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World Economic Forum

Official Twitter account of the World Economic Forum, best known for the Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters (@pilcherg @chris_parker @WEF_Anna tweeting)
1,668,388 followers |

charity: water

charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.
1,373,416 followers |

UNICEF

Founded in 1946, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized.
1,056,666 followers |

joinRED

Bringing people and brands together to help fight AIDS in Africa. Join us! Follow (RED).
1,035,375 followers |

American Red Cross

Official twitter stream for the American Red Cross. Follow us for disaster and preparedness updates.
705,062 followers |

DoSomething.org

We run national cause campaigns for teens. Tweets CEO @nancylublin. Follow other staff too @muneerpanjwani @davdeluca @elliezeitlin @fshake
536,878 followers |

Kiva

Connecting people around the world through lending to alleviate poverty. Change a life with a $25 loan.
463,910 followers |

AmnestyInternational

We've been fighting the bad guys since 1961 - you can join us! Get the latest #humanrights news and actions. Official Amnesty International USA profile.
438,218 followers |

Save the Children

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world.
417,913 followers |

socialedge

Global online community by social entrepreneurs, for social entrepreneurs [via Victor d'Allant @dallant]
409,858 followers |

Echoing Green

Echoing Green - Think Big. Be Bold. Drive Change.
399,867 followers |

Ashoka Changemakers

Follow us for the latest in innovation, social entrepreneurship and how you can make a difference. Why? Everyone Can Be a Changemaker.
394,539 followers |

Acumen Fund

Changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in social enterprises, emerging leaders, and breakthrough ideas. Follow our founder & CEO @jnovogratz.
388,334 followers |

Invisible Children

Official Invisible Children Twitter.
379,046 followers |

Ashoka

Ashoka is an international citizen-sector organization that is leading the way to an Everyone a Changemaker World.
362,118 followers |

Samasource

SF nonprofit connecting women, youth, and refugees to digital livelihoods.
312,878 followers |

AYM

Identifying, connecting, and supporting youth activists from around the world who use technology to organize for social change.
295,587 followers |

LIVESTRONG

LIVESTRONG serves people affected by cancer and empowers them to take action against the world's leading cause of death.
287,307 followers |

World Food Programme

The official World Food Programme Twitter page - fighting hunger worldwide. If you're reading this... you can help! Go to http://www.wfp.org/get-involved
282,802 followers |

Oxfam International

Int'l confederation of 17 like-minded organizations working together & with partners around the world to bring about lasting solutions to poverty & injustice.
265,477 followers |

Twestival®

Connecting amazing people offline globally for a great cause. Sign up to get the latest news on http://twestival.com Looking ahead to 2012!
220,535 followers |

Rotary International

Official Twitter page for Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation, an organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, & community leaders.
140,464 followers |

UNICEF USA

21,000 children die every day from preventable causes. We believe that number should be zero. Do you believe in ZERO?
82,041 followers |

StartupWeekend

Create communities and build companies in a weekend! No Talk. All Action.
40,518 followers |

The Girl Effect

The Girl Effect is a movement of people who believe in the unique and indisputable potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and the world.
26,850 followers |

UN Climate Change 09

United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen (COP15), brought to you by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
18,689 followers |

Grameen Foundation

Grameen Foundation helps the world’s poorest, especially women, gain access to financial services, life-changing information and unique business opportunities.
18,223 followers |

Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps turns crisis into opportunity for families in some of the world's toughest places.
18,011 followers |

SocialEarth

SocialEarth promotes social entrepreneurs, businesses and ideas. Tag #SocEnt. Tweets by @erikeliason @writerpollock @naiomieliason.
17,946 followers |

Causecast

Employee engagement via workplace giving/volunteering/disaster response/CSR. #CausecastForNonprofits @CausecastNPO
17,629 followers |

Socialize Your Cause

Have a cause? Socialize Your Cause exists to help educate nonprofit and charity orgs on how to leverage the power of the social web to further their cause.
17,333 followers |

Hiring for Hope

JobAngels is a free career management program of Hiring for Hope, a grassroots, national 501(c)3 Life Management Community (LMC).
16,692 followers |

Unreasonable Inst...

We accelerate social ventures with mentorship and capital at a 6-week intensive institute. Check out www.unreasonableinstitute.org! (tweets by @wheresmer)
16,368 followers |

Girls Inc.

Girls Inc. is a nonprofit organization delivering life-changing programs that inspire girls to be strong, smart, and bold.
16,184 followers |

GEMS

GEMS is the nation's largest organization offering direct services to girl-survivors of domestic trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.
14,416 followers |

Save Darfur

The Save Darfur Coalition raises awareness about genocide in Darfur. Save Darfur and Genocide Intervention Network have merged to become United to End Genocide.
13,371 followers |

Beyond Profit

is an online publication focused on social enterprises and development innovation in South Asia. On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BeyondProfit
12,611 followers |

Nathaniel Whittemore

A feed of stories and news about social entrepreneurship, culled from @change and around the web. Managed by @nlw Photo: Chaval Brasil via Flickr
11,554 followers |

Network for Good

We provide practical, free fundraising trainings for nonprofits, and resources and software that make it as easy to donate online as it is to shop online.
11,173 followers |

The Socialbrite team

A learning hub & sharing community for nonprofits & causes, created by leading social media experts.
10,058 followers |

EndPolioNow

Official presence for Rotary's End Polio Now campaign. Support the cause & help Rotary rid the world of polio forever!
7,719 followers |

Blog Action Day 2010

Asking the world to blog about water on October 15, 2010. Register at http://blogactionday.change.org.
6,571 followers |

Unleashing Ideas

Global Entrepreneurship Week is an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity
6,505 followers |

Craigslist Fdn

We connect people to the resources they need to strengthen communities and neighborhoods.
6,266 followers |

She's the First

Sponsoring girls’ education to create first-generation high school graduates in the developing world...one cupcake, campus chapter, and concert at a time!
5,996 followers |

YSA

Youth Service America, a global .org that improves communities by increasing the number and diversity of youth, ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles.
5,823 followers |

Hacker Dojo

Hackerspace for thinkers and makers of all kinds!
4,617 followers |

myImpact.org

An emerging online platform for young people in service to answer: what's your impact?
4,210 followers |

12for12k

Social change agents using social media for good. 100% of all donations go to supported charities. Tweets from #12for12K team.
3,813 followers |

She's Geeky

Connecting Geeky Women interested in Technology, Science, Engineering and Mathematics via Unconferences
3,611 followers |

NFTE

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Low Income Youth - NFTE has reached more than 450,000 young people, and currently has programs in 18 states and 9 countries.
3,485 followers |

EARN

EARN gives low-income workers the power to create economic prosperity — for generations to come!
3,294 followers |

ThinkSocial

ThinkSocial at the Paley Center is a growing community dedicated to advancing the use of social media in the public interest. Join us!
3,265 followers |

Opportunity Fund

Opportunity Fund advances the economic well-being of working people by helping them earn, save, and invest in their future. What we do is called microfinance.
3,069 followers |

The Extraordinaries

Creators of the @sparked online engagement and crowdsourcing platform.
3,024 followers |

Youth Service Grants

2,852 followers |

Oakland Digital

Oakland Digital (ODALC) educates, inspires and empowers underserved communities to participate and succeed in the digital economy. www.odalc.org | 510.435.2945
2,605 followers |

Friends of TOMS

501(c)3 non-profit partner of TOMS Shoes. Mobilizing Humanity Since 2006.
2,457 followers |

goods for good

goods for good empowers communities in Malawi to support children in need.
2,209 followers |

Microcredit Summit

The Microcredit Summit Campaign brings together actors in microfinance, promoting best practices in the field, knowledge exchange, and reaching our 2 goals.
2,162 followers |

MicrofinanceInsights

Is an international publication serving the knowledge needs of the growing microfinance sector
1,830 followers |

Crystal C. Yan (严晨)

@StackMob Intern. Designer. @AmherstCollege '14. 中文｜français. Blog: http://crystaly.wordpress.com Email: http://bit.ly/contactcy
1,607 followers |

Sparkseed

Investing in Student Innovation.
1,554 followers |

CSVC at Smith

Housed in the University of Maryland Smith School of Business, we believe in creating a better world through business principles. Tweets by G-mo and Kim.
1,495 followers |

GEWUSA

Global Entrepreneurship Week / USA
1,469 followers |

HaitiOutreachProgram

The official twitter of the Haiti Outreach Program. Providing education, clean water, health care and more to Boucan Carre, Haiti for over ten years.
1,422 followers |

ACI & C5

ACI and C5 produces exclusive and insightful conferences in the Microfinance industry world wide.
1,379 followers |

Seeing Change

Positive change is happening, follow it in real time
1,210 followers |

changefeed

A super feed of social change blogs -- often with a technology slant. Bookmark posts in Delcious and tag w/ changefeed and they'll pop out here.
1,146 followers |

BestBuyat15

At @15 we think teen voices matter. Don't you?
1,144 followers |

SV Microfinance

Silicon Valley Microfinance Network - The Bay Area’s premier microfinance education and networking organization
1,093 followers |

David D. Burstein

Founder: Generation18, filmmaker: 18 in 08 author: Fast Future: How Millennials are Shaping Our World, @FastCompany writer, #tech evangelist, sometimes chef
1,033 followers |

semesterservice

This account is no longer active. Please follow @gysd for Semester of Service updates.
891 followers |

GES

global engagement summit: creating a community of the next generation of global change leaders. @NorthwesternU
880 followers |

Jacob Lief

“It’s not how many children we reach, it’s how deeply we impact each child.” President/Founder Ubuntu Education Fund,Young Global Leader, Aspen Global Fellow.
795 followers |

Global Citizen Corps

We are an international movement of youth determined to build a better world.
612 followers |

seed effect

seed effect is a microfinance initiative that plants the seeds that overcome physical and spiritual poverty in marginalized communities around the world.
578 followers |

FeelGood World

FeelGood is a youth movement empowering college students across the U.S. We are ending world hunger, one grilled cheese at a time.
578 followers |

Future Preparedness

The FPI provides a structure for youth to elevating long-term policy priorities in the political discourse
498 followers |

The GLN

Empowering individuals and communities through the gift of language
480 followers |

NFTE Bay Area

Providing Entrepreneurship Education Programs to Youth from Low-Income and Underserved Communities
171 followers |

CauseShare

We help awesome people come together online to raise money for good causes of every shape and size.
116 followers |

Monta Vista FBLA

Monta Vista Future Business Leaders of America!
75 followers |

FreshBrain

FreshBrain.org is the technology exploration platform for teens.
72 followers |

Economics for All

Economics for All is an initiative to make learning economics fun and interactive for K-12 youth.
44 followers |

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