GitHub
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 (TSG) 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 about TSG![Three community health workers outside of a health facility near Accra, Ghana](/web/20230211050613im_/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/20230211050613im_/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/20230211050613im_/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/20230211050613im_/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
How Tech for Social Good supported the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2022
Read about how Tech for Social Good mapped its time to the SDGs in 2022
GitHub Gives 2022: Creating positive, lasting contributions in our communities
This year, we took GitHub Gives, our company-wide giving campaign, to new heights and wanted to share our learnings to provide best practices in programming a successful hybrid giving campaign for employees.
Tech for Social Good 2022 Recap
Read about the 2022 highlights from the Tech for Social Good team, as well as what's to come in 2023.
![two people working together on computers](/web/20230211050613im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/two-people-working.jpg)
Engagement Opportunities
Sign 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/20230211050613im_/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