Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Working at the national, state, and community levels, Families USA has earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for 25 years.
Kiva lets people connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, one can "sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), investors receive email journal updates from the sponsored business. As loans are repaid, sponsors get their loan money back.
The White House Project, a national, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization aims to advance women's leadership in all communities and sectors, up to the U.S. presidency. By filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women, we make American institutions, businesses, and government truly representative.
MomsRising brings together millions of people who share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America. Started in May of 2006 by Moveon.org co-creator, Joan Blades, MomsRising keeps motherhood and family issues at the forefront of the country's public dialogue.
P.O.V. (a cinema term for ("point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. P.O.V. premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, P.O.V. has presented over 225 films to public television audiences across the country. P.O.V. films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
Established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media industry, Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women. The organization provides services to both users and makers of film and video programs, with a special emphasis on supporting work by women of color.
The Moth is dedicated to the art of storytelling as an art that satisfies the vital human need for connection. It was founded in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, who wanted to recreate the feeling of sultry summer evenings on his native St. Simon's Island, Georgia. Today, The Moth conducts six ongoing programs in New York and has brought more than 2,000 live stories to over 60,000 audience members.
The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection - a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis -- in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years. Our economy, national security, and climate cannot afford to wait.
New America Media is the country's first and largest national collaboration of ethnic news organizations. Its goal is to promote the editorial visibility and economic viability of this critical sector of American journalism as a way to build inclusive public discourse in our increasingly diverse, global society.
AARP is a membership organization leading positive social change and delivering value to baby boomers (people age 50 and over) through information, advocacy, and service.
Redefining Progress is a public policy think tank dedicated to ensuring a sustainable and equitable world for future generations. Working with government and advocacy groups, the organization develops innovative policies that balance economic well-being, environmental preservation, and social justice.
For 25 years, Earth Island Institute has been a hub for grassroots environmental campaigns, incubating start-up projects and giving crucial assistance to groups and individuals with new ideas for promoting ecological sustainability. Since its founding, the Institute has provided fiscal sponsorship to more than 100 projects around the globe.
Family Values @ Work is made up of coalitions in 11 states and national policy and data experts, collaboratively advocating for policies that provide paid time to care. By working together, the Consortium strives to strengthen each individual state's efforts to advocate for paid sick days and for family leave insurance policies while also raising the level of public discussion nationally and support for various policies at the federal level.
A joint media education project of the ACLU and Public Interest, focused on building public understanding of the issues faced by same sex couples in daily life and as they are denied the legal rights of married couples.
The nationally-recognized Rockwood Leadership Program specializes in delivering the best practices and methodologies in leadership development to the non-profit community. Since 2000, Rockwood has trained more than 1500 leaders from thousands of organizations in the United States and Canada.
Founded in 2005, Progressive States Network provides coordinated research and strategic advocacy tools to state legislators and their staffs, empowering these decision-makers with everything they need to engineer forward-thinking change.
The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan, non-profit think tank generating the ideas that fuel the progressive movement. From releasing nationally recognized studies of our increasingly fragile middle class to showcasing progressive policies that have worked to advance social and economic justice, DMI has been on the leading edge of the public policy debate.
The Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative promotes just and meaningful climate policy. The organization trains new leaders and pushes for policies that protect the most vulnerable from the impacts of climate change and foster a just transition to a future free from fossil fuels.
www.rprogress.org/environmental_justice/about_environmental_justice.htm
Project Return supports those with a juvenile or criminal record, providing them with aid in the transition from incarceration to the community, and changing societal perceptions of offenders as members of our society.
Through educational programs and leadership training, the Coalition works to expand, strengthen and empower our communities to make voting and civic participation a cultural responsibility and tradition. By educating, organizing and mobilizing citizens in our communities, the Coalition seeks to encourage full participation in a barrier-free democratic process.
The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) promotes a human rights vision for the United States that ensures dignity and access to the basic resources needed for human development and civic participation. Towards this end, NESRI works with organizers, policy advocates and legal organizations to incorporate a human rights perspective into their work and build human rights advocacy models tailored for the United States.
www.nesri.org/about_us/index.html
Resource Generation is a national organization that works with young people with financial wealth who are supporting and challenging each other to effect progressive social change through the creative, responsible and strategic use of financial and other resources.
Founded in 1995, HSC is a nonprofit organization based in Miami that monitors health and human service needs, provides reliable information to the public and catalyzes public planning and response. HSC builds the capacity of individuals, organizations, and communities throughout Florida for effective prosperity strategies and programs.
WEEL is a grassroots, economic and social justice organization that works to eradicate the myths, stereotypes, and stigmas that are harmful to low-income families.
The 1000 Voices Archive is proud to partner with The Arts Institutes, a leader in the field of creative education.
The Fledgling Fund supports the creation and dissemination of innovative media projects that can play critical roles in igniting social change. The Fledgling Fund believes that film and other creative media can often demonstrate what statistics can not, can create broad understandings of social problems, and can inspire both civic dialogue and concrete action. We are proud to present The Fledgling Fund as our 2010 Co-Presenting Sponsor.
Civic Ventures is a nonprofit think tank that is leading the call to engage millions of experienced individuals in becoming a force for social change. Presenters of the Purpose Prize, Civic Ventures focuses on creating pathways to encore careers that provide continued income doing work that is personally fulfilling and helps address some of our biggest challenges.
