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PIR
to Distribute Over $200,000 to Newly Named 2025
.ORG Impact Awards Finalists at Ceremony
Featuring Celebrity Host Common |
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Public Interest
Registry (PIR), the people behind the .ORG
domain, have named 35
finalists for the 7th annual .ORG
Impact Awards. These special awards recognize
outstanding mission-driven individuals and
organizations from around the world for their
positive contributions to society. The honorees
were chosen from seven different categories with
five finalists selected in each category.
All
finalists, which range from a women-led
nonprofit transforming lives in East Africa, to an
organization recycling hair into tools to help the
environment, to a .ORG using AI to teach sign
language across Latin America, will receive
donations of $2,500 each and that will be
just the beginning for many of them. The winner in
each category will receive an additional
$10,000 and the .ORG of the Year award
winner will take home a $50,000
donation.
Beyond the cash donations, being named winners in these award
categories and the prestigious .ORG of the Year,
will help raise the profile of the
honorees, ultimately driving donations,
funding, talent acquisition, partnership
development, and increasing audience reach. |
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The finalists,
who were chosen from a starting field of over 3,000
applicants, will be invited to Washington,
D.C. for a gala awards ceremony that
will be held there on October 7, 2025.
Each year PIR brings in a special celebrity that
is well known for their own good works to host
the Awards Ceremony. This year it will a man
of many talents - Common, the first rapper/artist to win a Grammy, Oscar and Emmy
and star of the Apple TV+ show Silo.
Common is also the founder of the nonprofit Free
to Dream, which works across four
pillars — education, justice, wellness, and
jobs — to create the conditions necessary
for dreams to come true. Free To Dream
reflects 20 years of Common's
leadership as a changemaker, using his
entertainment platform to advance critical
social causes.
“I’m passionate about making sure youth in the U.S. are able to
see positive role models and pathways
to achieve their dreams, especially those
involved in the |
Common |
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justice system, so it’s inspiring to see people from all over the
world creating positive change for the next
generation in their communities,” Common said.
“I’m excited to celebrate the hard
work of these organizations and individuals
creating powerful change at this year’s .ORG
Impact Awards.” |
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Jon
Nevett
President & CEO
Public Interest Registry |
Jon Nevett,
President and CEO of Public Interest Registry,
said “The .ORG Impact Awards continues to be one of the most
meaningful initiatives we look forward to all
year, and I’m honored to welcome the
extraordinary 2025 finalists to our global
.ORG Community. These finalists represent the
very best of our community — their
dedication and impact embody the very spirit
of the .ORG domain.
We’re thrilled to have
Common join us and help uplift the
forward-thinking changemakers honored at this
year’s awards. A long-time advocate for
criminal justice and youth empowerment,
Common is a changemaker himself and brings a
powerful voice to this celebration of
purpose-driven work.”
The
seven categories that make up the Impact
Awards are Community
Building, Quality
Education for All, Environmental
Stewardship, Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion, Health and Healing, Hunger
and Poverty and Rising Stars
(leaders under 30 making a difference in their
communities). You can see the full
list of finalists here, as well as
additional information at the Impact Awards,
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(Posted
August 18, 2025)
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