Fiscally Sponsored Projects: Change Agents in Action!
As the fiscal sponsor(providing 501c3 nonprofit status and other impact support tools) of the below initiatives, Empowerment WORKS carefully vets and continuously works with each to ensure that their actions advance our charitable purpose of fostering a more sustainable, just world, and that their leadership reflects our core values. These front-line leaders provide invaluable social innovation and inspiration as we build a learning community and greater impact through collaboration. Explore their websitesbelow, be inspired and get involved!
Project Title w/ website link, Project Focus. - Year began w/ EW:
Springboard Connectivityempowers individuals and groups who want to be part of climate crisis solutions. -2024
(CREATE) Praxis (stay tuned!) - Community Research and Education In Action for True Empowerment -2024 Seed Library Networkprovides free resources on how to start, and maintain a seed library. -2024
The Mesa Harmony Garden volunteers grow fresh local produce for the people of Santa Barbara, CA. -2023
Juaniworks in Sega, rural Kenya to support a future where all women can access the care they need. -2023
WildChoir(formerly “Thrive Choir”) sings the music for the revolution. Based in Oakland, California, they are a diverse group of vocalists, artists, activists, educators, and healers who join together in big harmony. - 2023
Shared Ground is an Interfaith Climate Resilience Hub in Denver's Northside responding to the crises of our times, and to foster new futures into being. -2023
Institute of Natural Law & Governancecultivates pathways to healing, multidisciplinary collaboration and conscious systemic change by uniting in the movement to Wholeness as One with Nature. -2022
Going to Seedinspires a shift in agriculture towards adaptation, community & diversity, one garden at a time. -2022
Teens4Hireis on a mission to get teens hired! -2022
Soul Seed Gathering is a living library, archive & museum re-weaving the broken threads of our deep feminine ancestry though Research, documentary, storytelling & events. -2022
The Youth Sexpert Programis a sex education training program to empower youth, nationwide, to act as experts amongst their peers on all topics sexuality. -2022
Chipped Teacups Consultingworks to develop deeper and more nuanced understandings of student engagement and those instructional practices that foster it. -2022
Refugio Tintiworks in Costa Rica to restore and maintain ecosystems, to enhance biodiversity and, within this framework, to create economic stability. -2022
The Imagine Convergenceis gathering scientists, innovators, activists, artists and like-minded individuals who believe in a healthy and sustainable future. -2022
Sumak Kawsay is an educational and cultural association founded in the Sacred Valley of Peru. -2022
As We Are works to support young Asian Americans feel accepted as they are and to know within that they are whole as they are. -2022
Dev Dance Theatregives female artists from various backgrounds a platform to express their stories. -2022
LOAM is a Cultivating agency and aliveness in the spaces where we work, learn, and lead. -2022
Empowerment Avesupports incarcerated artists and writers in mainstream venues. -2022
BUILD IT Ukraine is helping students and families affected by the war in Ukraine find safety, continue their education and rebuild their lives. -2022
Mission San Pedroworks to improve the health and quality of life of people, especially widows facing severe economic hardship, in the indigenous Maya village of San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala. -2022
Hylo.com is an open-source, purpose-driven collaboration platform designed to scale well-being and impact with powerful tools for resource sharing and trust building in community. -2022
Avril Healswas created by survivors of sexual violence to offer community, broaden understandings of justice, and explore creative art practices with the goal of empowering us on our path to healing. -2022
Nativien co-develop intercultural models that supporting the preservation of Indigenous social fabric and protection of the land that has sustained them for millennia. -2021
Central American Ancestry | CAHAAS is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing Central America's rich and dynamic history with individuals and communities. -2021
EARF (elevate all regenerative food/farmers/friends) repairs the broken link between people, food, and the land that everything comes from through regenerative Community Supported Agriculture in Rhode Island, USA. - 2021
Media Sutra Foundation supports the arts, culture and creative process to fuel social movements that dismantle oppressive systems and build new ones rooted in justice and freedom. -2021
Bank Green -knowing our banking system will not change itself, works to defund environmentally destructive fossil fuels by leveraging the power of customers. -2021
Revision Education is a fellowship series that provides Title I Bay Area high school teachers with paid training, resources, and one-on-one support in getting students outside. -2021 (in 2022 supporting kids in Ukraine)
The Lama Dorje Foundation works to awakening consciousness and human potential for creating a flourishing world for the sake of all that live - to inspire an enlightened society. -2021
Sacred Leadership Councilis a council of leaders committed to stewardship, innovation and impact to co-create a wave of possibility and change through ritual, ceremony, and mastermind. -2021
Heartland Collectiveoffers people a space to fully activate their role in making the world a better place -2020
We Are Back is an NGO registered in Turkey helping refugees wherever they are to empower and strengthen them to overcome their economic difficulties. -2020
Diamonds for Peaceworks with artisanal diamond miners and diggers in Liberia to build their capacity and market access for ethically mined diamonds and thus improve their own communities. -2020
Election Verification Network (EVN) is a professional society of election officials, researchers, and advocates committed to accurate, accessible, transparent, reliable, and verifiable elections. -2020
Sahiyo works to empower Asian communities to end female genital cutting and create positive social change through dialogue, education, and collaboration based on community involvement. -2020
Project Jericho advances peace in the middle east through health initiatives and medical diplomacy. -2020
Reviveolution is an intercultural team of indigenous wisdom-keepers, inspiring leaders, and global pioneers committed to a socially and ecologically thriving world. -2020
WILDSEED Community Farm and Healing Village is an emerging Black and Brown-led, feminine-centered, queer-loving, earth-based sanctuary, and political and creative home on 181 acres in Millerton, NY. -2020
WeMori: We Need Forests. Forests Need Us. Protect and restore forests worldwide. Fight climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation with your fingertips. -2020
World Marathon Challenge - We run for those who cant. This 7 x 7 x7 Celebration of Health challenges two ultra-marathoners to run 7 Marathons in 7 Continents in 7 Days to raise funds and awareness for depression. -2020
Passing The Torch Initiativefosters 'a better, more peaceful world' (Olympic Charter) by harnessing the power and magic of the international Olympic movement as a force for good in society. -2019
Ovio revolutionizes pro-bono work for the tech industry and brings together social impact organizations, passionate people and companies to make skill-based volunteering easy and rewarding for all. -2019 Nepal Empoweredworks to empower the Men, Women and Children of Karki Gaun and support them to rebuild and improve their Quality of Life through literacy, housing and sustainable livelihood creation. -2019
Terran Watershed is amplifying cooperation among people working to regenerate our communities and our planet, by building systems and tools that foster trust and collaboration, starting in the Bay Area bioregion. -2019
SF Global Shapersis a community of young leaders committed to creating positive change in ourselves, our local community, and the world. An initiative of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Empowerment Works. - 2019
The Tree Pledge is a coalition combating climate change by empowering individuals and communities to take local action to plant and protect millions of trees by 2022. - 2019
NewBeginnings Charitable Trust is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working at the grassroots level to create an increasingly developed, Rights Based equal and self-sustaining communities in India. - 2019
The Colab Campout micro-village building festival empowers people to see and experience how powerful it is when we collaborate to build a regenerative future together.- 2019
Back to Earth's Wilderness Immersion and Leadership Development program advances holistic development of teenage boys through practices of self-care and personal growth in a culture of gratitude and peacemaking. *2018
Regenerate Changeapplies patterns of the natural world to support the regenerative change movement; via holistic integration of personal self-care, professional growth, and resilient networks. - 2018
Home Storytellers is a creative media initiative multiplying the impact of extraordinary organizations delivering solutions for Safer, Humane, and Orderly Migration. - 2018
LittleUSA Solar Farmis creating community-based renewable electricity-- to power 400 homes, locally controlled wealth, and directly improve the job skills of local citizens facing barriers to entry in the workplace. - 2017
Chaikuni Institute investigates and promotes sustainable access to plant medicine, healthy food and economic opportunities for local communities in the Peruvian Amazon. - 2016
Dageno Girls School is a residential education center for Tanzanian girls, offering holistic support, academics, entrepreneurial leadership & life skills. - 2016
Paititi Institute advances the daily integration of indigenous wisdom - serving as an intercultural bridge supporting individuals and communities to live activated, responsible and joyful beings in harmony with all life. - 2014
permEzone sponsors family farmers in food deficient communities to train in sustainable food system design, and supports them in sharing knowledge and experience within their community using mobile phone technology.- 2014
Our Sacred Acres is an Impact Center for local and global conscious community development; providing a place to connect deeply in nature and practice skills for living lightly together. - 2014
Kick Butts Take Names is creating a community and culture of butt-kicking: improving outcomes and changing the way the world sees and responds to tobacco, nicotine and freedom. - 2014
Visualizing Impact is today's digital social justice movement - exposing inequalities with powerful and intuitively designed InfoGraphics, video animations, and other interactive data-visualization tools. - 2013
The Needs Reportpromotes a ground-up approach to development via a public input platform. - 2011