Innovation for a Better World: 20 Top Philanthropic Startups Hiring Today
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Startups are widely recognized as a key source of job growth, innovation and economic resiliency across the globe. Increasingly, they’re driving social change, too.
Founders are levering tech know-how to address a growing list of humanitarian and social issues including homelessness, incarceration, and equity. Meanwhile, an emerging crop of companies are developing new tools to support the work of charities that raise money and attract volunteers for all manner of causes.
Here are some world-changing startups that are hiring today.
We make it easy for employees to donate and volunteer with their favorite causes at work11-50 Employees- B2B
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Website
- http://joindeed.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- New York City, San Francisco, Berlin
- About
Deed helps companies harness the passion of their employees and consumers to do good. Our innovative platform brings brands, people, and causes together to solve the world’s most pressing problems. With high impact volunteering and giving opportunities, as well as social good campaigns that move at the pace of culture, our mobile-first technology drives action. Track, measure and grow your impact with our powerful analytics and global donations network. Deed. Let’s do something good together.
- Industries
Corporate Social Responsibility Management
- 4.1Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate Classy.org 4.1/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- Website
- https://www.classy.org/
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- San Diego
- About
Classy is the world’s largest fundraising platform for social good organizations. Since 2011, we’ve enabled 1.3 million people across 300K individual campaigns to raise over $130M for social good organizations. Classy provides an all-in-one fundraising platform that allows online donations, crowdfunding & peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, and event registration & ticketing.
- Industries
- Ventures for GoodNonprofitsSocial Fundraising
We envision a world without global homelessness. Join us in ending survival mode living11-50 Employees- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Website
- http://newstorycharity.org
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Atlanta, San Francisco
- About
We're not your normal charity, here's why: 1. Innovation and Technology-focused 2. Transparency minded and data-driven 3. We're a team of founders Read more of why we're different here -> [newstorycharity.org/2019/08/19/charitable-organizations] (newstorycharity.org/2019/08/19/charitable-organizations).
- Industries
- NonprofitsStartups
- B2B
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://ameelio.org/
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- New York City, Remote
- About
Ameelio is a non-profit technology company that builds free technology to accelerate the creation of a more humane and rehabilitative justice system. Our tools enable 27 million families to communicate with their incarcerated loved ones, organizations to scale their social services, and colleges to empower incarcerated people through virtual learning.
- Industries
- GovernmentsNonprofitsGovernment Innovation
Grow Your Forest with ForestNation and Protect Your Future on Mother Earth1-10 Employees- Website
- https://forestnation.com/
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- Remote
- About
With 18 million acres of forest lost each year, the devastation of deforestation can no longer be ignored. At ForestNation, we can’t bear to imagine a world without trees, so we decided to do something about it. ForestNation is a for-profit sustainable business. We offer products and services that unite environmental, social and commercial goals together. We empower individuals and organizations to reforest the planet and reconnect to nature.
- Industries
- Ventures for GoodSocial BusinessSocial Enterprise
Give LivelyReimagining the future of digital fundraising for nonprofits: powerful, practical & free11-50 EmployeesActively Hiring- B2B
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://www.givelively.org
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- New York City, Remote
- About
Give Lively is a dynamic and diverse group of engineers, creatives, strategists, and advocates focused on using our talents to build tech for social good. We offer a full, free fundraising platform to nonprofits, helping them raise more for their causes online. And yes, we give it away to nonprofits for free (seriously).
- Industries
- Ventures for GoodNonprofits
Jobs
1 day ago$100k – $120k • No equityRemote only • United States3 years of exp1 day ago$55k – $60k • No equityRemote only • United States3 years of exp2 months ago$135k – $145k • No equityRemote only • Everywhere5 years of exp
- Website
- http://forhims.com
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- San Francisco
- About
Telehealth Equity Coalition (TEC): As a co-founder of TEC, we have partnered with 100+ nonprofit, academic, and industry organizations to improve health equity for all communities. We are working to illuminate and address systemic barriers to equitable telehealth adoption, including digital access and literacy, cost of care, and distrust in the healthcare system.
- Industries
- B2C
- Public StagePublicly traded company
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Website
- http://airbnb.com
- Employees
- 5000+
- Locations
- San Francisco
- About
Our mission is to unlock the power of sharing space, resources, and support in times of need.
For over 8 years, Airbnb helped people in times of crisis through the Open Homes initiative. Airbnb.org is the next chapter. We’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with our own mission and board of directors.
For more info, visit [airbnb.org] (https://www.airbnb.org).
- Industries
- Accomodation
Jobs
1 day ago$179k – $207kRemote only • United States5 years of exp2 days ago$212k – $265kRemote only • United States9 years of exp
- B2B
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://shoppinggives.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Chicago
- About
With Shopping.Gives we remove these limitations. By leveraging our platform as a service that provides access to over 750 of the most popular brands, supporters can contribute to their favorite organizations and causes through their everyday purchases.
- Industries
- Ventures for Good
- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Website
- http://www.onehopewine.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Los Angeles, Napa
- About
Primarily produced in collaboration with Rob Mondavi Jr., ONEHOPE provides award-winning wine with a measurable social impact. Since its launch, more than $2.3 million in donations have been made to help feed the hungry, provide clinical trials for cancer patients, find forever homes for shelter animals, and much more.
- Industries
Your favorite organic & non-GMO brands, plus guaranteed savings—delivered to your door501-1000 Employees- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Website
- https://thrivemarket.com/
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Locations
- Marina del Rey
- About
We Need Food Equality Now. Millions of Americans lack access to healthy food. We’re committed to changing that.
Our goal: $10 million in healthy groceries for those who need them most. $4.5M+ donated in healthy groceries. $1.7M+ donated for COVID-19 relief. $600K+ donated toward disaster relief.
- Industries
- B2C
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- http://www.goodworld.me
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- Washington DC
- About
GoodWorld is a venture backed tech startup fueling a generosity movement on social media by making it possible to give instantly to causes with just a hashtag: #donate. As the pioneer of hashtag donations, GoodWorld makes it possible for anyone—individuals, businesses, influencers and more—to add a charitable component to their social network and turn giving into a fun, interactive experience.
- Industries
- Social FundraisingOnline Giving
Nonprofit bringing clean & safe drinking water to people in developing countries51-200 Employees- B2C
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Website
- http://charitywater.org
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- New York City
- About
charity: water is reinventing charity - 100% model that uses every cent of public money to directly fund water projects - Proving every dollar with online reports with GPS coordinates and photos - Working with local implementing partners, ensuring longterm sustainability in all of our solutions.
- Industries
- NonprofitsSocial Fundraising
Jobs
1 month ago$102k – $109kRemote only • United States5 years of exp
The world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people51-200 Employees- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- Los Angeles County
- About
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. We work to save young lives by providing support through free and confidential suicide prevention and crisis intervention programs on platforms where young people spend their time: a 24/7 phone lifeline, chat, and text.
- Industries
CompucoOur team deliver handcrafted digital solutions that help organisations build a better world11-50 EmployeesActively Hiring- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- http://www.compuco.io
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- London
- About
We like to build stuff… sometimes complicated stuff… for people who like to make a difference! We work with Non Profits, Charities and Art Galleries to help them navigate the complex digital landscape and create great digital experiences for their audiences. We're a bootstrapped startup that has grown rapidly (from 10 to over 30 so far) based solely on the quality of the work we've been producing.
- Industries
- Nonprofits
Jobs
DonorboxState-of-the-art social donations system for organizations of all sizes51-200 EmployeesActively Hiring- Responds within three weeksBased on past data, Donorbox usually responds to incoming applications within three weeks
- B2C
- B2B
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Website
- http://donorbox.org
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- United States
- About
Donorbox is a leading fundraising platform and donor management system for nonprofit organizations. Our mission is to positively impact the world by helping nonprofits become highly effective at raising donations and managing their supporter base. We serve more than 40,000 global organizations and process over $360 million dollars annually.
- Industries
- NonprofitsSocial FundraisingDonations
Jobs
Senior Accountant Full-time1 month ago$120k – $135k • 0.0% – 0.01%Remote only • United States5 years of exp
RecidivizA tech non-profit reducing mass incarceration safely, equitably, and at scale51-200 EmployeesActively Hiring- B2B
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Website
- https://www.recidiviz.org/
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- New York City, San Francisco, Remote
- About
Recidiviz is a non-profit technology company based in San Francisco, CA. We build common, open source technical infrastructure to help the criminal justice system end mass incarceration and focus on ongoing iteration towards better outcomes (both for the public and the individuals in the system).
- Industries
- NonprofitsGovernment Innovation
Jobs
- B2C
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- http://www.atlasgo.org
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- San Francisco
- About
Greetings! We're glad to meet you -- atlasGO is a certified B Corporation that brings people together around impact and wellness. We're a cutting edge tech startup in the midst of huge growth with exciting and successful products that engage people around non-profits and causes. We're made up of a diverse group of people from all walks of life. Grow with us today! See more at [atlasgo.org] (https://www.atlasgo.org)
- Industries
- NonprofitsSocial Fundraising
- B2C
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- http://app.endaoment.org
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Remote
- About
Endaoment is a California Public Benefit Corporation based in San Francisco, federally tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), serving as the decentralized finance industry’s Community Foundation. It provides Donor-Advised & Community Funds through its web-application, enabling users to donate any major crypto to nearly any U.S. nonprofit.
- Industries
- NonprofitsSocial Fundraising
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://www.catchafire.org/
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- New York City
- About
As the world’s leading skills-based volunteer matching platform, Catchafire makes it easy for anyone to use their talents for good and provides nonprofits with access to affordable, high quality talent. Nonprofits that work with Catchafire’s skilled volunteers solve some of their biggest challenges, save tens of thousands in professional fees, and build lasting relationships with talented supporters.
- Industries
- Ventures for GoodNonprofits
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