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 websites below, be inspired and get involved!
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 websites below, be inspired and get involved!
Project Title w/ website link, Project Focus. - Year began w/ EW:
Owed Soap is a youth driven social enterprise spreading sustainable hygiene where it is needed most. -2025
Hope Rising Education is dedicated to providing children with the tools they need to thrive in Zimbabwe. -2025
Riverside4Palestine works with families in Gaza to provide clean water tanks and emergency starvation relief -2025
Springboard Connectivity empowers individuals and groups who want to be part of climate crisis solutions. -2024
(CREATE) Praxis - Community Research and Education In Action for True Empowerment -2024
Seed Library Network provides free resources on how to start, and maintain a seed library. -2024
Thai Child Development Foundation delivers education, essential medical care, and a nurturing environment. -2024
Back to the Start participants discover that even behind bars their stories are important and have power. -2023
Akaedia hosts after-school camps to bridge the educational divide in the field of technology. -2023
The Collaborative Technology Alliance is building social technology for a thriving world, together. -2023
The Mesa Harmony Garden volunteers grow fresh local produce for the people of Santa Barbara, CA. -2023
Juani works 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. - 2023
Shared Ground is an Interfaith Climate Resilience Hub in Denver's Northside. -2023
Institute of Natural Law & Governance cultivates systemic change through Wholeness as One with Nature. -2022
Going to Seed inspires a shift in agriculture towards adaptation, community & diversity, one garden at a time. -2022
Teens4Hire is on a mission to get teens hired! -2022
Soul Seed Gathering is a living archive re-weaving the broken threads of our deep feminine ancestry. -2022
The Youth Sexpert Program is a sex education training program to empower youth, nationwide. -2022
Chipped Teacups Consulting works to develop deeper understandings of student engagement. -2022
Refugio Tinti works in Costa Rica to restore and maintain ecosystems, to enhance biodiversity. -2022
The Imagine Convergence gathers innovators, activists, and artists for a healthy and sustainable future. -2022
Sumak Kawsay is an educational and cultural association founded in the Sacred Valley of Peru. -2022
Dev Dance Theatre gives 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 Ave supports incarcerated artists and writers in mainstream venues. -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 Heals was 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
San Diego Green Infrastructure Consortium applies a collaborative, natural systems inspired approach to create major improvements in community resilience. -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 Council is 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 Collective offers 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 Peace works 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 Initiative fosters '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 Empowered works 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 Shapers is 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 Change applies 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 Farm is 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
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 Report promotes a ground-up approach to development via a public input platform. - 2011
The Bayview BOOM Artcar/Artbike Parade fosters economic opportunity through a festival on wheels. - 2011
Owed Soap is a youth driven social enterprise spreading sustainable hygiene where it is needed most. -2025
Hope Rising Education is dedicated to providing children with the tools they need to thrive in Zimbabwe. -2025
Riverside4Palestine works with families in Gaza to provide clean water tanks and emergency starvation relief -2025
Springboard Connectivity empowers individuals and groups who want to be part of climate crisis solutions. -2024
(CREATE) Praxis - Community Research and Education In Action for True Empowerment -2024
Seed Library Network provides free resources on how to start, and maintain a seed library. -2024
Thai Child Development Foundation delivers education, essential medical care, and a nurturing environment. -2024
Back to the Start participants discover that even behind bars their stories are important and have power. -2023
Akaedia hosts after-school camps to bridge the educational divide in the field of technology. -2023
The Collaborative Technology Alliance is building social technology for a thriving world, together. -2023
The Mesa Harmony Garden volunteers grow fresh local produce for the people of Santa Barbara, CA. -2023
Juani works 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. - 2023
Shared Ground is an Interfaith Climate Resilience Hub in Denver's Northside. -2023
Institute of Natural Law & Governance cultivates systemic change through Wholeness as One with Nature. -2022
Going to Seed inspires a shift in agriculture towards adaptation, community & diversity, one garden at a time. -2022
Teens4Hire is on a mission to get teens hired! -2022
Soul Seed Gathering is a living archive re-weaving the broken threads of our deep feminine ancestry. -2022
The Youth Sexpert Program is a sex education training program to empower youth, nationwide. -2022
Chipped Teacups Consulting works to develop deeper understandings of student engagement. -2022
Refugio Tinti works in Costa Rica to restore and maintain ecosystems, to enhance biodiversity. -2022
The Imagine Convergence gathers innovators, activists, and artists for a healthy and sustainable future. -2022
Sumak Kawsay is an educational and cultural association founded in the Sacred Valley of Peru. -2022
Dev Dance Theatre gives 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 Ave supports incarcerated artists and writers in mainstream venues. -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 Heals was 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
San Diego Green Infrastructure Consortium applies a collaborative, natural systems inspired approach to create major improvements in community resilience. -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 Council is 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 Collective offers 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 Peace works 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 Initiative fosters '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 Empowered works 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 Shapers is 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 Change applies 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 Farm is 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
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 Report promotes a ground-up approach to development via a public input platform. - 2011
The Bayview BOOM Artcar/Artbike Parade fosters economic opportunity through a festival on wheels. - 2011
Completed & Transitioned projects:
- As We Are supports young Asian Americans to know within that they are whole as they are. -2022
- Mission San Pedro works to improve the quality of life of indigenous Mayan widows in Guatemala. -2022
- BUILD IT Ukraine helps students and families affected by the war in Ukraine rebuild their lives. -2022
- Warriors Without Borders risk their lives to protect civilian lives affected by the invasion of Ukraine. -2022
- Kick Butts Take Names is changing the way the world responds to tobacco, nicotine and freedom. - 2014
- Network of Early-Career Sustainable Scientists & Engineers (NESSE) is a movement for sustainability - 2016
- LitterRally is a mobile trash pickup dance party to redefine how we relate to waste while having a blast. -2020
- The PoEM foundation cultivates right relationship with the greater ecosystems of which we are a part. -2017
- City Horse empowers under represented youth in the world of horses & animals in the Bay Area. - 2014
- Village Ventures International promotes sustainable rural development for women and youth. - 2015
- One Heart - One Spirit film project celebrates indigenous wisdom with respect for all life - 2015
- 10 Billion Strong supports the next generation of global environmental sustainability leaders. - 2019
- For Here, Please. helps small businesses connect with their community with sustainable practices. - 2019
- Animal Run creates charity run & walks supporting A better, more loving and sustainable world. -2018
- The Simama Project empowers underprivileged Kenyan youth by giving them the tools they need. - 2011
- DC Books to Prisons provides books to people who are incarcerated for their future success - 2020
- Quest House provides safe, affordable pre-post operation support to transmasculine individuals. - 2019
- Family Cooperative Camp offers a nurturing, play-based environment to help kids - 2017
- The Diversity Conference : Unification, Networking, Innovation throughout the Western Region. *2016
- Cowrie Village is redefining wealth in the East Bay (CA) with roots in West Africa. *2014 - 2017
- The Emerge Project uses media and film to highlight the creativity traits of people with African decent - 2017
- Board Seat Meet is an on and offline platform advancing gender diversity on corporate boards - 2019
- The PMS Telethon finding healthy, female centered, cures for cramps, endometriosis and fibroids. - 2015
- BioNova Health promotes equity of medicinal plants with their communities & natural heritage. *2015
- Agbeti Tree of Life serves to heal and empower communities in Ghana, West Africa - 2015
- Agri-links supports women farmers across Africa, starting in Zimbabwe, with mobile technology - 2016
- North American Permaculture Convergence to make a more resilient future possible. *2016
- Living Arts Foundation is a community arts and sustainable ecology center from the Asheville area. - 2016
- The Grandmothers Empowerment Project provides financial assistance to Native American Elders. - 2014
- Here is Why: PROJECTS connects agents of change through video, photography and words. - 2013
- Megabook Initiative empowers children in underprivileged areas of the world. - 2013
- Cosmic Convergence Festival -promotes community impact in Guatemala for our Ancestral Future. *2013
- Project Nuevo Mundo Foundation connects People and Impact Centers to catalyze regeneration.. - 2013
- NorCal Community Resilience Network builds thriving Transition Initiatives across Northern California . - 2013
- Transition Albany invites its community to create a positive transition from fossil fuel dependency -2013
- Eco Womb connects with you to create a simple and sustainable way of life with your family. - 2013
- Transition Berkeley brings neighbors together to build a more sustainable, resilient future for Berkeley. *2011 -17
- LOUD SPRING expands understanding of EcoFeminist values globally through art happenings. -2019
- The Enlight Collaborative - empowering youth as change-makers through collaboration. *2017 - 2019
- Red Lightning - Gender alchemy in love and service to a better world at Red Rock City *2017 - 2018
- Extinction Witness is a global arts project that supports compassionate life-ways. *2012 /2017
- Global Service Partnerships transforms educational challenges in Belize. *2014
- Qeyno Labs' social innovation, education and technology *2014
- Revision Ventures closes the wealth gap *2014
- Thousand Locks Charity public hair donation events *2013
- Construyendo Futuros empowers All Generations to make Healthy Relationships *2012
- Exponential Education self-multiplying scholarship & mentor-ship program. *2011
- Musical Activist Alliance mobilizes direct collective action (2015)
- The Visionaria Network nurtures the next generation of sustainable development leaders. 2013 - 2018
- 109 World platform creating positive impact in a way that fits lifestyle. 2015 - 2017
- Mud Water multidisciplinary dance theater project - 2015
- Coaching for Social Change professional coaching and training 2015 - 2016
- Vets2Vets helps veterans transform into financially independent - 2015
- Helping Others Rise thru education - 2015 - 2017
- Samadre community based production of tents for Tibetan women in exile - 2014
- The Beehive crowdfunding platform for the humanitarian community - 2014
- Cambio Creativo is an educational partnership for socially at-risk youth - 2014
- One4All is a social giving + crowd-funding site - 2014
- Audacity Urban Youth Project provides youth opportunities for community engagement - 2014
- Sucre Blue quality access to patients around the world. - 2013
- EdTrip Project innovative learning programs, travel and inclusiveness (2013)
- Data Roads Foundation human-to-human communication (2013)
- Tribal Convergence Network supports Community, Collaboration, & Communication - 2013
- Our Personal Financial Freedom Training Program online education for women in Africa - 2013
- Uganda Project (UP) provides education to extraordinary students for positive change. - 2011
- Forms of Identification films by Jessica Ingersoll-Cope & Kristin Tieche / Selva Vision -2010
- Cooperative Education Project development of cooperative education institutions 2013 - 2014
- Rise Up Development Collective for the people of Wli Todzi, Ghana (2011)
- Peace on Earth Bench Movement (POEM) empowers youth & their communities worldwide - 2011
- Elizka Relief Foundation promotes sustainable integrated human development in Ghana - 2011
- The Transpartisan Alliance promotes a whole system, collaborative governance structure - 2008
- Rising Tide re. Contemporary Chinese Art and Pearls on the Ocean Floor - films by Robert Adanto. - 2011
- Startup Weekend Oakland innovates an inclusive technology ecosystem (2014)
- Clover Foundation for young children in Uganda (2014)
- The Asheville Tool Library of Asheville, NC (2013)
- Young Women's Leadership for young women world-wide (2013)
- Project Seres serving youth in Guatemala and beyond (2012)
- Serving While Achieving Greatness (SWAG) empowering youth in NYC & beyond (2012)
- Root Alliance advancing life-saving technologies research with local partners in India (2012)
- ADA Compliance Monitoring and Education (ACME) (2011)
- The Zuia Project enables women and children of Ugenya, Kenya (2011)
- Jitokeze Wamama Wafrika Empowering Women in Kenya (2011)
- Nu Intentions Women in Uganda (2010)
- Bukavu Youth Action Center (2011-2013)
- Kiva Fellow: Natalie Sherman (2012)
- Internet Freedom Labs (2011-2012)
- Vanishing of the Bees documentary on Colony Collapse (2007 - 2009)
- Reality Cares - Children's Benefit Events (2008 - 2009)
- Marla Leigh's Rhythms in Peace Tour (2007)
- The Coalition for a Sustainable Africa (CSAfrica) (2006 - 2007)
- Teens & Toddlers Santa Barbara - teen pregnancy prevention program by Laura Huxley (2004 -2005)
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