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DoSomething

DoSomething (also known as DoSomething.org) is an international nonprofit organization that aims to inspire and engage young people to create positive change in the world, both online and offline, through various campaigns. The organization is led by CEO DeNora Getachew.[1]

"Do Something" redirects here. For other uses, see Do Something (disambiguation).

Company type

Nonprofit

1993 (1993)

Andrew Shue
Michael Sanchez

Nancy Lublin, Former CEO
Aria Finger, Former CEO
DeNora Getachew, CEO

Global Campaigns

US$14,131,513 United States (2017)

History[edit]

The organization was co-founded in 1993 by American actor Andrew Shue and Michael Sanchez.[2] They stated their motivation was to encourage young people to become active citizens and leaders while also making community involvement fun.[3]

1996 - : Founded and directed the San Francisco-based Bay Area Police Watch, an organization that assists survivors of police misconduct and brutality. In 1996, Van founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Named for a civil rights activist Ella Baker, the Center "promotes alternatives to violence and incarceration".[31]

Van Jones

1998 - : Founded Credit Where Credit Is Due and Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union, to help low-income families in Northern Manhattan in New York City gain access to and control over financial services.[32][33]

Mark Levine

2005 - Students for Organ Donation: Founder Richard Ludlow started this non-profit organization at . It eventually spread to 20 universities and won a BRICK award in 2005.[34]

Yale

2005 - :[35] Founder Daniel Kent started Senior Connects[36] (later renamed Net Literacy) in middle school and 4,500 student volunteers have donated 40,000 computers have increased access to technology to more than 250,000 individuals.

Net Literacy

2006 - Jordan Schwartz age 12, receives a Do Something Brick Award as founder and artistic producer of The Children's Bilingual Theater which is committed to bridging the language and cultural gaps in our community through the theater and arts and is dedicated to giving a diverse group of young people the theater experience while offering the benefits of confidence and public speaking in a bilingual setting. www.childrensbilingualtheater.org

2007 - Jacob Komar: Created "Computers for Communities", which obtains discarded computers, teaches prison inmates how to refurbish them and distributes them to locals in need of a computer. This program has distributed more than 1,000 computers and Jacob plans to expand his services.

[37]

2007 - : Created Youth Action International, which rebuilds war-torn African communities. Thousands of children in post-war African countries have benefited from YAI's centers, micro-credit loans, scholarships, peace schools, playgrounds, and agriculture programs.

Kimmie Weeks

2008 - Chad Bullock: Trained 45,000 teens to do projects and has developed an anti-tobacco activism site helloCHANGE.org

anti-tobacco

2009 - : Opened and manages the Kopila Valley Primary School with her life savings. As of 2011, 35 children live in the orphanage and over 230 children attend the school.

Maggie Doyne

2010 - Jessica Posner: Co-founded Shining Hope for Communities to combat gender inequality and poverty in . As the first free school in Kibera, Jessica has helped over 5,700 residents gain education and employment.[38]

Kibera

2011 - Sarah Cronk: Founder of The Sparkle Effect, an innovative student-run program encouraging teens nationwide to include students in high school cheerleading programs. The goal of the program is to enable disabled students to experience true acceptance and gain confidence as high school students and to inspire entire communities to embrace inclusion.

disabled

2012 - Katia Gomez: Provides education to the youth of through her foundation Educate2Envision, which also helps show the opportunities that education can bring.

Honduras

2013 - Daniel Maree: Founded the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, which helps combat the issues of and Florida's Stand Your Ground Law in the wake of the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

racial profiling

2020 Racial bias accusations and staff walkout[edit]

In June 2020, former DoSomething staffers tweeted accusations about racial discrimination and toxic work culture at DoSomething and its sister organization Crisis Text Line. The CEO of Crisis Text Line, Nancy Lublin, was fired alongside two members of the Crisis Text Line Board of Directors. [39] The accusations resulted in calls for the resignation of DoSomething CEO Aria Finger for her alleged complicity in and failure to address the toxic work culture. Finger took a leave of absence in June but was reinstated in late August following an independent investigation's conclusion that there was no explicit racism at the nonprofit. This prompted half of DoSomething's staff to walk out on September 8, refusing to work until Finger resigned.[40] They cited that the independent report did not address the accusations in good faith, that the report was not released to staff, and that it focused mainly on explicit racial bias even though the accusations spoke primarily of implicit racial bias.[41]


In April 2021, DoSomething announced the appointment of a new CEO, DeNora Getachew.[42] According to the press statement, Getachew will work to foster a high-performing anti-racist and inclusive culture based on trust and collaboration.

Feed the Deed

Free Money Day

List of awards for volunteerism and community service

Official website

Do Something Awards Official Website

Charity Navigator Evaluation of Do Something

Young Activists Practice Their Pitches For Non-Profits, New York Times

Charity Goes Mobile to Appeal to Young, New York Times