collaborations

In Good Company collaborates with numerous organizations and non-profits in service of our mission to elevate the status of women entrepreneurs. In addition, we strongly support organizations who strive to enhance the professional development of women and girls. Our collaboration with these organizations includes providing solutions; making connections; sharing information; sponsorship; and organizational exposure that enhances the success of these women-led ventures.

Some of the organizations that we collaborate and partner with are listed below:

GOLDEN SEEDS (www.goldenseeds.com)
Golden Seeds plays an instrumental role in supporting women to utilize both their intrinsic and financial capital to its full potential. We identify and invest in women-led ventures with the potential to grow into multi-million dollar business while enabling accredited investors to invest alongside us. We provide entrepreneurs with strategic business advice as well as access to funding and the tools to enable them to grow into multi-million dollar businesses.

ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION (www.robinhood.org)
Robin Hood holds steadfast to a single mission: fight poverty in New York City. We believe in reducing poverty for today's generation and preventing poverty for generations to come. Robin Hood finds, funds and partners with over 200 of the most effective schools and programs in the city's poorest neighborhoods to save the lives and change the fates of those who battle educational failure, joblessness, teen pregnancy, abuse, AIDS, hunger and homelessness. We then provide management assistance and support services to make them even stronger. When we see unmet needs, we launch initiatives to address them. Robin Hood's board of directors pays all administrative, fundraising and evaluation costs. That means 100 percent of donations goes directly to organizations serving families who struggle against poverty.

WOODHULL INSTITUTE (www.woodhull.org)
The Woodhull Institute is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian educational organization that provides ethical leadership training and professional development for women. Too often, success has been measured in terms of the accumulation of power and wealth, with almost no consideration of how these accomplishments have been achieved. Ethical leadership is concerned with the means as well as the ends to personal and professional achievements. As such, Woodhull has developed a community that encourages women to lead with honesty, respect, courage and compassion; to strive for the common ground in decision- making; and to share in community service.

STEP UP WOMENS NETWORK (www.suwn.org)
Step Up Women's Network is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to strengthening community resources for women and girls. Through teen empowerment programs for underserved girls, women's health education and advocacy, professional mentorship and social networking opportunities, we educate and activate our members to ensure that women and girls have the tools they need to create a better future.

LADIES WHO LAUNCH (www.ladieswholaunch.com)
Ladies Who Launch is a multiplatform lifestyle company for entrepreneurial-minded women who want to live their dreams and love their lives. Ladies Who Launch defines entrepreneurship as a lifestyle choice and connects women online and in person to foster creativity, community, and support. They have Incubator programs in 50 regions across the U.S. and Canada, Ladies Who Launch LIVE conferences, and a nationally acclaimed book published by St. Martin’s Press that articulates the feminine approach to launching.

NEST (www.buildanest.com)
Nest is a nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the lives of women in developing countries. The mission of Nest is to support women artists and artisans in the developing world by helping them create sustainable entrepreneurial businesses. To do this, Nest provides micro-credit loans to be used for the purchase of the supplies and materials necessary to begin and/or maintain art or craft-based businesses.

GEMS Girls (www.gems-girls.org)
GEMS provides preventive and transitional services to young women, ages 12-21 years, who are at risk for or involved in sexual exploitation and violence.

WIBO (www.wibo.org)
Founded in 1966 in Harlem, the Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) is a private non-profit organization that is committed to assisting men and women with the drive to become successful entrepreneurs. WIBO’s mission is to enable small business owners and budding entrepreneurs from under-served communities to obtain financial success by starting, operating, and building successful businesses that develop economic power, provide jobs and improve communities.

MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION – METRO NYC (www.metrony.wish.org)
The Make A Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. It is the largest wish-granting organization in the world with 67 chapters in the United States and its territories and 27 international affiliates spanning five continents. The Metro New York chapter is one of the busiest Make-A-Wish chapters in the country based on the number of wishes granted.

THE VIBE THEATRE EXPERIENCE (www.vibetheater.org)
viBe Theater Experience is a performing-arts education organization that provides a safe, creative space for under-served young women to share their stories and use their voices to build and transform themselves and their community. viBe Theater Experience empowers teenage girls by engaging and inspiring them to create, rehearse, design, publish and perform personal and truthful collaborative theater pieces. We build creative literacy skills that challenge girls to self-reflect and develop a creative voice while encouraging trust, self-confidence and mutual respect.

GIRLS WRITE NOW (www.girlswritenow.org)
GIRLS WRITE NOW is New York’s premier creative writing and mentoring organization for high school girls. Founded in 1998, our mission is to provide a safe space for girls to explore and develop their creative, independent voices, and learn how to make healthy choices in school, career and life. Our core mentoring program custom matches bright, driven high school girls with a burning desire to write with professional women writers currently working in journalism, publishing, education, theater, advertising/public relations, and more.

New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (www.ywse.org/nywse)
NYWSE is the New York Chapter of Young Women Social Entrepreneurs (YWSE). In addition to events, such as member-led workshops, a group of ten to twenty women meets monthly to share stories and support each other. NYWSE members include seasoned social entrepreneurs, women transitioning from one career to another, and/or adding a social venture idea to their already full plates. NYWSE supports and promotes women social entrepreneurs through workshops, networking opportunities, and a book club forum.