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Mobile Pathways helps undocumented and under-documented immigrants gain access to reliable legal information about their numerous pathways to immigration via mobile phone technology. We are composed of immigration attorneys, technology experts, and immigrant advocates.

The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States, most of whom are women.  Founded in 2007, NDWA works for the respect, recognition, and inclusion in labor protections for domestic workers. The national alliance is powered by 42 affiliate organizations—plus their first local chapter in Atlanta—of over 10,000 nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers for the elderly in 26 cities and 18 states.  NDWA is winning improved working conditions while building a powerful movement rooted in the human rights and dignity of domestic workers, immigrants, women, and their families.  Domestic workers care for the things they value the most: their families and their homes. They care for their children, provide essential support for seniors and people with disabilities to live with dignity at home, and perform the home care work that makes all other work possible. They are skilled and caring professionals, but for many years, they have labored in the shadows, and their work has not been valued. These workers deserve respect, dignity and basic labor protections.

Tarjimly is a tech nonprofit and app that connects the world's 23 million refugees with on-demand translators that can help them integrate and communicate with medics, lawyers, and aid workers. Refugees can anonymously connect with a translator in 60 seconds and send text, pictures, documents, or even get on a phone or video call. We achieve this by training and making it easy for the world's 3 billion bilinguals to volunteer as on-demand translators. Tarjimly means ''translate for me'' and was founded by two immigrant MIT graduates, Atif and Aziz, who were deeply moved by the refugee crisis. In the last year, their 6,000 translators have helped over 15,000 refugees and NGOs globally and Tarjimly has been supported by Y Combinator, Echoing Green, and Fast Forward. Their mission is to eliminate humanitarian language barriers and prove that technology can mobilize millions of people and their remote skills to help refugees.

Partnership to End Addiction offers personalized support and resources for families impacted by addiction.

The Trevor Project is a national organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to the LGBTQ community. The organization operates to save young lives by offering support through free and confidential suicide prevention and crisis intervention programs on platforms where young people spend time, on phone lifeline, chat, text, and soon-to-come integrations with social media platforms. The Trevor Project was founded on 1998 and is based in West Hollywood, California.

Child Helpline International supports the creation and strengthening of national toll-free child helplines worldwide.

Jacaranda Health is a medical services provider working to change the maternal and child health landscape in Kenya by providing maternal and pediatric services at a reasonable price to underserviced, peri-urban poor populations. Kenya has over 10 million females who are of reproductive age, and there are approximately 2.6 million peri-urban families who could benefit from  services. With a population growth rate of 2.45% there is a large market in Kenya for safe and high-quality maternal and neonatal services. Jacaranda Health operates medical clinics that provide quality maternal and newborn services to underserved populations in peri-urban and urban areas who lack access to such services. Jacaranda provides high-quality, patient- centered services at a fifth of the cost of other private hospitals and has a maternal mortality rate of zero, compared to the country rate of 400 of 100,000 births.

Operation Fistula offers comprehensive treatment services for women around the world who suffer from fistula.

RAINN is an anti-sexual assault organization working with local rape crisis centers across the U.S.   RAINN operates the national sexual assault hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims, and to ensure that rapists are brought to justice.   RAINN was founded in 1994 by Scott Berkowitz. Tori Amos was the organization's first spokesperson.

USA for Unhcr is a non-profit organization that fixates on community welfare with refugees, fundraising and charity services.

UWCA improves health, education and financial results.

Vibrant Emotional Health delivers health-care services & emotional support and mental support care.

Trek Medics International aims to develop and deliver sustainable and equitable emergency medical systems in communities.

Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis - for the trans community, by the trans community. Trans Lifeline was founded in 2014 as a peer-support crisis hotline. The Hotline was, and still is, the only service in the country in which all operators are transgender. Because of the particularly vulnerable relationship transgender people have with police, it is also the only service in the country with a policy against non-consensual active rescue. Since Their founding, Trans Lifeline’s services have grown to match growing need from their community. Their Hotline has evolved from an entirely volunteer-run operation into a comprehensive resource that employs trans people working as paid operators and team leads. Their operators have logged thousands of hours of talk time with trans people in their community, and, with new volunteers signing up all the time, their capacity is only growing. In time, They came to recognize that the epidemic of suicide in the trans community is inextricably tied to the economic justice issues trans people face at alarming rates, and that meaningful emotional support often requires financial support as well. In 2017, Trans Lifeline merged with the Trans Assistance Project, which became their Microgrants program. Microgrants offers low-barrier grants to trans people for legal name changes and updated government identification documents, as well as specialized support for incarcerated and undocumented trans people. While this is a relatively new program, they recently celebrated the disbursal of $100,000 in small grants to trans people - all with a commitment to resist gatekeeping and respectability politics.

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organization helping people forced to flee. They protect displaced people and support them as they build a new future. They promote and defend displaced people's rights and dignity in local communities.

Our mission is to empower communities of color and create systemic transformation by using technology and community organizing to provide immediate access to legal support.

PoliarisProject is a humanitarian organization that aims to combat human trafficking and modern-day slavery. The organization operates hotlines, policy advocacy programs, client services, advisory services, strategic initiatives, data analysis programs, and global programs to achieve its mission. PolarisProject is based in Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee is a global leader in emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by conflict and oppression.

Tech Matters they connect donors, policymakers, and company leaders to apply technology for social impact. They help power systems change by bringing great technology capabilities to organizations moving the needle on a major social problem.

Fast Forward is an accelerator for social tech nonprofits. Its three-month accelerator provides a philanthropic grant, intros to mentors, a curated curriculum, and a community.

Kinvolved is a developer of a social enterprise platform designed to improve student attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism. The company's platform combines web, mobile and tablet technology tools with expert consulting and community engagement events, enabling schools to increase funding, create more economically viable communities and improve graduation rates.

Twilio.org supports nonprofits and social enterprises that are accelerating impact through innovative communications technologies. They focus their funding on platforms and strategies that make it easier, faster, and more affordable for organizations to connect with the people they serve. Twilio.org provides $2 million in grants of up to $150,000 each to support organizations that operate crisis lines for people impacted by COVID-19.

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