FINALISTS 2022

Media Challenge Initiative is a youth-driven non-profit, building the next generation of journalists in Africa through training, mentorship and experiential peer-to-peer learning.

Marielle Franco Institute works to inspire, connect and potentialize Black women, LGBTQIA+ and peripheral people to keep moving the structures of the society.

Worth Rises is a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to dismantling the prison industry and ending the exploitation of those it touches.

mPedigree works to root out unsafe and counterfeit medication through the use of an SMS-based, toll-free method known as Goldkeys, which has been proven effective for low-resource and low-income communities across Africa.

Brilliant Detroit is dedicated to building successful families by providing ongoing support across multiple Brilliant Detroit homes in high-need neighborhoods.

Global Press transforms international journalism by disrupting global narratives and promoting local access to information.

IllumiNative helps builds power for Native peoples by amplifying contemporary Native voices, stories, and issues to advance justice, equity, and self-determination.

APOPO saves lives by training animals to detect tuberculosis in medical patients and root out landmines in previously war-torn regions.

WeThrive works to achieve justice and close opportunity gaps by equipping and empowering underestimated young people 12 to 24 years old from low-income communities to rise as entrepreneurial economic leaders.

Open Television is a platform for intersectional television, supporting artists and communities marginalized by their race, gender, sexuality, class, religion, disability or nationality: think community-based Netflix.

The Center for Cultural Power mobilizes artists to envision a world in which cultural, economic, and political power are distributed equitably and where all human beings can live in harmony with nature.

Solid’Africa aims to preserve dignity, accelerate the recovery process, and promote health equity for vulnerable patients in public hospitals.

Native Women Lead works to revolutionize systems and inspire innovation by investing in businesses owned by Native women.

Peepul is working to transform learning in government schools so that children of the poorest families are provided with wraparound support, including holistic education.

Nadia’s Initiative is on a mission to create a world where women are able to live peacefully and communities that have experienced trauma and suffering are supported and redeveloped.

Rocket Learning is one of India’s leading non-profits focused on catalyzing early childhood education (ECE) and community engagement.

SaveLIFE Foundation (SLF) is committed to improving road safety and access to emergency medical care across India by combining evidence-based interventions and advocacy to shift policies on a national level.

Miami Waterkeeper works toward a vision of swimmable, drinkable, and fishable water for all.

Asylum Access supports forcibly displaced individuals and communities as they reclaim their rights, agency and power.

Clean Start Solutions works with women and children impacted by the criminal justice system, to restore dignity and hope, for successful reintegration.