Impact & Social Good Startups

A national nonprofit organization that designs, tests, and scales education-to-workforce models through human-centered design to address equity gaps and connect learners to economic mobility. The organization works with higher education leaders to strengthen colleges' roles in closing opportunity gaps.

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Eden Futures is an independent supported living provider offering 24-hour, person-centred care for adults with learning or physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries, autism, or mental health conditions. It operates across multiple UK sites in housing association properties commissioned by local authorities, including shared houses, apartments, and specialist bungalows.

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Petit Pli creates children's clothing from recycled plastic bottles using pleated designs that accommodate growth from infancy through early childhood. The company targets the global childrenswear market with sustainable garments designed to reduce environmental impact through extended product lifespan.

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EDESA is a microfinance company that provides microcredit for small businesses in services, commerce, agriculture, and livestock, serving rural communities through a network of credit companies. It focuses on financial inclusion, offering loan applications with responses in under 24 hours and in-person advisory across the country.

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Edesia produces ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods to treat child malnutrition, manufacturing up to 88 million pounds annually in Rhode Island and coordinating shipments to communities in humanitarian crises worldwide. The organization also funds malnutrition research and educates policymakers and donors to scale nutrition programs.

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Edmonton NextGen is a volunteer-driven organization focused on making the city of Edmonton more attractive to the next generation through community initiatives and events. It relies on volunteers to plan and support programming such as PechaKucha Night and other events.

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Ednovate operates a network of public, tuition-free college-preparatory high schools in Los Angeles and Orange County serving first-generation college-bound students from underserved communities. The schools achieve a 99% college acceptance rate and focus on developing self-aware, engaged young adults prepared for success in higher education and career.

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Educa is a nonprofit organization that supports nonprofit schools run by civil society organizations and public schools serving low-income children and youth aged 2 to 24. It also provides ongoing training to teachers, principals, boards, and operational staff to improve their processes.

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Educare Seattle is an early learning organization providing early childhood education for young children in the Puget Sound region. Affiliated with PSESD, it focuses on high-quality early learning programs.

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Educate Girls is a non-profit that mobilizes rural communities and government resources to identify, enroll, and support out-of-school girls in India's educationally marginalized areas, improving foundational literacy and numeracy skills. The organization partners with community volunteers and government systems to expand education access and gender equality, with a goal to reach 10 million learners by 2035.

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Education at Work provides paid job opportunities combined with tuition assistance to help students connect education with career pathways. The organization serves young people seeking work-based learning and economic mobility through partnerships with colleges and employers.

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EFAfrica Group Ltd is a Mauritius-based equipment leasing company that provides asset financing of $10k to $600k to small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa, including specialized products such as day-old-chick financing and Islamic leases. It operates through subsidiaries in Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia.

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EFC Zambia is a deposit-taking microfinance institution providing inclusive financial services and credit to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across Zambia. The organization focuses on financial inclusion, credit management, and digital financial services delivery.

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This is a program page for Dive+Su Meetup, an open innovation program run by Nara Prefecture in Japan in partnership with eiicon to address local administrative and regional challenges through co-creation with startups. The program solicits startup proposals for government-identified challenges as well as freestyle proposals from startups themselves.

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EIT Regional Innovation Scheme is a program launched by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology to reduce regional innovation disparities across Europe by connecting innovators from eligible countries to pan-European innovation networks and capacity-building initiatives. It operates through partnerships with local organizations and EIT Community Hubs across EU member states, outermost regions, and associated countries.

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El Centro de la Raza is a nonprofit community organization founded in 1972 that offers 43 programs across areas such as food assistance, housing, youth services, workforce development, early childhood education, and small business support for the Latino/a community and others in Seattle and King County, Washington. It operates sites including a historic Beacon Hill building, a Federal Way office, several early learning centers, and a skate rink.

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Elbow Beach backs British technology companies with commitments to environmental responsibility, social fairness, and ethical governance practices.

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Elemental Impact is a nonprofit investment firm that provides catalytic capital, coaching, and network support to early-stage companies developing climate and sustainability technologies across energy, industry, transportation, built environment, water, food, agriculture, and nature. The firm operates three investment tracks—Strategy, Project, and Data Center Innovation—designed to help entrepreneurs move from technology breakthrough to commercial deployment and scale.

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Elevate Academy is a school of choice in Idaho serving at-risk students who are not succeeding in traditional educational settings. The school combines career technical education (CTE) in fields like culinary arts, construction, welding, medical arts, criminal justice, and business with core academics, integrating industry work with classroom learning.

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Elior Group operates a contract catering and multiservice business serving collective feeding operations across 11 countries, with a focus on sustainability, healthy nutrition, and environmental responsibility. The company manages over 3.2 million meals daily and emphasizes reducing carbon emissions, food waste, and promoting circular economy practices in its supply chain.

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Ellas lo Bordan creates and manufactures sustainable textile products through an empowerment workshop that provides professional development opportunities to vulnerable women in Spain. The company offers custom products for corporate gifting and branded merchandise.

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Ellen Medical develops affordable dialysis technology for people with end-stage kidney disease, aimed at expanding access to treatment in developing countries where cost currently limits availability.

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Emel Mining is an African-focused mining, exploration, and financial consulting firm that prospects and develops mineral deposits — including tantalite, gold, and lithium — across various states in Nigeria. It operates through joint ventures and emphasizes responsible mining practices and community development.

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Emkubar is a LATAM-focused continuous evaluation platform that helps organizations run diagnostics, activate personalized action paths for their beneficiaries, and measure impact with configurable metrics and reports (IRIS, GRI, SDGs). It serves resource allocators such as governments, foundations, VC/impact funds, banks and fintechs, and chambers of commerce that assign funding, scholarships, or opportunities to people.

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