SIFF Recipients
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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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Akademi.al
Providing equal access to an excellent education to Albanian-speaking students around the globe.
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Aldatu Biosciences
Advancing infectious disease diagnostics that facilitate society's collective response to global health emergencies.
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Almond Fintech
Providing financial institutions with near-instant FX settlement across borders, consistently beating mid-market rates.
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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
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Anise Health
Reimagining mental health for the Asian community by providing personalized online interventions that acknowledge cultural context and addresses intersectional needs.
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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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Barefoot Edu Foundation
Creating a movement of empowered educators in India who make education meaningful for children.
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Beaver Health, Inc.
Engaging older loved ones in stimulating, culturally responsive activities to boost cognition and quality of life.
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Body Empowerment Project
An evidence-based eating disorders intervention platform for adolescents.
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BonePixel
Building a fully-automated, AI-powered platform to assess hip pathology in 3D, using routinely collected clinical data.
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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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CarePort Health
An intelligent online platform for hospitals, patients, and skilled nursing facilities to coordinate efficient and high-quality discharges.
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CashEx
Bringing global financial services closer to Africans.
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CassVita Inc.
Using proprietary technology to foster prosperity for smallholder farmers in Africa.
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Chaku Foods
Creating wealth for smallholder farmers in Africa while minimizing climate risk.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Delfina
Building an integrated pregnancy platform delivering personalized care based on deep insights into each member's needs.
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Dermocratize
A one-stop-shop to buy clean beauty that actually works for your unique skin type, using personalized medicine algorithms, dermatologist product screening, and carcinogen lab-testing.
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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.
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EarthBond
Affordable energy for African small businesses. Reliable solar energy that saves business owners money on fuel for their generators.
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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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EndoShunt Medical Inc.
Controlling abdominal bleeding in trauma surgery with an innovative medical device.
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EuMotus
Developing an AI-empowered movement analysis system that helps physical therapists and athletic trainers better treat physical health.
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Evisort
Evisort offers enterprise-grade AI that connects contract data across critical business systems and transforms contract lifecycle management.
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Finpublica
Empowering finance leaders to foster a more sustainable, inclusive, and equitable society. The organization works with existing and emerging leaders, from across the finance industry and around the world, to help them develop and achieve their own environ
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Firn
Investments in clean assets have traditionally been too big or off-limits for mainstreet investors. Firn’s technology fractionalizes investments into clean energy in an easily manageable way.
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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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FoodNiche-ED
Leveraging technology to empower teachers to introduce nutrition education in the classroom.
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Fortuna-Insights, Inc.
Using artificial intelligence to write, predict for, and strategize legal briefs and memos.
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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.
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GenUnity
Activating everyday adults to create a community by everyone for everyone.
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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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Healthyslide
Providing health information to non-medically inclined audiences in Africa and the world at large through a website, podcast, and news outlets.
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Hometeam
Enabling family and paid caregivers to deliver the best care possible, as efficiently as possible.
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humanID
An anonymous, bot-resistant authentication for safer online communities.
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Imago Rehab
Making high-quality rehabilitation available to anyone recovering from a neurological or cardiovascular condition.
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Inqui-Lab Foundation
Nurturing problem-solving capacity among first-generation learners.
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LABHYA FOUNDATION
Making well-being programs accessible to vulnerable children in India, at scale.
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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.
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Meomind
Offering on-demand access to 600+ recorded therapy sessions and mental health tools for personalized, interactive self-care.
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MesaQuantum
Developing chip-scale quantum sensors for next-generation GPS capabilities in position, navigation, and timing.
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MiKashBoks
Making saving and lending with friends easy and safe.
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Mobile Memory
Harnessing AI and voice technology to detect early signs of cognitive impairment.
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Myspeech
Enabling access to high-quality speech therapy through a technology platform.
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Neru Health
Developing AI sleep therapy to help businesses manage chronic sleep disorders and reduce $100B in absenteeism, accidents, and healthcare costs.
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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.
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New Voters Org
Inspiring civic action through mobilizing 80,000+ high school students to vote across the United States.
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NovaXS Biotech
Designing a smart needle-free drug delivery platform that simplifies the medication self-administration process and improves remote healthcare adherence.
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Nunchi Health
Building inclusive mental health programs for culturally diverse communities.
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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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Patient First AI
Designing an AI-powered app to help students submit their health forms effortlessly, providing real-time feedback on compliance status and addressing any issues that may arise.
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Peripeach
Designing a medical device that protects the pelvic floor during childbirth.
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Postcard Cabins
Getaway offers simple escapes to nature within two hours of major cities across the country — inviting guests to savor their free time, find balance through disconnection, and enjoy the company of those who matter most.
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Practice IP
Streamlining patent diligence and transactions with an intuitive marketplace.
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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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RescaleMed - Tibb Mental Health chatbot
Creating an AI-driven mental health chatbot for cognitive behavioral health therapy.
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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.
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Rumi Spice
Bringing flavorful, ethically-sourced, and socially-responsible spices from Afghanistan to customers.
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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.
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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.
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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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Shamsina
Designing, manufacturing, and delivering affordable, locally-made solar water heaters for all Egyptians, from energy poor communities to energy-conscious consumers.
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Skew The Script
Providing free, socially-relevant math curriculum to teachers.
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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.
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Society of Women Coders
A nonprofit fighting gender-based digital inequality in low- and middle-income countries.
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Stellar Sleep
Helping people learn how to sleep again with the award-winning mobile app for insomnia.
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Stratagen Bio
Transforming MRI scans into a tool for objective clinical decision-making and quantitative biomarker assessment.
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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.
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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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TecHustle, Inc.
Building Africa's largest small business network for global trade by providing financial services and market access.
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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.
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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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Thermaband, Inc.
Creating the only smart bracelet that provides immediate preemptive hot flash relief with personalized digital insights.
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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.
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Tree-Plenish
Empowering students to create a more sustainable and equitable future through community tree planting.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Vincere Health
Vincere Health was acquired by RVO Health. The company developed a healthcare technology platform to motivate people to smoke less, walk more, and live healthier lives.
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Virtudent
A telehealth solution for dentistry, expanding access to oral-health experts and improving the quality of dental care.
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Vocadian
Using voice AI to predict and manage fatigue risk, empowering a safer, healthier, and more productive workforce.
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Vocal Justice
Partnering with educators to transform their classrooms into healing-centered communities where youth imagine and advocate for a more just world.
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Wave Learning Festival
Enriching learning for students in grades 6-12 with free, accessible programs taught by a community of talented volunteers.