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. She highlights in the post that her gifts are mostly going to funds that disperse the resources to smaller organizations that are close to the communities being served.

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MARCH 9, 2021

World Resources Institute Photo). Jeff Bezos announced Tuesday that his Bezos Earth Fund has hired Andrew Steer, the head of the World Resources Institute, as its first CEO and president. “Andrew has decades of experience in environmental and climate science as well as economic and social policy in the U.S.,

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Twitch, a platform synonymous with interactive entertainment, has long been a conduit for positive social impact. This initiative offers streamers the freedom to select any nonprofit organization they are passionate about supporting. Gold Pixel Heart has entered the chat! CLICK HERE TO SEE CHARITY STREAMERS.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Called BackTo.Biz , the program was created alongside CreativeLive, the Seattle-based makers of online learning resources. The causes are many: the need for learning and community, the lack of capital and social networks, the systemic failures that lead many to not even try.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The first-in-the-nation law aims to address a social practice that is rooted in thousands of years of history in India and other countries. Caste is “a system of rigid social stratification characterized by hereditary status, endogamy, and social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion,” according to the legislation. .”

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Li’s intended major is biology and society, and interdisciplinary major that combines physical sciences as well as social sciences. ” Li is particularly interested in ensuring that youth from all backgrounds have access to healthcare resources and support. .”

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JANUARY 25, 2021

We cannot overlook communities that are disproportionately burdened by the economic and social impacts of this pandemic,” Jody Allen, chair of the Allen Family Foundation, said in a news release. These grants provide resources supporting the urgent needs of vulnerable populations during this unprecedented health and economic crisis.” .

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Vox

MARCH 9, 2021

Since he announced the Bezos Earth Fund a year ago, the Amazon founder has offered few details on how exactly the money would be distributed , and that ambiguity troubled some voices in the nonprofit sector who want to see more transparency from these megagifts. Bezos’s first round of grants this fall went entirely to nonprofits.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2022

The tool, intended for journalists and other public figures, employs Jigsaw’s Perspective API to let users sort through potentially abusive comments on social media platforms starting with Twitter. In a Medium post , the team says it’s hoping developers can tailor it for other at-risk social media users.

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JUNE 22, 2020

The nonprofit organization known as XPRIZE has been in charge of tech competitions focusing on far-out frontiers such as space travel and computerized avatars, but its latest contest hits closer to home: XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling is offering $5 million in prizes for innovations that could revolutionize job training for under-resourced communities.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

(OpenAI Graphic) In 2019, the non-profit created an affiliated “capped-profit” entity, OpenAI Global LLC, aimed at giving it the resources to pursue the AGI vision without the profit incentives of a traditional company. But, as I understand it, it was a “misalignment” of the profit versus nonprofit adherents at the company.

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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. Our hope is that others share our goals and contribute their resources to support and protect critical ecosystems.”.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

(GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) As a high school counselor for more than a decade, Jason Booker witnessed the challenges that students face when applying to college — including a lack of resources to guide them through the process, and university systems slow to adopt the technologies necessary to connect effectively with students in the modern era.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

We have a really serious issue right now that needs to be fixed — the students out of school have no other option,” said Joyce Walters, executive director of the nonprofit InvestED. Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, and the public, private, and nonprofit sectors have come together to make this possible.”.

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GeekWire

MAY 5, 2021

Behncken said Microsoft Philanthropies is focused on ways it can use its technology, resources, and voice to help, and she listed four immediate steps being taken: Launching Global Task Force on Pandemic Response: Along with a number of other companies, Microsoft is helping the U.S. I am heartbroken by the current situation in India.

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GeekWire

MAY 22, 2023

Such designs provide opportunities for social interaction and can reinvigorate the public realm. City stakeholders should prioritize artistic expression and fund public art installations, cultural festivals, and events, and provide resources for artists and performers. Safety assurance.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

based nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs with a focus on women and minority founders. Johnson said many women of color founders lack connections to the people, entities, and organizations with resources, including capital. (GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Open up your networks. Reetu Gupta.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

Following pushback, a Namecheap spokesperson told The Verge that an updated policy had been communicated to Russian customers under which exceptions would be made for “all anti-regime media, protest resources, and any type of websites that are helping to end this war and regime.”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Somewhere along the way, Dogra determined that she could do more with technology to impact the social causes that were important to her. ’ That summer was super transformational because the way that the program was executed was really deeply intertwining tech and artificial intelligence and machine learning with social impact.”

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2021

Given her resources, drive and expertise, French Gates — who revived her maiden name in the wake of the divorce announcement earlier this month — could be a game-changing force in female-focused venture capital and philanthropic efforts. Experts see tremendous social and economic benefits if French Gates ramps up these efforts.

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Vox

JULY 28, 2023

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is structured as a nonprofit that owns a for-profit arm with “capped” profits : First-round investors would stop earning after their shares multiply in value a hundredfold , with profits beyond that going into OpenAI’s nonprofit. (How much teeth the board has had in practice is debatable.)

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Vox

APRIL 16, 2020

Experts have argued for years that the social network is rife with misleading information that taints public discourse and asked Facebook to take the retroactive approach. “We Facebook included a screenshot of a new News Feed message that will show users who have interacted false coronavirus information, pointing them to WHO resources.

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JULY 12, 2023

The City received pro-bono support from the Google.org Fellowship program , a part of Google’s philanthropic arm that provides technical expertise to help nonprofits and civic entities solve technical challenges. Smart Cities Connect named CiviForm one the 50 most transformative smart projects of 2023.

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MAY 25, 2021

The nonprofit sea.citi recently convened a panel of Seattle tech leaders to talk about DEI efforts. The foundation also has its own set of goals for greatly expanding its network of BIPOC-led organizations and foundations that it can partner with and provide resources for.

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JUNE 3, 2020

I don’t mean just giving it to nonprofits that are run by white leaders who have a white savior complex. But when we think about financial disparities, that even exists in the nonprofit industrial complex.” “Many of you have social responsibility programs and employee resource groups. .

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Dataconomy

JULY 27, 2023

Image credit ) The Forum will also use the data and resources that academics, NGOs, and other interested parties have contributed. Each of the Forum’s initiatives, or “workstreams,” will aim to build on the progress already made by the business world, the nonprofit sector, and academia.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Based in the Dallas area, Berry was most recently SVP of human resources and diversity and inclusion at Bank of America. He also led Seattle-based microfinance nonprofit Vittana. He is also an advisor for nonprofits and educational organizations. Chakrabarti was previously a data scientist and engineering lead at Amazon.

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2020

Pitasky was most recently vice president of human resources for Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer business. He was previously EVP and chief partner resources officer at Starbucks and spent 13 years as a human resources leader at Microsoft. “I He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. The GovLoop community has over 100,000 members working to foster collaboration, solve problems and share resources across government. Drew Conway is a leading expert in the application of computational methods to social and behavioral problems at large-scale. Bob Gourley.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

There’s no good evidence that the ADL or any other nonprofit is largely responsible for X/Twitter’s ad woes, which mostly have been caused by its owner’s erratic behavior. It’s also about what you say and do relating to the group, and the effects that has on its standing in social life.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. The GovLoop community has over 100,000 members working to foster collaboration, solve problems and share resources across government. Drew Conway is a leading expert in the application of computational methods to social and behavioral problems at large-scale. Bob Gourley.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The company acquired two international cosmetic resource platforms earlier this year. based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO. Nderitu has served as a DEI consultant for nonprofits Doctors Without Borders and One Acre Fund. Tiziana Figliolia. Hootsuite Photo). Vancouver, B.C.-based

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

There are a range of organizations that are providing activists with bail bonds and legal help, or that are helping small businesses and other community resources that have been adversely affected. What follows is only a limited list. We Love Lake Street. Thank you so much for all of the donations! We have enough food now.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

All mission crew supporting this launch are exercising strict social distancing and safety measures to mitigate COVID-19 risks to personnel, customers and surrounding communities.” The goal of this system is to advance exploration and support in-situ resource utilization. amounting to a total of 12 commercial payloads.

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APRIL 19, 2022

“It seemed too good to be true — free classes for six months, a paid internship, partnerships with great companies in my area, high graduation and employment rates, and lastly, an emphasis on social justice,” says Burrows, who now works as a software engineer at RealSelf. Mariya Burrows, software engineer, RealSelf. Mariya Burrows.

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JULY 9, 2020

based social media management platform Hootsuite named Tom Keiser as its new CEO. Tax automation company Avalara appointed Kathleen Weslock as its new chief human resources officer. Weslock previously led human resources at lithium technology company Livent, Frontier Communications and Cisco Systems. GeekWire is a dot.LA

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JULY 5, 2023

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud.

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