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
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
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
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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Buy the Change You Wish to See
Buy the Change is an online marketplace that creates economic opportunity for women artisans in developing countries by purchasing and retailing their handcrafted products. In 2011, after reading the book…
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Unlocking Opportunities for People Experiencing Homelessness
Unlocked is a Nashville based social enterprise jewelry company that employs and empowers people transitioning out of homelessness. Unlocked’s story began when founder Alexis Cook was diagnosed with Lyme…
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Ending Homelessness & Building Bright Futures through Baking
Danconias Truffle Brownies is a Colorado based social enterprise that bakes and delivers delectable, high quality treats handcrafted by persons experiencing homelessness. Founder Khaki Fox started Danconias with a simple…
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Maternity Clothing Just Got a Fashionable (& Ethical) Facelift
BellaNove is a company that provides expectant mothers with access to quality and sophisticated maternity wear that empowers them to have a career and start a family while reducing the…
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Using Coffee to Connect
La Terza is an ethical, sustainable coffee supplier that seeks to use coffee as a means to facilitate dialogue and connection in their community. Founded in Cincinnati, OH, La…
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Turning Poverty into Prosperity, One Step at a Time
deux mains is an ethical and sustainable fashion brand based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is the partner social enterprise to nonprofit REBUILD globally, an organization dedicated to fighting poverty in…
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Better Belts for a Better World
Jelt is a social impact apparel company founded with the purpose of creating a practical and functional product for everyday use, all while promoting and facilitating social change. It…
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Banding Together to Honor Our Military
ValorBANDS are handcrafted bracelets and wrist cuffs made from authentic, donated military uniforms and produced by veterans and military family members. A portion of sales is also donated back to…
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Making Sure Social Enterprises Are All Good
The All Good Work Foundation provides social impact organizations access to coworking spaces and business centers in New York City and Silicon Valley. Offering this professional workspace reduces the cost…
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A Helping Hand Out of Poverty
HHP/helping hand partners is a non-profit corporation that supports their partners by introducing artisan and opportunity employment social enterprise goods to new channels of distribution. Often, these are channels…
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Because Everyone Deserves a Chance to Succeed
Because International is an organization focused on leveraging the positive cycle of innovation to combat the negative cycle of poverty. It all started with a shoe. In 2007, founder…
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A New Conversation in the Body Positivity Movement
Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP) is an intersectional body-positive organization that provides community-based support and education for people of color and indigenous descent who are struggling with troubled eating and poor body…
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Citizenship Made Simple
SimpleCitizen is a digital immigration and visa solution designed to streamline the pathway to citizenship – essentially, TurboTax for immigration. As the only truly comprehensive solution to successfully navigate…
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Chasing Opportunity for Chicago’s Youth
Chasing23 Youth Empowerment Group is a community-based organization providing opportunities for young men of color who are out of school, out of work or facing trouble with the law. With…
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Breaking Poverty Cycles Once and For All
Cara is a non-profit social enterprise committed to its local community by building pathways out of poverty for Chicago families. Born out of a desire to rebuild hope and opportunity…
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Bringing Hope to Food-Insecure Communities
The Trap Garden is a 501(c)3 nonprofit social enterprise that provides a sustainable source of healthy, high quality foods and offers innovative solutions to the physical, financial and educational shortcomings…
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Building Interfaith Communities Through Food
Abe’s Meats is a social enterprise on a mission to make high-quality religious foods more accessible, nutritious and delicious for all. Their meat products are the first of their kind…
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Tech for Literacy, Education and Accessibility
BeeLine Reader is a tool making online reading faster, easier and more accessible. What started as a speed-reading tool for adult professionals has quickly grown to help students, children in…
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Life Learned Through Caring for Others
Crossroads Campus is a nonprofit social enterprise using the healing power of animal care to transform the lives of young adults in the Nashville area. Through job training and employment…
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Increasing Quality of Life with Tech Accessibility
Knowbility’s mission is to advocate for people with disabilities by ensuring that web-based applications are accessible and inclusive to all people. The organization was built on values of social inclusion,…
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A Home, a Second Chance, a New Life
The Other Side Academy is a self-sustaining residential life-skills and vocational training program for the persistent repeat-offenders, drug addicts and homeless. With the revenue they generate from their social enterprises,…
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Health, Wealth and Social change
Appetite For Change uses food as a tool to build health, wealth and social change in North Minneapolis. Through community-driven programming and a food-justice-minded approach, they are committed to using…
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Healing Kids & Connecting Communities with Music
Care2rock is a social enterprise that virtually pairs teachers with students to learn any musical instrument on a custom live video platform. Along with these virtual lessons, music teachers at…
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Winning the War on Slavery and Poverty
Millions of people live in poverty and slavery every day. CAUSEGEAR is a social enterprise using accessories and apparel to change that — by giving women in poverty sustainable job…
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Building Roads to Brighter Futures for Foster Youth
Doing Good Works is a social enterprise that uses a portion of the profits from its promotional and custom branded products to improve lives in the at-risk and foster youth…
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Impacting Lives One Bar of Soap at a Time
Soapbox, a luxury hygiene brand, emerged in response to the reality that access to hygiene is not universal. Their solution: educate and encourage consumers to make a routine habit, such…