Our GitHub Gives program provides resources and empowers employees to support the causes they are most passionate about. Through their time, skills, and financial contributions, GitHub employees power a giving-driven culture that uplifts nonprofits across the globe. Our GitHub Gives program has seen tremendous growth over the years, amplifying impact across critical areas like humanitarian response, sustainability, and developer skilling.
GitHub Social Impact
Employees
We provide opportunities for employees to find their passion, engage in their communities, and double their impact.
GitHub employees can double their impact up to $15,000/year through our company match program and receive $25 for every 1 hour of volunteering to donate to a nonprofit of their choice.
The Seeing Eye
The Seeing Eye aims to boost independence, dignity, and confidence for the blind with training Seeing Eye dogs. Since 2022, GitHub employees have raised funds to name three pups: Octo, Mona, and Hubot.
Refuse Refuse
Refuse Refuse is a grassroots volunteer effort dedicated to creating trash-free neighborhoods in San Francisco. GitHub volunteers roll up their sleeves to help clean up the streets and parks of San Francisco, including at our annual GitHub Universe conference.
Plastic Whale
Since 2022, GitHub employees have volunteered with Plastic Whale to clean up plastic waste from Amsterdam’s canals, local parks, beaches, and forests. GitHub volunteer teams have helped preserve Amsterdam’s natural spaces by collecting 92 bags of trash filled with bottles, cans, plastic, and glass.
Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank aims to alleviate poverty in Latin America by supporting infrastructure. We collaborated on a data-driven tool for Brazil’s new school placement using UrbanPy to aid urban planners in leveraging data for accessibility, especially in remote areas.
Ersilia
Ersilia uses AI and ML models for drug discovery to equip universities, hospitals, and labs in low-resourced countries with data science tools for infectious and neglected disease research. We’ve partnered with them on skills-based volunteering projects to support their technical efforts.
Watch Duty
Humanitarian response nonprofit Watch Duty has revolutionized wildfire alerts and firefighting efforts in real time through their mobile app and web browser. Our skills-based volunteers have worked to provide users with meaningful and actionable power outage data as they make decisions on their reaction to disasters.
Our Culture of Giving
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Friends of the Urban Forest revitalizes San Francisco's urban forest, fostering community and environmental leadership.
- GitHub partners with Friends of the Urban Forest annually to plant, prune, and protect tens of trees across San Francisco with employee volunteers. Our teams help support Friends of the Urban Forest’s mission to grow a healthier urban canopy and build greener, more resilient neighborhoods, while learning about sustainability in the place many employees live and work.
Skills-Based Volunteering
GitHub's skills-based volunteering program connects developers passionate about social impact with organizations in the social sector. Through short-term, high-impact projects, we match skilled employees with partners to help tackle their technical and strategic challenges.
One of the best things about being a Hubber is being encouraged to give time and money through GitHub matching. I have run a couple of giving events at offsites and raised funds for several nonprofits.
GitHub offers many events which create a strong sense of community and giving. Taking part in the events for social impact is motivating and rewarding.
Get exclusive discounts for verified nonprofits
Qualifying nonprofits, 501(c)(3) or equivalent get exclusive access to a free GitHub Team plan or 25% off the GitHub Enterprise Cloud plan.
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