Ami Dar
| Ami Dar | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 7th Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupation | Executive Director, Idealist.org |
| Website | www |
Ami Dar (born January 7, 1961) is an award winning social entrepreneur who, by founding Idealist in 1996, created a fundamental change in how the nonprofit sector and people around the world think about their capacity to fulfill humanity’s needs. As the organization’s founder and executive director, he has overseen consistent growth of the website at Idealist.org, which now serves more than 120,000 organizations around the world and has more than a million visitors every month, making it one of the most popular nonprofit resources on the web.
Dar was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Peru and Mexico, and lives in New York. He is fluent in four languages. Dar relates he was a “social justice freak” from a young age and was driven by memories of impoverished children and economic inequities from his early childhood in Mexico City. His social perspective was further shaped by his experiences as an Israeli paratrooper stationed on the Syrian border. These early influences led Dar to his mission, which has long guided his work and now serves as an invitation and the basis for the evolution of Idealist: “Working with others, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect, I want to help build a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.” Dar continues to innovate and leverage technology to advance his vision of a world in which no good intention goes to waste and people everywhere can work together to improve their lives and the world.
Dar was born January 7, 1961, in Jerusalem, Israel, the eldest of three children to a school teacher mother and diplomat father. He was only seven years old when a life defining event occurred. At a red light in Mexico City, Dar was in the back seat of the car when a young boy ran through the rain and looked into the car window directly at him imploring for help. From that moment on, Dar began to focus on what would eventually become his life’s work: helping humanity to solve its own problems. Dar became a self-described “social justice freak” consuming newspapers and struggling to understand the contrast of wealth and poverty around him.
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