ARCC Partners
Sustainable living. Responsibility. Close-knit community. These are principles that ARCC has taught since its inception in 1983. As we've grown over the years, we've carried this message with us around the world and witnessed some of the amazing ways other organizations promote these same ideals. The organizations below have a wide variety of missions, from microfinancing entrepreneurs to mentoring high school students to protecting our ocean habitats. In unique ways, they all work to make this a better world to live in and ARCC is proud to partner with them.
Seacology
Seacology is an international environmental nonprofit organization that focuses on saving endangered species, habitats and cultures of islands throughout the world. Indigenous people are all too often faced with the dilemma of choosing between protecting their precious natural resources, and economic development. Seacology searches for win-win situations where both the local environment is protected and islanders receive some tangible benefit for doing so.
The Surfrider Foundation
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.
Leave No Trace
The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is an educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to the responsible enjoyment and active stewardship of the outdoors by all people, worldwide.
Summer Search
Summer Search is a comprehensive transformative program that gives students the inspiration, knowledge, and skills necessary to unlock their potential, achieve academic and professional success, and become positive leaders within their communities. Our mission is to identify resilient, low-income high school students and inspire them to become responsible and altruistic leaders by providing an impactful combination of year-round mentoring, life-changing summer experiences, college advising, and a lasting support network.
Kiva
Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending. As of November 2009, Kiva has facilitated over $100 million in loans.