At ARE we also give away at least 10% of our profit each year to support organizations at home and around the world that we believe are doing good for people and for the planet. Here is a list of the organizations we are supporting:
Kiva - Loans that change lives.
Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. It is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.
Bread for the World - Have Faith. End Hunger.
Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. By changing policies, programs and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist, we provide help and opportunity far beyond the communities in which we live.
Southern Poverty Law Center - Teaching Tolerance Project
Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our nation's children.
New Leaders for New Schools - Transforming Urban Schools
New Leaders for New Schools identifies, recruits, and equips principals/leaders who are influential agents of change impacting not only students and schools but entire communities, producing high school graduates well prepared for college, careers, and civic engagement.
Environmental Law and Policy Center - Economic Development Meets Environmental Progress
The Environmental Law & Policy Center is the Midwest’s leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization. ELPC develops and leads successful strategic environmental advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural heritage. They are public interest environmental entrepreneurs who engage in creative business deal making with diverse interests to put into practice their belief that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together.
Lutheran Disaster Response - On The Ground When Help Is Needed
Lutheran Disaster Response promotes hope, healing, and wholeness for disaster survivors. Many of the worst disasters today are caused by global climate change and impact the poor most severely.
