Small change for a better world

Pennywise supports innovative, regenerative, and enduring solutions to global problems that uplift communities and empower individuals​.

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Standing With Our Partners

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Celebrating Votewise in the wake of an historical mid-term election in the US!

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Give now to keep change coming in 2028!

We gave early, we gave annually, we gave dependably.

We supported BIPOC led,  grass-roots organizations working in their own communities.

We invested in organizations that understand that civic engagement is not transactional. 

While they got out the vote, our Votewise grantees connected vulnerable individuals to human services and brought their needs into the political conversation.

THANK YOU!

  • 1 Vote Counts - Pennsylvania

  • Instituto Lab - Arizona

  • Community Organizing Alliance - Maine

  • Mass  Liberation Nevada 

  • Arizona Native Vote

  • Georgia Conservation Voters

  • And to all of our Votewise donors. 

Pennywise priorities

  • Zambia NetWorks Project

    Giving for Financial Independence

    We view giving as investing. We support projects that help break cycles of poverty and create opportunities that further financial security. This includes direct financial programming, like micro-lending, as well as longer-term strategies such as making environmental preservation efforts profitable.

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    Giving for Waste Reduction

    We prioritize projects that reduce physical and/or economic waste. We are particularly excited about initiatives that gather products or materials that would otherwise be disposed of as garbage and recreate, refurbish or redistribute them so that they can fill an identified need.

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    Bottom Line Savings

    We believe in responses that increase efficiency and decrease costs in service provision. We support programming that meets critical needs while also generating financial savings for key partners.

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    Collaborative Problem Solving

    Understanding that governments can create barriers to social change but also that they are uniquely situated to institutionalize services, we support organizations that successfully navigate this challenge and create effective public/private sector partnerships.

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    More With Less

    We stand for the premise that small actors and actions can make big differences. We support small, grassroots organizations that leverage limited resources to have outsized impacts in marginalized communities around the world.

The Pennywise Model

We invest in small, grassroots, predominantly BIPOC led organizations. Our grantees are breaking destructive cycles, reducing waste, and reimagining how resources are used. We work with our partners to creatively generate sustainable solutions to today's most challenging issues.