Center for Social Impact: Impact 500 Organizations

The Brookings Institution traces its beginnings to 1916, when a group of leading reformers founded the Institute for Government Research (IGR), the first private organization devoted to analyzing public policy issues at the national level.Each year, Brookings produces an annual report highlighting our collective work and the impact it has had on the world. A pioneering centre in education it promotes universal equal education for all. Conducting research in order to find out ways to improve the curriculum and education for children.

Central Square Foundation is a nonprofit organization working with the vision of ensuring quality school education for all children in India. They are driven by our mission to transform the school education system towards improving the learning outcomes of children, especially from low-income communities. By building an effective and inclusive education system, we can ensure that all children get equal access to opportunities needed for leading a better life.

CEWC-Cymru (Council for Education in World Citizenship - Cymru) is Wales’s foremost national charity working directly with young people and teachers on matters of global citizenship.
As well as organizing a program of educational events for students, we provide training and resources for teachers and specialize in developing skills of thinking, communication, and working with others. EWC-Cymru exists to help young citizens develop the skills, knowledge, and self-belief that will enable them to contribute to the future of Wales and the world.

Child Empowerment International works in war-torn geographies to provide education and health care for children living primarily in refugee and displaced people camps. CEI has been providing education and experiences for children suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other challenges related to war trauma and violent experiences for the past 20 years, including the establishment of day schools for children without access to education either within refugee centers or within the communities in which they reside.

CRY addresses children’s critical needs by working with parents, teachers, Anganwadi workers, communities, district and state-level governments as well as the children themselves. They focus on changing behaviors and practices at the grassroots level and influencing public policy at a systemic level – thereby creating an ecosystem where children are made the nation’s priority.

Childhood Education International has a vision that every child in every nation will have access to quality education. Because education is essential to the development of people and societies, their three Practice Areas approach education and development as inextricably linked and inherently dependent on one another. They also support the educators, education leaders, family, and community around the child who support and deliver learning experiences. This education prepares children to become responsible and engaged citizens, ready for life in a changing world.

CISV is a global organization dedicating to educating and inspiring for peace via inter-cultural friendship, cooperation, and understanding. It aids the youth develop their potential as future leaders and active citizens via non-formal 'learning by doing' programmes. It has over 200 Chapters across the globe.

Georgian-Ossetian Civil Forum was founded in 2007 in the initiative of Georgian and Ossetian civil society activists and NGO’s with the support of Dutch peace organization IKV PAX Christi.

COBURWAS International Youth Organization to Transform Africa (CIYOTA) is a volunteer-based, non-profit organization established by refugee youth in December 2005 in Kyangwali refugee settlement, Uganda. CIYOTA is committed to paying particular attention to children and youth within their programs who have suffered from violence and trauma and aspires to sustain support for young people who have suffered trauma. CIYOTA also recognizes the power of functional education as a critical part of healing conflict and creating social cohesion in communities.

Classroom of hope is a Non-Government Organization that works with local NGO partners across Southeast Asia to raise funds to build new schools, construct new schools and homes from eco-friendly Blocks, develop child-friendly schools, and provide student scholarships that change lives. See less

College Possible is among the largest nonprofit college access and success organizations in the U.S. They believe that by empowering students to access higher education and thrive through college in the face of broader systemic challenges, They can truly change the world.

Cometa Research, supported by Cometa Formazione, is the new center for analysis and research of Cometa network, an organization focused for more than 20 years on fostering, education, training, and placement Cometa Research, in the perspective of an applied-research center, has consolidated practice of research, consisting in training activities (Ph.D. courses, lunch seminars, support to teachers-researchers), aiming at sharing the main scientific results and the models of research with other partners and experts at international level.