Many people are looking for new charities to get involved with, whether through volunteer opportunities or monetary donations.
The nonprofit world, along with all for-profit industries, is changing rapidly with the advancement of technology. And now, many nonprofits are dedicated to making technology more accessible, affordable, secure, and simple for everyone. Let's highlight eight of them.
1. NPower
NPower is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing underserved groups, including low-income young adults and military veterans, access to education and training in the technology sector. It offers free courses in areas such as cybersecurity, coding, and cloud computing and fosters partnerships with other nonprofit organizations and educational institutes to expand access to technology talent.
Mission
Help military-connected individuals, young adults, and women from low-income communities launch digital careers.
Location
new york city
Year of foundation
1999
Technological offer
Technology training, job placement assistance and support services.
2. Center for Democracy and Technology
The Center for Democracy and Technology is a nonprofit organization that works to preserve the user-controlled nature of the Internet and freedom of expression. Its main areas of focus include promoting data privacy and security, ensuring accountability of government surveillance, safeguarding free expression online, and supporting an innovative Internet. It does this through policy research, providing legal and technical expertise, and collaborations with advocacy groups, governments, and technology companies.
Mission
Advocate for policies that ensure privacy, free expression, and an open Internet.
Location
Washington DC, San Francisco and Europe
Year of foundation
1994
Technological offer
Research articles, events, promotion of technological policies.
3. Child's play
Child's Play is a games industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children in hospitals by providing them with games and consoles. Anyone can donate games to one of Child's Play's more than 190 hospital partners. The organization provides an Amazon wish list and hospitals can apply to be part of the network and get sets for younger patients.
Mission
Improve the lives of children in hospitals and domestic violence shelters by providing them with toys, games and technology.
Location
Redmond, Washington, but donates to hospitals around the world.
Year of foundation
1974
Technological offer
Video games and consoles for children and adolescents in the hospital.
4. Code.org
Code.org is dedicated to expanding participation in computer science and making it available in more schools in the US. They work to change policies so that STEM education and computer science are part of the core curriculum in all grade levels. The nonprofit also runs “Hour of Code,” a global initiative that aims to introduce students to computer science through hour-long coding activities.
Mission
Expand access to computer science education in school and increase participation among underrepresented groups, such as young women.
Location
Seattle, Washington.
Year of foundation
2013
Technological offer
Free coding courses and learning resources, computer science curriculum for K-12 students, and professional development workshops for educators.
5. Kobo
KoBo is a non-profit organization that hosts and maintains KoboToolbox, a set of open source tools for data collection and analysis during humanitarian emergencies. KoboToolbox is provided free of charge to other non-profit organizations in the humanitarian, global development, environmental protection and human rights sectors. Example use cases include tracking data on displaced families in Ukraine and measles and typhoid vaccination data in Pakistan. KoBo is partnered with the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Mission
Improve data collection methods in humanitarian crises by providing KoboToolbox to nonprofit organizations for free.
Location
Cambridge, Mass., but works with global charities.
Year of foundation
2005
Technological offer
Open source data collection tools.
6. The Guardian Project
The Guardian Project creates simple, secure applications, open source libraries and custom mobile devices for anyone, whether citizens, journalists or humanitarian organisations, to protect their online work from interception and monitoring.
Mission
Develop open source mobile tools for secure communication, especially in environments where surveillance and censorship are prevalent.
Location
new york city
Year of foundation
2010
Technological offer
Open source applications for secure communications and personal data.
7. Technological soup
TechSoup, a San Francisco-based organization, focuses on two main ideas: Nonprofits and schools need computers, but they face many obstacles, including a lack of resources and many talented people in computer science and technology who want to contribute. to great causes. TechSoup connects those ideas by offering discounted software, hardware, and technical support to other nonprofits, libraries, schools, and foundations.
Mission
Provide nonprofits, schools, and other affordable organizations with access to technology products and services.
Location
World
Year of foundation
1987
Technological offer
Software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud and QuickBooks; hardware such as laptops, desktops, projectors and networking equipment. It also offers technical support and cloud services.
8. Data type
DataKind is a non-profit organization that aims to use data science and artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems. They connect technology experts with mission-driven groups to help make sense of their data and create better solutions for problems like climate change, financial inclusion, and health crises. Their team also creates new tools and organizes hackathon-style events to help solve problems. Examples of their work include optimizing vaccine distribution and streamlining data access to improve flood response.
Mission
Provide nonprofits, governments, and social impact organizations with the AI and data science resources they need to address global problems.
Location
World
Year of foundation
2012
Technological offer
Experience in data science and artificial intelligence, software tools for data analysis.
