Tech Solutions Related To UN SDG 1: No Poverty
UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty, aims to eradicate extreme poverty and reduce the proportion of people living below the poverty line by at least half. Learn more about Poverty in the US in our interactive report. Contact us for insights related to the 77,883 US organizations addressing UN SDG 1.
Discover tech solutions related to homelessness, housing insecurity, and other key areas of poverty alleviation below.
TechBridge has been providing technology platforms, products, and services to hundreds of nonprofits since 2000. Our mission is to break the cycle of generational poverty through providing innovative technology to other nonprofits, who work in hunger relief, homeless support, social justice, or workforce development, and therefore helping them serve their community more effectively.
Forage provides payments infrastructure for government social programs (Stripe for government-funded payments). Government distributes trillions of dollars of social benefit programs through specialized payment networks every year. We want to give the internet access to that spend through a unified API.
ArtLifting is a social enterprise that connects corporate customers with artists who are homeless or have disabilities through our online platform. The powerful combination of artwork and stories of artists that have traditionally been underrepresented in the contemporary art market inspire communities and drive social change.
KCare aims to simplify the management of the complex processes behind foster care and social work through our powerful, industry-leading software, extendedReach. We are experts in the field who increase efficiency and accuracy for each individual and agency using our system.
Papa is a new kind of care, built on human connection. Across the country, health plans and employers look to Papa to provide vital social support by pairing older adults and families with Papa Pals, trained and vetted companions, who provide a helping hand and an open ear, resulting in less loneliness and better health.
Ocean Bottle is working to rid the ocean of plastic and improve social mobility at the same time. With the sale of every Ocean Bottle 11.4kg of plastic is collected in impoverished coastal communities. Plastic collectors can exchange plastic waste for money or credit via blockchain technology to spend on tuition, tech goods, health care and micro-finance.
Miracle Messages helps unhoused neighbors rebuild their social support systems and financial security, primarily through family reunifications, a phone buddy system, and direct cash transfers. We offer a humane and highly effective way to help end homelessness: strengthen social supports and financial security, shatter stigmas, and empower people everywhere to get involved.