Feel-Good Fashion on CommonThreadz.com

  Graphic design titled "Dancing Girl in School Uniform" by Budi Satria Kwan, as shown on CommonThreadz website

The nonprofit, CommonThreadz, builds awareness of philanthropic initiatives by selling limited-edition, artist-designed t-shirts and donating 100 percent of funds raised to purchase school uniforms for children in developing countries.

CommonThreadz's philosophy is that our "common thread" is a common desire and committment to making a positive difference in the world. This nonprofit is supported by a community that choose new project ideas and votes on the ones that will receive CommonThreadz support and fundraising campaigns.  Each project must raise at most $25,000 and be related to one of the following categories: the environment and wildlife, health, arts and culture, human services, and education.  This "community-generated philanthropy" hopes to spread the word and inspire others to participate at a grassroots level. 

The t-shirt project is an ongoing CommonThreadz project.  The organization's community votes on t-shirt design themes that represent the good work of nonprofits around the world.  The design theme is then submitted to the organization's artists that then create and donate a design for that cause.  CommonThreadz occasionally hosts a design competition as well.  For every t-shirt sold, CommonThreadz donates a school uniform to a child in a developing country; any leftover funds are used toward the nonprofit cause for which the t-shirt was designed.

CommonThreadz was recently highlighted in a Lucky Magazine article in the October 2008 issue.