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Line 1: {{Short description\|Charitable arm of Google}} {{about-~~distinguish2~~distinguish-text\|Google's charity branch\|[[Google Search]], which is sometimes called Google.com}} ~~{{self-published\|date=January 2016}}~~ {{update\|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox organization Line 10 ⟶ 11: \| headquarters = \| coords = <!-- {{coord\|LAT\|LON\|display=inline,title}} --> \| services = ~~\| services = [[Education]], [[economic opportunity]], [[Social inclusion\|inclusion]], [[crisis response]], and [[impact challenge]]~~ \| leader_title = Director \| leader_name = Jacquelline Fuller Line 29 ⟶ 30: \| revenue = \| revenue_year = \| website = {{~~url~~URL\|http://www.google.org}} }} '''Google.org''', founded in October 2005, is the charitable arm of [[Google]], a multinational technology company.<ref name="founding">{{cite web\|url=https://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/10/12/google_commits_1_billion_to_charity/ Line 46 ⟶ 47: As of 2016, Google has focused a majority of its efforts on a few key topics, based upon a premise of equality and opportunity. ===Racial Justice=== * '''Racial Justice.''' It is the first major corporate philanthropy organization to allocate funding to combat against racial inequality in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/26/google-org-awards-3-million-to-racial-justice-organizations-in-sf-bay-area/\|title=Google.org Awards $3 Million To Racial Justice Organizations In SF Bay Area\|last=Dickey\|first=Megan Rose\|website=TechCrunch\|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.govtech.com/budget-finance/Google-Tackles-Racial-Injustice.html\|title=Google Tackles Racial Injustice\|website=www.govtech.com\|date=7 March 2016 \|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> and has funded organizations such as Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative, the ACLU, the Ella Baker Center, and Beyond12. In 2017, Google pledged $11 million in grants to several organizations in connection with racial bias.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Google Just Dropped $11,000,000 to Make Sure #BlackLivesMatter\|date=24 February 2017 \|url=https://www.theroot.com/google-just-dropped-11-000-000-million-to-make-sure-b-1792711820\|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> * '''Education and Digital Skills.''' In addition, Google.org funds education, economic development, and digital literacy related projects in a number of regions. ▼ * '''Disabilities.''' In previous years, Google has funded a number of other areas. In 2015 they announced a $20M effort<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.org/impactchallenge/disabilities/\|title=Announcing a more inclusive future for everyone\|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> to use technology to improve opportunity and equality for people with disabilities, one of the few portfolios focused on this segment of the population. Some noted as a unique lens to philanthropy, and a subject area that affects roughly 1 in 7 people across the world.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/29/google-challenge-disabilities_n_7469866.html\|title=Google Commits $20 Million To Make The World More Accessible For People With Disabilities\|last1=Editor\|first1=Eleanor Goldberg\|last2=Impact\|first2=HuffPost\|date=2015-05-29\|website=The Huffington Post\|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> The grantmaking initiative resulted in a diverse array of grants, including 3D printed prosthetics for landmine victims and children with limb differences, beacon-powered navigation tools for the visually impaired, data analytics projects to surface better tools and aids for people with cognitive disabilities, and better bracing and compliance systems for children with clubfoot. This portfolio ended in 2015.▼ * '''Crisis Response.''' Google.org has also responded to crises around the world, with giving initiatives addressing challenges with the [[European migrant crisis\|European refugee crisis]] in 2016, the Ebola crisis in 2014, and the Nepal earthquake in 2015. In many instances, it has been one of the largest corporate donors. The organization also gave $250,000 to organizations working to serve residents affected by the Flint water crisis.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/03/google-org-announces-250000-in-grants-for-the-flint-michigan-water-crisis/\|title=Google.org announces $250,000 in grants for the Flint, Michigan water crisis\|last=Burns\|first=Matt\|website=TechCrunch\|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> In August 2017, the company donated $250,000 to the Red Cross relief fund for Hurricane Harvey.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Yurieff\|first1=Kaya\|title=Businesses donate over $157 million to Harvey relief efforts\|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/30/news/companies/hurricane-harvey-corporate-donations/index.html\|website=CNNMoney\|date=30 August 2017}}</ref>▼ ===Education and Digital Skills=== Google.org and Google in general has also been supportive of a number of causes, including LGBTQ rights, veterans affairs, digital literacy, and refugee rights.▼ ▲* '''Education and Digital Skills.''' In addition, Google.org funds education, economic development, and digital literacy related projects in a number of regions. ===Disabilities=== ▲* '''Disabilities.''' In previous years, Google has funded a number of other areas. In 2015 they announced a $20M effort<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.google.org/impactchallenge/disabilities/\|title=Announcing a more inclusive future for everyone\|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> to use technology to improve opportunity and equality for people with disabilities, one of the few portfolios focused on this segment of the population. Some noted as a unique lens to philanthropy, and a subject area that affects roughly 1 in 7 people across the world.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/29/google-challenge-disabilities_n_7469866.html\|title=Google Commits $20 Million To Make The World More Accessible For People With Disabilities\|last1=Editor\|first1=Eleanor Goldberg\|last2=Impact\|first2=HuffPost\|date=2015-05-29\|website=The Huffington Post\|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> The grantmaking initiative resulted in a diverse array of grants, including 3D printed prosthetics for landmine victims and children with limb differences, beacon-powered navigation tools for the visually impaired, data analytics projects to surface better tools and aids for people with cognitive disabilities, and better bracing and compliance systems for children with clubfoot. This portfolio ended in 2015. ===Crisis Response=== ▲* '''Crisis Response.''' Google.org has also responded to crises around the world, with giving initiatives addressing challenges with the [[European migrant crisis\|European refugee crisis]] in 2016, the [[Ebola crisis]] in 2014, and the [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake\|Nepal earthquake]] in 2015. In many instances, it has been one of the largest corporate donors. The organization also gave $250,000 to organizations working to serve residents affected by the [[Flint water crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/03/google-org-announces-250000-in-grants-for-the-flint-michigan-water-crisis/\|title=Google.org announces $250,000 in grants for the Flint, Michigan water crisis\|last=Burns\|first=Matt\|website=TechCrunch\|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> In August 2017, the company donated $250,000 to the Red Cross relief fund for [[Hurricane Harvey]].<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Yurieff\|first1=Kaya\|title=Businesses donate over $157 million to Harvey relief efforts\|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/30/news/companies/hurricane-harvey-corporate-donations/index.html\|website=CNNMoney\|date=30 August 2017}}</ref> ===AI and Social Good=== AI for Social Good is a group of researchers, engineers, volunteers, and other people across Google with a shared focus on positive social impact. ▲Google.org and Google in general has also been supportive of a number of causes, including ~~LGBTQ~~LGBT rights, veterans affairs, digital literacy, and refugee rights. == Previous initiatives == Line 60 ⟶ 71: In November 2007, Google.org announced ''RE<C'' (Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal), a project that will invest several hundred million dollars in order to produce renewable energy at a profit from [[wind energy\|wind]] and [[solar energy\|solar]] sources, particularly [[solar thermal energy]]. ''RE<C'' has the ultimate goal of creating more than a [[gigawatt]] of power (enough to power a city the size of [[San Francisco]]) from renewable sources that would be cheaper than energy produced from [[coal]].<ref name="REC">{{cite web\|url=https://www.google.com/corporate/green/energy/\|title=Powering a clean energy revolution\|date=2007-11-27\|access-date=2008-03-31}}</ref> The director from 2006 until 2009 was Dr. [[Larry Brilliant]].<ref name="director">{{cite web\|url=https://www.google.com/press/pressrel/brilliant.html\|title=Google Names Larry Brilliant as Executive Director of Google.org\|publisher=Google, Inc.\|access-date=2008-01-07}}</ref> Upon stepping down, Brilliant was replaced by [[Megan Smith]], Google's Vice-President of new business development, and the organization began focusing on creating engineering solutions to global problems with projects such as Google Flu Trends and Crisis Response, an effort to respond to natural disasters.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/technology/companies/24google.html?_r=1&ref=business\|title=Google Chief for Charity Steps Down on Revamp\|date=2009-02-24\|work=~~Nytimes.com~~[[The New York Times]]\|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref> Megan Smith later left to join the office of the CTO under the Obama administration, at which point Google.org began focusing exclusively on its charitable giving initiatives under the stewardship of Jacquelline Fuller, who currently runs the organization. In 2010, Google gave over $145 million to non-profits and academic institutions.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/tech-for-good-catching-up-on-googleorg.html\|title=Tech for good - catching up on Google.org\|publisher=Googleblog.blogspot.com\|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref> In the same year, Google was named the Bay Area's top corporate philanthropist by the [[San Francisco Business Times]] for giving $27.6 million to Bay Area charities.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/07/22/google-is-top-bay-area-philanthropist.html\|title=Google named Bay Area's top corporate philanthropist\|date=2011-07-22\|publisher=Bizjournals.com\|author=San Francisco Business Times\|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref> The company has won the same award for a number of years since, including as recently as 2016<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2016/07/21/top-80-bay-area-corporate-philanthropists.html\|title=The Top 80 Bay Area Corporate Philanthropists 2016 - San Francisco Business Times\|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> Charitable funds come from Google.org, the Google Foundation and the company itself.[[File:Prius RechargeIT 03 2008 at Google's campus.jpg\|thumb\|[[RechargeIT]] [[plug-in hybrid]]s converted [[Toyota Prius]] at [[Google]]'s [[Mountain View, California\|Mountain View]] campus.]] Line 66 ⟶ 77: A new project started in June 2014 is [[Made with Code]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/things-you-love-are-made-with-code.html\|title=Things you love are Made with Code\|date=19 June 2014}}</ref> uses coding programs to allow girls to become interested in the idea of coding and develop more female programmers over time. Google.org's ~~current~~ major projects in 2012 included:<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.google.org/projects.html \|title=Projects \|publisher=Google.org \|access-date=2012-12-12 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117162240/http://www.google.org/projects.html \|archive-date=2013-01-17 }}</ref> * [[Google Crisis Response]] which includes: [[Google Person Finder]], [[Google Public Alerts]], and Google Crisis Maps, all supporting disaster relief efforts with critical tools and information.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2013/11/25/google-crisis-responsehaiyan.html\|title=How Google is transforming disaster relief\|access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref> * Google Flu<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://google.org/flutrends \|title=Google Flu Trends \|publisher=Google.org \|access-date=2013-06-15 \|archive-date=2015-08-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813143810/https://www.google.org/flutrends/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> & Dengue Trends <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://google.org/denguetrends \|title=Google Dengue Trends \|publisher=Google.org \|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref> showing near real-time estimates of disease activity, based on aggregated search results Line 84 ⟶ 95: investing $130 million in [[eSolar]] for solar thermal plants. presenting at the [[Renewable Energy Finance Forum]]-Wall Street, held June 18–19, 2008 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Google.org Climate Change and Energy Initiatives Director, Dan Reicher, will chair the opening remarks.<ref name="reffws">{{cite web \|url=http://www.reffwallstreet.com/ \|title=Renewable Energy Finance Forum-Wall Street \|publisher=reffwallstreet.org \|access-date=2008-04-28~~}}</ref>~~ \|archive-date=2020-12-01 investing $10 million in [[Makani Power]] for kite systems that tap into [[Jet stream\|jet streams]].▼ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201053224/https://reffwallstreet.com/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> ▲investing $10 million in [[Makani Power]] for kite systems that tap into [[~~Jet~~jet stream~~\|jet streams~~]]s. filing a [[patent application]] for floating data centers powered by [[wave power]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://thoughtsonglobalwarming.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-files-patent-for-wave-powered.html \|title=Thoughts on Global Warming: Google Files Patent for Wave-Powered Floating Data Centers \|publisher=Thoughtsonglobalwarming.blogspot.com \|date=2008-09-08 \|access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref> invested in [[AltaRock Energy]], first U.S. demonstration project of [[Enhanced Geothermal Systems]] to create [[renewable energy]] through [[geothermal power]].<ref> Line 99 ⟶ 115: \|date=21 August 2008 }} </ref> Google.org began moving away from renewable energy initiatives between 2010–2013, as Google opted to bring its renewable energy work into formal product areas under the leadership of Larry Alder and Craig Barratt. A retrospective on learnings from this effort was published in IEEE Spectrum as ~~[https://spectrum.ieee.org/what-it-would-really-take-to-reverse-climate-change~~ What it Would Really Take to Reverse Climate Change].<ref>{{Cite web \|~~last~~last1=Koningstein \|~~first~~first1=Ross \|last2=Fork \|first2=David \|date=Nov 14, 2014 \|title=What it Would Really Take to Reverse Climate Change \|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/what-it-would-really-take-to-reverse-climate-change ~~\|url-status=live~~ \|website=IEEE Spectrum}}</ref>. == See also == Line 117 ⟶ 133: *[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/business/30charity.html?pagewanted=all Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy] {{Google ~~Inc.~~LLC}} {{authority control}} Line 123 ⟶ 139: {{DEFAULTSORT:Google.Org}} [[Category:Google.org\| ]] [[Category:Google domain names]] [[Category:Philanthropic organizations based in the United States]] [[Category:Appropriate technology organizations]]