Top Social Impact Founders List 2025

Call for Nominations

Calling all female founders running a business that has a social impact!

MentHer Magazine is proud to reintroduce the Top 20 Social Impact Founders List 2025, following its huge popularity and impact in past years. This initiative celebrates extraordinary female founders whose work uplifts children, communities, specific groups of people, animals, or the environment – aligning with the global Sustainable Development Goals. Whether your organisation is registered as a non-profit (NPC, NGO, NPO, PBO, Co-operative), a for-profit (Pty Ltd, Ltd, Closed Corporation, Partnership), or a hybrid model, we want to shine a light on your journey and achievements.

To qualify, your organisation must be formally registered, have a clear social impact focus, and be operating for longer than 12 months. You can nominate yourself or an outstanding female founder by CLICKING THE NOMINATION FORM BELOW.

Criteria

Female founder
Organisation must have a clear social impact focus
Formally registered
Operating for more than 12 months

Entries close Friday, 31 October 2025.

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