Our Winners
OIA winners and finalists 2019-2023.
2023 Finalist
35 Amazing finalists across 7 incredible categories.
ORG Alumni
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Abdul Karim Sesay- Altruistech Luminary Center
Altruistech Luminary Center transforms education in Sierra Leone through STEM and environmental sustainability, empowering youth to create impactful change.
ADES
Over the last two decades, ADES has saved over two million tons of wood and reduced carbon dioxide emissions by three and a half million tons.
AIDFI
AIDFI empowers rural communities with technological innovation, social enterprise, and community development, fostering sustainable growth and equity.
AkoFresh
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.
Anchal Charitable Trust
Anchal Charitable Trust makes a difference by supporting at-risk children in Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttaranchal, addressing disability, HIV/AIDS, and child labor through holistic care.
Babatunde Bale – The R.E.T.I.N.A Initiative
Babatunde Bale is the co-founder of The R.E.T.I.N.A Initiative which promotes primary eye care and combats preventable blindness in underserved African communities through innovative solutions.
Bags of Taste
Since our launch in 2014, Bags of Taste has become a leading authority on food poverty and health inequality. Alicia regularly lectures both medical and masters students and she was also on the Economics and Population Segmentation steering committee for the National Food Strategy.
Be THE Voice
Be THE Voice fosters positive change by teaching students communication skills that promote empathy and respect, fostering connections and countering prejudice.
Build Change
Build Change envisions a world where every home is disaster resilient. With partners, they protect people and livelihoods by preventing housing loss caused by disasters.
Centre for Renewable Energy and Action on Climate Change
Centre for Renewable Energy and Action on Climate Change provides clean energy and water to underserved communities, educating on climate change and renewable resources.
ChangeLabs
Change Labs is an award-winning, Native-led organization on the Navajo and Hopi Nations growing the next generation of Native American entrepreneurs.
Child Rescue Coalition
Child Rescue Coalition (CRC) is a nonprofit organization that rescues children from sexual abuse by building technology for law enforcement, free of charge, to track, arrest and prosecute child predators.
City Mission
City Mission is a Christ-centered rehabilitative homeless shelter.
Clinton Okechukwu – The R.E.T.I.N.A. Initiative
The R.E.T.I.N.A Initiative which promotes primary eye care and combats preventable blindness in underserved African communities through innovative solutions.
Community Focus Group
Dedicated to fostering inclusive and sustainable development by empowering: communities through advocacy, education, and action across thematic areas, including: Climate Action, Women and Youth, Disaster Response, Human Rights, Democratic Governance, Leadership, Arts & Culture, and Aged and Aging.
CREATE Borneo
CREATE Borneo equips indigenous youth with the means to preserve their culture while competing in a growing economy, taking responsibility for their environmental stewardship through technology.
Crisis Tracker
Mapping violence in Central Africa.
Days for Girls
Days for Girls works to eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation so that women and girls have improved health, education and livelihoods.
Dollars for Tic Scholars
To encourage students with Tourette Syndrome to attend college and to stay in college through awarding college scholarships as an investment in their future contributions to society
Ella Lambert – The Pachamama Project
The Pachamama Project is an organization growing a network of volunteers around the world to make reusable sanitary pads for refugees and vulnerable communities, in a bid to combat global period poverty.
Empowerment Collective
Empowerment Collective is driving change towards a world free from modern slavery, promoting dignity, opportunity, and survivor-led leadership to uphold human rights and economic growth.
FarmSahel
FarmSahel empowers Sahel communities by teaching regenerative agriculture to women farmers, enhancing food security and soil fertility.
Fistula Foundation
Fistula Foundation restores health and hope to women with childbirth injuries by providing life-transforming surgeries and support.
Foday David Kamara – EcoVironment
Ecovironment empowers young people from underserved backgrounds to promote environmental and climate sustainability through plastic recycling.
Food for Free
Food For Free improves access to healthy food through establishing innovative programming and partnerships to overcome barriers and strengthen the community food system.
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. Since 2016, the Food Rescue Hero network of 14 partners in the US and Canada, and a growing community of 34K volunteer drivers, have diverted 100 million pounds […]
For The People
For The People reshapes the justice system by empowering prosecutors to safely release people from prison, reunite families, and ensure true justice.
Global Response Medicine and help.me.live
Through their work, Global Response Medicine and help.me.live are dedicated to preserving life and health for children growing up in the shadow of war.
Good Sports
Good Sports works to give kids in need the benefits of sport and physical activity by providing new equipment, apparel, and footwear to youth organizations in high-need communities.
Green Empowerment
Green Empowerment improves living standards and promotes social progress in communities by providing clean water, renewable energy, and sustainable solutions.
Green Generation Initiative
The Green Generation Initiative (GGI) empowers children, youth, and local communities to drive local climate action and adopt regenerative solutions, fostering an environmentally conscious generation.
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. Each “Hello Hub” provides free internet access and world-class educational software to over 1,000 people, giving children and adults an education and a voice in the global […]
HERhealthEQ
HERhealthEQ was born out of a need to reduce the equity gap in access to healthcare for women around the world.
Hope for Justice
Hope for Justice exists to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives, and reforming society.
Inara
INARA is a non-profit that provides access to life-altering medical and mental health care to children impacted by human-induced or natural disasters.
Joy Oluwatoyin Adeboye- Resilient Girl Initiative
Resilient Girl Initiative is a feminist-led organization, working to support survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and builds leadership capacity among girls and women.
Kageno
Kageno Worldwide’s mission is to transform impoverished communities into places of hope and opportunity. They believe there is no single solution for communities living in poverty, but that there must be change across multiple sectors, to effectively transform an impoverished community. This is why Kageno works with community leaders to develop programs in four key […]
Kakenya’s Dream
Kakenya’s Dream invests in girls from rural communities through educational, health, and leadership initiatives to create agents of change.
Kids Operating Room
Kids Operating Room strives for a world where every child has access to safe surgery. They build pediatric operating rooms, train local doctors, and improve access to essential medical care.
Kiva
Kiva expands financial access to underserved communities through crowdfunded loans, supporting business owners, farmers, students, and social enterprises with the funding they need to thrive.
Kiva
Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 in San Francisco, with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive.
LightEd
LightEd is a renewable energy company that focuses on using waste material to build renewable energy solutions that can light up homes and families in rural and some urban communities.
Limbitless Solutions Inc.
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 burden.
Litro de Luz Colombia
Litro de Luz Colombia is a decentralized solar energy company that operates in rural areas and post-conflict zones in Colombia and Latin America.
Long Way Home
Long Way Home engages people in democracy and creates economic and environmental justice through green building, employment, and education.
MAIA
MAIA educates and prepares indigenous girls in rural Guatemala to become the next generation of empowered female leaders in the country.
Mangrove
Restoring mangroves for planet and people.
Mayhew
We are an animal welfare charity working to improve life for dogs, cats and the people in our community – at our home in London and internationally.
MicroLoan Foundation USA
MicroLoan Foundation USA alleviates poverty and advances gender equality for women in sub-Saharan Africa through microfinance and business training.
ONG Zoe
ONG Zoé is providing life-changing healthcare to the Amazon’s Rainforest guardians, caring for those who care for the forest.
Penta Medical Recycling
Penta Medical Recycling collects used and excess prostheses and delivers this high-quality, low-cost prosthetic equipment to amputees around the world.
ProMujer
Pro Mujer is a social enterprise that has been working to advance gender equality in Latin America for more than 33 years.
Refúgio 343
Refugio 343 offers access to one of the most important human rights: education. Their curriculum includes Portuguese classes and intercultural education, as well as training courses.
Sahar Education
Sahar creates educational opportunities for girls and women in Afghanistan, empowering them to build peaceful, thriving communities.
School the World
School the World works to alleviate extreme poverty by providing quality education, transforming school systems, and inspiring local pride and ownership in rural communities.
Seeding Labs
Seeding Labs works to unleash the full potential of scientists worldwide to fight global diseases, feed our growing population, and protect our planet.
Share Our Spare
Share Our Spare supports Chicago-area children by providing essential items, empowering families, and fostering community resilience.
Skateistan
Skateistan is the first international development organization dedicated to empowering children through education and the power of skateboarding.
Smash
Expanding Equity And Innovation In Computer Science Education
Solidarités International
Solidarités International provides emergency aid for food, water, and shelter, helping disaster and conflict – affected communities regain self-sufficiency and sustainable livelihoods.
SOS Orinoco
SOSOrinoco illuminates the crisis in Venezuela’s Amazonia and Orinoquia regions, advocating for urgent measures to halt the unfolding human and environmental disaster.
Studio .89
Community hub encouraging community dialogue, interculturalism, artistic expression, and conscious consumerism while focusing on youth leadership development.
Subak Australia
Subak Australia helps build and strengthen climate and nature focused organizations looking to influence policy and shape narratives. They provide an experienced network, supporting nonprofits to use data to catalyze systemic change.
Teach for America
Our teacher corps, Ignite Fellowship, and alumni programs are designed to build transformational relationships between students and leaders.
TerraCycle Global Foundation
TerraCycle Global Foundation prevents and recycles plastic waste in rivers and canals, educating local communities on sustainable practices to stop pollution at the source before it reaches the oceans.
The Center for Courageous Kids
The Center for Courageous Kids transforms lives by empowering children with serious illnesses through camp experiences, fostering courage, joy, and lifelong friendships.
TIP Sessions
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.
TriHealthon
Rising Star Esther Ejiroghene Ajari promotes health equity in Nigeria through through TriHealthon, a nongovernment organization.
U-turn Homeless Ministries
U-turn Homeless Ministries transforms lives in South Africa by providing holistic support services, empowering people to overcome homelessness through Mi-change vouchers, an engagement tool.
Villages in Partnership
Villages in Partnership seeks to eradicate extreme poverty in Malawi by partnering with villages to provide clean water, food security, healthcare, education, infrastructure, and economic opportunity.
WHOlives
WHOlives is committed to bringing clean water to developing communities in a self-sustainable process and creating local ownership, economic incentives, and accountability.
World Refugee School
WRS Global is a school that leverages technology to provide quality education to children in need globally in an affordable, scalable, durable, immediate and certified way.
Yellow Boat of Hope
The Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation aids Filipino children in remote areas by providing boats, classrooms, dormitories, and other initiatives to improve their access to education and enhance their learning journey.
Zoe Empowers
Zoe Empowers equips orphaned children and vulnerable youth with tools and training to help them overcome life-threatening poverty.
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