We invite you to show your support for a better tomorrow by making donations to our featured charity, Grameen America. We have launched a mobile giving platform that provides you the opportunity to donate to Grameen America by using your mobile phones. By sending a text message that says “i4c” to 85944, you are helping women rise out of poverty through microfinance.

ABOUT i4c

Every day we encounter poverty, disease, environmental degradation and other global issues. Or simply, as Lilith’s Sarah McLachlan once said, “the world is on fire.”

Yet in a recent movement, entrepreneurs have emerged as leaders, focusing their passion and innovations on fighting our fires. Many businesses now focus on the triple bottom line – people and planet, in addition to profit. Through sustainable business, ideas are becoming reality and we are finding real solutions.

The i4c Campaign (acronym for “I foresee a better tomorrow”) was created to support a responsible economy. We are proud to announce the Lilith i4c Campaign, Lilith Fair’s 2010 commitment to support innovative entrepreneurs changing the world.

Lilith Fair will contribute $1 from every ticket sold to the Lilith i4c Campaign, which will support four exceptional change-making enterprises:

Alter Eco is a fair trade certified foods company that connects you to small independent farmers across the globe. Alter Eco offers healthy, earth-friendly treats like chocolate, quinoa, rice, and olive oil. They work with over 200 farmer co-ops to improve communities in the developing world. Last year, Alter Eco showed extreme commitment to the earth with they planted 70,000 new trees in Amazonia through Project Pure. Find their treats and farmers at www.altereco-usa.com

Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund global literacy initiatives. The company organizes book drives at schools and libraries to collect used books and save them from landfills. To date, Better World Books has raised nearly $8 million for global literacy initiatives and has saved over 30,000,000 books from entering landfills. Find your next book at www.betterworldbooks.com

To-Go Ware makes portable utensils and food containers out of bamboo, tin and other sustainable materials. Americans toss out enough plastic utensils each year to circle the equator 300 times, but To-Go Ware products offer a way to actively reduce our waste. In addition, To-Go Ware advances human rights globally through equitable business practices and strategic partnerships with non-governmental organizations. Reduce your forkprint at www.to-goware.com  

Grameen America is a nonprofit microfinance bank that offers small loans to entrepreneurs living below the poverty line. Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank’s founder and chairman, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for enabling the poor to climb out of poverty. Previously excluded from entrepreneurial opportunities, poor entrepreneurs with no collateral or credit history are now able to access capital to grow their business and increase their quality of living. Grameen America has provided more than $6 million in loans to 2,800 borrowers—all women—living in poverty. To date, borrowers have deposited savings of more than $350,000. Meet the entrepreneurs at www.grameenamerica.com

You will have a chance to meet these enterprises on tour at the Lilith Fair this summer. Stop by the i4c Village to learn more about their incredible work. If you want to show your support further, we invite you, the fans, to make donations to our featured charity, Grameen America. We are launching a mobile giving platform, providing you the opportunity to donate to the cause by using your mobile phones. Helping women rise out of poverty through small loans will be as easy as sending a text message. More information about our giving program and the i4c Campaign is available at www.i4cCampaign.com.