Leverage Tech to Amplify Your Impact

Join the 2025 Tech for Good Basecamp — a three-day hackathon where nonprofit leaders and top tech professionals co-create impactful solutions.

Santa Clara, CA
Nov 7–9, 2025
FREE for selected nonprofits & tech participants
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Top engineers and product leaders from Google, Meta, Amazon, and beyond team up with nonprofits to transform bold ideas into scalable impact.

A Win-Win Collaboration

Nonprofits bring the challenges. Tech professionals bring the tools. Together, we create solutions that matter.

Nonprofit Benefits

  • Free, tailored tech solutions to your real challenges
  • Connections with top tech talent for future collaboration
  • Greater visibility to donors & volunteers

Tech Participant Benefits

  • Tackle real-world challenges
  • Collaborate across disciplines
  • Strengthen portfolio of impact projects

Shared Benefits

  • Build long-term relationships
  • Create reusable assets and processes
  • Drive sustainable change together

Who Should Join

Nonprofit Leaders

Is Your Nonprofit a Good Fit?

  • In operation for 5+ years
  • At least 3 full-time staff members
  • Open to collaborative, tech-driven problem solving
  • Leadership buy-in & a dedicated point of contact

Participation Requirements

Day 1 (Fri, 3–5pm):

Interviewed by tech professionals to explain challenges

Day 2 (Sat, 2–4pm):

Provide feedback on prototypes

Day 3 (Sun, 2–5pm):

Pitch presentation + networking mixer afterwards

👉 Your role: Provide challenges, insights, and feedback. Light time commitment, big impact.

Tech Participants

Are You a Good Fit as a Tech Participant?

  • At least 3 years of professional experience in engineering, product, design, or data
  • Passionate about social impact and eager to understand nonprofit challenges
  • Excited to work in diverse, interdisciplinary teams

Participation Requirements

Day 1 (Fri full day):

Team Building, Brainstorm & ideation

Day 2 (Sat full day):

Ideation & Prototyping

Day 3 (Sun full day):

Development & final presentation + mixer

👉 Your role: Bring skills, tools, and creativity. Full weekend commitment required.

FREE for selected nonprofits & tech participants

Our Past Nonprofit Participants

Trusted partners we've collaborated with

Animal Assisted Happiness
Code Tenderloin
Magical Bridge Foundation
Mindful Life Project
San Francisco's LightHouse
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Program Overview

1

Day 1 – Team Formation & Challenge Discovery

  • • Team formation and icebreaker activities to build strong collaboration
  • • Guided by a Stanford Design Thinking facilitator to explore the design thinking process
  • • Interview nonprofit leaders to uncover and define real challenges
2

Day 2 – Co-Creation & Prototyping

  • • Collaborate in teams to brainstorm bold, tech-driven solutions
  • • Build working prototypes: apps, workflows, dashboards, AI bots, and more
  • • Share early concepts and gather direct feedback from nonprofit leaders
3

Day 3 – Final Pitches & Celebration

  • • Pitch your solutions to peers, nonprofits, and judges
  • • Receive feedback and recognition during the award ceremony
  • • Wrap up with a networking mixer to spark future collaborations

2-Month Follow-Up

Continued collaboration with assigned point-of-contact (POC) and regular check-ins, if both sides are interested.

What We've Achieved So Far

120+

Tech professionals engaged across Google, Meta, Amazon, and more

5+

Nonprofits supported with tailored tech solutions

5000+

Audience reach through event exposure, volunteer engagement, and donations

Volunteer Management App

Streamlined volunteer scheduling and communication system

AI-Driven Chatbot

24/7 client services and information assistance

Impact Dashboard

Real-time analytics and impact measurement tools

Voices from the Community

"I'm blown away by the apps and everything that this team has created. So they're giving me tools where I would normally need maybe 10 people to do things, but they're adding ChatGPT, AI technologies, which is going to save us tons of dollars in the end."
Donna Hilliard
Executive Director of Code Tenderloin
Previous nonprofit participant
"As a tech participant, it was incredible to use my skills for social good and build something that nonprofits could actually implement. The collaboration was seamless and the impact was immediate."
Jennifer S.
Software Engineer
Previous tech participant
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Ready to Join?

Application takes 5–10 minutes. Please be ready to share your organization's details and your availability.

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Frequently Asked Questions

For Nonprofits

How many people should attend?

We recommend at least two representatives: one connected to the challenge, one who understands operations.

Do we need to pay anything?

Participation is completely free for selected nonprofits. We provide meals during the event.

For Tech Participants

Is this really a hackathon?

It's much more! Design thinking workshops, team building, and direct nonprofit collaboration.

What's the time commitment?

Full three days required: Friday (kickoff), Saturday (prototyping), Sunday (presentations).

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