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Mozilla looks to its next chapter
Mozilla today released its annual “State of Mozilla” report and for the most part, the news here is positive. Mozilla Corporation, the for-profit side of the overall Mozilla organization,
Extra Crunch discount now available for military, nonprofits and government employees
We’re excited to announce that government, nonprofit and military employees can get an Extra Crunch membership at a discounted rate of $50 per year, plus tax. If interested in claiming the deal, ple
YC-backed Our World in Data wants you to know what’s changing about the planet
News is exhausting. Mexican murders are sky-high. Ebola is ravaging the eastern Congo. China is erasing an entire culture of Islam from its Western hinterlands. That news — negative and intense thou
YC-backed Upsolve is automating bankruptcy for everyone
The popular image of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy might be a large company like Enron failing, or maybe some lazy drifter trying to shirk their financial responsibilities. The reality is anything but those
New York on Tech is helping under-resourced students become future tech leaders
Jessica Santana and Evin Robinson were riding the subway home from a college leadership conference when they realized they were getting off at the same stop. It turned out, they had grown up in the
Enveritas’ technology lets small growers tap into the market for sustainable coffee
Demand for sustainable coffee is growing, a boon for socially conscious coffee lovers — but many small growers are missing out because they lack the ability to verify that their coffee beans are
Former Twitter employees prove innovation isn’t just for profit
There’s no secret the tech industry suffers a reputation for harmfully disrupting a community. But not everyone in tech is to blame for the negative effects. In 2015 Ben Kovacs and Joel Lunenfeld fo
Former Twitter employees prove innovation isn’t just for profit
In 2015 Ben Kovacs and Joel Lunenfeld founded the non-profit Guardian Gym, a buy-one give-one mixed
Facebook drops fundraising fees for personal causes
Despite Facebook being under fire for everything pertaining to Cambridge Analytica, the company still hopes to be able to do some good. Today, Facebook is dropping its platform fees pertaining to fund
Discounted tix to Disrupt SF ’18 for students, nonprofits, government & military
TechCrunch Disrupt ranks as the premier event in the startup landscape, and our flagship event, Disrupt San Francisco 2018, which takes place September 5-7, will be our biggest and best Disrupt ever.
Wethos looks to match freelancers with non-profits
With the boom of tech startups and the digitization of incumbent industries, there is a talent shortage in Silicon Valley But no sector has felt that shortage more than the non-profit space. Wethos is
Google commits $1 billion in grants to train U.S. workers for high-tech jobs
The nature of work is changing on a global level at a rapid pace. Sure, it’s not the first time work has been dramatically impacted by technology, but the growth of automation, robotics, AI and the
Launching at YC’s Demo Day, mRelief has a new tool to make public assistance more accessible
After years of hearing the private sector in the U.S. complain about the inefficiencies of government, investors are beginning to marshall their resources to help solve the problem. And no organizatio
Artificial Intelligence Nonprofit OpenAI Launches With Backing From Elon Musk And Sam Altman
Today, OpenAI, a nonprofit artificial intelligence research company was announced to the world. Its director, Ilya Sutskever, is a research scientist at Google. This comes a day after Facebook open-
With $225M Raised Across 400K+ Campaigns, DonorsChoose Is Using Data To Illuminate Educational Inequity In The U.S.
There’s a lot of debate swirling these days over the best and most effective ways to fix the U.S. education system. With high costs, disappointing outcomes and high drop out rates now rampant ac
The One Percent Foundation, A Non-Profit, Wants To Help Millennials Turn Philanthropy Into A Habit
"Philanthropist" is a daunting word that conjures up images of Bruce Wayne and other people with so much excess money and time that they have to give it away. Most of us, on the other hand, need to bu
Google’s Charitable Donations Android App “One Today” Exits Pilot
<a target="_blank" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.onetoday">One Today</a>, the charitable giving app <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/18/googles-one
Y Combinator Backs Its First Non-Profit, Watsi; Paul Graham Says He’s “Never Been So Excited” To Invest
Back in August, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/30/watsi/">we wrote about the launch of a startup non-profit organization called Watsi</a>, which offers anyone and everyone the opportunity to
Code.org Launches To Help Make Computer Programming Accessible To Everyone
When you think about hackathons and coders building something quick and dirty, you might envision a dark dorm room at Harvard filled with pizza boxes and empty Red Bull cans. That’s because the
Facebook Gifts Get Charitable: You Can Now Give The Gift Of Donations To Your Friends
Facebook Gifts launched with the ability for you to buy something meaningful for a friend or family member on the social network. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/02/forget-saying-happy-birthda