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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How to Make Your Password Stronger

How to Make Your Password Stronger

Cyber security is an essential part of nonprofit operations. Strong cyber security allows nonprofits to protect their data and keep their funds secure so they can continue delivering services to their communities.   Passwords are a seemingly basic, but incredibly important element of cyber security, providing an important barrier between your accounts and cyber criminals who might exploit them. But […]

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.ORG: A Signal of Seriousness

.ORG: A Signal of Seriousness

Rick Yount is the Executive Director and Founder of Warrior Canine Connection. He has served in the field of social services for 30 years and pioneered the first therapeutic service dog training program at the Palo Alto, California Veterans Hospital in 2008. Pairing his experience and expertise, he utilizes the Mission Based Trauma Recovery Model […]

Staying Community Strong

Staying Community Strong

Frankie Miranda, Hispanic Federation President and CEO, shares the importance of building strong relationships with communities for long-term success. How has your mission and .ORG grown in your Foundation’s 20 years? Our mission has never changed, the reach of that mission has.  We believe as strongly today as when we were founded that the best […]

Podcast: The Latest in Charity Cyber Security

Podcast: The Latest in Charity Cyber Security

Looking after your cyber security is a constant process. Cyber threats grow more sophisticated, new tools to tackle them arrive on the scene, and charities must stay up-to-date in order to stay secure. In 2022, 30% of charities were able to identify a cyber attack that happened over the last year, with almost two in five of […]

Where to Start with Web Accessibility

Where to Start with Web Accessibility

By Laura Stanley, Charity Digital    We explore the core elements of web accessibility and why charities need to embrace it now Web accessibility is an often overlooked element of web development that charities need to address. Around 1.3 billion people around the world experience significant disability, according to the World Health Organization, representing one […]

Driving Success During Difficult Times

Driving Success During Difficult Times

Covid-19 had a devastating impact on many businesses and forced leaders to re-evaluate their program models. It was no different for many nonprofits, especially those that relied on community support. Learn how Nicole Morris, Executive Director of Women Giving Back (WGB), an organization that provides quality clothing at no cost to women and children in […]

How to Build Your Fundraising Strategy

How to Build Your Fundraising Strategy

  Many charity professionals described 2022 as a year of testing, as we emerged from the early difficulties of the pandemic and embraced the challenges of the “new normal”. The fundraising techniques that worked in 2019, and even in 2020, have not necessarily been carried over to today, with charities needing to adapt to fluctuating […]

Expanding Your .ORG Globally

Expanding Your .ORG Globally

Letters for Strangers began as a school club in California and now reaches teens all over the world. Learn how Diana Chao, Founder and Executive Director, grew her .ORG into the largest global youth-run non-profit focused on destigmatizing mental illness and increasing access to affordable, quality treatment. When did your school club evolve into a […]

Using Data to Inform Action

Using Data to Inform Action

A conversation with Stephanie Chan, Research Manager at Stop AAPI Hate   When your organization was getting started in response to anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, what role did data play in your initial actions? From the beginning, data and research have been paramount to the growth and evolution of our coalition and our movement […]

About the .ORG Learning Center

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Informative Articles

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