I went to NYC a few months back for a Vanity Fair photo shoot with DonorsChoose.org staff, board members, and advisers.

In LA, many people work in the media industry and do yoga, but few connect the two passions. Kayoko Mitsumatsu, founder of Yoga Gives Back, married her two interests in film and yoga with a powerful vision to empower the women of India through micro-loan and education financing.

Yesterday, I returned from a medical mission with Operation Smile in Panama. The culmination of three and a half years of supporting Operation Smile, I hoped this first trip would help me with my own ongoing challenges as a mother of children with disabilities.

When you consider what a big difference even the smallest effort can make, imagine what it would be like if everyone took on a bit of the responsibility around us. If it's that simple, what's keeping people from volunteering?

Some people have and will continue to call me barefoot and crazy. Springtime in the Midwest isn't the warmest weather and I cannot promise you that it will be comfortable for your toes. Despite all of this, I will continue to go barefoot every year for One Day Without Shoes. Why?

A social-impact career requires more than good ideas and good feelings. Here are a few tips to keep in mind if you're ready to create a career that gives back.

Frog's Robert Fabricant discusses the work his firm is doing to design new solutions to improve health outcomes in the developing world, but why he never calls it "giving back."

When we create artificial social boundaries, all we do is dehumanize people who live in low-income communities. Instead ask, "What part do I want to play?" and find a way to make a difference.

Our top theme among our 20 predictions is that 2013 will be a breakthrough year for women in philanthrocapitalism.

I'm setting six New Year's resolutions that celebrate help, hope and humor. We can all use a little more of these qualities for 2013.

Though Americans remain the world's undisputed champions of consumption, the holiday season also highlights our commitment to giving back.

Cité Soleil has had more than its share of problems through the years. But now, many of its residents are making better lives for themselves and their families thanks to hard work and the generosity of others.

Am I doing enough to help others? Am I doing everything I can to assist people less fortunate than myself? Is there more I could be doing to make an impact on my community and my world?

I don't find it greater to give than receive. When we receive something, we make it possible for others to give. And as I, with the help of others, am getting better and better at being a service to myself, I'm able to help more people around me.