Best Nonprofit Videos of February 2025
Forget chocolate—February's sweetest treat is a well-crafted nonprofit video. While lovers exchanged cards, these organizations transformed complex ideas into clear, powerful animations.
From UNICEF's insightful brain science to the Royal Society's pain explainer, these five standouts show how the right visuals can tackle even the toughest communication challenges. As an explainer video agency focused on charity work, we're thrilled to see animated video production making a real impact. But we'll let the videos speak for themselves…
Best NGO Video
Children in War: How Trauma Wires Developing Brains - UNICEF Explainer Animation
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia brings us a powerful explainer animation that explores how war rewires children's developing brains. Using digital flat colour with simplified shapes, the nonprofit animation creates a storybook feel that transforms neuroscience into a whimsical yet informative narrative.
What makes this explainer video brilliant is its visual approach to invisible trauma. Neural connections appear as glowing threads that twist and transform when stressed, turning abstract concepts into something you can actually see.
The animation production uses simplified shapes, bold outlines, vibrant hues, stylised trees and magical backgrounds, it illustrates how over 1 million neural connections form every second during early childhood.
This explainer video drives home UNICEF’s message that safe, nurturing environments are vital for healthy development. With over 800,000 views, it balances the seriousness of childhood trauma with appealing visuals.
Best Policy Video
What is the Future of Transportation? | WIPO Policy Explainer Video
The World Intellectual Property Organisation takes us on a fascinating ride through tomorrow's transport systems. Mixing live-action footage with CGI, this nonprofit video turns dense policy documents into a visual journey worth taking.
The explainer video blends real streets with digital overlays showing how autonomous vehicles and smart city infrastructure might transform our daily commute. Patent data and adoption curves – typically the stuff of sleep-inducing reports – become miniature vehicles navigating across global maps.
What's clever here is how this explainer video grounds future concepts in present reality. Rather than floating in sci-fi fantasy, the animation production shows exactly how emerging tech will transform spaces we recognise. It's a policy discussion that feels immediate rather than theoretical – exactly what makes nonprofit animation worth investing in.
Best Educational Video
What's the Point of Pain? - The Royal Society Educational Stop-Motion Animation
The Royal Society tackles the complexities of chronic and neuropathic pain through gorgeous stop-motion animation. Using claymation with vibrant backdrops, this explainer video creates a visual language for something typically invisible and difficult to describe, adding a tactile, artistic twist that transforms complex concepts into visually stimulating, tangible explanations.
This nonprofit animation blends scientific models with personal testimony, engaging both intellect and emotion. Clay figures morph and reshape, mimicking how pain signals transform and persist.
Ironically, while it aims to demystify pain, some viewers commented that the intense, tingling music actually made the experience uncomfortable—almost as if the video itself was inflicting a dose of pain, perhaps an intentional nod to the subject’s visceral reality. As one viewer noted, "The music is too loud." Another remarked, "Sorry but it’s hard to watch bc of that loud sounds."
Produced by BBC Ideas, this educational explainer video makes a compelling case that understanding pain is not just about science—it’s about feeling every nuance of the human experience.
Best Charity Video
Introducing Listen up, Speak up - NSPCC Child Protection Campaign Video
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children's child protection video tackles an incredibly difficult subject with remarkable sensitivity. Using mixed media – blending live-action with colourful graphics – this nonprofit animation shows how everyone can help keep children safe.
This 45-second charity explainer video transforms critical data—like the staggering statistic that half a million children in the UK suffer abuse each year—into a clear, actionable message.
The film’s direct, empowering tone urges everyone to “Listen up. Speak up,” reminding viewers that even small actions can make a significant difference in protecting children. It’s a standout example of explainer video production that not only informs but also inspires community action.
Best Healthcare Video
Explaining Congenital Heart Disease to Your Child's Siblings - Healthcare Animation
The American Stroke Association delivers a warm, accessible animated explainer video designed to help children understand a sibling's heart condition. This nonprofit animation demystifies complex medical concepts using vibrant, cartoonish characters without frightening young viewers.
An interactive children’s health platform, Tiny Docs, cleverly uses scale changes – zooming from whole-body views to detailed heart anatomy – helping kids build a coherent mental model. Rounded characters, bright colours, and clear animated diagrams merge fun visuals with child-friendly language, including a playful toy car analogy.
What sets this charity explainer video apart is how it balances emotional reassurance with medical accuracy. Gentle and supportive in tone, the video reassures kids that many with coronary heart disease grow up strong and healthy while emphasizing the importance of family support. It's this dual focus that shows how animation production can bridge expert knowledge and child-friendly understanding.
February 2025's Standout Nonprofit Videos
This February, as we celebrate the spirit of love and compassion, nonprofit explainer videos remind us that a touch of creativity can transform awareness into meaningful action.
"Children in War" uses animation to reveal trauma's hidden impacts, while WIPO's transport video takes us on a journey to tomorrow. The Royal Society makes pain visible, NSPCC shows how speaking up creates safety, and the American Stroke Association makes heart conditions understandable, even to children.
Ready to transform your charity's message into something just as clear and memorable? Connect with us at Leon! Animations. As a 2D animation studio specialising in nonprofit explainer videos, we turn complex messages into crystal-clear stories.
