GeekWire

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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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Seattle nonprofit Housing Connector is trying to level the playing field for the region’s most vulnerable renters — even in the face of escalating housing shortages and soaring costs of living. The organization also works with community partners to provide conflict mitigation, behavioral support, and other social services for renters.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 19, 2021

An animal rights nonprofit is suing YouTube for failing to take down videos of animal abuse, and often allegedly profiting from them by selling ads running alongside the content, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Read more.

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GeekWire

MARCH 19, 2022

Up until a week ago when he started on the Pledge Ukraine site, Lytvynov was keeping in touch with friends and family in Ukraine via phone or social media, and he was sending money. Originally from Lviv, Ukraine, Lytvynov moved to the Bay Area about eight years ago, and Seattle four years ago. Photos courtesy of Pledge Ukraine).

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CIO Business Intelligence

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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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2021

Screenshots of two rambling social media posts—one from Facebook, one from Instagram—form the sum total of the evidence police used last summer to justify an aerial surveillance operation in North California, records obtained by the nonprofit transparency group Property of the People and reporting by the Guardian… Read more.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2022

Washington STEM announced Milton Lang as the education nonprofit’s new CEO. Washington STEM is a nonprofit organization focused on statewide education and social change. Madrona Venture Group Photo). Milton Lang. Washington STEM Photo). James Philips.

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GeekWire

JULY 20, 2020

The City of Seattle launched a new program this week designed to provide necessary technology to people of color and other marginalized groups who are looking for jobs. (Flickr Photo / Daniel X. O’Neil). The first round of refurbished laptops were donated to 20 participants in the program earlier this month.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 4, 2020

According to nonprofit group Avaaz, Facebook is failing to flag false information about the upcoming U.S. special elections in Georgia. Read More.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. That’s the assumption that the nonprofit sector is now reexamining. That has puzzled researchers and nonprofits. But it only counts donations to religious and nonprofit organizations.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

Statsig raised $43 million in 2022 from Sequoia Capital, with participation from Madrona Venture Group. Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good. The company’s total funding to date is $53 million.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The nonprofit organization “Two Screens for Teachers” announced Tuesday that it’s purchasing a second computer monitor for every teacher who needs one, and plans to deliver about 3,000 monitors at a value of around $430,000. Matt Lerner, left, and Mike Matieu.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The majority of Seattle tech workers don’t expect to ever return to their offices full time and the effects of that transition could alter everything from commercial real estate, to what social issues tech workers spend their time and money on, to downtown’s status as a business district. “This is significant,” Merriam said.

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Gizmodo

MAY 27, 2020

According to Bloomberg , the federal appeals court said nonprofit group… Read more. Court of Appeals in Washington dismissed a lawsuit that claimed major tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Apple worked together to “intentionally and willfully suppress politically conservative content” online.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Facebook blocked dozens of charity groups, nonprofit organizations, and even random big box retailers in Australia late Wednesday (early Thursday, local time), a move that appears to be collateral damage from Facebook’s ban on news in the country. Facebook even briefly blocked its own page in Australia, according to … Read more.

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Vox

APRIL 19, 2021

Now, two senators are turning their attention to the vaccine misinformation superspreaders that push the bulk of conspiracy theories and lies on social media — and asking the social media giants to take more aggressive action. The researchers then analyzed links posted in these groups and tracked the sources of their links.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 13, 2020

When Jasper Kuria considers strategies for addressing racial inequity and social injustice in the U.S., The group is committed to addressing inequities, including an explicit call to support Black entrepreneurs in Washington. Jasper Kuria, founder of Black Owned Business. BOB Photo).

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Vox

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The California-based nonprofit puts out an annual guide for recommended animal charities, and it just released its list for this year. For example, it examines social psychology data on how to influence public opinion about animals in a way that actually leads to behavior change. What is the quality of their lives like in the wild?

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2020

Katherine Cheng , head of global and community impact at Expedia Group , had been working on a project with her company to employ out-of-work tailors from arts organizations to sew personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. FoodPair will be run as a nonprofit. Serving up smarter logistics. FoodPair Photo).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It includes retail sales and professional services, as well as nonprofit organizations and a blog about women’s economic issues, creating more of a sense of community than a platform focused strictly on shopping. Nonprofits are included on the site for free. “We plan to take Amazon on,” said Isler, who is CEO.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Scott’s philanthropy has also won praise for its no-strings-attached approach that empowers nonprofits to use funds as they see fit. The organizations receiving the gifts include groups focused on education, charter schools, global nonprofits, LGBTQ efforts, mental health and disability groups, and immigrant and refugee programs.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Reports overnight indicate that a conflict between Altman’s ambitions for OpenAI and the mission of the nonprofit were at the core of the board’s decision to oust him as CEO and remove OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman as chairman. At the event, on Nov. The developer day was an issue. ’ ” McIlwain said.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Eidelson’s focus isn’t on creating a social networking group, but he was glad for the chance to meet in person with like-minded people. The event was part of PNW Climate Week , an informal climate summit held across Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, B.C. The Climate Papa logo.

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2023

. … Read More What Redfin and Zillow earnings say about the state of the housing market Last week’s earnings announcements from Redfin and Zillow Group suggest a prolonged slowdown in housing market activity. … Read More Cinerama is saved! … Read More Wood or would not? . … Read More

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The Verge

MAY 31, 2020

The Alphabet-owned video platform tweeted that it was pledging the funds “in support of efforts to address social injustice.”. The Center for Policing Equity is a nonprofit research think tank made up of research scientists and race and equity experts. Alphabet, YouTube’s parent company, had $6.8 billion in profit on sales of $41.2

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GeekWire

JANUARY 26, 2023

Sawant’s proposed legislation would be a first-in-the-nation attempt to address a social practice that is rooted in thousands of years of history in India and other countries. ” Madrona Venture Group managing director S. . ” Madrona Venture Group managing director S. “When we Indians come to the U.S.,

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The Verge

APRIL 15, 2021

Apple’s partners in the Restore Fund include the nonprofit Conservation International and the Goldman Sachs group which will manage the fund. The company says it will directly eliminate 75 percent of emissions from its supply chain and products by 2030, and the Restore Fund will help address the other 25 percent of its emissions.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Mainstream media critic Project Veritas sues University of Washington and Stanford, alleging defamation by social media researchers. Gates Foundation poached Washington STEM CEO, then gave nonprofit $100K to find a replacement. … Read More. … Read More. … Read More. … Read More.

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GeekWire

APRIL 16, 2024

“There’s been a ton of people who have contacted us to get connected,” said Bill Kalivas of LaunchPad Inland Northwest , a group working to connect and expand the region’s innovation community. Megan Hulsey of Craft3, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution. They want to plug in.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) named Yolanda Chase as chief diversity officer and the newest member of the trade group’s senior leadership team. . He previously served as a strategic advisor for the real estate startup, which competes with Seattle-based companies Zillow Group and Redfin. Yolanda Chase.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

He previously worked at Nike, Symantec and The Regence Group. The advisory council currently has 14 members including Microsoft Tech for Social Impact CTO Erik Arnold ; Vulcan CEO Bill Hilf; and King County CIO Tanya Hannah. At Amazon, Bacos also led Alexa Entertainment and Amazon’s homepage and navigation teams.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

SOCIAL IMPACT. Driving significant, steady innovations within the Apache Hadoop community through active participation and contributions to ecosystem projects, online forums, and/or user groups. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Drew started his career in counter-terrorism as a computational social scientist in the U.S.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2024

He ultimately decided to chart his own path in the field — initially founding a nonprofit called Equitable College Counseling before founding EdXeno. His brother, Joel, was struggling at the time with issues including alcohol and the lingering effects of social isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2021

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

A group of three Amazon warehouse employees who work out of the company’s New York fulfillment centers have filed a lawsuit alleging the company put them and their families at risk of COVID-19 infection, according to a report from Bloomberg. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. That earned the public ire of Sen.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

SOCIAL IMPACT. Driving significant, steady innovations within the Apache Hadoop community through active participation and contributions to ecosystem projects, online forums, and/or user groups. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Drew started his career in counter-terrorism as a computational social scientist in the U.S.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The American Booksellers Association launched a “Boxed Out” campaign with creative slogans and installations in bookstore windows and posts on social media. The American Booksellers Association is a national nonprofit trade organization that works to help independently owned bookstores grow and succeed. Amazon’s U.S.

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