Top Charity Startups in 2027

Thrive causemetics was born out of a friendship. makeup artist and product developer, karissa bodnar, lost her dear friend kristy to cancer at just 24 years old. kristy’s compassionate and vivacious spirit inspired karissa to create a company, a beauty brand and philosophy that goes beyond skin deep by empowering women. for every product you purchase, we donate to help a woman thrive. we believe changing the world starts with a single ingredient, and that’s why we create vegan, 100% cruelty-free formulas containing proven ingredients without the use of parabens or sulfates. all of our high-performance cosmetics are developed at our lab in los angeles.with over a decade of experience as a makeup artist, beauty product designer, and formulator, karissa has traveled the world sourcing powerful ingredients to create clean formulas with skin-loving properties.

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 50,000 global organizations and process over $700 million dollars annually. Donorbox was founded in San Francisco in 2014. We are a small, motivated company that is profitable and bootstrapped with a healthy run-rate. Our diverse, growing team has 55 team members in 8 states and 14 countries. Learn more about our mission here: donorbox.org/about-us.

In 2010, CHAI became a nonprofit organization separate from the William J. Clinton Foundation and changed its name to Clinton Health Access Initiative to reflect its broader focus on these new areas. Today, CHAI partners with governments in more than 25 countries and has dedicated teams on the ground in all. More than 70 countries directly benefit from the low-priced drug and diagnostic test agreements that we have negotiated.

DonorsChoose is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. As the most trusted crowdfunding platform for teachers, donors, and district administrators alike, DonorsChoose vets each request, ships the funded resources directly to the classroom, and provides thank yous and reporting to donors and school leaders. Charity Navigator and GuideStar have awarded DonorsChoose, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, their highest ratings for transparency and accountability.