GeekWire

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As the values of Bitcoin and Ether are hovering near record highs, America’s nonprofits are in the peak months of their annual fundraising. 501 Commons, the nonprofit that organizes GivingTuesday and GiveBIG events in Washington, said few nonprofits in the state are directly accepting crypto at this point.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The team plans to enroll 50-to-100 people in the study by the end of this year and sign up more in 2024. Hood’s ultimate aim is to initiate a study tracking the health data of one million individuals over ten years, a proposal he likens to the Human Genome Project. Phenome Health is also nurturing two potential spinouts.

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Gizmodo

JULY 20, 2020

The transgender community in particular faces targeted attacked that are oftentimes “ inhumane ” or “abusive,” according to a new study from watchdog nonprofit Media Matters for… Read more. Those who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community are often the targets of online harassment , and those threats can have fatal consequences.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

WA Notify , the COVID-19 exposure notification tool for Washington state, saved an estimated 40 to 115 lives and prevented between 2,800 and 8,200 cases during four months of use this winter, according to a recent study by researchers at the University of Washington and Washington State Department of Health. “The pandemic is not over.”

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

While there were shortages in quality childcare before COVID — a national study found that half of Americans live in “childcare deserts” — the pandemic has exacerbated the challenges. Pivotal Labs, working through its Pivotal Act program that benefits nonprofits, provided two months of free engineering for the project.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The findings come from a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a nonprofit organization funded by auto insurance companies that aims to reduce vehicle-related deaths and injuries.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Since her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, Scott has given away more than $14 billion to more than 1,600 nonprofit organizations, which are all listed on the new site , along with the amount of money received. She has stayed out of the limelight during that time, only penning a handful of essays to describe her donations.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Studies of philanthropy, for the most part, only track monetary donations to registered charities. 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. But the rest of it?

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 13, 2021

A Berlin-based nonprofit studying the ways in which Instagram’s algorithm presents content to users says parent company Facebook “bullied” its researchers into killing off experiments and deleting underlying data that was collected with consent from Instagram users. Read more.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), a national nonprofit and SecureWorld association partner, has announced a first of its kind study to help understand why women in cybersecurity are not being accurately represented and the potential changes that need to happen to evolve this.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 28, 2016

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Foundation has released the largest study of its kind on corporate cybersecurity, the result of the study is: The State of Cyber Security Report. The study was under written by Ballard Spahr. The causes of a data breach also were explored in the study. Katie Kennedy.

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GeekWire

JUNE 17, 2023

Paige Hendrix Buckner is the new CEO of All Raise, a nonprofit founded in 2017 that supports women founders and investors. based tech leader in April became CEO of All Raise , the San Francisco-based nonprofit founded in 2017 to help boost women and non-binary founders and funders. Paige Hendrix Buckner wants that to change.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 23, 2021

. “As an Iranian American immigrant, I’ve lived the American dream — starting poor, going to the best schools, studying computer science, starting or investing in successful companies, and now running a nonprofit to help schools and students,” Partovi tweeted on Sunday. In addition to creating Bellevue, Wash.-based

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

With that public-private partnership at its core, the new nonprofit National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) started the first Cybersecurity Awareness Month. study on the public's security behaviors and attitudes. Many people in our study rely on the news media to stay informed about cybersecurity, but they also say the news scares them.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Agency for International Development and includes researchers at the University of Washington and the Seattle-based nonprofit PATH. For example, Kawula’s research group works with partners in northern Kenya to study the evolution of MERS coronaviruses in camels. Louis and the nonprofit FHI 360.

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2020

million dollars from the National Institutes of Health to fund four studies. million study is part of a broader effort called the COVID Immunophenotyping Study (IMPACC) that includes 10 institutions nationwide. The local leader for the 14-month study is Dr. Buckner. The study lead is William Kwok.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Among the payloads to be reflown is an experiment from Honeybee Robotics , a subsidiary of Blue Origin, which will study the strength of planetary soils under different gravity conditions. If NS24 goes well, that’s expected to smooth the way for Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard flights in the months ahead.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Some studies show that gig workers are sometimes paid less than minimum wage or subject to poor working conditions. Danielle Alvarado, executive director of nonprofit labor advocacy group Working Washington, said the data shared by DoorDash is “a predictable corporate move to oppose fair wages.”

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Kardashian West is a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform and has been studying to become a lawyer through an apprenticeship program. Spotify is paying for high-profile exclusives in the podcast space.

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2023

Sega Image) A new study found that the vast majority of video games with a physical release in the U.S. In the study, Salvador’s VGHF research team set to find out how many “classic” video games that received an official release in the U.S. Salazar’s team for the study included UW student researchers Lily Dong, Lane D.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This mission, known as NS24, carried 33 science payloads in the crew capsule, providing a few minutes of zero gravity to study the effects on samples and hardware. Meanwhile, New Shepard’s capsule rose to an unofficial maximum altitude of 66.5 Others were built by schools, universities and other education-oriented organizations.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) A decade ago, University of Washington oceanographers Julian Sachs and Alex Gagnon were working in a tropical paradise, studying the impacts of climate change on coral reefs surrounding remote islands in French Polynesia. The nonprofit [C]Worthy lists 19 startups in marine-based carbon dioxide removal.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The results at Uplevel — which, fittingly, aims to help organizations meet their goals without burning out engineers — align with the findings of a global study published last month that surveyed more than 900 employees at 33 companies who had participated in a pilot program coordinated by the nonprofit 4 Day Week Global.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 7, 2023

We help with that at NACD, but board directors have to study in order to understand how recent events need to be discussed and dealt with in the boardroom. One way to get experience is by joining a nonprofit or small private board. It’s difficult, and that’s why a lot of people take that first step on a nonprofit board.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Their results from a study of 139 infected people ranging from mild cases to hospitalizations and from an additional control group were published this week in print in the peer-reviewed journal Cell. The scientists are deconstructing the human biological response to COVID by studying thousands of markers found in blood and plasma.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

A nonprofit called Earth Species Project , or ESP, is on a trajectory to talk with animals — but with a much higher purpose than my intended goals with Roxy. The nonprofit is developing tools that are species-agnostic and can be fine-tuned for specific research. Decades ago, Miller himself studied hummingbird vocalizations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Despite national conversations about a lack of women in tech, women remain largely underrepresented in STEM roles , according to a study by the National Science Foundation. Ada Developers Academy is a nonprofit, cost-free coding school for women and gender expansive adults that also prioritizes BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and low-income people.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

“So by studying biology and society, I’m hoping to get a very well-rounded perspective that will help set up a path as a physician in the future.” Some of that was driven home by her Bank of America internship with Treehouse , a Seattle nonprofit addressing academic and other essential support for youth in foster care.

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2023

Seattle film nonprofit SIFF acquires historic theater from Paul Allen estate Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending. Earthquake test to study how 10-story timber building stands up to Seattle shake If the idea of a Seattle earthquake gives you the shakes, this test might be right up your alley. … Read More

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I'm not lost, I'm wondering

JULY 10, 2019

As part of our study, 2019 State of Nonprofit Digital Giving, we secretly donated to 100 organizations across the nonprofit spectrum from humanitarian, healthcare, environment, food, animal groups, arts & culture, youth charities and more. Source: State of Nonprofit 2019: Digital Giving Study.

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GeekWire

MARCH 12, 2024

That’s not a bad thing, said Pam Kostka , a longtime tech leader who was previously CEO of All Raise , the nonprofit that supports female and non-binary founders. A study from Harvard Business Review found that VC firms with more female partners had better returns and more profitable exits.

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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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GeekWire

AUGUST 15, 2023

RELATED: On the EV road again: A year after using an electric Mustang, father and son try a Tesla for long drive Song said the city has about 1,100 charging ports and needs 8,000 ports by 2030, according to a study from City Light. Revenue from leased City Light property is expected to be nominal, according to the presentation.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Short of that, she’s working on turning a different kind of superhuman power into reality: using AI and machine learning to tackle climate change through her global nonprofit, Climate Change AI (CCAI). Donti decided to dedicate her life to climate change well before CCAI, though.

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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. But its effort cited a study that greatly overestimated the impact such an effort would have on the environment, researchers later found.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Aronson also showcased a new app that maps the presence of whales in Puget Sound, developed by the Canadian nonprofit Ocean Wise. Quiet Sound also aims to study underwater noise in Puget Sound to identify noise hot spots and candidates for quiet reserves. An app for commercial vessels to locate orca whales.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A study spanning 2016-2020 found that chronic homelessness had increased at an annual rate of 27% statewide and 42% in Seattle-King County. While CEO of Amazon, Bezos established a strong relationship with Mary’s Place, a Seattle nonprofit that works with women and families experiencing homelessness.

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