James Bildner

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation engages in the promotion of social good and helps less fortunate people. It was started on a belief in the power of innovation and a conviction that with bold foundation support, passionate individuals can change the world. It was founded on 2002 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Worldreader is a non-profit organization that aims to improve learning outcomes, workforce readiness, and gender equity in vulnerable communities worldwide. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA. The company achieves this through a low-cost, high-tech approach that combines culturally relevant digital books and supportive programming. Since 2010, Worldreader has distributed over 50 million digital books to 15 million children and young adults across five regions. The company works with partners to provide tools, training, and resources to families and caregivers to get children reading at least 25 books a year with full comprehension. Worldreader has supported more than 21 million readers in over 100 countries. The company was founded by John David Risher, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Democracy Works, Inc. operates as a nonpartisan, nonprofit that builds technology to simplify and modernize the voting process. The company was founded by Kathryn Peters and Seth Flaxman in 2012 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

EducationSuperHighway is a national non-profit organization that aims to close the digital divide for the 17 million households in the United States that have access to the internet but cannot afford to connect. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA. The organization focuses on the most unconnected communities where more than 25% of people do not have internet access. The organization believes that digital learning has the potential to provide all students with equal access to educational opportunity and that every school requires high-speed broadband to make that opportunity a reality. EducationSuperHighway was founded in 2012 by Evan C. Marwell with the mission of upgrading the internet access in every public school classroom in the United States. Evan C. Marwell has been the CEO since incorporation.

Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine (SIRUM) is a healthcare company based in Stanford, CA. The non-profit company was founded by Adam Kircher, George Wang, PhD, and Kiah Williams at Stanford University. SIRUM connects people with surplus medications to address the issue of 50 million Americans not taking their prescribed medication due to affordability issues. The company enables pharmacies and health facilities to donate their unused medicine, and their system is built to ensure compliance and provide full liability protection. SIRUM places simple "recycling" boxes in their facilities, arranges the collection of unopened, unexpired, non-controlled medicine, and redistributes them to those in need through a network of community partners such as local free clinics and charitable pharmacies. SIRUM directly accepts medicine from manufacturers, pharmacies, wholesalers, and health facilities, capitalizing on more than $10b in wasted medicine every year.

Lava Mae is a non-profit company that focuses on expanding hygiene and sanitation access worldwide. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company works to recruit, mentor, and train grassroots projects to achieve this goal.