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Social Actions aggregates social change actions from 60+ Action Sources such as Care2, Change.org, DonorsChoose.org, DemocracyinAction, GlobalGiving, Idealist, Kiva, SixDegrees and VolunteerMatch.

Benefits of participation

The Social Actions API, and the web applications created with it, contribute to the long term growth and developmental impact of your platform by delivering a new audience to potentially every campaign listed on your platform.

Example Actions Feeds in RSS format

New Global Giving Projects:

feeds.feedburner.com/GlobalGivingProjects

New Kiva Borrowers:

www.kiva.org/rss/businesses?status=fundRaising

FAQ for Action Sources

What is the process for adding a social action platform to the Social Actions API?

Email the RSS feed URL for your actionable content, sorted by date, and containing the latest campaigns to Erinn Andrews at eandrews@guidestar.org. We’ll subscribe to it and add a profile listing for your platform to the Guides to Action Sources.

What exactly should the RSS feed include?

All we need is a basic RSS feed, sorted by date and containing the latest campaigns.

What kinds of actions are distributed?

Donate

Support a campaign

Make a pledge

Attend an event

Join a group

Volunteer

Lend money

Sign a petition

Do it yourself

Unknown

Apply for a job

Vote

Is there a fee?

There’s no fee. The Social Actions API is completely open source and we’re committed to aggregating as wide a spectrum of actionable opportunities as possible.

Is there a contract?

There’s no contract, however we may ask platforms to optionally endorse our mission and terms of collaboration. Endorsement from platforms is not a prerequisite for participating in the Social Actions search interface and open API, or required for having a profile on Social Actions. It simply provides an indication to us, and the public, that your platform is aware of Social Actions and is committed to providing the best possible experience for individuals.

I’d like to edit my platform’s profile listing in the Guide to Action Sources. How do I do that?

We’ll soon have the ability for platforms to directly edit their profiles. For now, please email requested changes to Erinn Andrews at eandrews@guidestar.org and we’ll make those edits for you.

Contact information

To become a Social Actions API action source, contact Erinn Andrews at eandrews@guidestar.org.