We at Intelligent Sound are a small community in ourselves but we recognize the power of collaboration and building ties with artists and organizations around the world. With that in mind, we present to you the GOODTAPES—a collection of instrumental beat tapes made from artists across the globe, from which all proceeds will go to four carefully selected charities—EarthRights International, the One Acre Fund, the Trevor Project, and Uzazi Village.
We have chosen these charities for their unique and effective approach to their respective causes, which we feel are vital to a thriving global society. We also recognize that there is work to be done in our own backyards. For this reason, we have chosen to include Uzazi Village—a Kansas City, Missouri based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving maternal and infant health inequities in our community, particularly in the urban core among African-American women and other at-risk populations residing there. EarthRights International is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that combines the power of law and the people of people in defense of human rights and the environment. With offices in Peru, Myanmar, Thailand, and the United States, ERI specializes in fact-finding, legal actions against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, training grassroots and community leaders, and advocacy campaigns. The One Acre Fund is a nonprofit organization based in Kakamega, Kenya that supplies smallholder farmers in East Africa with asset-based financing and agriculture training services to reduce hunger and poverty. And the Trevor Project is an American non-profit organization focused on suicide and crisis prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth.
Every dollar made from digital sales will go directly to the charity of your choosing. In addition, for donations of $20 or more you'll receive a cassette tape, some fresh GOODTAPES and IS stickers, the full digital mix, exclusive access to the individual tracks, bonus material from each tape's artist, and for good measure some unreleased material straight from the Intelligent Sound vault.
If you'd like to learn more about each organization and where your money is going, you can check out their home pages, as well as their ratings on
CharityNavigator.com.
EarthRights International:
earthrights.org
www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=9314
One Acre Fund:
oneacrefund.org
www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=13262
The Trevor Project:
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=11281
Uzazi Village:
www.uzazivillage.org
www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.profile&ein=460589830