We look for ideas with the potential to change the world.
Through Google.org Impact Challenges, we award community-driven nonprofits and social enterprises with support to make their community — and beyond — a better place.
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Google.org Impact Challenge on Climate Innovation
Let’s work together to build innovative climate solutions. We commit $30M to fund big bet projects that accelerate technological advances in climate information and action. Selected organizations may receive up to $5M in funding, along with access to Google’s technical expertise and products, to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable and resilient future.
Google.org Impact Challenges
Each challenge is an invitation for ideas that tackle a specific problem or support a particular community, whether that is a city, continent, or the entire world. We look for nonprofits and social enterprises with ideas that can create change at the pace and scale the world needs today. The best and boldest ideas are given a strategic package of funding, mentorship, and technical support.
How it Works
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Phase 1
Applications open
We ask communities for their ideas. Applicants have a specified time to submit their proposals.
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Phase 2
Ideas are selected
We ask experts, community leaders, and the general public to help determine which ideas have the most potential for impact.
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Phase 3
Announcement and celebration
Chosen applicants are announced and the community is celebrated.
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Phase 4
Ongoing support
Awarded nonprofits and social enterprises receive grant funding and support from Google.org for up to three years to turn their ideas into reality.
Two times the impact
For every $1 of investment made through a Google.org Impact Challenge, grantees yielded an additional $1 in funding, which they directly attribute to their participation in the challenge.
Why we created Google.org Impact Challenges
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We know the people closest to the problem often have the best solutions
We empower those most closely connected to communities in need to define the problem–and the solution.
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Participatory philanthropy uncovers new approaches
We ask experts, social innovators, and the general public to think about difficult problems together, which enables the discovery of new solutions.
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New ideas need early support to reach their potential
We provide funding, mentorship, and technical expertise to catalyze ideas that are already making a difference in communities and have the potential to change the world.
Past Challenges
Explore our past winners and the solutions they’ve created.
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Google.org Impact Challenge Bay Area
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Google.org Impact Challenge Women and Girls
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Google.org Impact Challenge on Safety
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Google AI Impact Challenge
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Google.org Impact Challenge France
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Google.org Impact Challenge Colorado
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Google.org Impact Challenge Georgia
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Google.org Impact Challenge Iowa
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Google.org Impact Challenge Minnesota
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Google.org Impact Challenge Nebraska
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Google.org Impact Challenge Nevada
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Google.org Impact Challenge Ohio
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Google.org Impact Challenge Kenya
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Google.org Impact Challenge Nigeria
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Google.org Impact Challenge Cleveland
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Google.org Impact Challenge South Africa
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Google.org Impact Challenge Illinois
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Google.org Impact Challenge Germany
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Google.org Impact Challenge Dublin
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Google.org Impact Challenge Columbia
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Google.org Impact Challenge Australia
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Google.org Impact Challenge Pittsburgh
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Google.org Impact Challenge Oklahoma City
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Google.org Impact Challenge Latin America
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Google.org Impact Challenge Canada
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Google.org Impact Challenge Brazil
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Google.org Impact Challenge Korea
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Google.org Impact Challenge Germany
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Google.org Impact Challenge Australia
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Google.org Impact Challenge France
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Google.org Impact Challenge Bay Area
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Google.org Impact Challenge Bay Area
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Google.org Impact Challenge UK
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Google.org Impact Challenge Brazil
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Google.org Impact Challenge Australia
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Google.org Impact Challenge Japan
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Google.org Impact Challenge UK
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Google.org Impact Challenge India
Additional resources
Google For Nonprofits
Google for Nonprofits offers eligible organizations access to Google products and tools that can help them find new donors and volunteers, work more efficiently, and get supporters to take action.
Learn moreMore ways to get involved
Nonprofits can register to become eligible to receive donations and volunteering support from Googlers.
Every year, Googlers give their own money and time to causes they care about, which is matched by Google. Register your nonprofit with Benevity to be eligible to receive donations and volunteering support from Googlers.
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