Technology dominates the S&P 500: the index’s 6 largest stocks are all technology companies at the bleeding edge of information and entertainment, computing and hardware, and digital commerce. Whether you consider the 9 months it took TikTok to grow to 100M users worldwide, or the 2 months it took ChatGPT to do the same a few years later, the scale of technological development and adoption is awe-inspiring. Yet despite such commercial success, the world of technological innovation remains, largely, a tale of two cities: well-funded big tech companies and startups deploy the most cutting-edge tools to delight customers, while nonprofit and civic institutions work with what they have and risk falling further behind. 

That’s where Nonprofit ENG(INE) is challenging the status quo. In launching this program earlier this year, we believed that the gap in technology adoption between for-profit enterprises and nonprofits had less to do with desire or utility and far more with funding, talent, and technical constraints. And today, we’re excited to share updates on the program’s progress and a preview of the impact its forthcoming grant recipients are looking to make.