<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Name: Idealist\nBig Idea: Idealist is a platform that helps connect non-profits and charities with volunteers, interns and employees. \nWhy It's Working: With more than one million registered users, Idealist is a conduit for those interested in working at non-profits or charities to find a job with purpose. On the other hand, non-profits and charities benefit from visibility and resources found on Idealist's website.\nBack in 1985, when Ami Dar was backpacking across Guatemala, he found there wasn't a proper outlet for people committing to social good all over the world.\n\"I started meeting lots of people who in some way to get involved in the stuff they were seeing \u2014 environmental issues, poverty,\" Dar says. \"And when I saw the web for the first time in '93 I thought, 'This is what I've been waiting the last eight years for. I can do something with this.'\"\nWhat he did was Idealist, an online international platform that matches volunteers and ambitious non-profit job seekers with positions in social-good oriented companies and charities. For a small fee, organizations all over the world can post their listings onto Idealist's board \u2014 users can then access the site for free and find an opportunity that suits them. Now, Idealist sees 70,000 new job postings per year, and Dar says that he's received great feedback from international charities about their satisfaction with Idealist's simple platform.\n\"We've seen entire organizations that tell us they exist because of volunteers who come from abroad to work for them,\" Dar explains. \"They couldn't exist otherwise.\"\nNow working on this project for more than 13 years, Dar says he's begun to notice that more people are interested in leading meaningful professional lives and turning their career aspirations towards social good.\n\"I think you will see people pursuing their passions more than just making another million,\" Dar adds.\nWatch our interview with Dar above. Would you use Idealist to find your next job or volunteer gig? Let us know in the comments.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/idealist-video/>