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Does anyone know of something similar for matching technical people with non profits? I’m suddenly filled with free time and want to find a non profit with shor

by werber 6y ago

Does anyone know of something similar for matching technical people with non profits? I’m suddenly filled with free time and want to find a non profit with short term technical needs. Ideally looking to help lgbtq organizations if that helps

Normal_gaussian 6y ago
Your best bet is to draw up a list of 30 (at least) organisations that you are willing to help. Draw up a list of at least 10 "specific" examples of ways you can help. Email those organisations with a brief introduction explaining who you are, that you have found yourself available, you specifically want to help organisations like theirs [because X], and that you are willing to help in the following ways [...]. You'll get one or two back in the timeframe you are available for that have actually had your message read by someone both senior and knowledgable enough to work out how they can make use of you.
artur_makly 6y ago
Checkout https://Catchafire.org https://Catchafire.org it has an extensive directory of NGOs that which you filter by various criteria. I had the privilege to lead all product UX and UI on this new version. happy to do the same again for the right startup. just DM me.
- mattmanser 6y ago
  Getting Https error on the site.
  - artur_makly 6y ago
    apologies...http://catchafire.org/ http://catchafire.org/
kristopolous 6y ago
At least before its acquisition, grindr had its hand in a bunch of non-profit tech stuff. I don't know if they consolidated it to a specific website. The times I ran into them, they were focused on homeless lgbt (they thought some app would help) and other kinds of public health initiatives involving racism, transphobia, safe spaces, all that ... don't assume the attitude of the users on the platform reflect that of the company, they seemed to be pretty upstanding. [1] It looked like they had an extensive network. You could probably reach out to them over a general email address ... --- [1] this isn't uncommon. LA Weekly and Village Voice used to do good, well financed local journalism but most of the funding came from backpage, a site where sex workers advertised. Browsing for a night a thrills financed reporters covering city council meetings, really.
- anticsapp 6y ago
  I never knew grindr did that, that's awesome.
philipcamilleri 6y ago
hey Werber -- have you checked outintech and startout.org? (Also, for covid-related projects, helpwithcovid.com seems to be doing a great job). HTH.
- werber 6y ago
  Never heard of either, thanks so much
gogoincar 6y ago
Don’t know if you’re looking for paid work or not, but https://explore.ovio.org/projects https://explore.ovio.org/projects could be a helpful place to browse.
mijkal 6y ago
TWIF (The World Is Fun): https://www.theworldisfun.org https://www.theworldisfun.org
roshanj 6y ago
Check out https://ovio.org/ https://ovio.org/ -- they target matching developers with Open Source projects, and many of them are for non-profit causes (several COVID-19 related projects right now: https://explore.ovio.org/covid-19 https://explore.ovio.org/covid-19)
- rapnie 6y ago
  I couldn't easily determine, but they seem a for-profit company. Do you know what their business model is?
rijoja 6y ago
Hi, not LBQT strictly even though there's an ideological underpinning in the project that aims to help those. What I'm doing short term is to try to enable people with disabilities to write on computers. I noticed that this might fill a gap in VR usage for productive purposes. At heart I want to be openminded and work honestly against the truth so I'd like to set up a non profit to further this research. Have a lot of cool ideas. Can't do very much atm as I ran out of funds was forced to apply for a job. Now my hands are a bit tied by the IP clause in my contract. http://tbf-rnd.life http://tbf-rnd.life trbefrrnd at gmail.com

by werber 6y ago

Normal_gaussian 6y ago

Your best bet is to draw up a list of 30 (at least) organisations that you are willing to help. Draw up a list of at least 10 "specific" examples of ways you can help. Email those organisations with a brief introduction explaining who you are, that you have found yourself available, you specifically want to help organisations like theirs [because X], and that you are willing to help in the following ways [...]. You'll get one or two back in the timeframe you are available for that have actually had your message read by someone both senior and knowledgable enough to work out how they can make use of you.

artur_makly 6y ago

Checkout https://Catchafire.org https://Catchafire.org it has an extensive directory of NGOs that which you filter by various criteria. I had the privilege to lead all product UX and UI on this new version. happy to do the same again for the right startup. just DM me.

mattmanser 6y ago
Getting Https error on the site.
- artur_makly 6y ago
  apologies...http://catchafire.org/ http://catchafire.org/

kristopolous 6y ago

At least before its acquisition, grindr had its hand in a bunch of non-profit tech stuff. I don't know if they consolidated it to a specific website. The times I ran into them, they were focused on homeless lgbt (they thought some app would help) and other kinds of public health initiatives involving racism, transphobia, safe spaces, all that ... don't assume the attitude of the users on the platform reflect that of the company, they seemed to be pretty upstanding. [1] It looked like they had an extensive network. You could probably reach out to them over a general email address ... --- [1] this isn't uncommon. LA Weekly and Village Voice used to do good, well financed local journalism but most of the funding came from backpage, a site where sex workers advertised. Browsing for a night a thrills financed reporters covering city council meetings, really.

anticsapp 6y ago
I never knew grindr did that, that's awesome.

philipcamilleri 6y ago

hey Werber -- have you checked outintech and startout.org? (Also, for covid-related projects, helpwithcovid.com seems to be doing a great job). HTH.

werber 6y ago
Never heard of either, thanks so much

gogoincar 6y ago

Don’t know if you’re looking for paid work or not, but https://explore.ovio.org/projects https://explore.ovio.org/projects could be a helpful place to browse.

mijkal 6y ago

TWIF (The World Is Fun): https://www.theworldisfun.org https://www.theworldisfun.org

roshanj 6y ago

Check out https://ovio.org/ https://ovio.org/ -- they target matching developers with Open Source projects, and many of them are for non-profit causes (several COVID-19 related projects right now: https://explore.ovio.org/covid-19 https://explore.ovio.org/covid-19)

rapnie 6y ago
I couldn't easily determine, but they seem a for-profit company. Do you know what their business model is?

rijoja 6y ago

Hi, not LBQT strictly even though there's an ideological underpinning in the project that aims to help those. What I'm doing short term is to try to enable people with disabilities to write on computers. I noticed that this might fill a gap in VR usage for productive purposes. At heart I want to be openminded and work honestly against the truth so I'd like to set up a non profit to further this research. Have a lot of cool ideas. Can't do very much atm as I ran out of funds was forced to apply for a job. Now my hands are a bit tied by the IP clause in my contract. http://tbf-rnd.life http://tbf-rnd.life trbefrrnd at gmail.com