About Us
Great Hearts Initiatives® celebrates and supports the people and organizations that are doing
good in the world. Our story is really the collective stories of many people coming together to
make a difference. The compassion shown by greathearted people is our inspiration.
We’re an online community that connects people to causes they care about. Over 300 nonprofit
organizations that have been recommended by Great Hearts members and our community is growing
daily. The Great Hearts Community helps to build awareness, develop resources, and connect
people to these important efforts.
Great Hearts Initiatives is an innovator in fostering people engagement. Great Hearts
Initiatives is also a performance accelerator helping those who are doing good to do more,
better. Inspired giving. Better doing. Greater Impact. Our work includes:
Making connections among giving people and causes;
Helping people to experience the physical and emotional benefits of giving—the “giver’s
glow”;
Supporting the important work of causes and nonprofits regardless of their size; and
Providing strategic and operational services to nonprofits to increase their
capabilities.
By bringing together people who are helping others, and by supporting their efforts, Great
Hearts Initiatives will expand abilities to make a lasting impact and empower healthier and more
fulfilling lives.
Our Philosophy
Everyone has something to give.
The desire to have purpose is natural and fundamental to the human spirit.
The compassion and dedication shown by greathearted people is inspiring.
People working together can make a remarkable impact for good.
Our Business Model
Great Hearts Initiatives is a social
enterprise. We chose this approach as an alternative to
creating a public charity or family foundation. A social enterprise is an organization that
applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being. We
believe that the social enterprise model is the right fit for our mission and goals. Operating
as a social enterprise helps reach our goal of creating a purpose-built giving and impact
platform that ensures the maximum portion of financial contributions goes directly to charities.
Great Hearts Initiatives is privately held and encourages investment in nonprofits and
community-based organizations rather than itself.