Center for Social Impact: Impact 500 Organizations

Find the world's leading impact organizations and initiatives committed to transforming education for human flourishing

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Youth Waging Peace

International
International Organization
Transformative Education Initiatives

The #YouthWagingPeace program, initially created by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), in association with multiple partners, started with the development of a Youth-Led Guide on Preventing Violent Extremism through Education that presents reflections of the global youth and puts forth youth-centered recommendations for a wide range of stakeholders. The #YouthWagingPeace program is committed to Sustainable Goal 4 on Quality Education, target 7 in particular, to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development.

Association for Citizenship Teaching

National
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

ACT is the subject association for Citizenship representing teachers and others involved in Citizenship education. Founded in 2001 by Professor, Sir Bernard Crick it Works on making the lives of children and youth better by teaching citizenship education. It works on achieving their goals through membership programmes, professional development and training programmes. They work for teachers and their organization comprise of teachers. Providing membership services and education programmes that develop and promote Citizenship education services among others

Headquarters:
London

Bridge47

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

Bridge 47 was created to bring people together to share and learn from each other. They mobilize civil society (NGOs) from all around the world to do their part in creating a more fair, peaceful and equitable world with the help of Global Citizenship Education. The project was funded by the European Union and ran from October 2017 until July 2021. Bridge 47 focused on furthering Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals through advocacy, innovation and partnership work

Headquarters:
Helsinki

Education Development Center

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Education for Sustainable Development

Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunities. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.

Headquarters:
Boston

Gaia Education

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Education for Sustainable Development

Gaia Education is an international NGO which provides students of all ages and cultural backgrounds with knowledge and skills to design a thriving society.

Headquarters:
Edinburgh

Global Citizenship Foundation

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

Global Citizenship Foundation is an independent, apolitical and non-partisan organization focused on strengthening democratic institutions and processes. With this in mind, we are mobilizing all stakeholders to join us in shaping young people into aware and engaged citizens who have the right blend of skills, discretion, and strength essential to shape the future of our world. It strives to build productive relationships and make a positive impact with all of our pursuits.

Headquarters:
Noida

Global Education First Initiative

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

The United Nations Secretary-General launched the five-year Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) in September 2012 to accelerate progress towards the Education for All goals and the education-related Millennium Development Goals. The Initiative aims to: Rally together a broad spectrum of actors for the final push to 2015; Put quality, relevant and transformative education at the heart of the social, political, and development agendas; Generate additional and sufficient funding for education through sustained global advocacy efforts.

Headquarters:
virtual

Global Education Network Europe

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

To support national structures in improving the quality and increasing the provision of Global Education in Europe. Through networking, peer review and learning, strategy sharing, policy advice, and policy research, GENE achieves this purpose.
GENE’s work is based on the vision of a universal, rights-based approach to Global Education. GENE works towards the day when all people in Europe - in solidarity with peoples globally - will have quality Global Education. This vision provides an ultimate benchmark for the work of GENE.

Headquarters:
Dublin

Irish Aid

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

Ireland’s development cooperation program aims to reduce poverty, hunger, and humanitarian need, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. By supporting long-term development and providing humanitarian assistance in over eighty countries on behalf of the Irish people, we are helping to build better futures for some of the world’s poorest communities. A Better World, Ireland’s policy for international development, provides the framework for Ireland’s expanding development cooperation program in the decade ahead.

Headquarters:
Limerick

Melton Foundation

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

The Melton Foundation works to make global citizenship accessible at the grassroots by offering fellowships to young change agents promoting and enabling global citizenship as a way for individuals and organizations to work together across boundaries of place and identity to address global challenges their programs harness unique pedagogies ranging from experiential learning, intercultural collaboration, ethical leadership, and design thinking, to train and hone the skills of emerging social impact leaders

Headquarters:
Wilmington

Peace First

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Transformative Education Initiatives

Peace First is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping young people around the world to become powerful peacemakers. Having over twenty years of experience working with young people they learned that they can be powerful problem-solvers if they are called and prepared to do so. By teaching young people the skills of courage, compassion, and collaborative leadership, unleashing their moral imagination. By investing in those ideas, they help them address some of the most challenging issues in their communities.

Headquarters:
Boston

Six Seconds

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Social and Emotional Learning

Six Seconds is a community of changemakers contributing to a world of insight, connection, and purpose. Six Seconds teaches the learnable, measurable, evidence-based skills of emotional intelligence (EQ).

Headquarters:
Santa Cruz County, California