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Member Spotlight

  • Inclusive Beauty for All

    Inclusive Beauty for All

    Lauren Dekleva | November 25, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    Humanist Beauty is a skincare brand that prioritizes diversity, inclusion and clean, ethical production. The brand is a part of The Human Beauty Movement, a public benefit corporation on a…

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  • We exceeded our goal, thanks to you!

    We exceeded our goal, thanks to you!

    Lauren Dekleva | November 25, 2020
    • Member Spotlight
    • SEA News

    We made it! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of our donors and volunteers. Your generosity helped us exceed our Crowdfunding goal and raise the funding required to…

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  • Dog Treats for Bright Futures

    Dog Treats for Bright Futures

    Lauren Dekleva | July 16, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    Finley’s is a premium, all-natural pet brand bringing inclusion to the pet industry through employment and giving initiatives. In 2016, former special education teachers Angie and Kyle Gallus saw the…

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  • Transforming Employment Obstacles to Opportunities

    Transforming Employment Obstacles to Opportunities

    Lauren Dekleva | June 25, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    Print & Stitch is a custom silkscreen and embroidery business staffed in part by individuals with disabilities. Print & Stitch is owned and operated by its parent nonprofit organization, Premier Alliances, Inc.…

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  • Securing Bright Futures for Vibrant Sandal Artisans and their Families

    Securing Bright Futures for Vibrant Sandal Artisans and their Families

    Mirah Alix | June 6, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    RoHo employs female artisans in Kenya to create beautiful hand-crafted leather sandals and beaded accessories while providing education grants to empower children’s futures. When RoHo founder Caleigh Hernandez was a…

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  • Quality Leather Works to Improve Quality of Life

    Quality Leather Works to Improve Quality of Life

    Lauren Dekleva | May 18, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    Haiti Made is a handmade leather goods social enterprise that empowers Haitian communities through dignified and sustainable employment. Haiti Made was founded in 2014 as part of the Hands and…

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  • Survivors Find Dignified Employment with Savhera

    Survivors Find Dignified Employment with Savhera

    Lauren Dekleva | April 24, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    Savhera is a wellness company that creates dignified employment for survivors of sex trafficking while producing premium essential oils. The catalyst for Savhera was in 2017 when a small group…

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  • How Bilingual Books are Bridging Cultures and Saving Stories

    How Bilingual Books are Bridging Cultures and Saving Stories

    Lauren Dekleva | April 10, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    Books that Bind is a cultural preservation project that documents the folktales of Benin, West Africa and employs local youth to create bilingual books that preserve their cultural heritage. Books…

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  • Transforming Lives through Loose Leaf Tea

    Transforming Lives through Loose Leaf Tea

    Lauren Dekleva | March 13, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    Storehouse Tea is a Cleveland based for-profit social enterprise that uses tea as a powerful vehicle to heal and connect people while providing jobs to local refugees and immigrants. When…

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  • SEEDs for Autism: Promoting Growth from Learning to Earning

    SEEDs for Autism: Promoting Growth from Learning to Earning

    Lauren Dekleva | February 21, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    SEEDs for Autism is an Arizona social enterprise that provides a path from “learning to earning” for young adults with autism through education, vocational training and social development. Founder and…

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  • The ‘Bravolution’ that’s Empowering Women and Reducing Waste

    The ‘Bravolution’ that’s Empowering Women and Reducing Waste

    Lauren Dekleva | February 16, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    The Bra Recyclers, LLC, is a Phoenix-based for-profit social enterprise that has ignited a ‘Bravolution’ to decrease the number of bras entering our landfills while providing substantial social benefits to women and girls escaping domestic violence, human trafficking or surviving breast cancer.

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  • Coffee Company Puts Farmers First

    Coffee Company Puts Farmers First

    Lauren Dekleva | January 23, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    Dean’s Beans is a B Corp certified coffee roasting company with the mission to use high-quality coffee as a vehicle for social change. Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company was founded…

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  • Live Theatre as a Means of Social Change

    Live Theatre as a Means of Social Change

    Lauren Dekleva | January 9, 2020
    • Member Spotlight

    The National Theatre for Children (NTC) is an innovative theatre company that delivers engaging educational programs for K-12 students, teaching valuable life skills on health and wellness, energy conservation, financial…

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  • Conscious Living Begins at a Young Age

    Conscious Living Begins at a Young Age

    Lauren Dekleva | December 6, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    For Purpose Kids is an early childhood education enterprise that teaches young children how to do good and give back to their communities through engaging and exciting “toolkit” packages. When…

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  • Family Preservation Through Greeting Cards

    Family Preservation Through Greeting Cards

    Lauren Dekleva | November 25, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    BaMatooke Made is an organization that empowers families in Uganda through employment and entrepreneurship.  In 2007, Kendra Toole traveled to Uganda the summer after she graduated high school to volunteer…

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  • From Shelters to Success: The Power of 10 Bean Soup

    From Shelters to Success: The Power of 10 Bean Soup

    Lauren Dekleva | November 15, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Women’s Bean Project is a Denver based social enterprise that changes women’s lives by providing stepping stones to self-sufficiency through dignified employment. Women’s Bean Project was founded in 1989 by…

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  • Dressed to Impress: Breaking Barriers to Employment through Fashion

    Dressed to Impress: Breaking Barriers to Employment through Fashion

    Lauren Dekleva | November 8, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Fashionkind Foundation is a San Diego organization that supports the self-esteem of women in recovery from substance abuse and addiction by providing quality clothing and personalized service at no cost.…

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  • Banking on Supportive Services

    Banking on Supportive Services

    Lauren Dekleva | October 25, 2019
    • Blog
    • Member Spotlight

    Bank of America Support Services is an in-house marketing and fulfillment operation made up of 300 employees with intellectual disabilities, who support every major line of business within the enterprise.…

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  • Changing the World, One T-Shirt at a Time

    Changing the World, One T-Shirt at a Time

    Lauren Dekleva | October 4, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Project615 is a Nashville-based apparel company that donates proceeds from the sales of their high quality products to world changing causes. Project 615 was first formed in the summer of…

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  • Technology Recycling: Creating Bright Futures for People and the Planet

    Technology Recycling: Creating Bright Futures for People and the Planet

    Lauren Dekleva | September 20, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Tech Dump is an electronics recycling and refurbishing social enterprise that provides paid job-training and career placement services to recently incarcerated individuals while providing reliable technology to the Twin Cities…

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  • Homemade Goods to Address Homelessness

    Homemade Goods to Address Homelessness

    Lauren Dekleva | August 30, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Project HOME is a community organization that provides nationally recognized programs and employment opportunities to persons experiencing chronic homelessness. Their variety of social enterprises, including a handmade gifting line and…

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  • Modern Designs from Traditional Methods

    Modern Designs from Traditional Methods

    Lauren Dekleva | August 16, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    SLATE + SALT is an online marketplace that works closely with small-scale social enterprises to facilitate dignified working opportunities in areas of extreme poverty. SLATE + SALT was launched in…

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  • A Bookstore About More Than Words

    A Bookstore About More Than Words

    Lauren Dekleva | August 2, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    More Than Words is a Boston based social enterprise that serves as a job training program for system-involved youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a…

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  • Reusable Grocery Bags for a Sustainable World

    Reusable Grocery Bags for a Sustainable World

    Lauren Dekleva | July 22, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Eco-Bags Products, Inc. combats plastic waste and promotes sustainable and fair labor business practices through the sale of their reusable grocery bags. In 1989, Sharon Rowe decided she’d had enough…

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  • Financial Planning for the Greater Good

    Financial Planning for the Greater Good

    Lauren Dekleva | July 5, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Greater Good Financial is a unique financial planning firm that impacts the industry and the world through socially responsible investments and a business model that donates back to nonprofit organizations.…

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  • Leveling the Testing Field in Legal Education

    Leveling the Testing Field in Legal Education

    Lauren Dekleva | June 21, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Esqyr combats inequities in legal education by providing affordable test prep materials for law students taking the bar exam. Additionally, they donate at least 20% of their profits to fight…

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  • Creating Kind Karma Through Art

    Creating Kind Karma Through Art

    Lauren Dekleva | June 10, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Kind Karma is a social enterprise that employs at-risk and transitioning homeless youth in Toronto to handcraft quality jewelry. When founder Laurinda Lee-Retter left university, she suffered from mental illness…

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  • Handmade Candles for Equal Opportunity

    Handmade Candles for Equal Opportunity

    Lauren Dekleva | May 28, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Dutton Farm Market handcrafts natural candles and beauty products while providing employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Dutton Farm Market’s story began when founder Jenny Brown noticed that her sister,…

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  • The Little Light that Changes Lives

    The Little Light that Changes Lives

    Lauren Dekleva | May 10, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    MPOWERD produces, sells and deploys innovative solar lights and mobile phone chargers globally, ensuring that everyone has access to a safe and affordable source of light. MPOWERD creates clean energy…

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  • Socially Conscious Snacks Create Economic Empowerment

    Socially Conscious Snacks Create Economic Empowerment

    Lauren Dekleva | April 26, 2019
    • Member Spotlight

    Peaceful Fruits employs adults with disabilities to produce socially conscious snacks made from sustainably sourced fruit. The seed for Peaceful Fruits was planted when founder Evan Delahanty worked as a…

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