Fiscally Sponsored Projects: Catalyzing Impact through Collaboration.
Each of the below fiscally sponsored nonprofit projects have undergone careful review to assure they both advance Empowerment WORKS' 501c3 mission towards a thriving, socially just world, and are managed by those uniquely qualified to implement them.
Empowerment WORKS is proud to partner with these remarkably dedicated and innovative social entrepreneurs and volunteer teams to bring their visions to the world. Look around. We hope you'll be as inspired by them as we are.
Project Title w/ website link, Impact & Year EW sponsorship began (most recent on top):
Kiva Fellow: Natalie Sherman - Developing the economic empowerment of small business owners in and around the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon - 2012
Construyendo Futuros Expo - Helping Healthy Relationships Become the Norm for Future Generations through Education Prevention and Intervention - 2012
FAMINE-AID.ORG -
Raises The Capital Needed to Prevent the Useless Death of Children Around The World, Due To Severe Acute Malnutrition. - 2012
The Needs Report - promotes a ground-up approach to development by providing a public platform for individuals to report their needs - and making their voices heard. - 2011
Peace on EarthBench Movement (POEM) - empowers youth & their communities to clean up the environment & create a gathering area— an earthbench—where they can share life. - 2011
The Zuia Project – enables women and children of Ugenya, Kenya to take charge of their health and well-being via interdiscipliary education, information technology & civic engagement. - 2011
Elizka Relief Foundation - promotes sustainable integrated human development by enhancing the capacity for people to network across sectoral, identity and geographical boundaries. - 2011
Bukavu Youth Action Center - empowers youth in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to initiate personal and community transformation through mentorship and arts programs. - 2011
Rise Up Development Collective - brings reliable medical access and tools for the people of Wli Todzi, Ghana, to empower themselves while retaining indigenous knowledge & self-reliance. - 2011
The Simama Project - empowers underprivileged Kenyan youth by giving them the tools they need to get themselves out of poverty. - 2011
The Berkeley Transition Initiative - invites all of Berkeley, CA to create a positive transition from dependence on fossil fuels to a resilient local community & economy, built on clean energy - 2011
ADA Compliance Monitoring and Education (ACME) - enables People With Disabilities (PWDs) to fight discrimination through simple and direct web-based action. - 2011
Internet Freedom Labs - empowers global citizens, starting in Iran, with free access to Information and Communication Technologies. - 2011
Jitokeze Wamama Wafrika - works with women living in semi arid regions of Kenya, who have been adversely affected by droughts and conflicts induced by climate change. - 2011
The Bayview BOOM Artcar/Artbike Parade - fosters economic opportunity through a co-creative neighborhood festival on wheels. - 2011
Uganda Project (UP) - provides free education, housing, mentoring and other services to extraordinary students for positive global change. - 2011
Exponential Education - strengthens the basic education fundamentals for extraordinary youth in Africa and India through a self-multiplying scholarship & mentor-ship program. - 2011
Rising Tide re. Contemporary Chinese Art and Pearls on the Ocean Floor - films by Robert Adanto. - 2011
Forms of Identification - a documentary film by Jessica Ingersoll-Cope & Kristin Tieche. -2010
Nu Intentions - Delivers business development/ leadership training and Micro Grants for Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda. -2010
The Transpartisan Alliance/ American Citizen's Summit - Promotes whole system, collaborative governance structure and platform for enlightened government. -2008
Marla Leigh's Rhythms in Peace Tour - Honors and enriches world heritage through music, dance and cultural exchange. -2007
Past projects include:
