Resources

This is a listing of related websites, blogs, and other online resources that address various innovative ideas and implementations in the social sector.

Charity Evaluation/Search sites

• Guidestar: www.Guidestar.org
• Charity Navigator: http://www.charitynavigator.org/
• Global Giving: http://www.globalgiving.com/

Corporate Partnership

• Common Impact: http://www.commonimpact.org/

Food, Nutrition

• Akshaya Patra: http://www.akshayapatra.org/

Health

• Innovators in Health: http://www.innovatorsinhealth.org/

Information Technologies/Communications in Developing Countries

• Grameen Phone: http://www.grameenphone.com/index.php?id=79
• United Villages: http://www.unitedvillages.com/
• Dimagi: http://www.dimagi.com/content/

Innovative Philanthropy/Social Investing Models

• Saffron Circle: http://www.saffroncircle.org/
• New Profit: http://www.newprofit.org/
• Acumen Fund: http://www.acumenfund.org/
• Calvert Foundation: http://www.calvertfoundation.org/
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm
• Clinton Foundation: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/index.htm
• Google.org: http://www.google.org/

Microfinance

• Grameen Bank: http://www.grameen-info.org
• SKS Microfinance: http://www.sksindia.com
• Accion: www.accion.org
• Women’s World Bank: http://www.swwb.org/
• Kiva: www.kiva.org
• Microplace: www.microplace.org
• Mann Deshi Mahila Bank: http://www.manndeshi.org/
• Prof. Yunus’ personal Website: http://muhammadyunus.org/

Organizations Supporting Social Entrepreneurs

• Ashoka: http://www.ashoka.org/
• Ashoka Support Network: http://www.ashoka.org/e2e
• Social Innovation Forum: http://socialinnovationforum.org/
• MIT IDEAS Competition: http://web.mit.edu/ideas

Rural/Agricultural Development

• Vigyan Ashram: http://www.vigyanashram.com/
• BAIF Development Research Foundation: http://www.baif.org.in/

Rural Energy Solutions

• SELCO India: http://www.selco-india.com/
• Grameen Shakti: http://www.gshakti.org/

Sustainability Metrics

• CERES & GRI: http://www.ceres.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=435
• Global Reporting Initiative GRI: http://www.globalreporting.org/Home

Volunteer Matching sites

• Volunteer Match: http://www.volunteermatch.org./
• Network for Good: http://www.networkforgood.org/
• Idealist.org: http://www.idealist.org/

Water

• Water Centric: http://www.watercentric.org/
• Water Aid: http://www.wateraid.org/
• Water for People: http://www.waterforpeople.org
• Coca Cola’s Water Stewardship: http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/water_main.html
• P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water Initiative: http://csdw.org/index.shtml

Women Entrepreneurs

• Center for Women and Enterprise: http://www.cweonline.org
• Mann Deshi Mahila Bank: http://www.manndeshi.org/