
Net Impact
Net Impact is a community of more than 50,000 student and professional leaders creating positive social and environmental change in the workplace and the world.
Resource Generation
Organizes young people with wealth and class privilege in the U.S. to become transformative leaders working towards the equitable distribution of wealth, land and power.
Berkshares
BerkShares serve as a tool for community economic empowerment, and development toward regional self-reliance.
Take Charge of Your Card
Credit cards from megabanks _ Citi, Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo _ support predatory lending, coal mining, tar sands, and outrageous CEO salaries. That’s why Green America is asking you to move to a credit card that supports people and the planet, and gives you the convenience and benefits you need.
Reimagine Money (RSF Social Finance)
RSF Social Finance believes that inquiry and dialogue are essential tools for transforming the way we work with money. We are committed to creating frequent opportunities for our community to engage in exploring the role of money and finance in our lives.
Social Venture Network
SVN connects you to a growing community of innovative business leaders and social entrepreneurs to help you improve your business, enhance your leadership, and expand your impact.
Financing Life
Financial independence is freedom—to spend your time as you choose. To focus on the joys of life. This website will help you Learn To Take Control of Your Finances by helping you choose your lifestyle, spending, and investing.