Our Partners
The Belonging Forum works with partners in disability rights, youth empowerment, environmental sustainability, multidimensional poverty, education, global health, and other priorities that underlie the global movement for belonging. In addition to the major institutional partners described below, Belonging Forum sponsors Samuel Fellows to conduct research and advocacy at 29 additional organizations. Belonging Forum’s programming has also resulted in the emergence of new organizations, including the Grandmother Collective, a Boston-based global NGO which supports grandmothers as a force for social and environmental transformation.
Data-Driven Lab builds solutions to environmental challenges using cutting-edge data analytics. In December 2018, DDL launched the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index, which leverages high-resolution, large-scale data to analyze the performance of cities at the intersection of environment and social equity.
As a growing movement of global citizens, the Eden Project reconnect people with nature, demonstrates and communicates positive change, and inspires advocates of action.
Harvard Law School Project on Disability
HPOD supports advancing the understanding of disability law, policy, and education around the world. Their academic work in international and comparative law informs our pro bono activities and, in turn, our pro bono work informs our academic initiatives.
Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital Digital Wellness Lab
The Digital Wellness Lab is a nonprofit research center seeking to understand and promote positive and healthy digital media experiences for young people, from birth through young adulthood.
HelpAge Canada
Across Canada and around the world, older adults are leading, contributing, and inspiring change in their communities. HelpAge Canada works alongside them, amplifying their voices and investing in their well-being.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is a global leader in human rights research and advocacy.
Inside Out Prison Exchange Program
The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program is an educational program with an innovative pedagogical approach tailored to facilitate dialogue across difference.
The Misipawistik Cree Nation, located in northern Manitoba, runs the Misipawistik Pimatisimēskanaw Program, which offers culturally relevant teachings to help students reconnect with their culture, rebuild connections to their ancestral land, live healthy lives, and advance their education.
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is an economic research and policy centre within the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. OPHI aims to build and advance a more systematic methodological and economic framework for reducing multidimensional poverty, grounded in people’s experiences and values.
Partners In Health’s mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. The organization works in close partnership with local government officials and the world’s leading medical and academic institutions to build capacity and strengthen health systems.
The Rosie Jones Foundation was founded in 2025 and is on a mission to empower lives and change minds so that no person living with cerebral palsy feels alone or unheard.
SightSavers
Our vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes, and where everyone can participate equally in society.
Special Olympics International works to create a world of belonging and community through sport. At Special Olympics, every person is accepted and welcomed, regardless of ability or disability.
Synergos supports collaboration among business, government, civil society, and marginalized communities to address poverty and inequality.
TakingITGlobal
TakingITGlobal is a network of young people tackling global challenges through research and advocacy.
Tamarack
At the heart of Tamarack lies the belief that true community building, engagement and change go beyond mere words — they require genuine care, compassion and action.
The Walrus
The Walrus provokes new thinking and sparks conversation on matters vital to Canadians. As a registered charity, we publish independent, fact-based journalism, produce national, ideas-focused events, and train emerging professionals in publishing and nonprofit management.
Warm Welcome
The Warm Welcome Campaign is beginning a new chapter. What started as a crisis response to keep people warm through the winter has blossomed into a movement to reconnect individuals and communities across the country all year round.