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MARCH 31, 2021

Windfall, a startup developing a data science platform for nonprofits, has raised $21 million in venture capital. Read More.

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JUNE 28, 2023

(Photo via TechTalk.seattle.gov) The City of Seattle is awarding $545,000 in Technology Matching Fund grants to help support 18 nonprofit organizations and their projects to expand digital literacy and close the technology gap. The TMF grant program was started in 1997 to support community and nonprofit groups.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event on Jan. The nonprofit cut 45% of its workforce in May, impacting about 34 of 76 employees at the time. The organization previously said a lack of internships for its students was due to decreased demand for software development talent.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

And a majority of these organizations are the nonprofit associations. While for-profit companies will always be the first ones to invest in latest technologies and innovations to drive their revenue, nonprofit organizations lag behind. Nonprofit / October 10, 2019. Nonprofit / September 12, 2019. You May Also Like.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

A new nonprofit is trying to keep the momentum going. Feldblum is part of the team that helped Fair Pair Workplace develop the rules and standards used to set the bar for certification. Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements inspired many companies over the past year to pledge their commitment to fighting inequities.

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MAY 24, 2023

Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event on Jan. Jenny Crooks Photo) Ada Developers Academy , the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, laid off 45% of its workforce, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire Wednesday.

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MARCH 8, 2021

iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. ” Exposure and access is something Pierott would like more of for herself, for iUrban Teen and for the work the nonprofit has been doing over the years. Photo courtesy of Deena Pierott).

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

A Seattle-based nonprofit launched to provide digital health solutions for poorer countries is applying its expertise to help with COVID-19 testing. Audere is building software for administering rapid result COVID tests that can be integrated into products being developed by U.S. Audere Photo). ” But they’re not fail-proof.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

SIFF , the nonprofit that champions film and the movie-going experience in Seattle, is joining the call to save the Cinerama, the historic movie theater that has been in limbo for almost two years. The Cinerama movie theater in Seattle. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

” “It is getting harder and harder to exist as a volunteer-only organization and we feel the need to finally hire a dedicated developer who would work for us on the project to keep the apps up-to-date while trying to increase our reach,” Watkins wrote.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

GMI Photo) A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its participants. Browning recognized the potential impact of the AI tools and the team began developing these resources for Global Mentorship Initiative.

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JULY 15, 2023

WTIA Photo) Terrance Stevenson is bringing his passion for peace-building, community development, and innovation to the Seattle tech industry. Stevenson this week was named director of Sea.citi, a nonprofit that launched in 2018 and aims to help tech workers engage with civic issues. Terrance Stevenson.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In June, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it hired Angela Jones , the well-regarded CEO of Washington STEM , the statewide education nonprofit that connects underserved students with STEM education and opportunities. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). “The leadership of Gates was very respectful.”

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Venture Beast

JULY 28, 2020

Thatgamecompany, the developer of Journey and Sky: Children of the Light, said it raised $1.02 million for pandemic relief via a donation to two nonprofits. Read More.

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MAY 15, 2021

million into efforts by Seattle-based nonprofit PATH to bring more oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India. Lack of access to medical oxygen is one of the defining health challenges of our age,” said Chris Elias, president of global development at the Gates Foundation. “As As we are now seeing in India, the consequences can be dire.”.

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MARCH 30, 2023

Because of these developments, which have sparked serious concerns, technology leaders from around the world have signed an open letter calling for a pause on the development and testing of AI technologies, including OpenAI's ChatGPT and others that are even more powerful. Should we risk loss of control of our civilization?"

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The organizations include: Mary’s Place : Amazon is giving $6 million to the nonprofit to support its ongoing operations and to provide funding toward a new development of co-located affordable housing and family shelter and services in Burien, Wash.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Apple Photo) First up this week on the GeekWire Podcast: an inside look at developing software for the Apple Vision Pro spatial computing headset. We jumped back on the line with Etzioni to get the details on the new initiatives, and discuss the pros and cons of the rapid development of new generative AI tools for democracy and society.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event Jan. Ada Developers Academy , the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, is spinning out from its parent organization and going independent. Jenny Crooks Photo).

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Roblox has launched a game inside its platform that will help raise awareness about Type 1 diabetes, in partnership with nonprofit JDRF. Read More.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

And a majority of these organizations are the nonprofit associations. While for-profit companies will always be the first ones to invest in latest technologies and innovations to drive their revenue, nonprofit organizations lag behind. They will still have a corner in the office where all the paperwork is being stored.

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APRIL 16, 2024

It plans to host events, provide an advisory service, and launch a nonprofit dedicated to responsible AI regulation. He later launched Jetson , a startup developing probiotics, and was its CEO. The company, based in New York City, this week announced a $6 million funding round and its inaugural gathering in March 2025.

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MARCH 8, 2023

(Wexford Science + Technology Image) The University of Washington will move ahead with a building envisioned as a gateway into a reimagined part of its Seattle campus after prevailing in a lawsuit brought by a prominent developer. The UW chose Baltimore-based Wexford Science + Technology to develop the project.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

A proposed agreement between Apple and a class-action lawsuit representing US app developers includes a $100 million payout from Apple. The change, while potentially important for developers, isn’t quite as significant as it may seem. Apple has decided to name this the “Small Developer Assistance Fund.”.

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JULY 16, 2021

Shape Therapeutics , a Seattle preclinical stage biotech company developing RNA editing and gene therapy technologies, has raised $112 million. Shape Therapeutics is developing AAV vectors that deliver genetic material directly to the nervous system or muscle, according to a news release. Shape CEO Francois Vigneault. Shape Photo).

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APRIL 19, 2022

Mariya Burrows wanted to make a career change to software development after taking an introductory course on the topic, but the last thing she wanted to do was take out more student loans. Beatrice Tohni found out about the program when a friend texted her a link to Ada Developers Academy saying, “This sounds like the perfect program for you.”

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The nonprofit consortium MLCommons has released a massive, license-free dataset for speech recognition system development and testing. Read More.

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MARCH 25, 2024

The nonprofit acts as a matchmaker, connecting landlords looking to fill vacant units and would-be renters who lack perfect rental records due to eviction, low credit scores, or other factors that can contribute to homelessness. The Seattle-based group is backed by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp through his Camp.org nonprofit foundation.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The nonprofit Mars Society is getting set to take the next giant leap in its mission to support Red Planet exploration and settlement, by establishing a Mars Technology Institute to develop the tools and processes those settlers will need. A computer-generated image shows an early Mars settlement.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Protheroe previously worked at the UK-based Royal College of Art as director of development and alumni relations. Yang is a biotech vet who worked at Adaptive Biotechnologies, AstraZeneca, and Genentech before joining the Allen Institute, a Seattle-based nonprofit founded almost 20 years ago by Paul Allen, the late Microsoft co-founder.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

JUNE 1, 2023

In March, the nonprofit Future of Life Institute published an open letter calling for a six-month pause in the development of ChatGPT, the AI-based chatbot created by Microsoft-backed OpenAI.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

— Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy, a non-profit, tuition free coding school for women and gender-diverse adults, added four new board members in its quest to expand its impact on the tech industry: Clockwise from top left: Jeffrey Spector, Michele Broderick, Melina Garcia and Justin Beals. Ada Developers Academy Photos).

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MARCH 8, 2023

(Wexford Science + Technology Image) The University of Washington will move ahead with a building envisioned as a gateway into a reimagined part of its Seattle campus after prevailing in a lawsuit brought by a prominent developer. The UW chose Baltimore-based Wexford Science + Technology to develop the project.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Maven Youth Maven Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ youth to “network, organize, and educate for social change through technology and the tech sector.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

(Photo courtesy of Devon Horace) RAIN Catalysts , a Pacific Northwest-based nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship for underrepresented groups, is accepting applications for its first tech accelerator. Economic Development Administration, is for tech startups located in Oregon or Washington state.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Seattle biotech company Athira Pharma named Rachel Lennington as chief development officer and Samantha Willing as chief people officer. Binaytara Foundation , a Seattle-area health equity nonprofit, named Justin Marquart as chief development officer. Lennington joined Athira in 2021 and Willing joined last year.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

million: The network’s 21 nonprofit Community Health Centers will provide digital navigation services and devices. Community Health Network of Washington, $3.8

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