You’ll want to show this one off. The nonprofit’s limited-edition leather-on-denim carryall lends a hand to Uganda’s would-be and former child soldiers in need of a proper (and well-deserved) chance at being a kid again.
Available at shop.invisiblechildren.com, $95.
Good vibes don’t have to come with crunch. Jill Golden’s new line (made in collaboration with female-run small business incubator Indego Africa) blends beading and crystal to stunning effect. Artisans are paid a fair labor wage, and carrying pouches are signed by the women who made them.
Available at jillgolden.com, $252-$365.
Designer Rachel Antonoff, rockers Fun, and a host of fashionable friends team up to design shirts, buttons, and totes for tolerance. Profits go to a growing list of LGBT-supportive orgs, including The Trevor Project and Mainers United for Marriage.
Available at shop.hellomerch.com, $25.
Fill someone’s cupboard with limited-edition mugs that help one of nine worthy organizations, from red ribbon-wrapped (helping AmFAR) and prefab house cartoons (Architecture for Humanity) to Teach for America owl motifs.
Available at westelm.com, $10 each.
Pile on the goodness. Twenty-five percent of profits goes to Marrakech-based Education for All, a nonprofit providing free and safe boarding homes for girls.
Available at kahina-givingbeauty.com, $98.
Twenty percent of profits from the lifestyle designer’s paint-dripped tank tops, kiddie dresses, and vinyl duffel bags helps fund projects for New York City-based youth art initiative Publicolor.
Available at lisaperrystyle.com, $35-$1,295.
Now look here: The Brooklyn artist is donating 20 percent from her Americana-inspired series to the Red Cross’s ongoing Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Available at danamcclure.com, $60 each.
Things are looking up. The get-one-give-one spectacles brand is giving $30 from the sale of each pair to help build grade schools in impoverished towns around the globe.
Available at warbyparker.com, $95.
The brand ensures that after nine months of work, each young Ugandan craftswomen is able to use 50 percent of her salary (which is matched by Sseko) to fund university tuition.
Available at ssekodesigns.com, $59-$69.
Any purchase from the new charitable marketplace comes packed with a guaranteed 20 percent going to the cause of your choice. Take your pick (we suggest starting with the chiseled black and gold bookends).
Available at giftsthatgive.com, $20-$1,000.
Wear your heart on your ears, neck, and wrists. The charity arm of Texas-based Saddleback Leathers puts all profits toward revitalizing global communities through work training and child sponsorship programs.
Available at love41.com, $41.
You don’t have to break the bank to build someone else’s. Living wages and nonprofit design studios are only the beginning. Giftees can check the site for photos and updates on the artists behind each piece.
Available at livefashionable.com, $28-$44.
Half the cost of the sleek clothing line’s spread of blush-colored brushed-glass water bottles, scarves, candles, and tees goes to building wells throughout South Sudan.
Available at shop.obakki.com, $15-$30.
The San Francisco-based brand’s holiday sock box comes with three pairs of heritage slip-ons; proceeds help provide coats and work training for homeless women in Detroit via The Empowerment Plan.
Available at wearpact.com, $30.
Put this in your box and gift it: Cuyana founders Karla Gallardo and Shilpa Shah donate half the price of this roomy canvas and leather bag to Charity: Water projects around the world.
Available at cuyana.com, $120.
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