Top Washington, DC Social Impact Startups (25)
We help solve hard social and environmental problems with open data and open technology. We specialize in building tools that derive useful insights from complex data. To do that we bring some of the world's best engineers, machine learning experts, data scientists, and designers to every product. Our data products analyze massive streaming datasets to help groups like NASA, ESA, the...
Merit America is a national nonprofit that creates pathways to family-sustaining careers for Americans without college degrees, who are stuck in low-wage work. Our fast, flexible solutions are built for working adults: we start by analyzing tens of millions of job postings to identify in-demand, high-paying tech careers and then train for these roles with part-time programs that combine flexible...
The Groundwork Collaborative is committed to advancing an economic vision for strong, broadly shared prosperity and true opportunity for all. Visit our website and follow us on Twitter @Groundwork.
We’re a media company that publishes stories about our changing world, for people who want to have a hand in changing it. Each day, we release new videos and articles featuring passionate innovators who are solving humanity’s biggest challenges by thinking differently. From aerospace engineers in the Mojave Desert to entrepreneurs in South America’s biggest slum, our videos give you...
Power to Decide is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to ensure that all people—no matter who they are or where they live—have the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. We envision a world where everyone has access to the information, resources, and care they need to live their best life....
The Hub Project is a Washington D.C. based nonprofit organization. We're focused on building, deploying and evaluating creative strategies that meaningfully advance policy reforms. Working closely with partner organizations, we propel issue-based campaigns that drive the public conversation, shift the debate and achieve measurable change to expand economic opportunity and increase democratic participation.
WHO WE ARE We are the leading public relations firm that establishes and protects trust. LEVICK deploys uniquely qualified teams - armed with the instincts, influence, and experience needed to win your battles in an increasingly complex and challenging world. OUR EXPERIENCE Our clients span the globe, and our body of work crosses myriad industries. No matter your problem, LEVICK’s experienced counselors...
Our mission is to resist Trump’s agenda by empowering local activist groups to make their Members of Congress listen. Our work is premised on a simple idea: that Trump’s agenda doesn’t depend on Trump--but rather on whether individual Members of Congress resist. In short, we work to support the creative, local leaders driving the Indivisible Movement. Following the election of Donald Trump,...
GlobalGiving is a nonprofit that supports other community-led nonprofits by connecting them to donors and companies. 21+ years, $910M raised for good in 175+ countries. We also work with companies to implement groundbreaking corporate social responsibility (CSR), cause marketing, and philanthropy programs. Partners include Nike, Facebook, Ford, Cummins, Discovery, and Google. We're always looking for fun, energetic, passionate people to join our...
USCCF Best Corporate Steward ‘20; SXSW 2019 Winner Best Bootstrap: TwentyTables creates custom SAAS micro-markets connecting communities.
Veracity Media is a social impact-driven digital strategy agency specializing in email marketing, advertising, design, and website development. We provide digital strategy consulting to some of the buzziest Democratic political campaigns + blue-aligned PACs and nonprofits. We work with rising stars like Rep. Jahana Hayes, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, and Rep. Eric Swalwell and elected historic changemakers like Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Lucy...
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) fields the largest team of registered peace lobbyists in Washington, DC. Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), FCNL staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of tens of thousands of people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and...
Creative Investment Research creates tools, models, and ways of thinking, enabling investors to maximize social and financial returns.
Malaria No More (MNM) envisions a world where no one dies of a mosquito bite. More than a decade into our mission, our work has contributed to historic progress toward this goal. Now, we’re mobilizing the political commitment, funding, and innovation required to achieve what would be one of the greatest humanitarian accomplishments—ending malaria within our generation. MNM is a global...
Since 1905, the YWCA of the District of Columbia, which later grew into the YWCA of the National Capital Area has been serving the needs of our nation's capital and the surrounding areas. Today, the YWCA of the National Capital Area continues to carry out its mission of empowering women and eliminating racism. Programs include Adult Education & Workforce Training,...
Grow Progress helps social change advocates to persuade more people with behavioral science.
Daily Kos is the nation’s largest liberal online political community, news organization, and activism hub. By connecting our community, partners, clients, and donors we’re empowering them to reshape American politics and build power.
Our mission is to increase the amount and effectiveness of capital allocation for the greater good, as described in the UN SDGs, by increasing trust in the social and environmental impact achieved by that capital. Y Analytics is TPG's innovative capability, purpose-built to understand and improve the environmental and social impacts of deployed capital. Y Analytics was launched in parallel to...
At Indigov, we have defined a new category of software, which is changing communication between elected officials and the people they serve. We are enabling democracy to scale effectively, and solving some of the largest pain points of elected officials and constituents. We are growing quickly in both customer acquisition and revenue, and you can find Indigov across the US in...
Our mission is defeat trafficking networks. We are an intelligence-driven counter-human trafficking organization. As callous as it sounds, we believe most traffickers exploit people for one reason: because it makes money. In order to defeat them, we start by learning how their business works–how it’s organized, how it operates, and what drives profit. By analyzing a trafficker’s business, we can identify...
