KLEINERT FOUNDATION
GIFT GUIDE
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2019
NATIONAL SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
THISTLE FARMS
NASHVILLE, TN
"Body & Home, Thistle Farms’ largest nonprofit social enterprise, creates natural bath and body products that are as healing for our customers as they are for the women who create them.
The Café at Thistle Farms is a restaurant and special event space located at the heart of the Thistle Farms campus. With a produce-driven, full-service menu, the Café serves locally-sourced breakfast, lunch, and Nashville’s only daily tea service."
5122 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37209
THE LITTLE MARKET
LOS ANGELES, CA
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"The Little Market is an online fair trade shop founded by Lauren Conrad and Hannah Skvarla where customers can purchase beautiful products handmade by artisans around the world. We provide design insights, helping our partners to showcase their traditional skills and cultural techniques to a broader audience. We practice fair trade principles, and every purchase from The Little Market generates meaningful income for the artisans and their families."
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1010 N Swarthmore Ave Ste 5-102
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
PURPOSE JEWELRY
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
"International Sanctuary provides employment to young women escaping trafficking through our social enterprise, Purpose Jewelry. Every piece is handcrafted with love, and signed by the women who made it.
When you wear Purpose, you give a voice to women escaping human trafficking around the world."
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES
LOS ANGELES, CA
"Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. Each year over 10,000 former gang members from across Los Angeles come through Homeboy Industries’ doors in an effort to make a positive change.
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130 W. Bruno St. Los Angeles, CA 90012
THE GIVING KEYS
LOS ANGELES, CA
"We’re a Pay It Forward Company. At The Giving Keys, we want to inspire the world to pay it forward, so we’ve built it into how we do business. Through our social impact
employment model, every product you purchase supports job creation for people transitioning out of homelessness.
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836 Traction Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90013
RETHREADED
JACKSONVILLE, FL
"Rethreaded is a social entrepreneurship that is breaking the cycle of the sex trade by offering viable and creative work to those affected by the sex trade. We are fighting the business of the sex trade with business. We believe that the sex trade can steal a person's identity, worth, and value. We seek to be an organization that offers a chance for people to experience, learn, and grow into the fullness of who they are."
