Inside the Impact:
Gotta Have Sole

What started as a bar mitzvah project at age 12 has grown into a nonprofit providing new shoes to children in homeless shelters nationwide. Today, Gotta Have Sole is a 2025 Rising Star finalist in the .ORG Impact Awards and continues to expand its reach through powerful partnerships.
 

Inside the Impact:
Found in Translation

Found in Translation began by offering free interpreter certification but discovered graduates needed more to succeed. Today, alumni not only work in major hospitals, they return to teach, mentor, and create a community that makes the program stronger.
 

Days for Girls

Discover how Days for Girls is expanding access to menstrual care and education, and breaking down barriers for girls around the world.

Featured Resources

This month’s featured resources spotlight 2025 .ORG Impact Awards finalists whose stories show how mission-driven organizations create opportunity, dignity, and lasting change. Explore how these nonprofits are making a difference in their communities and beyond.

Inside the Impact: Gotta Have Sole

What started as a bar mitzvah project at age 12 has grown into a nonprofit providing new shoes to children in homeless shelters nationwide. Today, Gotta Have Sole is a 2025 Rising Star finalist in the .ORG Impact Awards and continues to expand its reach through powerful partnerships.

Inside the Impact: Found in Translation

Found in Translation began by offering free interpreter certification but discovered graduates needed more to succeed. Today, alumni not only work in major hospitals, they return to teach, mentor, and create a community that makes the program stronger.

Days for Girls

Discover how Days for Girls is expanding access to menstrual care and education, and breaking down barriers for girls around the world.

Learning Resources

As a trusted resource for the .ORG Community, the .ORG Learning Center provides a variety of information and tools that every .ORG needs to be successful online, including:

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Pro Tip: Scaling to Success

Pro Tip: Scaling to Success

Each mission-driven organization is on a journey, whether a day or decade old. This article is part of our “Lessons from Leaders” program, which is designed to offer help from those who’ve faced the same challenges you do now – whether it’s creating an online presence, engaging with communities, fundraising, best practices or other issues. […]

Pro Tip: Marketing for Success

Pro Tip: Marketing for Success

Each mission-driven organization is on a journey, whether a day or decade old. This article is part of our “Lessons from Leaders” program, which is designed to offer help from those who’ve faced the same challenges you do now – whether it’s creating an online presence, engaging with communities, fundraising, best practices or other issues. […]

Pro Tip: Trust Your Volunteers

Pro Tip: Trust Your Volunteers

Each mission-driven organization is on a journey, whether a day or decade old. This article is part of our “Lessons from Leaders” program, which is designed to offer help from those who’ve faced the same challenges you do now – whether it’s creating an online presence, engaging with communities, fundraising, best practices or other issues. […]

You Got the Grant! Now What? Four Tips for Moving Forward With Confidence

You Got the Grant! Now What? Four Tips for Moving Forward With Confidence

by Paul Diaz, Vice President Policy, Public Interest Registry After months of researching, evaluating, writing, and submitting your grant proposal, you get the news: you got the grant! You have a new source of support to make the world better in the way only your .ORG can. Now it’s time to get focused. Because even […]

How to Become a Massive Data Nerd

How to Become a Massive Data Nerd

Our series in collaboration with Charity Digital explores the essentials of data analytics. This second article in the program demonstrates how everyone can get involved in understanding data, whatever their previous experience or knowledge What does the phrase ‘data nerd’ mean to you? A quick Google search conjures images of vested professionals in jam-jar glasses, […]

The Art and Science of Grant Writing

The Art and Science of Grant Writing

by Paul Diaz, Vice President Policy, Public Interest Registry In our series on grants, we have covered how to find them, how to determine your eligibility, and how to choose the right one to pursue. This article will address what comes next: writing the actual grant proposal. Feeling up to the task? You should know […]

Matchmaking Your Mission: The Right Grant for Your Organization

Matchmaking Your Mission: The Right Grant for Your Organization

by Paul Diaz, Vice President Policy, Public Interest Registry With more than 86,000 grantmaking organizations in the United States alone, opportunities abound for those looking for funding. However, it can be overwhelming to find a grant that’s right for you. In our last piece in this series, we explored eligibility—learning whether you meet the qualifications […]

Data Analytics 101

Data Analytics 101

zThe first article in a collaborative series with Charity Digital. Data analytics has a certain reputation. It is perceived as a difficult field, requiring specialist knowledge and an in-depth understanding of mathematics. That reputation is simply wrong. Applying data analytics is surprisingly easy – and exceptionally rewarding Data analytics is simply the act of deriving […]

Longevity Pro Tip: Two Keys to Success

Longevity Pro Tip: Two Keys to Success

Each mission-driven organization is on a journey, whether a day or decade old. This article is part of our “Lessons from Leaders” program, which is designed to offer help from those who’ve faced the same challenges you do now – whether it’s creating an online presence, engaging with communities, fundraising, best practices or other issues. […]

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