Top Charity Startups in 2026

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.

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.

Give Lively is a tech company reimagining the future of nonprofit fundraising. Founded in 2015 on the belief that nonprofits, no matter their size, should not sacrifice their means to satisfy their missions, we build powerful and practical fundraising solutions that are free for nonprofits and intuitive for donors. Our dedicated and diverse team collaborates directly with nonprofits to develop tools that serve their needs and disburden them of for-profit fundraising software. Our free mobile-ready tech includes online appeals, event- and peer-based campaigns, donation by text, paying via digital wallets and much more. Nonprofits using Give Lively have raised more than $500 million for their critical work, saving $45+ million in tech fees and charges.

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.

Company Overview: Educating Beyond Borders At Educating Beyond Borders, we are on a mission to redefine education and accelerate SDG 4 (Quality Education) by building innovative, market-oriented ventures that challenge the status quo. Why We Exist The world is changing, but education hasn’t caught up. Millions of students face barriers—whether it’s financial limitations, outdated learning models, food insecurity, mental health struggles, or systemic inequality. We believe the future of education isn’t just about access—it’s about building better systems that equip people with the mindset, skills, and capacity to create real change. We’re not just another non-profit or education platform. We are a community-led movement building a new ecosystem for learning and leadership—one that is flexible, market-driven, and purpose-led. How We’re Innovating Education We take a venture-building approach to education, where each of our 11 member-led projects focuses on a key challenge, such as: ✅ Reimagining food systems to end student hunger ✅ Using music for mental health to reduce student suicides ✅ Creating purpose-built student accommodation to fight homelessness ✅ Making libraries quiet again so students can focus ✅ Building AI-powered learning platforms to provide education anywhere, anytime ✅ Breaking barriers in higher education, from ending racism to supporting international students Through our Lifelong Learning Institute, we offer both traditional courses and cutting-edge AI-powered learning experiences—giving people the tools to learn anything, anywhere, anytime.