Top California Social Impact Startups (147)

At January, we bring humanity to consumer finance. Using data intelligence, we create trust and deliver better outcomes for consumers and creditors alike. Our mission is simple: expand access to credit while empowering consumers to achieve lasting stability and control of their financial lives. We began by building the foundation for creditors to engage with and support their borrowers at scale...

Revivn is a fully integrated hardware lifecycle solution, promoting global responsibility while providing IT with enterprise-class service and security. Working with companies like Instacart, Lyft & Teach for America we are changing the way companies view old technology with a new model that focuses on repurposing electronics. In partnering with Revivn, companies make the vital choice to responsibly retire, repurpose,...

We deliver industry-vetted courses and career support centered on the needs of first-generation and low-income students. Our students train with senior engineers, intern at top companies, and rise together to become the tech leaders of tomorrow. Breaking into the tech industry requires a number of factors: industry-relevant knowledge, connections, specific hard and soft skills, an understanding of how to navigate the...

Academia.edu is the world’s leading platform for researchers and scholars to share their work, discover research and connect with fellow academics globally. Our bold vision: to democratize and accelerate the world's research, enhancing the speed of scientific discovery and technological progress for the benefit of everyone. We imagine a world where accessing academic papers is effortless, keeping track of cutting-edge...

The University of San Francisco is a private Jesuit university located in San Francisco, California, committed to providing a liberal education rooted in the Jesuit tradition and developing compassionate leaders through rigorous education and impactful research.

Emerge Career is a technology-powered workforce development platform that recruits, trains, and places justice-impacted and low-income individuals into life-changing careers, aiming to break cycles of poverty and incarceration.

Avive Solutions, Inc. is a growth stage Automated External Defibrillator (AED) company with a connected response system that is rapidly gaining market share. We are a mission driven team that is quite literally saving lives. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States, and we are on a mission to change that! We are...

The GreenLight Fund works at the intersection of community need and social innovation. GreenLight helps open opportunities for children, youth and families experiencing poverty by engaging deeply with the community and running a consistent annual process to: elevate priority issues not yet being addressed; invest in innovative, proven programs that have a significant, measurable social impact; and galvanize local support...

Tides envisions a world of shared prosperity and social justice founded on equality and human rights, a sustainable environment, healthy individuals and communities, and quality education. Tides accelerates the pace of social change, working with innovative partners to solve society’s toughest problems. We cross boundaries and link sectors, communities and cultures. We act with empathy and respect. We engage with...

Compass Family Services is a non-profit organization that provides human services to homeless and low-income families, aiming to help them achieve housing stability, family well-being, and self-sufficiency.

Common Sense Media is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the research-backed information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the age of apps, algorithms, and AI. We rate, educate, and advocate for policies to protect and prepare kids online. Our ratings, research, and resources reach more than 150...

Plantible Foods is a B2B food technology company with the goal to develop the most functional and applicable plant-based protein in the world using scalable and sustainable aqua-farming and extraction technologies

Fairplex is a nonprofit enterprise that hosts the LA County Fair and over 200 year-round events, aiming to strengthen the community and economy through arts, entertainment, agriculture, and education.

Lifehouse is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities by providing compassionate support, life skills training, community integration, advocacy, referrals, and housing.

The California Tribal TANF Partnership (CTTP) empowers Native American families towards self-sufficiency by providing temporary financial assistance, educational training, career opportunities, and supportive services, often incorporating tribal cultures and wellness.

LCPtracker, Inc. is the leading solution for certified payroll reporting software, construction site compliance management, and workforce reporting. It all started in 2001, when LCPtracker CEO Mark Douglas envisioned a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution geared towards prevailing wage compliance for K-12 school construction. After two years of development with just a three-person team, LCPtracker Professional was officially launched. By 2006, our...

SIRUM uses technology to connect, prioritize and simplify various sources of medicine. We help safety-net clinics access this medicine for their patients. SIRUM is an innovative nonprofit organization committed to reducing barriers to health for underserved populations. Incubated at Stanford University, SIRUM draws from the academic and technology expertise of faculty and alumni to strengthen its impact and efficiency. SIRUM has become...

AllVoices helps People teams manage employee relations with more consistency and less manual effort. Centralize your cases, investigations, performance issues, accommodation requests, and exit interviews all in one place. Leverage AI to streamline case intake, draft case summaries, surface case precedent, and answer questions about your case data in real time. AllVoices makes it easier to stay organized and respond quickly...

Public library serving Boone and Callaway Counties, Missouri. Connecting you to ideas, information, community life and each other.

Earth is the national leader in soil transformation: it’s a gentle, natural process that transforms a body into soil that families can scatter, plant, or share. Our mission is to give families the easiest way to make arrangements, and to heal our planet in the process.