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Top 100+ Not-for-Profit Inspirations, Technologies, Websites and Apps

Inspirations sourced for the YGDA

Translating 170 years of successful community building effectively into new digital spaces

Key Criteria for Inclusion on List

Smart user experience Novel, dynamic digital functionality Good audience/social/community engagement Clear differentiation of benefit Fresh, leading design interface Quantity, quality and interactivity of content Successful/innovative fundraising/business model Progressive communications view Appealing to youth Leading traffic generation/recognition

Types of Digital Causes/Websites/Platforms and Apps

Youth-targeted digital causes Fundraising/Challenges Digital “breakout rockstar” causes/charities Activism websites/causes Youth – Health/Active Causes/Platforms Social Entrepreneurship/Startups Crowdsourcing initiatives Travel/purpose-driven travel Digital education initiatives Events/video-based Initiatives Ambassador Programs Technologies/Social Media Innovations Showing Social Impact Mobile apps/solutions/mashups

1. YOUTH TARGETED DIGITAL CAUSES (#1-11)

http://www.metowe.com

#1 Me To We

http://becauseiamagirl.ca

#2 Plan Canada – Because I Am a Girl

http://www.unyouth.org.au

#3 UN Youth Australia

http://www.letsfcancer.com

#4 Let’s F Cancer

http://tooyoungtowed.org

#5 Too Young To Wed

http://rethinkbreastcancer.com

#6 Rethink Breast Cancer

http://www.girleffect.org

#7 The Girl Effect

http://www.unicef.org

#8 UNICEF

http://www.appsforgood.org

#9 Apps for Good

https://www.youthventure.org

#10 Ashoka’s Youth Venture

http://www.global-changemakers.net

#11 Global Changemakers

2. FUNDRAISING CHALLENGES (#12-21)

http://www.imagination.is/cardboard_challenge

#12 Imagination Foundation - Caine’s Arcade

http://www.triggrz.com

#13 TriggrZ – Intensify Influence

http://www.onemillionactsofgreen.com

#14 One Million Acts of Green

http://www.doitinadress.com

#15 Do it in a Dress

http://givingpledge.org

#16 The Giving Pledge

http://www.dosomething.org

#17 DoSomething.Org

http://www.goodfornothing.com

#18 Camp Nothing

http://freerice.com

#19 Free Rice

http://www.weforum.org/best-practices/creative-good/

#20 Creative for Good (Wolrd Economic Forum)

http://www.goodfornothing.com

#21 Giving Tuesday

3. DIGITAL BREAKOUT/ROCKSTAR CHARITIES (#22 – 28)

http://www.charitywater.org

#22 Charity Water

http://www.waterislife.com

#23 Water is Life

http://twloha.com

#24 To Write Love on Her Arms

http://www.movember.com

#25 Movember

http://www.earthhour.org

#26 Earth Hour

http://www.end7.org

#27 End 7

#28 Red Nose Day

http://www.rednoseday.com

4. ACTIVISM WEBSITE/CAUSES (#29-36)

http://www.youtube.com/user/thoseawkwardchats

#29 The Awkward Conversations Project

https://www.getup.org.au

#30 Get Up – Active for Australia

http://www.thebiglunch.com

#31 The Big Lunch

http://stand.org

#32 Stand.Org

http://front.moveon.org

#33 MoveOn.Org

http://www.hrc.org

#34 Human Rights Campaign

http://www.change.org/

#35 Change.Org

http://www.theline.gov.au

#36 The Line

5. YOUTH – HEALTH/ACTIVE CAUSES/PLATFORMS (#37-43)

http://www.freshair.org

#37 The Fresh Air Fund

http://jumpstart.canadiantire.ca/en/

#39 Jumpstart (Canadian Tire)

http://www.righttoplay.com/

#39 Right to Play

http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com

#40 The Weight of the Nation (HBO)

http://greatist.com

#41 Greatist

http://nikeplus.nike.com/plus/

#42 Nike Plus

http://november-project.com

#43 The November Project

6. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP/STARTUPS (#44-50)

http://www.techhub.com

#44 Techhub

http://www.nesta.org.uk

#45 Nesta

http://nikeaccelerator.com

#46 Nike+ Accelerator

http://www.globalstartupyouth.org

#47 Global Startup Youth

http://genycap.com

#48 Gen Y Capital Partners

http://500.co

#49 500 Startups

https://www.ashoka.org

#50 Ashoka

7. CROWDSOURCING INITIATIVES (#51-56)

http://www.geniusrocket.com

#51 Genius Rocket

http://pursu.it

#52 Pursuit

http://www.kiva.org

#53 Kiva

http://www.crowdrise.com

#54 Crowdrise

http://www.threadless.com

#55 Threadless

#56 Razoo

http://www.razoo.com

8. TRAVEL/PURPOSE-DRIVEN TRAVEL (#57-60)

https://www.airbnb.com

#57 airbnb

http://www.peacefulcountries.com

#58 Peaceful Countries

http://crookedtrails.org

#59 Crooked Trails

http://www.thevagabondproject.tv

#60 The Vagabond Project

9. DIGITAL EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES (#61-67)

http://www.vittana.org

#61 Vittana

http://wonderopolis.org

#62 Wonderopolis

http://www.codecademy.com

#63 Codeacademy

http://www.lynda.com

#64 Lynda.com

http://ed.ted.com

#65 TED Ed

https://generalassemb.ly

#66 General Assembly

http://www.idealist.org

#67 Idealist

10. EVENTS/VIDEO-BASED INITIATIVES (#68-71)

http://tedxyouthday.ted.com

#68 TedX Youth Day

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/index.html

#69 CNN Heroes

http://www.127definingmoments.com/

#70 127 Defining Moments (Outside Magazine)

#71 Funny or Die

http://www.funnyordie.com

11. AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS (#72-78)

http://ambassadorsforlife.org

#72 Ambassadors for Life

http://www.wvchildambassadors.org

#73 World Vision Child Ambassadors

http://www.humansofnewyork.com

#74 Humans of New York

http://www.fiestamovement.com

#75 Ford Fiesta Movement

http://www.lululemon.com/community/ambassadors

#76 lululemon Ambassadors

http://www.unicef.org/people/index.html

#77 UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors

https://www.ammado.com

#78 Ammado

12. TECHNOLOGIES/SOCIAL MEDIA INNOVATIONS (#79-88)

http://bangthetable.com

#79 Bang The Table

http://www.ushahidi.com

#80 Ushahidi

http://www.naturevalleytrailview.com

#81 Nature Valley Trail Views

http://www.newsana.com

#82 Newsana

http://whatstrending.com

#83 What’s Trending

https://www.thunderclap.it

#85 Thunderclap

http://curatorsofsweden.com

#86 Curators of Sweden

http://alltop.com

#87 Alltop

http://worldsecond.montblanc.com

#88 Montblanc World Second

13. SHOWING SOCIAL IMPACT (#89-92)

http://www.publicartfund.org

#89 New York Public Art Fund

http://www.charityrepublic.com

#90 Charity Republic

http://socialimpactaward.net

#91 Social Impact Award

#92 The Zero Footprint Calculator

http://calc.zerofootprint.net

14. MOBILE APPS/SOLUTIONS/MASHUPS (#93-109)

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/full-fitness-exercise-workout/id536049508?mt=8

#93 Full Fitness App

http://www.fleetly.com

#94 Fleetly App

http://sofitmobile.com

#95 So Fit App

http://www.volunteermatch.org

#96 Volunteer Match App

http://www.life360.com

#97 Life 360 App

https://path.com

#98 Path

http://www.mapmyfitness.com

#99 Map My Fitness

https://flipboard.com

#100 Flipboard

http://www.charitymiles.org

#101 Charity Miles

http://www.thesilenthistory.com

#102 The Silent History

http://sulia.com

#103 Sulia

http://appysnap.com

#105 Appysnap App

http://instagram.com

#106 Instagram

http://hello.sparked.com

#107 Sparked App

http://www.sessionm.com

#108 Session M App

http://badgeville.com/

#109 Badgeville

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