The One Big Idea

DoSomething.org seeks to create a worldwide movement of young people kicking ass on causes they care about and making the world a better place. Because, let's be honest: apathy sucks.

The Impact

Check out our recent quarterly dashboard [1] to read about our success. We don’t like to brag--so we let the numbers do it for us.

11 Facts About DoSomething.org in 2012

1. 2.4 million young people took action through our campaigns [2] in 2012.
2. We have 1,666,208 members [3] doing badass stuff to improve their communities and the world.  
3. Our 977,781 mobile subscribers take action and text us all about it.
4. 329,361 people like us on Facebook. [4]
5. 610,271 people follow us on Twitter. [5]
6. We gave young people $240,000 in scholarships [6] in 2012.
7. We increased our campaign signups by 590% from 2011 to 2012.
8. Our members collected 1,020,041 pairs of jeans for homeless youth through our Teens for Jeans [7]campaign.
9. Our members recycled over 1.2 million aluminum cans through our 50 Cans [8] campaign.
10. Our members donated 316,688 books to school libraries through our Epic Book Drive. [9]
11. 67,808 members stood up to bullying through our Bully Text campaign.