Invisible Children

1Love is a movement with a simple mission: do good in honor of Bob Marley’s vision of hope and unity. Sparked by the Marley family, it’s a flame that burns for youth, planet and peace. Its mission is to support charities that empower people to take action for sustainable and responsible living. Invisible Children and 1Love.org have partnered together to rebuild a classroom block for Awere Secondary School, one of Invisible Children's Schools for School partner schools, which was damaged during the LRA-conflict in Uganda.

Aid for Africa is a unique partnership of some 80 select charities, all dedicated to solving the complex, inter-related challenges facing Africa. Invisible Children is proud to be one of Aid for Africa's member charities.

AIM AIR is a Christian missionary aviation organization—part of the larger ministry of Africa Inland Mission. Our mission is the coordination and delivery of safe, reliable, economical air transport service to enhance the ministries of evangelical missionaries, church workers, and Christian relief and development agencies in East and Central Africa. We rely on Aim Air in order to implement our Protection Plan programs in remote regions of Central Africa.

Bridgeway Foundation commits resources to assisting a broad array of organizations and causes in the United States and abroad. In fulfilling their mission, they endeavor every day to express their passionate belief in the value of human life, love and compassion, integrity and selfless sacrifice.

Charity: water is a non-profit organization stimulating greater global awareness about extreme poverty, educating the public, and provoking compassionate and intelligent giving. Their first project is helping provide clean water to the 1.1 billion people in the world who lack safe drinking water. They partnered with us during Displace Me to help build wells in northern Uganda’s IDP camps.

Headed by Abbe Benoit Kinalegu, the Diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace works to protect communities across the Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of Congo against LRA violence. They are Congolese led and represent the vision of Abbe Benoit which couples work in rehabilitation, early warning systems and advocacy.

Creative Visions Foundation serves as an incubator for creative activists, providing them with vital support to raise social awareness and catalyze action of social, humanitarian and environmental issues. Founded by Kathy and Amy Eldon, mother and sister to artist and activist Dan Eldon, Creative Visions Foundation is as a continuation and dedication to Dan's Philanthropistsosophy: to reach beyond oneself and touch the lives of others with creativity and passion. The life and actions of Dan Eldon greatly inspired Jason, Bobby, and Laren on their first trip to Africa and as they continued to move forward with the work at Invisible Children. Today as an organization, we remain encouraged by the continuation of his legacy in his family and the others he has inspired.

Enough is dedicated to ending genocide and crimes against humanity, and preventing them from occurring in the future. Our advisors on the political strategy for ending the war in Central Africa, Enough has collaborated with us on events like Displace Me, Congressional meetings and lobby days.

HEAL Africa’s hospital and community development work address the root causes of illness and poverty for the people of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The hospital and the 28 women’s houses in Maniema and North Kivu have provided a safe place for many victims of the war, and have been a motor for combating poverty and promoting community cohesion over the past 14 years.

Humanity United is a philanthropic organization committed to building peace and advancing human freedom. It leads, supports, and collaborates with a broad network of efforts, ideas, and organizations that share its vision of a world free of conflict and injustice.

The people at IJM are our mentors on social justice. Put simply, we really just admire and love the work they’re doing around the world. Their staff—including CEO Gary Haugen—has given us a lot of guidance and advice as we’ve grown as an organization and expanded our development work.

Interactive Radio for Justice is a project designed to encourage dialog between people in regions where the International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating the most serious crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes) and the national and international authorities responsible for rendering justice to them. Their work started in Ituri, DRC, where the first ICC investigation began in 2004. There are now several series’ of programs in the project, all of which are broadcast over community radio in French, Swahili and Lingala throughout the entire region of Ituri, DRC. In January, 2008 they launched Interactive Radio for Justice in The Central African Republic. IRC was instrumental in helping us set up the Obo radio tower in the Central Africa Republic, which included not only the hardware set up, but also provided intensive training on radio programming to the Congolese radio operators.

Jp Morgan Chase Foundation- As JPMorgan Chase has evolved into one of the world's largest and most influential global financial institutions, their approach to philanthropic investment has also evolved. However, throughout this evolution and change, one thing has remained constant: their unwavering commitment to making a positive difference in the communities where they operate. JPMorgan Chase's philanthropic goal is simple - be a catalyst for meaningful, positive and sustainable change within our highest-need neighborhoods and communities across the globe.

The Kibo Group has supported Invisible Children since the beginning, giving us that extra boost for program development and DC networking. Focused on seeking creative partners and solutions for African development, the Kibo Group collaborates with people in East Africa to promote ingenuity and entrepreneurship. But it does not stop there. Not only do they focus on rehabilitating the people of Uganda, they also help the earth get the attention it needs; their trucks run on vegetable oil and the trees they plant are tracked. Their new network, Mvule allows users to zoom in on a tree they planted using Google Earth and see how it is making a difference in the landscape.

National Christian Foundation (NCF) is the largest Christian grant-making foundation in the world. Since 1982, NCF has received over $4 billion in contributions and made over $3 billion in grants to thousands of churches, ministries, and non-profits.

Since it’s founding in 1996, National Philanthropic Trust has raised over $2.5 billion in charitable contributions and currently manages over $1 billion in charitable assets. It has made nearly 55,000 grants totaling $1.5 billion to charities all over the world. It ranks among the 25 largest grantmaking institutions in the United States.

The New Venture Fund (NVF) conducts public interest projects and provides professional insight and services to institutions and individuals seeking to foster change through strategic philanthropy. They help donors and social entrepreneurs launch new projects quickly and effectively, collaborate with each other efficiently, and develop high-impact grant-making programs. NVF is a 501(c)(3) public charity offering domestic and international grant-making services, executing donor-developed projects, and providing full fiscal sponsorship including grant and contract management for innovative public-interest projects.

The Pandju Merali Foundation supports efforts to increase access to education for girls throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. We are extremely grateful for their generous support of the Legacy Scholarship program.

Resolve educates and advocates for an end to atrocities being committed by the Lord's Resistance Army and for just and lasting peace in affected communities across central Africa. For the past two years, the people at Resolve have been our eyes and ears on the ground in Washington. They take your voices to the halls of Congress and work to raise political awareness for the conflict in Central Africa. We've worked closely with Resolve on initiatives such as lobby days, Displace Me, and the Knock Knock campaign, etc.

Their mission is to find their niche where they can help deserving people and improve the quality of their lives. Their foundation focuses on Sub Saharan Africa, especially in the regions that have not benefited from the modernization that has happened throughout the world. The Segal Family Foundation works to find areas where they can help foster education, promote job growth, improve local economies, advance healthcare, support athletics and advocate for family planning. Thus far, the Segal Family Foundation has provided for 40 female Legacy scholarships.

Serving Hands International aids needy individuals in the world, and strives to restore in them self-sufficiency, dignity and hope by providing food, clothing, shelter, medical assistance, educational opportunities, and spiritual guidance. They were a key donor in getting the upfront money needed to launch Schools for Schools—about $100,000.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation provides visionary community leadership by identifying emerging challenges in their region. They address those challenges through grantmaking programs, research and their ability to bring together diverse groups of problem-solvers. SVCP builds and energizes a community of philanthropists who strengthen the common good.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange are a congregation of Catholic women who share a common foundation and mission with thousands of sisters in St. Joseph congregations throughout the world. The Sisters strive to be mindful of the diverse and unmet needs of the dear neighbor. They work together with people living in the neighborhoods they serve to help improve the well-being of the local community. The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange have fully funded one HF radio tower and part of the rehabilitation center. We are eternally grateful for all their support.

TechnoServe helps entrepreneurial men and women in poor areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their countries.

We work closely with multiple agencies within the United Nations who support us in various capacities with our mission in Central Africa.

The Center for Unconventional Security Affairs (CUSA) was established in 2003 at the University of California, Irvine as the innovative hub of a global research network that studies and develops solutions to unconventional security challenges through practical research on sustainability and global change. CUSA undertakes interdisciplinary research to understand and develop solutions to challenges such as the human dimensions of climate change; the links between environment, conflict, and peace; global terrorist networks; and transnational threats to health and food security. We are currently partnering with the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California Irvine to study the impacts of Invisible Children on the youth who participate in our programs. This project will span over the course of a year.

The Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California was founded in 1971 with generous support from Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg. Its strategic location in Los Angeles at USC enables it to foster dynamic synergies and multidisciplinary approaches to the study of communication and journalism through unparalleled access to the nation's and the world's entertainment, media and technology industries. Over the course of 13 months, Invisible Children took part in the Civic Paths Project with the Annenberg School. The USC research team interviewed 42 formal/informal respondents, attended IC events and viewed IC media (films, blogs, website, twitter etc). The research team found that IC’s movement has been achieving an array of positive results regarding civic learning and participation among young people. By participating in these programs, young people have gained skills in awareness, networking, mobilization, production, and storytelling. Through these informal learning structures, IC participants have developed skills valued in a modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship.

The women of Northern Uganda - widows, rape survivors, and former abductees have been banding together in groups to support each other and those orphaned by the war and diseases so prevalent in the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camps. And they are singing songs. The lyrics let the former soldiers know that they are forgiven and that they should come home. The songs are passed by radio and word of mouth out into the bush, as far as the Sudan and DR Congo. And it’s working. Former LRA are returning and for the first time 24 years the region has a chance at real peace. The Voice Project is an attempt to support these incredible women and the peace movement in Uganda, and an effort to see how far a voice can carry.

The vision of Wellspring is to identify and fund individuals in need as well as existing organizations that are helping those at risk in their communities, specifically women and children. They were instrumental in helping us complete the dormitory at Gulu High by giving us $125,000 to finish the second story.

The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. They do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

Apolis Activism is an independent luxury brand that has created a unique bridge between commerce and sustainable relief. Founded by three brothers, Apolis has become a special part of the Invisible Children family, contributing in a variety of ways ranging from helping develop a database in Uganda for our Education Program to leading a team in New Zealand during the Global Night Commute.

Better World Books is a global bookstore that harnesses the power of capitalism to bring literacy and opportunity to people around the world. We are honored to be one of Better World Books literacy partners. This partnership provides students the opportunity to fundraise for Invisible Children through book drives. Students collect used books on their college and high school campuses and donate them to Better World Books; in return, a portion of the sales of these books is donated to Invisible Children. Additionally, when someone buys or sells books through BetterWorldBooks.com/InvisibleChildren, 10% of proceeds goes to Invisible Children.

Design For Humanity is Billabong’s charitable division created at an international level that seeks to generate founds from the sale of limited edition products to donate to environmental and humanitarian causes. Design For Humanity operates under Billabong’s philosophy of be the change you want in the world. This is a challenge for people to live their lives by example and be proactive in creating a more responsible world. Design For Humanity allows Billabong to empower, encourage and promote awareness of environmental and humanitarian issues relevant to the youth of today through fundraising and promotions. All activities are centered around a chosen charity and aim not only to benefit that cause, but to celebrate the environment, fashion and art. Invisible Children would like to express our thanks to Billabong for choosing IC as the beneficiary of the 2010 Design for Humanity event. Additionally, we would like to thank Billabong for making IC their charity of choice for the Casa Surf Project.

JPMorgan Chase has given more than $100 million to nonprofit organizations every year for the past five years, focusing on community development, education, and arts and culture. The bank strives to be a catalyst for meaningful, positive and sustainable change with high-need neighborhoods and communities across the globe. In the 2011 Spring Program, Chase provided hundreds of thousands of local organizations with a national platform to promote their missions, attract new supporters, and gain more visibility with more than 2.8 million Chase Community Giving fans. At the end of the program, they gave away $5.5 million to charities all over the country. And with their $25 million commitment over two years, they will be back to do it again!

Invisible Children has been featured by CMJ for two years now as the Music Marathon & Film Festival's Official Highlighted Non-Profit. 2011 will feature IC media playing on The Big Screen Plaza’s 30×16 ft HD screen, while local faves Spirit Family Reunion and the much anticipated Hundred Visions will play on the plaza floor below.

Digitaria is a full-service digital agency founded in 1997 that offers interactive strategy, design, marketing, technology, search, and analytics. Invisible Children first approached Digitaria in 2006 to help create a media rich website that would be specifically designed to capture the attention and inspire the millennial generation. The site also needed scalability capabilities for future growth. Digitaria was able to create an interactive site that engages our supporters. Digitaria was also instrumental in the development and design of a groundbreaking platform (the LRA Crisis Tracker) to map and stream data from Invisible Children's Salesforce instantly. The platform dynamically pulls data and plots it on a custom-tiled map. It also allows users to interact with each data point and media related to the most important data points. Invisible Children is beyond grateful to the staff of Digitaria who donated hundred of hours of their time to make this project a reality.

Our relationship with Guess? began thanks to the ingenuity of two teenage girls. After seeing Jason, Bobby and Laren on Oprah, Olivia and Caroline Marciano—the daughters of Guess?’s founder and co-CEO—decided they wanted to do something to help. With the support of Guess?’s designers, the Marciano girls have created four Invisible Children shirts that are sold across the nation with a copy of our DVD. All proceeds from these shirts go directly to Invisible Children.

Halogen TV is an empowering television network that entertains and motivates individuals looking to be the change they want to see in the world. Halogen TV is a network that’s about much more than entertainment. Their aim is to be a platform for social good where people can connect with their purpose and with each other. Invisible Children was approached by Halogen to do a reality show based on the experiences of the Invisible Children Roadies while on tour. This series, Roadworthy, premieres Spring 2012. Through this television series, Halogen will provide a platform to educate more Americans about our organization and our cause. Additionally, we are would like to express our deepest gratitude to Halogen for sponsoring one of our previous tours.

Jedidiah is a premiere brand in the surf/art/music/fashion industry. Based out of San Diego, Jedidiah has designed two benefit t-shirts for Invisible Children with a significant portion of those proceeds helping support our cause. The CEO’s daughter, Kerri Murray, has also been involved by working with us both in the States and in Uganda.

The National Center for Student Leadership (NCSL) provides leadership development opportunities for college student leaders and their advisors. NCSL offers in-depth programs through two annual national leadership conferences a year along with online training resources that enrich the lives of student leaders.

Project 7 partners with nonprofits to help provide financial support, as well as raise awareness for each organization and educate about global issues. These organizations provide aid/programs/relief specific to the seven areas of need that are P7’s core focus including: Feed the Hungry, Heal the Sick, Hope for Peace, House the Homeless, Quench the Thirsty, Save the Earth, and Teach them Well. Invisible Children is honored to be one of Project 7's 2011 Nonprofit Partners.

Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company that is leading the shift to the Social EnterpriseTM. Their trusted cloud platform and apps—including their flagship CRM solution—help employees collaborate easily and connect with customers like never before. We've been a grant recipient for our usage of Salesforce.com in Africa, and they are the backbone of both our US and Ugandan operations. Because of Salesforce, we are able to manage our tour calendar, monitor incoming donations and even track data on LRA violence for our Crisis Tracker.

StayClassy is a fast-growing San Diego-based startup that develops an online fundraising product used by thousands of Nonprofit organizations around the world. The company was founded in 2006 by a couple of friends who were looking to fundraise for charity, but didn't know how to get started. They envisioned a platform that made it easy for Nonprofits to turn their supporters into fundraisers; and so, they set off to build one. After years of testing their concept with dozens of Nonprofits, their initial idea has evolved into what is now an industry-leading online fundraising solution for Charities, Foundations, Churches, Schools, Clubs and more. Recently, the founders were selected by Bloomberg Businessweek as one of the top 5 most promising social entrepreneurs in America. The company is also the host of the Classy Awards, the largest philanthropic awards show in the Country. With the help of StayClassy's online fundraising platform, Invisible Children was able to successfully conduct our “25” campaign. In the end, Invisible Children was able to get over 32,000 of the participants to create fundraising pages and a total of $1,744,000 was raised through Stay Classy to support our Protection Plan.

In the Summer of 2011, we teamed up with Warby Parker to offer limited edition 'activist sunglasses'. Warby's model is "to deliver one pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair that they sell." We'd love for you to check out their website and find out more about what that looks like.

Actress Kristen Bell, known for her roles in the TV series Veronica Mars and Heroes, and movies such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Fanboys, Couples Retreat and When in Rome, has been a huge supporter of Invisible Children for years. She was introduced to IC by a coworker on Veronica Mars (who happens to be Jason’s brother-in-law) and attended her very first IC event at the Global Night Commute. Kristen has since advocated for Invisible Children at many events, including our recent Fourth Estate conference, and has even traveled to Uganda to learn more about the people whose lives have been affected by the LRA and how Invisible Children’s programs are helping to improve their livlihoods.

You might know Rachel Bilson from her roles in movies such as The Last Kiss and Jumper, and television shows like The OC and Hart of Dixie, but did you know she’s also an IC super fan? Rachel got involved with Invisible Children after being introduced to us through her friend, Kristen Bell. She was able to see the work Invisible Children is doing first hand after traveling with IC staff to Uganda. Additionally, Rachel has used her talents as a fashion designer to create an exclusive Invisible Children t-shirt as well as originally designed earrings, with the proceeds of the sale of these items going to benefit Invisible Children.

Bobby Chang traveled to Uganda with Invisible Children in December 2009, and immediately was drawn to the work being done through our Mend project. Coming out of his experiences in China, where he built the factories behind the juggernaut Incase from the ground up, Mend represented another side of manufacturing that he wanted to play a role in. Under his guidance and with his support, Mend is growing into a project that, at its heart, is all about a simple concept: Production With Dignity.

A fan since day one, Sean has been supporting Invisible Children since its inception. A philanthropist and an entrepreneur, Sean is responsible for the creation of Napster, Plaxo and Causes, and was instrumental during the initial stages of Facebook.

Shervin is an entrepreneur, an angel investor, a published researcher, a startup advisor and an incubation expert and startup visa activist. He also helps lead a four billion dollar investment fund. He has traveled the world extensively and came to northern Uganda with Invisible Children to see our work first hand.

Jeremy is a world-famous economist and social theorist. He works as an adviser to the European Union and numerous heads of state and has written 17 best-selling books. The European Parliament adopted his long-term economic development plan as the blueprint for Europe’s future. Jeremy has inspired Invisible Children supporters and staff with his vision of the "empathetic civilization, which he shared with us at the Fourth Estate.

Josh is the cofounder of PowerBalance, a company that sells athletic bracelets. Josh met Ben Kessey at the Summit Series and upon hearing about the devastation caused by the LRA in Central Africa, he immediately wanted to get involved supporting our programs. Josh was apart of the Summit Series Impact Trip to Uganda in Fall 2010 and was also one of the sponsors of our Fourth Estate conference.

Tom is best known for directing such comedies as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, and his documentary film I Am. He was introduced to Invisible Children after seeing one of the IC films at MountainFilm festival in Telluride, Colorado. Impressed by the film, Tom has become an avid supporter of IC and has donated to our Schools for Schools program, as well as helped sponsor our Fourth Estate and The Rescue events.

Doctors claimed Sean would be dead within the first 24 hours of his life. But Sean proved them wrong. And despite life at 3 feet tall, and life in a wheelchair, Sean never chose to give up. He’s persevered and is now pursuing his life goal—to rid the world of insecurity. After meeting Sean at a Summit Series event, we knew we needed him to share his motivational messages with our supporters and invited him to speak at our Fourth Estate conference.

In 1994, Carl was the only American who chose to remain in Rwanda after the genocide began. His commitment to the people of Rwanda extended beyond his own safety. The work he went on to do directly stopped the massacre of 400 children. Invisible Children was honored to have Carl as one of our speakers at the Fourth Estate.