Much of the information you may need to know about our organization is available in the About Us section of our website. This includes our mission statement, history, staff profiles, financial overviews, and other pertinent information.

Here are some useful facts about Action Without Borders/Idealist.org to help you with your story:

Action Without Borders is a nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City. Among other programs, Action Without Borders runs the website Idealist.org.

Idealist.org is a website that facilitates connections between individuals and institutions that are interested in improving their communities.

Action Without Borders has offices in the United States (in New York, NY and Portland, OR) and Argentina (in Buenos Aires). We also have staff based in cities including Berlin, Geneva, San Francisco, Seattle, and Quito. In total, we have about 70 employees.

Action Without Borders was founded in 1995. Its founder and executive director is Ami Dar.

Over 84,000 nonprofit organizations from more than 180 countries have created profiles on Idealist.org. They use these profiles to list information about their missions, programs, services, and opportunities. Our Spanish- and French-language sites have directories with even more nonprofit listings.

Idealist.org has over 500,000 individual members and receives 50,000 unique visitors each day.

If you are a reporter researching a story on any aspect of Action Without Borders/Idealist.org, please feel free to contact our press liaisons. They are also able to provide useful commentary on many themes related to the social sector.

Our English-language press liaison is:
Amelia Byers, Director of U.S. Operations
She can be reached at our New York City office:
(1) 212-843-3973
Monday to Friday, 9:00a.m. - 5:30p.m. Eastern [UTC -0400]

Our Spanish-language press liaison is/Nuestra responsable para la prensa de habla hispana es:
Rosario González Morón, Directora, Soporte al Usuario
She can be reached at our Buenos Aires office/Se puede comunicar con ella en nuestra oficina en Buenos Aires:
(54-11) 5238-2294 or/o
(54-11) 5238-2295
Monday to Friday/Lunes a Viernes, 9:00a.m. - 5:30p.m. [UTC -0300]

Our French-language press liaison is/Notre attaché de presse francophone est:
Pabló Tiscornia, Coordinator/Coordonnateur, Idealiste.org
He can be reached at our Buenos Aires office/Pour le joindre, à notre bureau de Buenos Aires:
(54-11) 5238-2294 or/o
(54-11) 5238-2295
Monday to Friday/Lundi au Vendredi, 9:00a.m. - 5:30p.m. [UTC -0300]

In addition to viewing our Awards and Recognition page, which highlights some of the press coverage and awards we've received over the years, you can also click these keyword links to the Google News Search to see where else we've appeared recently in the press:

To get a better sense of our impact, you can read quotes about our programs and services from our users on our Testimonials page.

If you're multilingual, you can also see press coverage of Action Without Borders/Idealist.org in other languages: