Location: Washington, D.C.

“Proinspire unites a variety of individuals who have one common purpose – to be an agent of change.” - Reena Sikdar, 2010 ProInspire Fellow

ProInspire is building the next generation of nonprofit leaders by expanding the talent pipeline, developing professionals, and increasing diversity in the sector. We are passionate about accelerating social impact and being catalysts of outstanding performance.

Our flagship program, the ProInspire Fellowship, recruits top business professionals with 2-5 years of business experience who want to use their skills for social impact and to invest in a growing community of ProInspire fellows.  Fellows spend one year working in an analytical or strategic role at a nonprofit organization. After the Fellowship, Fellows engage with our community of alumni to continue investing in the sector.

This highly competitive program offers targeted positions with leading nonprofits, monthly trainings with a cohort of peers, a coach, and a network to support career growth. Previous ProInspire Fellows come from across the U.S. with experience at Bain, Credit Suisse, General Mills, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, Parthenon Capital, and other leading companies.  Fellows work with top nonprofits based in the Washington D.C. area.

Location: Washington, DC

Founded in 2006, Credit Builders Alliance (CBA) addresses the staggering fact that in today’s credit-dependent economy some 40% of American adults have no access to affordable bank credit. CBA is a nonprofit social enterprise that serves as a vital bridge between the large credit bureaus and the local community development organizations who work one on one to help underserved clients build credit as a financial asset. We are focused on increasing the transparency of the U.S. credit system and ensuring that its benefits are available to underbanked populations and communities. Our growing membership - a nationwide network of U.S. nonprofit organizations - includes nearly 300 nonprofit organizations that provide microfinance services and financial education to underbanked consumers in rural and urban communities across the country. CBA pursues its mission through three main activities:

• CBA Reporter—a one-stop shop providing ongoing technical support to empower hundreds of CDFIs, microfinance and community nonprofits in the U.S. to report monthly loan portfolio data via CBA to the major credit bureaus to build credit for underserved entrepreneurs and consumers
• CBA Access—opportunity for nonprofits to access consumer and business credit reports as part of financial education with underbanked individuals and entrepreneurs
• CBA Knowledge Sharing—online toolkit, webinars, workshops and on-site trainings for financial services nonprofits in the U.S. aimed at sharing best practices focused on financial capability and microloan service delivery to low-income and underbanked individuals and entrepreneurs

To learn more about Credit Builders Alliance, please visit http://www.creditbuildersalliance.org.

Location: Washington, DC

Free the Slaves (FTS) knows that slavery flourishes when people cannot meet their basic needs, and lack economic opportunities, social protections, and knowledge about or ability to exercise their rights. We know that a holistic approach is required to eradicate slavery, and we believe it is possible to end slavery in our lifetime. To that end, FTS works with grassroots organizations to free people from slavery and help them rebuild their lives. We record and share survivors’ stories so people in power can see slavery and be inspired to work for freedom. We enlist businesses to clean slavery out of their product chains and empower consumers to stop buying into slavery. We work with governments to implement effective anti-slavery laws and hold them to their commitments, and we research what works and what doesn’t so that governments use resources effectively to end slavery.

To learn more about Free the Slaves, please visit http://www.freetheslaves.net