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ZERO CARBON Featured Among New Impact Offerings – December 9, 2024

Each week, Superpowers for Good shares a list of new impact-related offerings added to FINRA-Registered Crowdfunding portals and by broker-dealers. We’ll share four separate lists:

1. Impact offerings determined by our proprietary analysis.

2. Offerings with minority founders.

3. Deals with women founders.

4. Those with LGBTQ founders.

Sometimes, it takes weeks for our source to determine that a company has a social impact, a woman, minority or LGBTQ founder. When we discover an offering qualifies for our list, even if it is no longer new, we will include it. See the lists below.

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Empowering Nonprofits to Scale Globally: How Gratitude Network Transforms Leaders

tl;dr:

1. Gratitude Network empowers nonprofit leaders with tools like executive Coaching and a scale-up curriculum.

2. Lauren transitioned from Education to nonprofits, scaling impactful ideas into sustainable, thriving organizations.

3. Fellows in the Gratitude Network’s program average a 3x Growth and serve 2,300 more children annually.

4. Success at Gratitude stems from system building, postmortems, and clear KPIs to drive measurable impact.

5. Lauren encourages dedicating 20% of time to strategic thinking to achieve long-term organizational growth.

See the Great Companies We’re Considering at the December 17 Impact Cherub Club Meeting

As we gear up for the 1:00 PM Eastern, December 17, 2024, meeting of the Impact Cherub Club, we invite you to join us. The club meets to review impact investments everyone is eligible to make, and virtually anyone can afford. We share responsibility for completing basic due diligence before making investments. While members are encouraged to invest in the Club’s picks, no one is required to invest.

The Club is open to all “Impact Members” of the SuperCrowd (our paying subscribers). I don’t touch the Money members invest. They do so directly for their own accounts. We benefit from new members by the fresh perspectives they bring and our growing social impact. Please join us!

Next Meeting—December 17, at 1:00 PM Eastern

At our next meeting on December 17, at 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific, consistent with our plans for future sessions, the agenda will have three items:

• Diligence Reports

• Education Moment

• Preliminary Consideration of New Candidate Investments

I’ll review those items in reverse order.

New Company Consideration

After some preliminary screening, I’ve shared some candidate offerings with the members of the club to choose which we’ll review this month. Members chose the following:

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The Power of Perseverance

tl;dr:

1. Troy Helming, CEO of EarthGrid, discusses his company’s innovative plasma tunneling Technology.

2. EarthGrid’s technology offers significant cost and time savings compared to traditional tunneling methods.

3. Helming shares his experience in raising capital, including the challenges and successes of crowdfunding.

4. He emphasizes the importance of self-discipline and tenacity in overcoming obstacles and achieving goals.

5. Helming’s journey highlights the power of perseverance and Innovation in making a positive impact.

Becoming A Smart Investor And Making An Impact On The World With Devin D. Thorpe

This episode was originally posted on Point of Impact with Aaron Hale.

, a bestselling author and crowdfunding expert, shares how crowdfunding is transforming impact Investing. From understanding its risks and rewards to aligning investments with your values, Devin provides actionable insights to help you make a difference through smart investments.

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Gain access to carefully selected opportunities that empower communities, promote sustainability, and deliver real change. Don’t just invest—make an impact.

Discover This Week’s Impact Crowdfunding Success Stories 🎉

Every Sunday, we bring you a roundup of the most successful impact crowdfunding campaigns that have achieved their funding goals. Join us to celebrate the impact and innovation that these ventures have brought to life. Don’t forget to check tomorrow’s email for more exciting updates!

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Upcoming SuperCrowd Event Calendar

If a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.

• Impact Cherub Club Meeting hosted by The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, on December 17, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, the Club meets to review new offerings for investment consideration and to conduct due diligence on previously screened deals. To join the Impact Cherub Club, become an Impact Member of the SuperCrowd.

• SuperCrowdHour, December 18, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, we host a value-laden webinar for aspiring impact investors or social entrepreneurs. At December’s SuperCrowdHour, Jason Fishman of Digital Niche Agency will present an “Algorithmic Strategy to Reach Your Crowdfund Capital Raising Goals.” Free to attend.

Community Event Calendar

• Successful Funding with Karl Dakin, Tuesdays at 10:00 AM ET – Click on Events

• Community Revitalization, Thursdays, 10:00 AM Eastern.

• NC3 Changing the Paradigm: Mobilizing Community Investment Funds, March 7, 2025

• Asheville Neighborhood Economics, April 1-2, 2-25.

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Devin Thorpe Champion of Social Good

Devin is the CEO of The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation helping diverse founders and social entrepreneurs raise capital via impact crowdfunding. He is also a bestselling author who calls himself a champion of social good. His most recent book, How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding, is an investment guide for everyone. He has produced about 1,500 episodes of his show featuring luminary change agents, including Bill Gates. His books—read over 1 million times—help people do more good. He has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars via crowdfunding. He draws on his experience as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and U.S. Senate staffer. He earned an MBA at Cornell. Frequently finding himself on airplanes, Devin is grateful to be middle-seat-sized.