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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eVidyaloka

National
Non-Governmental Organization
Social and Emotional Learning

This Bengaluru-based NGO is helping underprivileged children in rural India access quality of education through technology.
eVidyaloka is combating the severe shortage of teachers in government schools, and its work has benefitted over 20,000 children in over 200 remote villages. This has been done by connecting the children to volunteer teachers worldwide through live and interactive classes.

Headquarters:
banglore

Fair Earth Foundation

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

Fair Earth Foundation works towards the alleviation of poverty around the world through helping people to stand on their own two feet and thus empowering them to attend to their own needs, be they educational, environmental, or enterprise creation it highlights global and local issues, working with communities to help them make the changes they need to thrive, provide educational support and training in language, environmental issues, and enterprise development as well as logistical support including micro-financing and volunteer input.

Headquarters:
Leicester

Federation for Education in Europe

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Education for Sustainable Development

The FEDE is a non-profit organization that is independent of governmental authorities. It defends the interests of citizens by advocating education and learning for all and by influencing European policies in favor of human rights, educational freedom, and intercultural dialogue.

Headquarters:
Geneva

FODDE

National
Non-Governmental Organization
Education for Sustainable Development

FODDE is the initiative of people committed to the economic, social and cultural development of their country, coming from different parts of the Senegalese civil society.

Forum on Education Abroad

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Transformative Education Initiatives

The Forum on Education Abroad is a non-profit organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission as the Standards Development Organization for Education Abroad

Headquarters:
Warren

Foundation for Environmental Education

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Education for Sustainable Development

Foundation for Environmental Education believes in the power of change. The best gift we can give to future generations, the most valuable legacy we can leave behind us, is to empower students to be leaders for sustainability and positive change by enhancing global education. With members in 77 countries, we are the world’s largest environmental education organization. They are recognized by UNESCO and UNEP as a world leader within Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development.

Headquarters:
Copenhagen SV

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Transformative Education Initiatives

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian is a Portuguese foundation with the philanthropic mission of fostering knowledge and improving the quality of life through the arts, science, education, and health. With more than fifty years of existence, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is one of the most important European foundations that develops a vast activity through its own projects, or in partnership with other entities, and assigns various grants and grants. It has an Orchestra, a Choir, concert halls and congresses, an Art Library, and a Museum.

Headquarters:
Lisbon

Fundacion Educacional Oportunidad

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Transformative Education Initiatives

Fundacion Educacional Oportunidad “aims to create and expand educational opportunities for children, particularly those in vulnerable situations.” Its vision is “to be leaders in educational innovation to improve children’s learning and school practices. Since 2006, Fundación Educacional Oportunidad has developed innovative strategies to support the most critical levels, such as initial education. The Foundation's team has worked in alliances with teachers and managers of public establishments, the national and international academic world, public sector authorities, and other civil society organizations.

Headquarters:
Santiago

Generation Global

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Global Citizenship Education

Generation Global is the Tony Blair Institute’s global citizenship education programme for young people ages 13 to 17-years that enables them to embrace the future, equipped with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to become active, open-minded, and global citizens. They focus on young people who are open-minded global citizens and leverage intercultural dialogue to engage with diversity and navigate global challenges.

Headquarters:
London

Glen World

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Education for Sustainable Development

Glen-World is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to scale English literacy so that every child has access to the educational and economic opportunities it unlocks.

Headquarters:
Santa Barbara, California

Global Business Coalition for Education

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Education for Sustainable Development

The Global Business Coalition for Education is composed of next generation business leaders who aim to bring together the expertise and resources of the business community to end global education crisis and uplift the potential of the next generation.

Headquarters:
New York, New York

Global Campaign for Education

International
Non-Governmental Organization
Transformative Education Initiatives

The GCE movement was founded in 1999, in the build-up to the World Education Forum in Dakar, to provide a platform to unify and coordinate civil society voices in relation to the global education agenda. Since then, the movement GCE has grown significantly, in particular through the expansion and consolidation of national civil society coalitions. Campaigning at the international, regional and national level to put pressure on governments and the international community to deliver the right of everyone to a free, quality, public education.

Headquarters:
Rosebank