About Us

Our Mission

Ashoka Changemakers® provides the tools and resources to empower everyone to contribute to a better world. Our community's mission is to grow new ideas through transparency and collaboration, a process of Open Growth. No matter where you are starting, or where you are going, Changemakers makes it easier to share an idea, track progress, communicate with supporters, and invest in global change.

Welcome to Changemakers

Our Impact

Building an “Everyone a Changemaker” world

Ashoka Changemakers® is a global community of action that grows the impact of changemaking – from dedicated individuals and community organizers to Fortune 500 companies and global foundations.

Open Growth

Open Growth allows our community to transparently collaborate on identifying, tracking, and accelerating cutting-edge innovations.

What people are saying:

"They showcased great innovation that can be exported to other countries, terrific successes against long odds, and a far-reaching global distribution of projects."
—Keith Bellows, Vice President of the National Geographic Society
“The Changemakers open source competition model let us shorten our three- to four-year call for proposals process for identifying investment-grade opportunities to three or four months, while delivering an equivalent number of quality projects.”
—Nancy Barrand, Pioneer Portfolio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
“Our work with Ashoka Changemakers has really shown that much more out-of-the-box and sometimes more interesting solutions are coming forth in this collaborative competition model.”
—Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
"Changemakers can help match participants to new funding, essentially building a marketplace for innovation in an issue area in just a few months.”
—McKinsey & Company
How to Get Involved:
Join the Community
Join a global community of innovators, investors, and advocates committed to growing solutions, one milestone at a time.
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Showcase your innovation, invest in new ideas, launch your own collaborative competition, or offer your skills and talents—just some of the ways you can get involved.
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Ashoka Changemakers® creates opportunities for organizations, corporations, and individuals to drive meaningful and measurable social change.
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