.ORG Impact Award Finalists

HEALTH AND HEALING

Recognizes an organization or individual dedicated to advancing health and well-being in their community by ensuring access to care, resources, and support.

HOW Foundation

HOW Foundation supports and promotes the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress.

Kageno Worldwide

Kageno Worldwide’s mission is to transform impoverished communities into places of hope and opportunity. By working to break the cycle of poverty, Kageno Worldwide impacts thousands of lives. 

Limbitless Solutions

Limbitless Solutions Inc. (LSI) is dedicated to empowering individuals by creating access for children—and soon adult first responders and veterans—to personalized, high-functioning and expressive prosthetics without financial

Siddhasthali Hospital

Siddhasthali Rural Community Hospital is a charitable hospital founded to provide sustainable healthcare to the poor and underserved living in rural and remote Nepal.

Wuqu' Kawoq

The Wuqu' Kawoq Maya Health Alliance seeks to advance lasting changes in healthcare delivery in rural Guatemala so that high-quality care can be within reach for everyone.

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Recognizes an organization or individual whose efforts are strengthening the fabric of their community, fostering connections, and driving meaningful change on a local, national, or global level.

Goonj

Goonj ignites the self-worth and dignity of people across the villages and cities of India, mobilizing them as equal stakeholders and inspiring them to leverage the value of all they have to solve their challenges.

Gravity Water

Gravity Water works to build a water resilient future by specializing in rainwater harvesting, water treatment, and climate education. Their vision is to build climate resilience for vulnerable communities.

Kageno Worldwide

Kageno Worldwide’s mission is to transform impoverished communities into places of hope and opportunity. By working to break the cycle of poverty, Kageno Worldwide impacts thousands of lives. 

Nostos Homes

Nostos is a sustainable emergency shelter for people displaced in violence or a natural disaster. Their misison is to help people who are faced with realities that deny them a dignified life and fulfilment of their capabilities.

Together We Rise

Foster Love is a non-profit that makes the foster care experience better for the 430,000 children going through it.

HUNGER AND POVERTY

Recognizes an organization or individual who has made significant contributions to combat hunger, reduce poverty, and create lasting economic opportunities that uplift individuals and communities.

Food Rescue Hero

Purposefully designed to automate the time consuming and variable coordination of food recovery, Food Rescue Hero enables scalable impact on food waste, food insecurity, and climate change.

Global Volunteers

Global Volunteers engages short-term volunteers in long-term, community-driven, sustainable human and economic development. 

Cidades Sem Fome

Cidades Sem Fome developes sustainable agriculture projects in urban areas with the goal of creating jobs and income opportunities for people in situations of social vulnerability.

Together We Rise

Foster Love is a non-profit that makes the foster care experience better for the 430,000 children going through it.

Wuqu' Kawoq

The Wuqu' Kawoq Maya Health Alliance seeks to advance lasting changes in healthcare delivery in rural Guatemala so that high-quality care can be within reach for everyone.

QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL

Recognizes an organization or individual breaking down barriers to education, fostering learning opportunities that empower individuals, and creating paths to a brighter future for all.

Asante Africa Foundation

Through programming that provides education, skills, and opportunities, the Asante Africa Foundation empowers East Africa’s youth to confidently address life’s challenges, thrive in the global economy, and catalyze positive change.

Asia Initiatives

The mission of Social Capital Initiatives is to leverage the power of social capital to promote healthcare, education, improve livelihoods, and sustainable development, striving to bring positive change in under-served communities.

Hello World

Hello World is helping solve the lack of global education by working with the most marginalized communities to build state-of-the-art, Solar PoweredInternet Hubs and bridge the digital divide.

School the World

The mission of School the World is to disrupt the cycle of extreme poverty through the provision of quality education to children in rural and remote communities of the world.

The Citizens Foundation

The Citizens Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports the education of underprivileged children in Pakistan. It has built and operates 2,261 purpose-built schools providing quality education to 320,000 children.

ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP

Recognizes an organization or individual leading the way in protecting our planet, promoting sustainability, and inspiring communities to create a healthier, more resilient future.

Missoula Urban
Demonstration Project

MUD empowers people to build a more sustainable community through tool sharing and hands-on learning. Their goal is to create equitable communities and promote healthy ecosystems. 

TIP Sessions
Charitable Trust

TIP Sessions focuses on a combination of gender-sensitive response​ to climate change, and technological intervention with lingual and regional context to achieve climate and gender justice.

Thaki

Thaki uses technology to empower refugee and vulnerable children to learn and thrive.

Vrikshit Foundation

The Vrikshit Foundation is India’s largest youth-led environmental movement. This foundation strives to promote the sustainable development goals of the United Nations. 

Wallowa Resources

The mission of Wallowa Resources is to empower rural communities to create strong economies and healthy landscapes through land stewardship, education, and job creation.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY,
AND INCLUSION

Recognizes an organization or individual fostering a more inclusive and equitable world by breaking down barriers, amplifying underrepresented voices, and driving meaningful change that creates opportunities for all.

Interaction Institute 
for Social Change

The mission of the Interaction Insitute for Social Change is to build collaborative capacity in individuals, organizations, and networks working for social justice and racial equity.

Last Mile Education
Fund

Last Mile closes critical gaps in funding and career support for financially vulnerable college students in the “last mile” to graduation in high-demand STEM fields.

JustLeadershipUSA

JustLeadershipUSA is dedicated to decarcerating the United States by educating, elevating, and empowering the people and communities most impacted by systemic racism to drive meaningful and lasting policy reform.

OutYouth

OutYouth serves Central Texas LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies with programs and services to ensure these promising young people develop into happy, healthy, successful adults.

Pro Mujer

Pro Mujer is a social enterprise that has been working to advance gender equality in Latin America for more than 33 years.

RISING STAR

Recognizes an individual under the age of 30 who is shaping the future, demonstrating leadership, and driving impact through their passion, innovation, and commitment to positive change.

Azra Ismail

MakerGhat reimagines education by giving learners across India spaces and tools to experiment, create, and grow through hands-on exploration and structured innovation.

Babatunde Bale

The Retina Initiative is a youth-led organization that promotes primary eye care services through research, advocacy, outreach, trainings, and sustainable eye care innovations that challenges systemic barriers to preventable blindness in underserved African communities.

Ghania Chaudhry

Finding Refugee's mission is to assist refugees in achieving healing and recovery after displacement by providing dignified housing and equipping them with self-sufficiency pathways.

Mathias Charles Yabe

AkoFresh is a green Agritech organization offering sustainable agricultural services leveraging climate smart solutions for improved food security and ensuring ecosystem resilience in local communities.

Precious Samson Wakili

The Girld Child Values Support Initiative empowers women and girls in Northern Nigeria through education, health, and leadership development.