Develop for Good

Last month, we kicked off 36 nonprofit tech projects for our Summer 2024 project batch ☀️ From May through August of this year, our diverse teams of college students & industry mentors will be engineering and designing for the following nonprofits changing the world: 3D Girls, Inc. AllGrow America SCORES Bay Area Amplio Ashoka Believe in Me BobaTalks Building Beats CHANGE Arts Christians in Web3  ClimateDonor.org empowr. Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC India) Forgotten Felines of Sonoma County Free Our Vote GOOD SAMARITAN HAITIAN ALLIANCE CHURCH INC Human Rights First involveMINT Joy Education Foundation  Kingdom DAO Knowsnack Linens N Love Lit Path Love Never Fails Miricyl NeighborShare The Parasol Cooperative Foundation Silver Lining Mentoring Simbi Community Development Swim England The Headache Alliance Inc. The Make Cents Foundation Urban Tech Hero Stay tuned to learn about the college students and industry professionals helping to bring these tech projects to life! 🚀

We’re thrilled to share that Andreessen Horowitz is one of our newest funding partners! Develop for Good is excited to partner with the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) to actively engage and advance more Black college talent into tech roles through impactful, real-world project experience. Tremendous thank you to a16z CLF Partners Judene Small Jean-Louis and Megan Holston-Alexander for welcoming us to a16z’s Strategic Community-Building Program. Together, we’ll be working to ensure that the diversity of the tech industry reflects the diversity of our world 🌎

Last week, we were invited to The White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence. Develop for Good was selected as an Alliance Partner to the first U.S. National Strategy to achieve STEMM parity by 2050! 🇺🇸 Co-hosted by The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the STEMM Opportunity Alliance, the Summit unveiled the Biden-Harris Administration’s multi-sector actions to help 20M people from historically excluded and marginalized communities enter, contribute to, and thrive in STEMM fields. Develop for Good is honored and excited to contribute to this national goal by providing real-world tech project experiences to diverse college students at scale. We believe that diversity is a competitive advantage, and that providing more STEMM opportunities for people of all backgrounds is essential to achieving our greatest aspirations as a nation. Read more about The White House Summit below ⬇️ The White House Fact Sheet: https://lnkd.in/dNCY2MX6 Press Release: STEMM Opportunity Alliance Releases National Strategy at White House Summit: https://lnkd.in/ejvj3tkq  STEMM Opportunity Alliance Partners (can you spot DFG? 😉): https://lnkd.in/e6GQYn43

This April, Develop for Good surpassed receiving 10,300+ volunteer applications, marking a major milestone in this year’s Global Volunteer Month! 🌎 🩷 We are eternally grateful for all the brilliant and compassionate college tech students and industry professionals who have raised their hand to build and donate their skills to nonprofits. Stay tuned—next month, we’ll be revealing our newest Summer 2024 class of students and mentors for another fruitful project batch full of giving and learning.

🚨 LAST CALL for Summer 2024 Applications 🚨 Student & Mentor Volunteer apps are due this Wed, April 4! Are you a college student or recent grad seeking real-world coding or design experience? Or an industry professional interested in mentoring the next generation of diverse leaders in tech? At Develop for Good, you'll work in project teams to build tech products for nonprofits to serve the people and causes you care about most 💜 Check out our most recent Spring (Q1) Update to learn more about us and access our apps before they officially close this week ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eS5PiRqu

Meaningful connections were made irl this winter at Develop for Good 💜 Summer 2024 applications are already live! Apply to join as we start getting ready for some fun in the sun ☀️ Nonprofits apply by 4/12: https://lnkd.in/eds6d9bD  College students apply by 4/3: https://lnkd.in/eUHpaVya  Industry mentors apply by 4/3: https://lnkd.in/ezSVkWaC

This winter, we engaged 300+ of some of the world’s brightest college students on tech projects for nonprofits. Check out a few of the most interesting achievements we discovered about our multi-talented student pool 😱🤩

This winter, we're hosting our first ever Color of Tech Panel! 🎨 Join us for a virtual conversation on Friday, February 9 @ 4 pm PT about diversity in tech spaces and particularly the lack of representation when it comes to African American and LatinX communities. Our incredible panelists are technologists representing various communities of color and will be sharing their experiences in the tech industry and their ideas for a way forward: Iyi Aloko, Society for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship Isabella Bessa, Hack.Diversity Darrell Malone, Jr., National Police Data Coalition Justin Tinker, Develop for Good Brooke Turner, Thinkery Austin RSVP here ➡️ https://lu.ma/wvm9y2ul

We’re excited to welcome Kristen Swanson, Ed.D. to our Board of Directors! Kristen leads Design at Okta. Prior to her current role, Kristen led teams at Slack, BrightBytes, and Authentic Education. A lifelong educator, Kristen is the founder of Edcamp, an organization dedicated to bringing free, organic professional learning opportunities worldwide. In 2015, Edcamp was recognized as a Top 10 most innovative company in education by Fast Company. Kristen has authored three books on learning and customer experience design, and her work has been showcased on notable platforms including TEDx, EDUCON, and PBS NewsHour. Kristen’s expertise in education and design will supercharge Develop for Good’s mission to empower students to learn by making real-world impact 📚

Meet one of our newest Board Directors—Justin Tinker! Justin was the student lead for Develop for Good’s first ever nonprofit tech project back in April 2020. He’s graduating this winter with his BS & MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. A former Software Engineer intern at Uber, Cloudflare, and the U.S. Senate, Justin helps organizations use data to make informed decisions. We’re excited to leverage his experiences and perspective to shape the future of Develop for Good and its impact on college students everywhere 🌟