Good Magazine as its tagline says is for "people who give a damn" and describes itself as a publishing platform to "change the world." So, it comes as no surprise that every holiday season the magazine chooses nonprofit partners and runs a fundraising/subscription campaign.
Here's how it works. Good Magazine wants to sign up 50,000 subscribers and will donate 100% of the $20 subscription fee towards the subscriber's choice of one of twelve nonprofits described briefly below. If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations.
Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Acumen's investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services -- like health, water and housing -- through innovative,
market-oriented approaches.
Ashoka's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated. It develops and supports the profession of social entrepreneurship by acting as a venture capital firm for visionary change-makers around the world.
826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Each chapter offers drop-in tutoring, field trips, workshops, and in-schools programs -- all free of charge -- for children, classes, and schools with particular interests or particular needs.
Hands On Network brings people together to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer action. A growing network of more than a half million volunteers and nearly 50,000 projects a year, with volunteer opportunities that range from building wheelchair ramps in
San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kiva connects individuals with unique small businesses in the developing world, and helps to orchestrate a one-on-one micro-loan. It is a way for people to invest in each other and help foster economic independence around the globe.
Malaria No More the mission of Malaira No More is simple: to end deaths due to malaria. Malaria No More engages individuals, organizations, and corporations in the private sector to provide life-saving bed nets and other critical interventions to families in need.
NRDC a nation-wide environmental action organization that uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and ecosystems.
Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to establish schools, libraries and other educational infrastructure.
Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people's dwindling interest in the food they eat. The organization works to educate
people on where their food comes from and how our food choices affect
the rest of the world.
Teach For America is an organization working to inspire our country's most able and determined college graduates to stand up and fight injustice in the educational system.
YouthAIDS () is a non-profit organization that works to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS among 15-24 year olds in over 50 countries by educating on healthy living and providing life-saving health products.
Beth Kanter, BlogHer Contributing Editor for Social Change and Nonprofits, is the author of Beth's Blog.
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