Articles about non-profit

Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund awards $105.9M to 42 non-profits in third year of initiative

Jeff Bezos announced the latest recipients of donations from his Bezos Day 1 Families Fund on Wednesday, listing 42 organizations… Read More

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s ‘first of its kind’ housing and homeless services facility opens in Seattle

During his lifetime, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s wide-ranging philanthropic initiatives included several programs to alleviate the homelessness crisis in his… Read More

Q&A: Non-profit Take This addresses mental health challenges among gaming community and creators

The previous year in the video game industry was punctuated by multiple high-profile layoffs, studio shutdowns, and the occasional genuine… Read More

Gates Foundation says it contributed $1.5B to the Seattle-area economy in one year

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says its economic impact in the Seattle region was $1.5 billion in 2015. That’s… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias ditches startups and cannabis in favor of trees and bourbon

Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias’s latest venture was inspired by his six-year-old. He and his daughter were visiting his brother, David… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Developer Relations Summit, Startup Grind, Data Vizualization, and more

The first Seattle DevRel Summit kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 11, with a day of events focused on developer relations. Speakers include Kate Edwards, executive… Read More

Why a sewage survey gives the Gates Foundation’s CEO new hope for eliminating diseases through innovation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann thinks a Nigerian health officer’s work collecting sewage is “a thing of beauty.”… Read More

Seattle’s GiveBIG charitable campaign raises $21M, despite tech troubles

The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG campaign for Seattle-area charities recovered from technical setbacks and surpassed its $20 million goal, with the help… Read More

NYT burnishes Seattle’s reputation for world-changing nonprofits, fueled by tech money

It goes without saying that Paul Allen and Bill Gates had an enormous impact on Seattle. But their influence on… Read More

Seahawks lineman Russell Okung exposes at-risk teens to technology with new non-profit GREATER

On the football field, Russell Okung is an enabler. The Seahawks offensive lineman is responsible for making sure his quarterback… Read More

ImpactFlow raises $5.7M to simplify how companies, employees donate to non-profits

ImpactFlow wants to help non-profits and businesses work together more effectively, and now it has a good chunk of funding to… Read More

Seattle nonprofit Enlearn tackles thorny task: Personalize school with technology

One of the knottiest problems in applying technology to education is the holy grail of “personalization:” How to adjust and… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LilyDrive wants to change how and when we make donations to charity online

Consider the last story online that left an impression on you; the most recent content you shared with friends; the most memorable… Read More

InterConnection refurbishes, distributes computers to fellow non-profits for cheap

Whether you’re Amazon or the corner doughnut shop, it can be a long, lonely road without a website or up-to-date… Read More

Microsoft employees raised $105M for 19K non-profits in 2012

For the second year in a row, Microsoft employees eclipsed the $100 million mark in charitable donations, raising $105 million… Read More