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Below is a directory of impact tech solutions and services that address critical social and environmental challenges.

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By Wholesome Wave

Tens of millions of Americans struggle to put healthy food on the table. But poverty should never be an obstacle to eating fresh produce. That’s why our flagship program doubles the value of SNAP (or Food Stamps) when spent on fruits and vegetables.

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By Lighthouse

HandUp lets you donate directly to homeless people and others in need in your neighborhood. We ensure that 100% of your donation goes toward basics like food, medical care, and housing through our nonprofit partners.

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By CTA

Empowering communities to develop data-driven solutions to ending poverty and homelessness. We connect silos of data. You analyze and act. They escape homelessness and poverty. Our open source and enterprise level tools eliminate multiple data entry so you can focus on the client.

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By GiveDirectly

GiveDirectly allows governments, foundations, and individual donors to provide direct cash transfers to people impacted by poverty and disasters. Using the latest technology at every step, we locate recipients, integrate them into electronic payments networks, and monitor transfers end-to-end. We charge the full cost of delivering the service and nothing more.

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By Greenstand

Greenstand is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization developing open-source technology to address climate change and alleviate poverty through digitizing environmental goods and services. Our Treetracker app verifies and tracks individual trees, thus creating transparency in the reforestation sphere. Organizations and donors can locate individual trees and trade their ecological impact.

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By One Degree, Inc.

We see a world without poverty, where everyone can find the help they need quickly and easily, and have the ability to hold their service providers accountable. One Degree's mission is to empower people to create a path out of poverty for themselves and for their communities. Our core product is a web and mobile platform makes it easy for low-income families to find government services.

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By Food Oasis

Access to enough food should be a basic right. Unfortunately, this is not the reality for millions of people in Los Angeles County. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, up to 1.4 million people in Los Angeles County faced food insecurity. Food insecurity is inconsistent with access to cheap and nutritious food. Los Angeles has the highest percentage of food insecurity in the nation.

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By Maryland Food Bank

Made for food banks by a food bank. With Fenly, food banks, food pantries, and other anti-hunger nonprofits are able to raise funds with the help of people like you! By donating, setting up a fundraiser, or creating a virtual food drive, you will be able to contribute to the important mission of making sure no one goes hungry in our communities.

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By 412 Food Rescue

412 Food Rescue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger by organizing volunteers to deliver surplus food to insecure communities instead of landfills. Since its creation in 2015, the organization has redistributed over three million pounds of food through the use of its mobile application, Food Rescue Hero. They are currently rolling out the app nationwide.

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By USDA

The Interactive Food Buying Guide allows for users to easily search and navigate through the tool, compare food items, create a favorite foods list, access recipes, make a shopping list to assist in purchasing food, and determine the meal pattern contribution for food items.

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