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We support the design and creation of innovative solutions to the world's most pressing social and environmental challenges.
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Build Change teaches the basics of disaster-resistant design and construction to residents and officials in high-risk areas.
DJDS designs and develops new building types and tools for change that integrate restorative justice/economics, education and reentry housing to end the crisis caused by mass incarceration.
MASS Design Group designs, builds, and advocates for buildings that bring health, dignity and growth.
The Nubian Vault Association uses ancient building techniques to address sub-Saharan Africa's modern housing shortage.
UNHCR is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
Water For People aims to bring lasting access to safe water and sanitation to everyone, forever.
Amped Innovation designs breakthrough products for people living on less than four dollars per day, enabling them to rise out of poverty.
BioLite developed a high-efficiency woodstove that powers its own exhaust fan to improve combustion and reduce deaths from smoke—with energy to spare.
Design that Matters applies design to bridge the gap between existing life-saving technologies and the people who need them most.
D-Rev designs and develops medical technologies and products to improve the health of underserved populations.
KickStart designs irrigation tools that help African farmers start profitable businesses and lift themselves out of poverty.
myAgro enables smallholder farmers to use their mobile phones to save, little by little, for high-quality inputs such as seeds and fertilizer, and agricultural training.
Nexleaf Analytics is a nonprofit technology company bringing data-driven impact to public health and climate change interventions.
Nia uses innovative technologies to bridge the access gap for prosthetics for children in the developing world.
PATH is an international health organization driving transformative innovation to save lives.
Proximity Designs creates and distributes affordable products and services that enrich the lives of rural families in Myanmar.
Sanergy builds healthy, prosperous communities by bringing clean, affordable sanitation to Kenya's informal settlements.
Simprints has built a biometric fingerprint identification solution to help development organizations solve their identification challenges.
Solar Fire Concentration Ltd is tackling climate change, poverty, deforestation and women's rights by empowering small farmers and businesses by developing truly cost-effective and high-temperature solar thermal technology.
Splash works to provide clean water for orphanages, schools, hospitals and shelters in the developing world.
WeRobotics localizes appropriate robotics skills and solutions to accelerate the positive impact of social good projects in low-income countries.
The Blum Center for Developing Economies is an interdisciplinary hub where students and faculty design, pilot, and scale innovations for the global good.
The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to exploring, explaining, and sustaining life on Earth.
Closed Loop Ventures invests in early-stage companies that support and catalyze the circular economy, including sustainable consumer goods companies, advanced recycling technologies, and B2B services.
Factor(e)'s mission is to improve lives in the developing world through increased access to sustainable energy and related services.
The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) provides local support to accelerate the development, deployment and transfer of locally relevant climate and clean energy technologies.
SWEETLab at Portland State develops and implements technologies designed to improve data in global health programs.
PRIME Coalition empowers philanthropists to place charitable capital into the market-based solutions to climate change.
Public Lab teaches local communities inexpensive DIY techniques to investigate local environmental concerns.
VentureWell cultivates revolutionary ideas by supporting young inventors driven to create a better world.
Village Capital supports early-stage entrepreneurs developing critical agriculture, education, energy, financial services and healthy solutions for underserved populations worldwide.
Through collaboration, the Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design Center for Design Research engages in applied research with potential to affect positive systemic change.
Software grants for nonprofit organizations using design for social or environmental good.
Sustainable design learning resources for students, educators, and professionals.
Free software for entrepreneurs making a positive impact in the social and environmental sectors.