I’m Olivia Khalili. I built this site to give companies the resources, evidence and inspiration they need to use social mission as a business strategy to grow their business. To inspire and guide your social mission, I interview social entrepreneurs and sustainability executives about what worked for them and what didn’t.

Kickstarter is the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Every month, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.

A new form of commerce and patronage. This is not about investment or lending. Project creators keep 100% ownership and control over their work. Instead, they offer products and experiences that are unique to each project.

OpenSecrets.org is your nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy.

Concerned that our government keeps from the American public information that we need to make our families safe, secure our country and strengthen democracy, a broad-based set of organizations formed OpenTheGovernment.org.

PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in American politics. Reporters and editors from the Times fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups and rate them on our Truth-O-Meter.

Congress.org is a nonpartisan news and information Web site devoted to encouraging civic participation. Our mission is to provide information about public policy issues of the day and tips on effective advocacy so that citizens can make their voices heard.

Check out MegaVote!

U.S. Congress Votes Database (Washington Post)

GovTrack.us is a project of Civic Impulse, LLC. Read about GovTrack. / Feedback (but not political opining) is welcome to operations@govtrack.us, but I can't do your research for you, nor can I pass on messages to Members of Congress. This site is "copyleft": You are encouraged to reuse any material on this site. Developers: GovTrack is open source and supports open knowledge.

OneWorld is a global information network developed to support communication media of the people, by the people and for the people — everywhere. Its goal is to help build a more just, global society, through its partnership community. OneWorld encourages people to discover their power — power to speak, connect, and make a difference — by providing access to information, and enabling connections between hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of people around the world.