SocialVibe’s tagline is “Real Sponsors. Real People. Real Impact.” And no matter how you may feel about big companies and branding, big names generally do get more attention and have more reach — which means, transitively, more attention for a charity partner. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/19ctc6

On March 18, blogger Omid Reza Mir Sayafi died in prison after being sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He had been charged with insulting religious leaders and spreading propaganda about the Islamic Republic of Iran. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/xT4ub

“Imagine what the world would be like if every time you were inspired to help someone or something, you could — with just a few clicks of a mouse, anywhere online,” reads Network for Good’s online mission statement. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/f1G0P

Founded in 2004 by three MIT engineers, PatientsLikeMe is a privately funded company dedicated to helping patients with life-changing illnesses, on multiple fronts. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/1mmuxc

Invisible Children Inc. aims to bring global attention to youth affected by ongoing war in northern Uganda—and the organization does so with high-profile campaigns where supporters “abduct themselves for the abducted,” arrange mass sleep-ins in urban centers, and arrange screenings of its founders’ documentary of the same name. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/4eQNJD

Started as a collaboration between Duyan ng Giting (Cradle of Valor) and Idea!s Creative, two Filipino youth-led organizations, One Tama challenges youth in the Philippines to take on challenges of positive action — then sharing that action with as many people as possible, thus aiming for the biggest impact possible. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/2Mzyp

Texting will change the world, if Kiwanja.net has anything to do with it. With the intention to help any and all non-profit organizations interested in mobile technologies — no matter their size or budget — Kiwanja.net provides ICT-related services to non-profits in 40-plus countries. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/CeXeu

Malaria kills a child in Africa every 30 seconds, and results in $12 billion every year in lost productivity, according to non-profit Malaria No More. The organization is working toward actualizing its name—making malaria, truly, no more—and enlisting social media methods to do so. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/NM4EK

Through multiple projects, charity: water fundraises to build freshwater wells, provide rainwater catchments and sand filters, and other initiatives to provide clean drinking water for the 1.1 billion people around world who go without. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/1PPuRV

Swiss start-up Amazee’s eponymous social collaboration service enables individuals and organizations to promote their ideas (or “projects,” in Amazee lingo) and find supporters and donations. Featured projects include one to revive an old village in Kyrgyzstan and a “Friends of Obama” initiative on health care reform. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/nzYGA

Created by the folks behind Social Actions, the Social Entrepreneur API is an open database of information about social entrepreneurs who have received recognition (in the form of fellowships and awards) from social enterprise funders. Full description: http://bit.ly/4x3oa3

A self-described “geeky activist,” Jim Gilliam uses internet tools to shake up the American political system. Full entry: http://bit.ly/Kp0Hy

Care2, started by Randy Paynter, calls itself the largest online community for people involved and interested in green living, human rights and animal welfare. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/3MVCoY

Redesigned in 2009, CitizenShift is a web platform that encourages participants to explore social issues through films, photography, articles, blogs and podcasts. It’s “media for social change,” as the citizenshift.org web site says. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/2G9ezx

Of all of the talk today about the miracles of microfinance-meets-the-internet and the different platforms and donation sites that have sprung up, early innovator Kiva arguably remains the biggest beast. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/35X7sm

As Changents describes it, change agents are the rock stars of social good — and the cause-driven, media-based social network exists to connect these guys with their fans.
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Twestival – concurrent series of offline events for charity, organized by volunteers in cities around the world via Twitter – is the brainchild of Amanda Rose, Canadian social entrepreneur and social media consultant. Full description: http://bit.ly/4aqONW

In 1988, on the Human Rights Now! Tour, musician Peter Gabriel brought along a Sony Handycam to document stories of people he met. Five years later, with this “see it, film it, change it” mission, Gabriel was able to start WITNESS, an organization dedicated to exposing human rights violations around the world and telling the stories of victims through video. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/4x1yP3

Dubbed “Giving Beast,” this part of the site hosts articles, videos and photo galleries “of people, places and issues that need our support,” wrote Brown in a email note to subscribers.
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Enough about microfinance, how about microwork? Samasource, a non-profit whose name is derived from the Sanskrit word “sama,” or equal, aims to reduce poverty by connecting women, youth and refugees to computer-based work. Instead of monetary aid, Samasource looks to provide jobs. Read full entry: http://bit.ly/lqz2z