SIFF Recipients
Use the filter below to browse recipients of the Social Impact Fellowship Fund.
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2012 PIC Grand Prize
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2014 PIC Grand Prize
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2015 PIC Grand Prize
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2016 PIC Runner Up
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2017 PIC $25K Winner
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2017 PIC $75K Winner
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2018 PIC $75K Winner
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2018 PIC Crowd Favorite
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2019 PIC $25K Winner
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2019 SIFF
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2020 PIC $25K Winner
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2020 SIFF
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2022 AVF
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2022 PIC $25K Winner
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2022 SIFF
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2023 SIFF
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1Climate
For clean energy developers who struggle with the time and costs of managing the regulatory sides of their projects, 1Climate offers an AI-powered, end-to-end platform that automates clean energy permitting and incentive processes.
![1Climate team]()
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1Room
For schools in Kenya with one room and one generalist teacher, 1Room is digitizing and delivering school curriculum via tablets.
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Adolescent Health Champions
Using peer-to-peer education to train adolescents in India in critical health topics.
![founder headshot]()
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Akademi.al
Providing equal access to an excellent education to Albanian-speaking students around the globe.
![Akademi founder]()
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Almond Fintech
Providing financial institutions with near-instant FX settlement across borders, consistently beating mid-market rates.
![Almond team]()
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Alokito Hridoy Foundation
Building a teacher development platform that aims to support, nurture and empower teachers in Bangladesh as compassionate leaders and lifelong learners
![Alokito founder]()
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ArtLifting
ArtLifting advances access to the art market by connecting artists impacted by disabilities and housing insecurity with socially conscious customers to create meaningful spaces and products.
![ArtLifting founder]()
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Asude Foundation
Aiming to provide a holistic education for every child in India.
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AugMend Health
Helping mental health professionals save time and increase coverage with self-guided VR intake and AI-tailored patient onboarding.
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Axle Technologies
Bringing together data from automakers, telematics providers, and other sources to optimize fuel usage, track vehicles, and reduce insurance premiums.
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Barefoot Edu Foundation
Creating a movement of empowered educators in India who make education meaningful for children.
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Base Operations
Aggregating, visualizing, and interpreting threat data to help organizations anticipate disruptions around the world — keeping their people, assets, and operations safe.
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Bitmal
A social fintech solution that rewards community solutions and contributions and a trusted fund distribution channel optimizing transparency and accountability.
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Body Empowerment Project
An evidence-based eating disorders intervention platform for adolescents.
![Body Empowerment Project founder]()
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Canopy Nepal
Providing equitable education access to underprivileged children of Nepal and promoting interactive learning used to make informed decisions.
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Carbon Re
Using artificial intelligence to decarbonize energy-intensive industries, such as cement and steel.
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CashEx
Bringing global financial services closer to Africans.
![Cashex]()
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CassVita Inc.
Using proprietary technology to foster prosperity for smallholder farmers in Africa.
![Cassvita founder]()
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Chaku Foods
Creating wealth for smallholder farmers in Africa while minimizing climate risk.
![Chaku Foods founder]()
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Cherish
Offering education, support, fun, and community for families impacted by dementia.
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Civic Roundtable
Building a dedicated ecosystem for public servants to ask questions, find experts, and access resources within government and across the civic sphere.
![Civic Roundtable co-founder]()
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Clean Slate Clinic
Building a clinical protocol for at-home clinician-led care for intensive medicated treatments for addiction.
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Coding it Forward
Empowering the next generation of mission-driven technologists by creating new pathways into public interest technology.
![Coding it forward founders]()
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Critical Healthcare Information Integration Network, Inc.
A free-for-use SMS messaging system providing validated medical reference information to community health workers in rural settings.
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Debate Spaces
Connecting and empowering middle schoolers worldwide, teaching debate to foster critical thinking, cultural empathy, and civic engagement.
![Debate spaces team]()
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DetoXyFi
Developing science-backed, all-natural water filters inspired by nature — removing disease-causing agents from drinking water to provide World Health Organization-quality water.
![Detoxyfi team]()
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Earthacre
Deploying cutting-edge technologies that enable Indigenous landowners to quantify, measure, and get paid for protecting nature and fostering healthy ecosystems.
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EarthBond
Affordable energy for African small businesses. Reliable solar energy that saves business owners money on fuel for their generators.
![EarthBond founder]()
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Edufun Technik STEM HUB
Empowering rural and semi-urban Nigerian K-12 schools with essential STEM education and advanced digital skills training for youth.
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Eki Agrivoltaics
Enabling the coexistence of agriculture and solar energy by scaling an innovative photovoltaic technology and sharing the revenue generated from the solar energy with farmers.
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Fanory.ai
Empowering marginalized creators earn stable income, making it easier for them to turn their passion into a sustainable career and foster a more equitable world.
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First Gen Empower (FGE)
Supporting first-generation, low-income, and undocumented students, as well as their schools and families, with college and career-readiness programming.
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Focal
Using smart sensing and directional heat to warm people, rather than entire spaces.
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FOCO
An civic tech solution that allows for the real-time monitoring of the national investment in education infrastructure and school meals.
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FoodNiche-ED
Leveraging technology to empower teachers to introduce nutrition education in the classroom.
![FoodNiche team leads]()
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Freedom Cups
Making reusable menstrual products to women, and implementing a buy-one, give-one model to increase access to menstrual cups in underserved communities.
![Freedom cups team]()
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GenUnity
Activating everyday adults to create a community by everyone for everyone.
![GenUnity team]()
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GramHeet
For Indian smallholder farmers facing post-harvest challenges, GramHeet provides integrated solutions that increase earnings, foster self-reliance, and mitigate environmental effects.
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How to Change the World
Teaching higher education students the mindsets and skills they need to apply their knowledge and experience to tackle real-world global challenges.
![How To Change The World team]()
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humanID
An anonymous, bot-resistant authentication for safer online communities.
![Human ID team]()
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Ilios Therapeutics
Combating neurodegenerative diseases through rationally-designed multi-functional small molecules.
![Ilios team]()
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Indian School of Democracy (ISD)
A non-partisan organization that conducts leadership programs for young adults (25-40 years old) who want to run for office and be ethical politicians.
![Hemakshi Meghani]()
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Inqui-Lab Foundation
Nurturing problem-solving capacity among first-generation learners.
![Smit Malkan]()
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JustFix
Building free tools for tenants to exercise their rights to a livable home.
![Justfix team]()
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Kinnos
Adding color to disinfectants, visualizing surface coverage for more effective and efficient cleaning in healthcare settings.
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LABHYA FOUNDATION
Making well-being programs accessible to vulnerable children in India, at scale.
![Labhya]()
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Launch Girls
Developing entrepreneurship and economic empowerment programming for adolescent girls across Southeast Asia and Africa.
![Launch Girls team lead]()
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Loo Works Limited
Building the first manufacturing facility in West Africa to use waste materials to create toilet housings and digesters
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Mai Soli Foundation
Empowering young girls to break the cycle of child marriage with education and entrepreneurship.
![Mai Soli team]()
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MDaaS Global
Building and operating modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centers to provide healthcare for Africa's next billion.
![Mdaas founder]()
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Metalmark Innovations, Inc.
Building a self-renewing air cleaner that performs better and delivers with 10x the filter life of a typical HEPA system.
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MiKashBoks
Making saving and lending with friends easy and safe.
![MiKashBoks founder]()
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Mozambique School Lunch Initiative
Providing nutritious school meals to children attending rural primary schools in Mozambique.
![Mozambique School Lunch Initiative founder]()
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Myspeech
Enabling access to high-quality speech therapy through a technology platform.
![Nathan mallipeddi]()
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Net3allem
Providing access to universal high-quality early childhood education for children in need, in Egypt.
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Neumind Ltd
Digitizing neurorehabilitation for enhanced patient access, seamless caregiver involvement, and improved clinician overview.
![Claudia Hill]()
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New Voters Org
Inspiring civic action through mobilizing 80,000+ high school students to vote across the United States.
![new voters co-founder]()
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Nunchi Health
Building inclusive mental health programs for culturally diverse communities.
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Oze
Supercharging business across Africa with simple tools, smooth payments, affordable capital, and digital shops.
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Paint it Red Foundation
Striving to impart body literacy to eliminate intergenerational misinformation that prohibits menstruators from living a life of dignity.
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Pathways
Developing an AI-powered platform ingests and transforms unstructured, operational data into automated, real-time reporting on emissions, delivering rapid deployments of LCAs and EPDs.
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Penn Collective
Creating an informed cadre of women politicians in Tamil Nadu by building essential political skills and fostering a community of leaders who can run for office at all levels of government.
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Peripeach
Designing a medical device that protects the pelvic floor during childbirth.
![Peri Peach founder]()
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PIVOTtheWorld
A mobile app revealing what places looked like in the past — showing authenticated histories of locations (from everyday places to popular tourist attractions), through images, videos, and text-audio.
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ProtectED Solutions LLC
Designing furniture that protects against domestic terrorism and active shooter violence in schools, government buildings, and offices.
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RapidSOS
Securely linking life-saving data from connected devices, apps and sensors to safety agents, 911 and first responders globally.
![Rapid SOS co-founder]()
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Rehydrate
Creating a decentralized, low-energy water recycler for the disaster relief, Department of Defense forces, and developing communities.
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ReThink
An app that detects online hate and gives users a second chance to reconsider the decision to post or send offensive messages.
![Rethink founder]()
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Rhymes with Reason
An e-learning app that helps students learn important English words by showcasing their existence in widely known music lyrics.
![Rhymes With Reason team]()
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RxAll, Inc.
A digital commerce platform empowering independent pharmacies in Africa with payment processing, point-of-sale, and pharmacy automation software.
![Adebayo Alonge]()
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Saturday Art Class
Unleashing the creative potential of one of the world's largest marginalized child populations by developing social-emotional skills through visual arts education.
![Manasi Mehan and Chhavi Khandelwal]()
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School-Based Wellness (a subsidiary of Butterfly Dreamz, Inc.)
Providing mental health services to under-resourced schools.
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Seeing Hope
Partnering with indigenous communities to build educational technologies and community initiatives for language and culture revitalization.
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SES
Powering a new era of electric transportation with the world’s most advanced Li-Metal battery.
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Shamsina
Designing, manufacturing, and delivering affordable, locally-made solar water heaters for all Egyptians, from energy poor communities to energy-conscious consumers.
![Shamsina co-founder]()
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Skew The Script
Providing free, socially-relevant math curriculum to teachers.
![skew the script founder]()
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Slam Out Loud
Using the visual and performing arts to enable children in India from disadvantaged backgrounds to find their voice.
![Slam Out Loud Team Leads]()
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Society of Women Coders
A nonprofit fighting gender-based digital inequality in low- and middle-income countries.
![Kavya Krishna]()
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Sparrow.Vote
Simplifying voter contact by enabling users to record a voice memo, upload their target universe of phone numbers, and start dialing!
![Sparrow founder]()
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SpeakPerfect
Revolutionizing the speed of content creation with a creative engine that turns raw ideas into polished content.
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Stitch3D
Helping teams manage and deliver LIDAR and photogrammetry point clouds on a secure and fully collaborative web platform.
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SXD
Turning fabrics — including leftover and wasted ones — into beautifully-designed apparel products with ~55% lower costs and zero waste.
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Tana
Connecting tech teams to remote global talent.
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TANGapp
An international, peer-to-peer transaction app with a social mission of financial inclusion for emerging markets.
![TANGapp co-founder]()
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Taste of Kenya
Disrupting the supply chain with direct trade linking Kenyan coffee farmers with coffee buyers bypassing five levels of middlemen.
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Tech2Peace
Building bridges between young Israeli and Palestinian leaders through technology, dialogue, and entrepreneurship.
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The Ameliorating Health in Africa Initiative (A.H.A Initiative)
Transforming unused spaces in existing community institutions into free primary healthcare centers for extremely low-income residents.
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The Apprentice Project
Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to provide personalized learning experiences and support to students across India.
![Apprentice Project team]()
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The MV3 Foundation
Providing mentorship, networking, and financial support to future Black leaders in health sciences who will advance health equity
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THRIVE!
Building a software platform that helps state and local government agencies—including school systems—create budgets that mitigate disparities experienced by low-income residents and people of color.
![Thrive founder]()
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Tolemi
Integrating city data from multiple departments and systems into a single, easy-to-use platform.
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Tree-Plenish
Empowering students to create a more sustainable and equitable future through community tree planting.
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Twisted Kelp
Developing robust, multi-frequency connectivity solutions for emergency service providers that are designed to operate in austere environments.
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UCNLEARN
Empowering teachers to deliver reading intervention effectively using a tablet for students learning one-on-one, in groups, and independently.
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Ukraine Global Scholars Foundation
Providing mentorship, education, and career guidance to a new generation of Ukrainian leaders capable of accelerating the development of post-war Ukraine.
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UMA
Helping female artisans break free from the poverty trap by enhancing leadership skills and providing access to markets.
![UMA Team]()
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UrSure
UrSure was acquired by OraSure Technologies. The company developed urine and blood tests that measure and improve adherence to medications.
![UrSure team]()
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Vaxess Technologies
Developing a novel transdermal patch technology to transform home delivery of therapies and vaccines
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Veritel Energy
Providing a comprehensive system for property owners to generate clean, renewable, on-site electricity for tenants in multi-metered apartments.
![Tony posing in front of a solar panel]()
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Virtudent
A telehealth solution for dentistry, expanding access to oral-health experts and improving the quality of dental care.
