 who we are who s behind this thing anyway catapult is run by small startup team of people hailing from design technology advocacy journalism and of course the girls and women s sector we re based in nyc we believe that there s an urgent need for increased funds and engagement for girls and women s rights and development this has been obvious for years to activists advocates and everyone else working and campaigning on behalf of girls and women in order to accelerate real positive change for girls and women we need increased funding increased public engagement with clear and achievable asks effective coalitions across a strong multigenerational girls and women s movement that includes men crowdfunding is transforming how people give and take action social media has opened new avenues for engagement on a massive scale to meet these challenges we ve designed and built catapult our goal is to drive donations from people to projects that advance the lives of girls and women around the world  