Beam is a social impact tech company that enables you to turn your spending power at mission-led brands into direct funding for high-impact nonprofits.

We’re curating a community of hundreds of the most socially responsible brands around- from apparel, to undies, to skincare, to cleaning supplies, to food delivery - where you can make stuff you need to buy anyway fund causes that matter to you. 

There are two ways to use Beam: the first is via our integration when you’re checking out as usual. In cart, you’ll get the ability to choose a vetted nonprofit from a set curated to reflect what the brand stands for and how they operate. The brand donates ~1% there for you, at no extra cost. You can track exactly how your $ is going towards impact you can see, like 2 hours of free therapy for LGBTQ+ teens, and how that adds up to big impact across all of us (e.g., funding 20,000 hours of free therapy).

The second way to use Beam is via our iOS and Android app, which lets you explore our crew of mission-driven brands *actually* walking-the-walk for causes you believe in–not just turning their logo rainbow for Pride. You can filter by stuff you need to buy and/or causes that matter to you, see a preview of the entire community’s impact + learn more about the brand’s operating practices, and shop directly. It also lets you track the impact you’re making across *all* of your everyday spending and recommends places to keep turning more of the spending you’re doing anyway into funding for the same issues. 

Beam is a female-founded company recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 for Social Impact.
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We’re on a mission to shift $10B from brands to high-impact nonprofits and increase every person’s perception of their power to make an impact in their everyday lives.

So many of us feel powerless. We’ve heard from thousands of young people, “I vote, I donate, but I never feel like I’m doing enough.” But the thing is, there is a type of power we do use every day–our spending power.

When Beamers use their spending power at mission-driven brands in our community, we’re not just shifting massive amounts of capital to nonprofits–we’re also helping brands who walk-to-the-walk win. The more people that use Beam, the stronger we get in our ability to decide which brands win and lose based on their impact (or lack thereof). At scale, by holding brands accountable to act in ways that reflect our values, we can shift the private sector in the direction of progress–and that matters in a world where the private sector is responsible for 70% of global emissions and so much more. 
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Beam curates a list of nonprofits from both our existing network and new nonprofits that align with the mission, values, and product of our brand partners.

Every organization we support is a registered 501c3 nonprofit (or the equivalent if based outside the US) that has been vetted by trusted third parties like CharityNavigator, Guidestar, and local government recommendations. This means that they’ve achieved the gold-standard in impact and transparency, with at least 70 cents on every dollar donated going directly to programming vs. overhead and more.