“This CLASSY Award legitimizes what we do. It puts us on a new platform and allows our name, our brand and our message to get to more people. If all the people that are in this room and that follow StayClassy didn’t know what Nika was before, they do now!” - Nika Water
Nika Water donates 100% of profits to bringing water and clean sanitation, along with poverty alleviation, into underdeveloped countries. Through three NGOs they currently work with (Free The Children, Project Concern International in San Diego, Millennium Promise), Nika has already committed $375,000 to water wells, water catchment systems, plumbing, schools and trees in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Nicaragua. Last March, a NIKA-funded well was completed in Nicaragua, where they turned on water to 600 people, 100 homes, 2 schools and 2 health clinics. Read more »
Omaha Private Instruction Institute OPII is dedicated to providing the best educational opportunities in existence to everyone who seeks knowledge regardless of their circumstances. More »
Atlas Global Security Created to raise awareness about local and global issues, create feasible solutions, and most importantly, inspire youth to take positive actions. More »
Karma Builders Karma Builders is a low-profit limited liability company that hires, pays and trains formerly incarcerated men and women to provide woodworking and assembly services for local companies. More »
Change For Balance Productions Change for Balance creates videos to raise awareness about local and global issues, create feasible solutions and inspire youth to take positive action. More »
Pura Vida Bracelets Pura Vida donates 1% of all sales to the Surfrider Foundation, and is dedicated to cleaning up beaches and oceans around the world. More »
Up Dog Fitness Up Dog Fitness brings yoga and fitness to inner cities students in Los Angeles. More »
54 Kingdoms LLC An emerging apparel brand, 54 Kingdoms created a campaign to raise money to assist the Edeyo Foundation. They raised $2,088 and traveled to Haiti in February 2011 to make the donation. More »
The reo bakpak Company Reo bakpak is a for-profit company that supports nonprofits by matching donations and donating most of their funds to homeless children. More »
Empowered Youth/EY StreetWise Empowered Youth, from Miami, Florida, donates all revenue to the boys who design and sell their products. They provide educational opportunities for co-owners and more Empowered Youth Neighborhood Programs nationwide. More »