This is a cause you can all relate to: Cre­ative Com­mons is kick­ing off a cam­paign this week to raise mon­ey for its recent­ly-launched Cat­a­lyst Grants pro­gram. Put sim­ply, these grants will help “empow­er indi­vid­u­als and orga­ni­za­tions every­where … to make knowl­edge eas­i­ly, freely, and legal­ly avail­able to every­one.” Grant sizes will range from $1,000 to $10,000, and they will be dis­trib­uted to seri­ous researchers, edu­ca­tors and inno­va­tors across the globe. The goal is to raise $100,000 this month. You can help make free edu­ca­tion (includ­ing open edu­ca­tion­al resources) avail­able world­wide by mak­ing a dona­tion here, or using the wid­get below.