NaturallySweet Desserts
NaturallySweet Desserts is a Philadelphia-based sweets company that creates what they say are “the most amazing vegan desserts you have ever tasted.” Their plant-based desserts are handcrafted with locally grown fruits and vegetables, Fair Trade Cacao, and “healing herbs and spices.” They are soy and GMO-free. When founder Sherimane Johnson developed Type 2 Diabetes, she […]
Keep Media Green
At the Untours Foundation, we have called Media, PA home since our founding. We are grateful to Keep Media Green for their work to protect natural spaces and stand up for environmental causes in our own backyard. Media is the county seat and has seen healthy growth of retail and housing. This advocacy nonprofit organization […]
Philadelphia Public School Notebook/Chalkbeat
We don’t normally fund nonprofits, but we recently had an opportunity to provide a bridge loan to the Chalkbeat, formerly known as the Philadelphia Public School Notebook (PPSN), an advocacy journalism organization that reports on the public school system of Philadelphia. This independent, nonprofit news organization focuses on topics and themes of vital importance to […]
Relevé
Fine jewelry, and diamonds in particular, can come with some unwelcome baggage. But Relevé sells fine jewelry made from ethically sourced materials and designed and crafted through a supply chain that empowers women. Their pieces include stylish gold bangles, diamond pendants, and simple statement earrings. All are designed by women, and they have partnered with […]
Comon Yaj Noptic
Comon Yaj Noptic is a cooperative of organic coffee farmers in Chiapas, Mexico founded in 1995. They work closely with our friends at Equal Exchange and some of their beans are used in Equal Exchange coffees. The farmers not only grow organically, but they participate in wildlife and ecological monitoring, particularly of the local birds. […]
Accelerating Appalachia
Accelerating Appalachia is a business accelerator, an organization that connects young businesses with funding, education, and support to help their ventures succeed. Accelerating Appalachia is a “regenerative economy accelerator” to support businesses that are beyond sustainable and actually help to regenerate the soil, the water, the landscape, and the economy. Founder Sara Day Evans, a […]
Witness to Innocence
Witness to Innocence (WTI) is the only national organization in the United States composed of and led by exonerated death row survivors and their family members. The mission of WTI is to abolish the death penalty by empowering exonerated death row inmates and their loved ones to become effective leaders in the abolition movement. They […]
Iron Man
Iron Man, Inc. is an iron works that produces wrought iron fencing, gates, fire escapes, and other products while employing vulnerable people who might not otherwise have the opportunity for gainful employment. Located about 15 minutes from the Untours office, Iron Man competes with large shops and big box stores through artistry and attention to […]
One Degree Solar
Producers of a superb solar light and recharger of cell phones and small appliances, One Degree Solar is lighting up Africa. Affordable to many in the developing world, the company’s “BrightBox” is long lasting and designed to have easily attainable replacement parts unlike most of its competitors’ products. Support One Degree Solar through Untours Foundation! […]
Tosheka Textiles
Based in Kenya and Philadelphia, Tosheka Textiles is working to set new standards in their industry and breaking new ground for textile production in Africa with a focus on sustainability. Tosheka Textiles employs and trains Kenyan women to weave and crochet its designs using organic and recycled materials and even upcycled plastic bags. In […]