Globally, more than 4 billion people have little or no access to healthcare and the great majority of global health initiatives struggle to achieve sustainability and scale. Allen is credited with taking an organization with a strong vision and implementing a strategic plan that has elevated VillageReach into a model to emulate. From Nelson Mandela (an honorary Board Member) to strategic partners such as PATH and World Bank, to supporters that include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Allen has concentrated on forging partnerships and relationships that strengthen the “last mile” of the health system. His programs include improving capacity and support for the frontline health workers, improving the efficiency of medical supply chains in rural areas, creating information and communication systems that collect and process critical data about health needs, and building infrastructure services that support healthcare delivery.

In the face of an issue mired in partisan politics, scientific confusion, and a scope too large to easily grasp, Jabe is a true visionary. His strategic leadership, laser focus, and practical approach to advocacy have transformed a regional organization into a national thought leader with vibrant partnerships and alliances in the business, farm, government, and civic sectors. Climate Solutions has had significant wins from defending the financing for clean energy in Oregon, to facilitating grants for clean energy projects in rural Idaho and Montana, to negotiating an agreement and legislation to phase out the last coal-burning power plant in Washington State that included a transition plan for the community and workers at the plant.

How do you grow an organization supporting just 300 children to one serving more than 40,000 women and children in 12 countries around the world? Mahnaz has done that by creating long-lasting partnerships to develop support programs in education from schools in Haiti, to business institutes for rural women in India and Mongolia, to the Sunflower Mission in Vietnam. The result of this “grass roots” approach has been dramatic, and over time projects are able to manage initiatives of greater scope and complexity. In fact, three education programs have attained university status with centers in the Amazon, rural Cambodia, and Panama.

Densho's mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished.

Worldreader.org’s mission is to make digital books available to all in the developing world, enabling millions of people to improve their lives.

DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need.