Featured Case Studies
The case studies below highlight a sampling of vibrant citizen sector organizations that have successfully integrated innovative community based solutions to become self-sustaining and with maximized social impact.
Read their stories, learn their strategies, and be inspired to harness creativity to acheive financial sustainability and ultimately financial freedom.
 DMT Mobile Toilets, Nigeria
Pay-for-use public toilets are changing the perception of proper waste |
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Corporate partnerships are leveraged to allow at-risk youth to enjoy sports and activities that raise their self-esteem and develop valuable life skills. |
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Clowns bring joy to pediatric units in hospitals to support children enduring medical treatments and work with the medical staff who serve them. |
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Trash is being turned into profit. Socially concerned scientists are transforming organic waste into marketable compost. |
Waste Concern|
An innovative media campaign is pushing for the public to recognize a person's talents and abilities instead of focusing on his or her disability. |
La Usina|
Women are uniting against violence and empowering each other to use their skills to become self-reliant actors in society. |
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A revitalization of poorly run food banks, this bank not only collects food that would be wasted from local businesses, but also provides efficient infrastructure for food distribution. |
Banco de Alimentos|
By utilizing local resources as low-cost building materials, citizens are revamping the architecture and accessibility of low-income housing for the urban poor. |
Search an extensive list of CBI Success Stories; case studies of organizations that have creatively built a citizen base to achieve long-term sustainability.