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Social Impact
The Social Impact team empowers nonprofits and the greater social sector to drive positive and lasting contributions to the world with GitHub products, our brand, and our employees.
How we’re making a difference
Our work
Tech for Social
Good
Tech for Social Good leverages GitHub’s platform and products, community and people to strengthen the social sector’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Its major programs focus on research, community building, and Skills-Based Volunteering.
Learn more![Three community health workers outside of a health facility near Accra, Ghana](/web/20220408005526im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/github-gives.jpg)
Employee Giving
Employee Giving leverages the power of employee charitable donations, volunteerism, and mentorship to help social sector partners reach those in need.
![people volunteering](/web/20220408005526im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/volunteering.jpg)
Volunteering
GitHub employees love to volunteer virtually and in their local communities. Every hour that employees volunteer, they will receive a $20 credit to donate to a nonprofit of their choice, up to $15,000.
![a volunteer shoveling](/web/20220408005526im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/donations.jpg)
Matching
When an employee donates to a nonprofit that they care about, be it human rights or climate change organizations, we match each donation dollar for dollar, up to $15,000.
![a donation box](/web/20220408005526im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/donate.jpg)
GitHub Gives
GitHub employees participate each December in our giving campaign to raise funds for our local communities. In December 2021, as a company, we raised over $1.98 million for nonprofits around the world.
Latest insights
Tech for Social Good is hiring two contractors
Support our open source community management and engineering work. Deadline to apply is April 29, 2022.
The second MERL Center stipend application is now open
Deadline to apply is June 13, 2022
The World Health Organization is launching its Open Source Programme Office
GitHub has supported the creation of a World Health Organization Open Source Programme Office (OSPO). While there are OSPOs in large tech companies, academic institutions, and governments, the WHO OSPO will be the first in the greater United Nations (UN) system.
![two people working together on computers](/web/20220408005526im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/two-people-working.jpg)
Engagement Opportunities
Tech for Social Good is hiring two contractors
We are looking for part-time contractors to support our open source community management and engineering work. Apply by April 29, 2022.
Read more and applyMERL Center second stipend
The second MERL Center stipend is now open! Apply by June 13, 2022.
Read moreParticipate in our research project on Standardized GitHub Metrics for International Development, Public Policy, and Economics
If you currently use GitHub data or would like to use GitHub data in your international development, public policy, or economics work, we want to hear from you. Please fill out the form below by Wednesday, May 1, 2022.
Submit your information hereSign up for a nonprofit account on us.
GitHub nonprofit accounts are designed for official nonprofit organizations that are non-government, non-academic, non-commercial, non-political in nature, and have no religious affiliation. Qualifying nonprofits are eligible for a Team account with unlimited private repositories and unlimited users.
Request a free Team plan Not a nonprofit? Submit a request for your social good project, and we’ll let you know if you qualify for a discount.![Three community health workers on a computer](/web/20220408005526im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/get-started.jpg)
Want to get involved?
Please contact us and our team will get back to you soon.
Contact Social Impact