The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a philanthropic organization founded in 1990 that focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, data science, and social impact. Established as a legacy of IDG founder Patrick J. McGovern, the Foundation aims to harness the potential of technology to democratize access to knowledge and improve the human condition. It invests in initiatives that explore and develop AI and data science to create positive societal change. By fostering innovation in these fields, the Foundation seeks to fulfill McGovern's vision of leveraging technology for the greater good, ultimately enhancing lives and addressing pressing global challenges.

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STEMarts Labs

Grant in 2024
STEMarts Labs creates interactive experiences that empower youth and communities via the intersection of art, science, and technology.

AImpower.org

Grant in 2024
AImpower.org is a non-profit organization that enhances the ability of automatic speech recognition models to recognize stuttering speech.

Climate Policy Radar

Seed Round in 2024
Climate Policy Radar is a nonprofit organization that offers machine learning, climate legislation, and digital ecosystem services.

HURIDOCS

Grant in 2023
HURIDOCS is a non-governmental organization dedicated to empowering human rights organizations through the effective use of information and technology. It focuses on enhancing the capacity of key human rights groups by providing services that improve interconnectivity within the sector and facilitate access to critical resources. HURIDOCS designs and develops reusable open-source software tools aimed at addressing common challenges faced in the field. By organizing and presenting data related to human rights violations, the organization enables NGOs to advocate more effectively for their causes, ensuring that they have the simplest and most efficient tools at their disposal.

New York University Endowment

Grant in 2023
New York University (NYU), established in 1831, is a prominent private research university with a global presence. It offers a wide range of academic programs across its three degree-granting campuses in New York City, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, as well as study away sites worldwide. NYU's endowment, managed by a professional investment staff within the NYU Investment Office, serves as a permanent source of capital to support the university's mission and programs. The endowment aims to balance current financial support for NYU's operating budget with long-term preservation of its purchasing power. It is invested globally and diversely, utilizing external managers.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Grant in 2023
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, non-profit organization established in 1910, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to advance global cooperation and promote active international engagement, particularly by the United States. The organization operates a unique network of policy research centers located in key regions, including Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. By leveraging diverse national perspectives, the Endowment produces critical analysis and innovative policy ideas aimed at addressing bilateral, regional, and global challenges. Local experts at its international centers collaborate closely with colleagues worldwide, enhancing the depth and relevance of their research. The Endowment is overseen by an international board of trustees, and its scholars, many of whom have government experience and speak multiple languages, reflect a broad range of backgrounds. Additionally, the organization provides resources in Arabic, Chinese, English, and Russian to facilitate global discourse on peace and international relations.

UNESCO

Grant in 2023
UNESCO contributes to the building of a culture of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication, and information. It encourages international peace and universal respect for human rights by promoting collaboration among nations.UNESCO is the abbreviation of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. It is known as the ""intellectual"" agency of the United Nations. In 1945, upon the proposal of Conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME), a United Nations Conference for the establishment of an educational and cultural organization (ECO/CONF) was convened in London. At the end of the conference, thirty-seven countries founded the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. The Constitution of UNESCO, signed in 1945, came into force in 1946 after ratification of twenty countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States. The first session of the General Conference of UNESCO was held in Paris in 1946 with the participation of representatives from 30 governments entitled to vote. UNESCO attempts to build networks among nations to enable peace, by mobilizing for education, building intercultural understanding, pursuing scientific cooperation, and protecting freedom of expression. Some countries withdrew from the Organization for political reasons at various points in time, but they have today all rejoined UNESCO.UNESCO was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Ile-de-France.

AkiraChix

Grant in 2023
Akirachix is a not-for-profit organization focused on empowering young women through technical training, mentorship, and outreach programs. By providing comprehensive training and upskilling opportunities, Akirachix aims to increase the number of skilled women in the technology sector. The organization is dedicated to changing the landscape of the tech industry by fostering a supportive community that connects and inspires women. Through its initiatives, Akirachix enables women to acquire essential IT and entrepreneurial skills, thereby enhancing their economic competitiveness and helping to bridge the gender gap in technology.

Open Knowledge Foundation

Grant in 2023
Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit organization based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, established in 2004. It aims to enhance the effectiveness of governments, research institutions, civil society, and companies by promoting open data and open-source tools. The foundation provides a range of services, including software development, professional consulting, technical expertise, training, and collaborative projects. By advocating for open knowledge, it seeks to facilitate the seamless sharing of data and information, emphasizing the societal benefits that can arise from increased accessibility and transparency.

FishWise

Grant in 2023
FishWise is a dynamic company that is expertise in offering a diverse selection of market-based tools to the seafood industry.

Climate Policy Radar

Grant in 2023
Climate Policy Radar is a nonprofit organization that offers machine learning, climate legislation, and digital ecosystem services.

Quill

Grant in 2023
Quill is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing free, interactive learning tools aimed at enhancing students' academic skills. Their mission focuses on empowering students to take an active role in their education by presenting them with problems to solve and allowing them to construct solutions. The platform is designed to support middle school students studying English, covering all grammatical concepts outlined in the Common Core State Standards for grades 1-8. Quill also provides resources for teachers to monitor their students' progress and is in the process of creating parental accounts to keep parents informed about their children's performance. In addition to its current offerings, Quill plans to expand its support to high school students, college students, ESL learners, and those preparing for standardized tests like the SAT and ACT. The platform is particularly beneficial for low-income students, allowing them to access educational content without financial barriers.

Victory Programs

Grant in 2023
Victory Programs opens doors to health, housing, and hope for individuals and families facing homelessness or other chronic illnesses.

Intelehealth

Grant in 2023
Open-source mobile telemedicine platform for last mile health care delivery

New Venture Fund

Grant in 2023
New Venture Fund provides fiscal sponsorship and project hosting support to individuals and institutions.

Open Earth Foundation

Grant in 2023
Open Earth Foundation is a non-profit organization that develops open digital infrastructure to improve planetary resilience.

Data Science 4 Everyone

Grant in 2023
Data Science 4 Everyone is a national effort that aims to teach data science and data literacy to all K-12 students.

MIT Solve

Grant in 2023
MIT Solve is an accelerator based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 2016 as an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Its mission is to advance sustainable and equitable solutions to address some of the world's most pressing challenges. Each year, MIT Solve issues Global Challenges to identify promising teams of tech entrepreneurs who can drive significant change. The organization fosters a community of leaders and changemakers, facilitating partnerships that help these solver teams scale their impact. Rooted in MIT's commitment to open technological innovation and actionable thought leadership, MIT Solve aims to harness fresh ideas and collaborative efforts to create a better future for all.

Global Digital Health Network

Grant in 2023
The GDHN is a networking forum to share information, engage with the broader community, & provide leadership in digital health for the underserved populations in low-resource environments.

Management Leadership for Tomorrow

Grant in 2023
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the career development of high-potential African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Founded in 2002 and based in Washington, D.C., MLT focuses on equipping these individuals with essential skills, coaching, and valuable networking opportunities to unlock their leadership potential. The organization aims to cultivate the next generation of minority leaders across corporate, non-profit, and entrepreneurial sectors, fostering transformative impacts within their communities. MLT acts as a vital resource for top graduate business schools and leading corporations, facilitating access to talented minority candidates. Additionally, it forges strategic partnerships with prominent philanthropic organizations to enhance its mission. MLT has received recognition through notable features in media outlets, highlighting its role in shaping future leaders.

mySociety

Grant in 2023
mySociety Limited is a charitable institution based in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2003. The organization specializes in web development, digital consulting, user experience design, and managing freedom of information requests. Its primary focus is to enhance civic engagement through various websites that empower individuals and support the public and nonprofit sectors in utilizing technology more effectively to benefit citizens.

The Earth Genome

Grant in 2023
The Earth Genome aims to bring stakeholders together to develop solutions to some of the world's pressing environmental and social problems. The organization was founded in 2015 by Steve McCormick and Glen Low.

Center for Democracy and Technology

Grant in 2023
At the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), they believe in the power of the Internet. Whether it's facilitating entrepreneurial endeavors, providing access to new markets and opportunities, or creating a platform for free speech, the Internet empowers, emboldens and equalizes people around the world. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, they work to preserve the user-controlled nature of the Internet and champion freedom of expression. They support laws, corporate policies, and technology tools that protect the privacy of Internet users, and advocate for stronger legal controls on government surveillance. With offices in Washington, DC and San Francisco, and an international presence in London and Brussels, CDT works inclusively across sectors and the political spectrum to find tangible solutions to today's most pressing Internet policy challenges.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Grant in 2023
Thomson Reuters Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides an international audience with information, media development services, and free legal assistance. The organization’s main focus areas include independent journalism, human rights, women’s empowerment, corruption, climate, food, and the rule of law. Additionally, it offers free journalism and media training services. The Thomson Reuters Foundation has come a long way since it was established in 1983 as a training programme for journalists in developing countries. Since Monique Villa’s appointment as CEO in 2008, the Foundation has transformed into an entrepreneurial corporate charity with a start-up spirit. In 2010, Monique Villa launched TrustLaw, the award-winning service that spreads the practice of pro bono worldwide. Monique also used her experience as a journalist to set up an editorial programme entirely dedicated to covering the world’s under-reported stories. Journalism training was also scaled up, with the creation of new courses and platforms for independent media worldwide, and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. In 2012, Trust Women was launched. The yearly conference has quickly become one of the leading forums to discuss human trafficking and slavery, and many other issues revolving around women’s economic and social empowerment.

News Revenue Hub

Grant in 2023
Help news organizations build financial sustainability—because the public deserves access to quality journalism.The Hub takes care of the heavy lifting so their clients can focus on what they do best: producing high quality journalism.From the beginning, their goal has been to help news organizations achieve greater sustainability.The Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded by client fees and foundation grants and is supported by the Democracy Fund, Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation, the John & Florence Newman Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Lenfest Institute, and the Rita Allen Foundation.

Kwanele

Grant in 2023
Kwanele is an easy-to-use chatbot app that aims to reduce violence against women by guiding and helping victims of gender-based violence.

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Grant in 2023
The Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) creates laws that significantly increase the rate and scope of conservation efforts.

Cascade Climate

Grant in 2023
Cascade Climate is a company that is speeding up progress in open-system climate initiatives.

TechEquity Collaborative

Grant in 2023
TechEquity Collaborative is a foundation based in Martinez, California, established in 2017. It aims to mobilize tech workers and companies to address economic inequity through structural change. The organization envisions a tech-driven economy in the Bay Area that benefits everyone, advocating for public policies and corporate practices that promote equity and opportunity. By educating the tech community on issues of economic justice, TechEquity Collaborative seeks to ensure that the growth of the tech industry leads to widespread prosperity rather than inequality and displacement. Its member-driven approach fosters active participation from both employees and companies in creating a more equitable economy.

Jacaranda Health

Grant in 2023
Jacaranda Health is a medical services provider in Kenya, specializing in maternal and child health. It operates clinics in underserved, peri-urban areas, offering high-quality, affordable care, including maternity services, general healthcare, and nursing mentorship. Jacaranda's services are designed to be patient-centered and cost a fifth of what private hospitals charge. Notably, the company has achieved a zero maternal mortality rate, significantly lower than Kenya's national average of 400 deaths per 100,000 births. Additionally, Jacaranda Health is involved in research and innovation to improve maternal and newborn health services.

Breaktime

Grant in 2023
Breaktime is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that works to end young adult homelessness.

Vital Strategies

Grant in 2023
Vital Strategies is a global health organization that believes every person should be protected by a strong public health system. We work with governments and civil society in 73 countries to design and implement evidence-based strategies that tackle their most pressing public health problems. Our goal is to see governments adopt promising interventions at scale as rapidly as possible.

World Resources Institute

Grant in 2023
World Research Institute is a global research organization that is focused on protecting the Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Its duties include protecting communities and natural ecosystems from damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and generating opportunities for people by catalyzing a global transition to a low-carbon economy; driving the scale-up of clean, affordable power systems throughout the world to deliver sustainable socio-economic development; ensuring the world’s food systems reduce their impact on the environment, drive economic opportunity, and sustainably feed 9.6 billion people by 2050; alleviating poverty, enhance food security, conserve biodiversity, and mitigating climate change by reducing forest loss and restoring productivity to degraded, deforested lands; achieving a water-secure future by mapping, measuring, and mitigating global water risks; and improving the quality of life in cities by developing and scaling environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable urban and transport solutions. World Research Institute spans across more than 50 countries and constitutes of an employee base of 450 experts and staff. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., United States.

Operation Fistula

Grant in 2023
Operation Fistula offers comprehensive treatment services for women around the world who suffer from fistula.

The Fund for Peace

Grant in 2023
The Fund for Peace is a research and educational organization that works to prevent violent conflict and promote sustainable security.

Meridian Institute

Grant in 2023
Meridian Institute is an NPO that helps clients in the development & implementation of solutions to complicated often controversial problems. Meridian focuses on the sustainability of forests, ocean policy, climate change, and energy. Opportunities for positive impact in areas such as disaster risk reduction, resilience, and public health widened our scope over time.

Common Sense Media

Grant in 2023
Common Sense Media is a non-profit organization focused on promoting safe technology and media for children. It provides education and advocacy to families, educators, and policymakers, offering trustworthy information and guidance on how to navigate the complexities of media in a digital age. By emphasizing the importance of responsible media consumption, Common Sense Media aims to empower families to harness the benefits of technology while minimizing risks. The organization is dedicated to ensuring that all children and families can improve their lives through informed media choices.

Root Capital

Grant in 2023
Root Capital, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1999. It focuses on supporting poor and environmentally vulnerable communities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia by providing capital, financial training, and market connections to small and growing agricultural businesses. The organization aims to enhance rural prosperity by investing in agricultural enterprises that purchase crops such as coffee, cocoa, and grains from smallholder farmers. Through its initiatives, Root Capital helps these businesses thrive, thereby transforming rural communities and addressing their financial and market challenges. The organization has additional offices in Costa Rica, Kenya, Nicaragua, Senegal, and Mexico.

Science for Africa Foundation

Grant in 2023
Science for Africa Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports, strengthens & promotes science and innovation in Africa.

Kids in Tech

Grant in 2023
Kids in Tech works with school systems and youth development organizations to deliver hands-on learning projects in technology to address the rising STEM skill deficiency among elementary and middle school students

Blossom Academy

Grant in 2023
Blossom Academy is a company that specializes in providing training in leadership and analytics. Its mission is to bridge the skills gap in the data sector by offering courses that empower diverse talents, particularly from Africa, to develop their data skills and enter the job market. The company aims to create a pathway for untapped talent to build lasting livelihoods and leadership skills.

Per Scholas

Grant in 2023
Per Scholas is a nonprofit organization founded over 20 years ago to address poverty by providing technology access and education to underserved communities. The organization focuses on creating opportunities for individuals to improve their lives through targeted training for key technical roles, aligning its curriculum with the needs identified by employers. A significant aspect of Per Scholas's mission is enhancing diversity within the technology sector, as evidenced by its student demographic, which includes 90% people of color, one-third women, and one-third disconnected young adults. By offering pathways into the IT field, Per Scholas aims to close the skills gap and promote a more inclusive workforce.

Meedan

Grant in 2023
Meedan is a hybrid social technology enterprise focused on enhancing cross-language interaction on the web, particularly through social media verification and translation tools. The company offers Checkdesk, a product designed for newsrooms to facilitate collaboration with citizen journalists for fact-checking and verifying media during breaking events. Additionally, Meedan provides Bridge, a platform that specializes in social media translation. By developing open-source tools for content creation and sharing, Meedan aims to improve journalism, digital literacy, and the accessibility of information both online and offline, ultimately making information access more equitable.

AnnieCannons

Grant in 2023
AnnieCannons, established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering survivors of human trafficking. It achieves this by providing coding and computer-based skills training through boot camps, preparing them for long-term careers in the tech industry. The organization's mission is to transform these survivors into self-sustainable software professionals, connecting them with freelance income opportunities using the skills they've acquired.

Meridian Health Protocol Reviews

Grant in 2023
Try writing down what worries you. Carry a spare pad and pencil on you wherever you go, or type it on a smartphone, laptop, or tablet.

National Academy Foundation

Grant in 2023
NAF’s educational design ignites students’ passion for learning and gives businesses the opportunity to shape America’s future workforce by transforming the learning environment to include STEM infused industry-specific curricula and work-based learning experiences, including internships. Since 1982, NAF has been partnering with existing high schools in high-needs communities to enhance school systems at a low cost by implementing NAF academies – small learning communities within traditional high schools. NAF has grown from one NAF Academy of Finance in New York City to hundreds of academies across the country focusing on growing industries including: finance, hospitality & tourism, information technology, engineering, and health sciences. During the 2014-15 school year nearly 82,000 students attended 667 NAF academies across 38 states, including DC and the US Virgin Islands. In 2014, NAF academies reported 97% of seniors graduated with 93% of graduates planned to go to college.

Tech Goes Home

Grant in 2023
Tech Goes Home is a non-profit organization providing digital skills training, computers, and home internet access to learners. Tech Goes Home provides adult programs as well as family-based intergenerational programs. TGH's family-based programs bring together youth and their caregivers to learn digital skills as a group. Each family or individual who participates in TGH's programs completes 15 hours of interactive, culturally responsive digital skills training, earning a Chromebook or iPad as well as, if necessary, 12 months of internet service.

Coding it Forward

Grant in 2023
Coding it Forward is a non-profit organisation that fosters opportunities for social impact and civic technology.

The Hidden Genius Project

Grant in 2023
The Hidden Genius Project (THGP) is an Oakland, CA based non-profit that trains black male youth in entrepreneurial thinking and technology creation to solve the problems of tomorrow. THGP is focused on unlocking career paths in (but not exclusive to): Software Engineering, User Experience Design and Technology Entrepreneurship. The Hidden Genius Project seeks to be the leading incubator of high-performing black-male entrepreneurs and technologists. These leaders are committed to cultivating future generations of aspiring and underserved youth software technologists. THGP cultivates a cohesive community of tech innovators who actuate positive and transformational change within their communities.

The AI Education Project

Grant in 2023
The AI Education Project is a non-profit that creates equitable learning experiences that excite and empower students with AI literacy.

Junior Achievement Worldwide

Grant in 2023
At JA Worldwide, we give young people the opportunity to change their lives and improve their communities.

FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders

Grant in 2023
FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders initiative seeks to ignite and sustain a feminist revolution of the social impact sector.

Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

Grant in 2023
CNHA is an NPO that enhances the cultural, economic, political, and community development of Native Hawaiians. CNHA is a Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) certified by the U.S. Treasury Department and a HUD-Certified Housing Counseling agency. CNHA provides access to capital, financial education, and individualized financial counseling services with a focus on low and moderate-income families. CNHA provides grants and loans targeting underserved communities in Hawaiʻi.

ReFED

Grant in 2023
ReFED is a national non-profit that promotes data-driven solutions to reduce food loss and waste. It was launched in 2015.

Equitech Futures

Grant in 2023
Equitech Futures is a e-learning providers organization.

Open Climate Fix

Grant in 2023
Open Climate Fix offers climate change mitigation through open-science and open-source software development.

Thorn

Grant in 2023
Thorn is an organization focused on combating the sexual exploitation of children through technological innovation. Originally established as the Demi & Ashton Foundation, Thorn collaborates with various stakeholders, including the tech industry, government entities, and non-governmental organizations, to address and disrupt predatory behavior. By leveraging advanced technology, Thorn aims to rescue victims and enhance protections for vulnerable children, thereby creating a safer environment for youth.

Native BioData Consortium

Grant in 2023
Native Bio is an NPO of Indigenous genomics and data sovereignty to decolonize Health and Research for natives, buy natives.

Tiny News Collective

Grant in 2023
Tiny News Collective is a world where everyone can create relevant, accurate, and culturally conscious local news and information. Everyone can more fully engage in civic life, make more informed decisions, and better understand the world around them. They support the historically excluded voices from media and media ownership by providing tools, resources, and a learning community to help people build sustainable news organizations that reflect and serve their communities.

Climate Interactive

Grant in 2023
Climate Interactive creates and shares cutting-edge tools that drive effective and equitable climate action.

BRAC USA

Grant in 2023
BRAC USA is an international nonprofit that designs proven, scalable solutions that equip people to lift themselves out of poverty and achieve their potential.

Data-Pop Alliance

Grant in 2023
Data-Pop Alliance is a collaborative laboratory of researchers, experts, practitioners, policymakers, and activists created in 2013 out of the MIT Media Lab, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). We aim to change the world with data through our three pillars of work: diagnosing local realities and human problems with data and AI; mobilizing capacities, communities, and ideas towards more data literate societies; and, ultimately, transforming the systems and processes that underpin our societies and countries.

Enfold Proactive Health Trust

Grant in 2023
Enfold Proactive Health Trust is a non-governmental organization that focuses on building safe, inclusive communities. The company uses a comprehensive 360° approach to address issues such as gender-based violence and child sexual abuse. They offer a variety of programs and initiatives aimed at promoting health and safety. These include workshops on topics like menstrual health and life skills, as well as projects focused on safeguarding human rights through data. The company also provides resources for teachers and students, and actively engages with its community through events and conferences.

Computer Science For All

Grant in 2023
Computer Science for All (CS4All) is a 10-year initiative designed to provide a meaningful, high-quality computer science education to public school students in the NYC school system at each school level—elementary, middle and high school. By 2025, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) will train nearly 5,000 teachers who will bring CS education to the city’s 1.1 million public school students. CS4All is a public-private partnership between the DOE and NYC that is supported by a range of foundations, corporations, nonprofits, and individuals.

The Aspen Institute

Grant in 2023
The Aspen Institute, established in 1950, is an international non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. It operates as an educational and policy studies institution, fostering leadership based on enduring values and providing a nonpartisan platform for discussing and addressing global issues. The Institute offers leadership seminars, policy studies, and fellowship programs, with campuses in Aspen, Colorado, and Wye River, Maryland, and international partnerships in Berlin, Rome, Lyon, and Tokyo.

Global Impact

Grant in 2023
Global Impact is a non-profit organization that offers advisory and combined campaign services for charitable organizations.

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics

Grant in 2023
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics works to ensure universal access to an accurate diagnosis. They promote diagnostic innovation and make testing a crucial component of long-lasting, robust health systems. They are developers and healthcare providers.

Girl Effect

Grant in 2023
Girl Effect is a creative social business focused on empowering girls and addressing societal challenges such as forced child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and school attendance. By leveraging the influence of role models, the organization aims to educate and shift attitudes and behaviors towards girls, fostering a new normal that supports their rights and opportunities. Through innovative approaches, Girl Effect seeks to create a positive impact on the lives of girls, ultimately contributing to their personal development and social progress.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Grant in 2023
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally-funded research and development center established in 1951, located in Lexington, Massachusetts. It focuses on applying advanced technologies to address national security challenges. Initially aimed at developing a robust air defense system, the laboratory's first significant achievement was the semi-automatic ground environment air defense system. Over the years, its scope has broadened to encompass various programs, including space surveillance, missile defense, surface surveillance, air traffic control, object identification, communications, homeland protection, and high-performance computing. The laboratory is dedicated to both long-term technology development and rapid prototyping and demonstration of systems that enhance national security.

Stand.earth

Grant in 2023
Stand.earth is an environmental consulting firm that offers shipping, forest conservation, climate finance, and ocean protection services.

CyberPeace Institute

Grant in 2023
CyberPeace Institute is an independent and neutral nongovernmental organization whose mission is to ensure the rights of people to security, dignity, and equity in cyberspace.

OpenFn

Grant in 2023
OpenFn is an IT firm that specializes in providing an enterprise integration platform designed to assist governments and social-sector organizations in streamlining their operations. The platform enables users to connect data and systems seamlessly, facilitating workflow automation and enhancing overall efficiency. By improving interoperability, OpenFn empowers health and humanitarian interventions to scale effectively, allowing organizations to concentrate on their core missions and deliver improved outcomes for their beneficiaries.

Global Fishing Watch

Grant in 2023
Global Fishing Watch is the product of a technology partnership between SkyTruth, Oceana, and Google that is designed to show all of the trackable fishing activity in the ocean. This interactive web tool – currently in prototype stage – is being built to enable anyone to visualize the global fishing fleet in space and time. Global Fishing Watch will reveal the intensity of fishing effort around the world, one of the stressors contributing to the precipitous decline of our fisheries.

Grants Central Station

Grant in 2023
Grants Central Station Promoting educational growth for nonprofit organizations.

The Brookings Institution

Grant in 2023
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC, founded in 1916. It was established as the first private organization focused on analyzing national public policy issues. The Institution conducts high-quality, independent research to provide innovative and practical recommendations aimed at advancing three primary goals: strengthening American democracy, fostering the economic and social welfare of all Americans, and promoting a more open, safe, prosperous, and cooperative international system. Recognized as one of the most influential and trusted think tanks, Brookings plays a vital role in shaping public discourse and informing policy decisions.

Black in AI

Grant in 2023
Black in AI enables to share and collaborate ideas in the field of AI by black people.

Room to Read

Grant in 2023
Room to Read is an organization dedicated to improving literacy and promoting gender equality in education within low-income communities. It focuses on two critical periods in a child's education: early primary school, where literacy acquisition is emphasized, and secondary school, which aims to support girls' education. By implementing educational services tailored to the needs of these communities, Room to Read seeks to create deep, systemic transformations in schools. Its mission is to empower children through education, thereby helping to eradicate illiteracy and fostering opportunities for all.

World Health Organization

Grant in 2023
WHO (World Health Organization) is an international organization that directs and coordinates authority for health within the United Nations System. It works with the United Nations, non-state actors, partners, and collaborating centers. The organization’s primary responsibilities include the provision of leadership on matters critical to health and engaging in partnerships where joint action is needed; the shaping of research agenda and stimulating the generation, translation, and dissemination of knowledge; the setting of norms and standards, and promoting and monitoring their implementation; the articulation of ethical and evidence-based policy options; the provision of technical support, catalyzing change, and building sustainable institutional capacity; and the monitoring of the health situation and assessing health trends. WHO also publishes an annual research report that carries an assessment of global health, including statistics relating to all countries with a focus on a specific subject. The main purpose of the report is to provide countries, donor agencies, international organizations, and others with the information they need to make policy and funding decisions. The report is also offered to a wider audience ranging from universities, teaching hospitals, and schools to journalists and the public. The organization’s programs and projects include Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health, Blood transfusion safety, African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, Civil Society Initiative (CSI), Public Health and Environment, Prevention of Blindness and Visual Impairment, Polio Eradication Initiative, Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI), Human Genetics programme, Tuberculosis - Stop TB Partnership, Health Impact Assessment (HIA), United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, Global Campaign for Violence Prevention, NCDnet - Global Noncommunicable Disease Network, Global Task Force on Cholera Control, Prequalification of Medicines Programme, Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR), and more. Employing over 7000 individuals, WHO’s workforce include medical doctors, public health specialists, scientists, and epidemiologists. WHO’s staff include people trained to manage administrative, financial, and information systems as well as experts in the fields of health statistics, economics, and emergency relief.

Reach Institute for School Leadership

Grant in 2023
According to The Reach Institute for School Leadership, teacher attrition has grown by 50% over a period of 15 years. To counteract this trend, Reach launched Teaching Pathway. This program aimed to attract aspiring educators to high-poverty schools, train them rigorously to impact student achievement, and certify them to stay in the same high-poverty school or community as exceptionally effective first-year teachers. Reach Institute has been approved for expansion by the California Teachers Credentialing Board. This means they will be an accredited University Program and be eligible to accept federal grant money.

Nexleaf Analytics

Grant in 2023
Nexleaf Analytics is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California, that focuses on developing mobile-based technologies to address critical environmental and public health issues. The organization creates wireless sensor devices and data analytics tools that facilitate real-time data collection and analysis, enabling timely interventions and enhancing accountability. By designing low-cost technologies that convert everyday objects into connected devices, Nexleaf aims to generate meaningful insights that can improve health outcomes and promote environmental sustainability. The organization emphasizes the importance of engaging with local communities to ensure that the technologies developed meet their needs and can be seamlessly integrated into their lives. Ultimately, Nexleaf Analytics advocates for data-driven solutions that have a verifiable impact on global challenges.

Curious Learning

Grant in 2023
Curious Learning is a non-profit firm that focuses on using technology and analytics to enable the unpriviliged kids to read.

Entrepreneurship for All

Grant in 2023
Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) is accelerating economic & social impact in communities through inclusive entrepreneurship.

All Tech Is Human

Grant in 2023
All Tech Is Human is an accelerator for tech consideration and hub for the Responsible Tech community. We are speeding up the process of progress by bringing together multiple stakeholders, promoting knowledge-sharing & collaboration, and increasing the diversity of voices in important tech/society issues. All Tech Is Human acts as a catalyst & connector for tech consideration, uniting the private & public sectors, informing policymakers, media, & technologists, and allowing for greater participation by the general public. All Tech Is Human has an ambitious goal of altering the process of how technologies are developed and deployed. We create a more thoughtful future towards technology by making it more inclusive, multidisciplinary, and participatory. We are busy building a dedicated team of advisors, a broad range of experts we rely on for advice, and a network of volunteers throughout the globe. Our goal is to become the hub that unites multiple stakeholders from a broad range of backgrounds interested in working out the difficult tech issues facing us on a personal and societal level.

ATREE

Grant in 2023
ATREE is a non-profit organization that engages in implement environmental and sustainability interventions.

Open Supply Hub

Grant in 2023
Open Supply Hub is a platform for supply chain data that anyone can browse and contribute to.

Fast Forward

Grant in 2023
Fast Forward is an accelerator dedicated to supporting social technology nonprofits. The organization offers a three-month program that includes a philanthropic grant, access to experienced mentors, a tailored curriculum, and a supportive community. By providing both financial and human capital, Fast Forward aims to help these nonprofits scale their technology solutions and maximize their impact in addressing social challenges.

KQED

Grant in 2023
We're your NorCal NPR and PBS stations, and this is us on Pinterest.

Opportunity@Work

Grant in 2023
Opportunity@Work, founded in 2015 and based in Washington, DC, is an organization dedicated to providing career opportunities and employment services that focus on individual skills. It aims to connect underrepresented talent with jobs that match their abilities, thereby enhancing workforce diversity and inclusion. Through its initiatives, Opportunity@Work seeks to empower individuals by recognizing and leveraging their skills, regardless of traditional educational or experiential barriers. The organization is committed to creating pathways to meaningful employment, supporting both job seekers and employers in the process.

American Journalism Project

Grant in 2023
The American Journalism Project is the first venture philanthropy organization dedicated to local news by investing in and building nonprofit newsrooms that are sustained by and look like the people they serve. We make catalytic investments in nonprofit news organizations, partner with communities to launch new organizations, and coach leaders as they grow and sustain their newsrooms.

Community Initiatives

Grant in 2023
Community Initiatives is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, established in 1996. It supports educational and health projects while providing essential services such as financial management, human resources, and payroll. The organization offers experienced support to nonprofit startups, established initiatives, networks, and collaborations, ensuring effective management of assets by its executive team. Through its comprehensive services, Community Initiatives aims to empower various nonprofit entities, helping them achieve their missions and enhance their impact in the community.

Jhpiego

Grant in 2023
Jhpiego has made an effort to save lives all over the world. Together they change health systems and the prospects of families all over the world in a variety of ways including maternal care, men's health, innovations, immunizations, and so much more they work alongside some of the heroes. Their tales are from the front lines of healthcare in some of the world's most remote and unprotected areas. They strive for larger global family and maternity health and safety. By making a gift to it enable us to provide families worldwide with the quality healthcare they deserve as well as the improved health and futures that come from creating and providing life-saving healthcare solutions in with health practitioners from member states.

Berkeley Earth

Grant in 2023
Berkeley Earth is a nonprofit organization that offers a measured approach to climate science through strategic analysis.

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Grant in 2023
The WBCSD was founded on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to ensure the business voice was heard at the forum.

Blue Star Families

Grant in 2023
Blue Star Families strengthens military families and our nation by connecting communities and fostering leadership.

Technovation

Grant in 2023
Technovation is a global nonprofit organization focused on technology education that aims to empower girls to become leaders, creators, and problem-solvers. Established in 2010 with a pilot program involving 45 girls, Technovation has evolved into a worldwide competition that engages thousands of participants. Girls work in teams to develop mobile applications that address real-world challenges, supported by volunteer mentors and parents. Over the years, Technovation has successfully reached over 2,500 girls across 28 countries, resulting in the development of 650 mobile apps and the education of participants on launching startup companies. The organization operates efficiently with a small paid staff, relying on the dedication of numerous partners and volunteers to keep costs low.

Allies Against Slavery

Grant in 2023
They harness the power of technology, data, and partnerships to combat human trafficking and protect freedom and dignity.

The Tech Interactive

Grant in 2023
The Tech Interactive is a science and technology center for the development of educational content for students.

Team4Tech Foundation

Grant in 2023
Team4Tech is a non-profit organization that connects the digital equality gap in education to create participation and opportunities for under-resourced learners through technology solutions and training.

Wild Me

Grant in 2023
Wild Me builds open software and artificial intelligence for conservation research. The company created a cloud-based platform Wildbook that uses machine learning and image recognition to scan millions of crowdsourced wildlife images to identify and track individual animals, such as elephants and whales, through their unique patterns. The platform serves more than 200 organizations and nearly a thousand researchers. They are tracking at least 88,000 individual animals across the globe.

Learning Equality

Grant in 2023
Learning Equality is a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring access to quality education for all individuals worldwide through the promotion of open educational resources. Founded in 2012, the organization initially developed KA Lite, a platform that allows offline access to Khan Academy content, which has since reached over 4.5 million users across 200 countries. In response to the challenges of educational inequality, particularly in areas with limited connectivity, Learning Equality has introduced Kolibri, an open-source platform designed for offline use. Kolibri offers a curated library of educational materials and enables users to create customized curricula that cater to local needs. The platform also includes tools for collaborative learning, providing instant feedback and personalized learning experiences for students and teachers alike. By leveraging low-cost devices and facilitating the sharing of educational content, Learning Equality aims to support innovative teaching practices in under-resourced and offline environments.
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