Inside The Impact:
Girls Future Ready Foundation

At just fifteen, Zofia Kierner set out to empower young women to lead with confidence and purpose. What began as small workshops has grown into global programs and summits reaching over 90,000 girls worldwide. Learn more about how this youth-led movement is shaping the next generation of leaders.
 

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.

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: Girls Future Ready Foundation

At just fifteen, Zofia Kierner set out to empower young women to lead with confidence and purpose. What began as small workshops has grown into global programs and summits reaching over 90,000 girls worldwide. Learn more about how this youth-led movement is shaping the next generation of leaders.

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.

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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Safeguarding Contributions – Help Those Who Truly Need It

Safeguarding Contributions – Help Those Who Truly Need It

By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry When natural disasters strike our neighboring countries, it’s of no surprise that we rally together to do what we can to assist them with rebuilding. From hurricanes and tsunamis to volcanic eruptions and tornadoes, opening our hearts to those in need comes naturally for most […]

MarkMonitor’s Top Tips for Protecting Your Organization Online

MarkMonitor’s Top Tips for Protecting Your Organization Online

By Sherry Hildebrand and Justin Mack at MarkMonitor U.S. Congress designated the month of June as the National Internet Safety Month and so there’s no better time to discuss how to keep organizations safe and secure online. To help raise internet security awareness, Public Interest Registry asked our team at MarkMonitor, one of the most experienced […]

Domain Lingo 101: Let’s Start With the Basics

Domain Lingo 101: Let’s Start With the Basics

By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry As the operator of the .org domain, it’s our job to not only provide a trusted platform for mission-driven organizations, but also to help people around the globe better understand and leverage the power of the internet. To help us educate internet users everywhere, we […]

Domain Lingo 101: Who’s Who in the Industry?

Domain Lingo 101: Who’s Who in the Industry?

By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry In the second installment of the Domain Lingo 101 blog series we will cover the key players in the domain marketplace and the larger internet governance community. From domain registrars to web hosting services, we’ll provide clarity and context behind the people and organizations that […]

Domain Lingo 101: Let’s Get Technical

Domain Lingo 101: Let’s Get Technical

By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry When it comes to the ins and outs of the internet, things can get technical quickly. Hopefully you’ve built up a foundational understanding of the domain industry through the first two posts of this series. In Domain Lingo 101: Let’s Start With The Basics, we learned […]

A Domain Insider’s Guide to the Industry: Registrar Edition

A Domain Insider’s Guide to the Industry: Registrar Edition

By Jim LeFevre, Senior Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry If you’ve been keeping up with our Domain Industry blog series, you should be familiar with key industry concepts and lingo. The first part of the series “Domain Lingo 101: Who’s Who in the Industry?”, introduced us to registrars as a key group of organizations that play […]

The Pros and Cons of Using Social Media as Your Primary Web Presence

The Pros and Cons of Using Social Media as Your Primary Web Presence

Written by Paul Diaz, VP of Policy, Public Interest Registry  Using social media as your primary online resource can be appealing for NGOs – accounts are easy to obtain and usually free. Compared to building a website, the initial steps to establish a web presence through social media channels are simple and require less expertise. […]

How to Set Up a Custom Email Address with Your .ORG Domain

How to Set Up a Custom Email Address with Your .ORG Domain

This is a guest article authored by Stacey Hartman of GoDaddy Your chosen domain extension can help to tell your organization’s story online – about who you are and what your organization stands for. Whether you represent a club, charity, company or nonprofit organization, aligning with the .org domain is an excellent way to clearly […]

What is All the Hype Around HTTPS?

What is All the Hype Around HTTPS?

By Matthew Marks, Technical Director, Public Interest Registry In times of need, humanitarian organizations are increasingly turning to the speed and efficiency of online channels to share their message and mobilize support. Recently, when a boys soccer team was trapped in a cave in Thailand, the support was vast and swift – and largely crowdsourced. […]

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