"The venue, with the typical open floor plan and visible piping befitting a tech headquarters, was filled with some 150 young tech workers, mostly in their 20s and 30s - software engineers, project managers, AI developers - who gathered to " hack for social impact." In a two-day event, the engineers will create a project intended to help nonprofits solve problems such as fundraising, connecting unhoused people to services, or sifting through real estate documents that reveal wrongdoing for newsrooms."
"Project Homeless Connect, a 21-year-old nonprofit that connects unhoused people to services, is facing a 92 percent funding reduction after the city slashed funding for nonprofits earlier this year. "We're asking you today to help us build a fundraising tool," said Pamela Grayson-Holmon, executive director of Project Homeless Connect. "This is your chance to put your stamp on [our] legacy, to build something that protects the city and the services for those who are often invisible but in very much dire need.""
"The Innocence Center, a nonprofit focusing on freeing wrongfully convicted people, needs a tool that can dig through years of parole transcripts, said Jasmine Harris, director of development and policy at the center. Generally, the information about their potential clients is buried in lengthy transcripts and audio recordings of parole hearings. Mission Local also presented at the event. The tech teams are looking at several potential innovations that could help a local news nonprofit such as Center for Investigative Reporting and Mission Local."
About 150 young tech workers gathered at a co-working space on 1885 Mission St. for a two-day hackathon to build projects for nonprofits. Teams of software engineers, project managers, and AI developers aimed to create tools for fundraising, connecting unhoused people to services, and analyzing real estate documents for newsroom investigations. Seven nonprofits presented problems, including news outlets, homelessness organizations, environmental groups, and social justice groups. Project Homeless Connect sought a fundraising tool after a 92 percent funding reduction. The Innocence Center requested software to search parole transcripts and audio to identify potential clients.
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