Benefit corporations

Kickstarter, PBC is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of April 2025, Kickstarter has received US$8.71 billion in pledges from 24.1 million backers to fund 277,302 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects.

Change.org is a website which allows users to create and sign petitions in an attempt to advance various social causes by raising awareness and influencing decision-makers. The site is a US-based for-profit company and claims to have 570 million users as of January 2026. Petitions often focus on causes such as general justice, economic justice, criminal justice, human rights, education, environmental protection, animal rights, cyber bullying, health, religious freedom, and sustainable food.

American education company

private self assessment issued to for-profit companies by B Lab

Dutch fairtrade chocolate brand and cocoa supplier

private university based in San Diego, California

type of for-profit entity

company

federal Crown corporation wholly owned by the Government of Canada