What Acting Globally does

The revenue model is 100% donation-driven: Acting Globally raises funds from individual donors and channels 100% of contributions to grassroots partners, with suggested donation tiers ranging from $10 to $500 mapped to specific impact outcomes (e.g., $100 funds Ebola awareness at a school, church, or market). The organization has ~10 employees and a 12-person team led by Founder & Chair Martin Levine and Partnership Manager Erin Anastasi. Distribution is direct and digital: volunteers self-onboard via the website, partner organizations are onboarded through relationship-driven outreach, and donations are solicited via the website portal.

Name

Acting Globally

Legal name

Acting Globally

Website

https://acting-globally.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Acting Globally is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2023 that mobilizes remote volunteers and deploys catalytic grants to support 10 grassroots partner organizations across 10 countries in Africa and Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development & Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK), International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB), Workforce, Employability & Youth Skills Partnerships (EDADALAI), Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support (EDAIAGAO)

Keywords

• International development
• Grassroots partnerships
• Volunteer mobilization
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Seed grant funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Acting Globally raises funds from individual donors and deploys 100% of contributions as catalytic grants to grassroots partner organizations. The nonprofit is a U.S. Section 501(c)(3) organization, making donations tax-deductible in the U.S.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Acting Globally is a U.S. Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes skilled remote volunteers and deploys catalytic seed grants to grassroots community organizations across Africa and Asia. It matches volunteers to three programmatic tracks — Mentoring Youth, Adopting Technology, and Accessing Funding — while channeling 100% of donor contributions as direct grants to local partners working in education, healthcare, nutrition, peacebuilding, and economic opportunity.

Product overview

Acting Globally operates as a nonprofit platform connecting volunteers with grassroots organizations worldwide. The core offering consists of three volunteer programs (Mentoring Youth, Adopting Technology, and Accessing Funding) that provide remote, part-time support to partner organizations. These programs are complemented by Catalytic Grants (seed funding) and Tailored Assistance (capacity building) services. The platform maintains a Partner Network of 10 grassroots organizations across 10 countries in Africa and Asia, focused on education, healthcare, nutrition, and economic opportunity. Volunteers connect remotely across cultures to help community groups strengthen operations and expand their impact.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mentoring Youth A volunteer program that places coaches with grassroots partner organizations to mentor students in English and digital skills, preparing young people for careers and leadership roles in their communities.
• Adopting Technology A volunteer program that supports grassroots partner organizations in integrating technology into their operations to streamline procedures and reduce the cost of service delivery.
• Accessing Funding A volunteer program in which volunteers research potential funding sources for grassroots partner organizations to help them secure funding for expansion and sustainable impact.
• Catalytic Grants Seed funding deployed to grassroots partner organizations, allowing them to expand services, meet technology needs, pilot new programs, or extend reach into additional communities.
• Tailored Assistance Capacity-building support from volunteers and development experts that helps grassroots partner groups strengthen capabilities and access funding for sustainable growth.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,000+ lives touched across Africa and Asia since founding in 2023
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Congo Peace Academy (CPA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Founded in 2020 in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. CPA empowers communities through education, training, capacity building, entrepreneurship, and humanitarian assistance. Acting Globally provided a grant that trained 3,000+ family farmers, boosting crop yields by 75%. The partnership also mobilized volunteers who coached students applying to international universities.
• Nadia's InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, this survivor-led organization advocates to end sexual violence as a weapon of war. Acting Globally provided a grant expanding literacy and digital-skills training for 150 women and girls at a Women's Center in Sinjar, Iraq, helping genocide survivors rebuild their lives.
• The Islamic Women's Initiative for Justice, Law and Peace (IWILAP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023The longest-standing Muslim women-led nonprofit in Uganda, dedicated to promoting human rights including sexual and reproductive rights and gender equity. Programs include legal advocacy, economic skills training, health services, and gender-based violence support. An Acting Globally grant supported counseling reaching 200+ survivors.
• Balik Kaanyag (BK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Based in the Philippines, Balik Kaanyag brings healing to child survivors of sexual abuse and supports caregivers. Services include trauma-informed therapy, group therapy, caregiver training, and child protection sessions. An Acting Globally grant financed trauma-informed therapy for clinicians in previously-unserved communities.
• Ek TaracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Founded in 2011 in Kolkata, India. Empowers girls and women from marginalized urban communities through holistic education and skills development. Serves 1,000+ children via a Learning Centre with digital tools and a STEAM laboratory. Acting Globally is crafting a grant to incorporate AI and digital awareness into its programs.
• Journeys Within Our Community (JWOC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Founded in 2005 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Transforms futures for low-income youth through education, career guidance, and digital/English literacy training. An Acting Globally grant upgraded computers and education center tools, strengthening language skills and career training for hundreds of young people.
• Association des Acteurs de Développement (ADEV)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Based in Cameroon, ADEV promotes sustainable development through inclusive education, environmental protection, and gender equality since 2009. Acting Globally volunteers are supporting ADEV in preparing a strategic plan to engage youth in climate justice initiatives.
• CIFA EthiopiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Founded in 2005, CIFA-Ethiopia works to build peaceful, healthy, and self-reliant communities in Southern Ethiopia. Its 'People First' holistic approach empowers women, fosters peacebuilding, and promotes environmentally friendly development, education, health, and nutrition.
• SunRoots GuineacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023An NGO piloting a solar-powered irrigation system in Dubréka, Guinea, to support year-round crop cultivation. Supported by SunRoots Energy, a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to clean energy solutions in Africa. Acting Globally provides partnership and grant support.
• We for ChangecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023A youth-led organization in Nepal dedicated to fostering equal opportunities for young people. Through training and community-service projects, it promotes health, climate adaptation, sustainable urban planning, and access to education throughout Nepal.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GiveDirectly: GiveDirectly operates a direct cash/pass-through giving model delivering 100% of donations to recipients in low-income countries. Its emphasis on radical transparency and bypassing traditional aid intermediaries mirrors Acting Globally's pass-through philosophy, though GiveDirectly focuses on direct cash rather than organizational grants.
• Kiva: Kiva is a crowdfunding platform that channels individual donor funds to borrowers and small enterprises in low-income countries through field partners. The model of pooling many small individual donations to fund grassroots actors in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is structurally comparable to Acting Globally's approach.
• GlobalGiving: GlobalGiving is a crowdfunding marketplace connecting individual donors with vetted grassroots nonprofits worldwide. Like Acting Globally, it channels donations to community-based organizations and offers transparency into project-level outcomes, making it the closest direct peer in mission and donor experience.
• charity: water: charity: water maintains a 100% model where public donations cover only project costs and a separate group of supporters funds operations. Its strong branding, donation-tier storytelling, and focus on rural/grassroots water projects in developing countries are similar to Acting Globally's positioning.

Emerging players

• Pencils of Promise: Pencils of Promise is a small U.S.-based nonprofit that builds schools and funds education programs in developing countries through donor contributions. Its model of combining public donations with locally-led implementation resembles Acting Globally's approach to supporting community-based education partners like Ek Tara and JWOC.
• Echoing Green: Echoing Green identifies and funds emerging social leaders and grassroots changemakers globally. Its focus on backing locally-led leaders parallels Acting Globally's community-rooted partner strategy, though Echoing Green funds individuals while Acting Globally funds organizations.
• Acumen: Acumen provides patient capital and capacity-building support to early-stage social enterprises serving the poor. While Acumen uses investment tools, its emphasis on locally-rooted solutions and supporting under-resourced community-based organizations in Africa and South Asia is thematically aligned with Acting Globally's partner model.
• One Acre Fund: One Acre Fund delivers smallholder farmer services (inputs, training, financing) across Africa. While Acting Globally does not deliver direct agricultural services, Congo Peace Academy's Agri Peace program with the 75% crop yield gain closely parallels One Acre Fund's farmer-support model.

Others

• idealist (Idealist.org): Idealist is a global listing and matching platform for volunteer opportunities and jobs at nonprofits. Its role connecting skilled volunteers to mission-driven organizations parallels Acting Globally's volunteer matching function, though Idealist operates as a directory rather than a direct program provider.
• GivingTuesday: GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement mobilizing individual donations and volunteerism for nonprofits. While not a grantmaker itself, it shares Acting Globally's emphasis on mobilizing individual givers and volunteers toward community causes and represents a potential amplification channel.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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