Educate Girls Now

What Educate Girls Now does

Educate Girls Now (EGN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization operating as a project of Global 500 Environmental Forum and founded in 2013 by Marilyn Mosley Gordanier. It is dedicated to educating at-risk Afghan girls and preventing forced child marriage, operating tiered programs spanning K-6, 7th-12, and University levels. As of available reporting, the organization claims to have served more than 304 children, prevented 54 forced marriages, and enrolled 185+ students in its online programs.

Following the Taliban's December 2021 ban on secondary education for Afghan girls, EGN pivoted its delivery model away from in-person classroom support toward Online School and Home-Based Education, supplemented by a cross-border higher-education pathway delivered through a partnership with the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh. The University program is the most capital-intensive tier and represents the strategic anchor of the post-2021 model.

Revenue is generated through a recurring Education Sponsorship program priced at $80 per child per month, supplemented by one-time online donations, corporate partnerships (including Patagonia, Rolling Thunder Ranch, and Happy Canyon Winery), and the fiduciary umbrella of Global 500 Environmental Forum, which provides tax-deductible donation status and operational governance. The customer base is individual sponsors and a small set of corporate donors; the beneficiary base is Afghan girls and their families. No financial disclosures, headcount figures, or audited statements are available in the input.

Name

Educate Girls Now

Legal name

Educate Girls Now

Website

https://educategirlsnow.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Educate Girls Now is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2013 that delivers online and home-based K-12 and university education to at-risk Afghan girls, while working to prevent forced child marriage. It operates under Global 500 Environmental Forum and partners with the Asian University for Women.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Monthly sponsorship program where donors contribute $80 per month to provide food, shelter, and education to at-risk girls in Afghanistan. Individual donations also include one-time gifts and general fund contributions.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate sponsors support through monetary gifts, in-kind donations, and volunteering. Partnerships are tailored to meet corporate donors' goals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Educate Girls Now is a non-profit charitable organization that runs an Education Sponsorship Program ($80/month) providing food, shelter, and education to at-risk Afghan girls to prevent child marriage driven by poverty. It also delivers online classes, home tutors, and after-school programs following the 2021 Taliban ban on girls' education, and supports university placements through the AUW partnership in Bangladesh.

Product overview

Educate Girls Now is a non-profit charitable organization operating as a project of the Global 500 Environmental Forum. The organization provides a suite of interconnected programs: an Education Sponsorship Program ($80/month) offering food, shelter, and education to prevent child marriage; an Online School Program serving over 185 children with classes, home tutors, and after-school programs established after the Taliban's 2021 ban; and a partnership with the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh enabling Afghan girls to pursue higher education abroad. Programs span K-6th grade, 7th-12th grade, and university levels, with college-prep English classes and comprehensive support including laptops, travel documents, and emotional assistance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Education Sponsorship Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 54 Afghan girls saved from forced childhood marriages
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Asian University for Women (AUW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEGN has formed a partnership with AUW that allows Afghan girls to pursue their studies in Bangladesh. EGN successfully sent three girls to AUW and is processing applications for a second group. Prior to attending AUW, EGN provides college-prep English classes taught by Afghan teachers and offers English language courses taught by teachers in the United States. EGN pays tuition fees and provides laptops, cell phones, and emotional and financial support to prepare applicants for travel to Bangladesh.
• Global 500 Environmental ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducate Girls Now is a project of the Global 500 Environmental Forum, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with EIN# 77-0520079. This is the parent organization that houses the EGN initiative.
• UNEP AffiliationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Global 500 has UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) affiliation, which provides organizational legitimacy and potential access to broader UN networks and resources.
• ArCS Cluster (Arlington Refugee Community Support)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArCS Cluster is a community organization in Arlington, Massachusetts that provided housing, safety, security, and connected volunteers with the organization's beneficiaries. They served as a support network for Afghan refugees.
• Refugee Immigration MinistryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnected the organization's founder/executive with host families and refugee support services in the United States.
• Rolling Thunder RanchminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor listed among many past and present partners who support the organization through various contributions.
• PatagoniaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor listed among partners who have contributed to keeping girls in the classroom and families in their homes.
• Happy Canyon WineryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting the organization through donations and partnership.
• Leah Forrester and Bill JohnsonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIndividual supporters listed as partners who have contributed expertise, products, and generous funds.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Afghan Institute of Learning: Operates ground-level education, health, and training programs for Afghan women and children. Directly comparable Afghan-centered educational nonprofit serving similar beneficiary populations to EGN.

Broad incumbents

• CARE: Major humanitarian organization with long-standing Afghanistan programming focused on women's empowerment, education, and food security. Comparable mission and donor base but with global institutional scale.
• Save the Children: Large international NGO with a dedicated Afghanistan country program covering girls' education, child protection, and food security. Similar education-plus-social-services mission but with vastly broader geographic scope and institutional funding.
• UNICEF: UN agency with the largest global footprint in child welfare, including girls' education in Afghanistan. Compares on education and child marriage prevention mandates but operates at multi-billion-dollar scale.

Direct peers

• Malala Fund: Global nonprofit advocating for girls' education and access to 12+ years of schooling in developing countries including Afghanistan. Directly comparable mission (Afghan girls' education) and similar donor-funded sponsorship model.
• Mary's Meals: Nonprofit providing school meals to children in low-income countries — a school-feeding model directly analogous to EGN's food-as-incentive-for-school-attendance approach. Operates sponsorship-style fundraising similar to EGN.
• Room to Read: Global nonprofit focused on girls' education and children's literacy in low-income communities across Asia and Africa. Similar education-focused nonprofit model with sponsorship/child-sponsorship positioning.
• Women for Women International: Nonprofit supporting women survivors of war and conflict in Afghanistan and other countries through education, vocational training, and economic empowerment. Comparable target population and education-plus-social-services model.
• GirlsInc: Nonprofit supporting girls' education and empowerment through out-of-school programming, with comparable mission alignment (girls' education as a path out of poverty) and recurring donor model.

Emerging players

• SheCodes Foundation: Nonprofit providing free coding education to women in underserved communities. Comparable in delivering education to girls in restricted contexts and using online/digital delivery models with similar sponsor-driven fundraising.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EducateGirlsNow
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCFvhFapDmdgGJY7Dt7r3FMg
• Facebookfacebook.com/educategirlsnow
• Instagraminstagram.com/educategirlsnow
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-global-500-forum

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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