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Hack for Social Impact
Past EventNov 8–9 · 20251885 Mission St · San Francisco

San Francisco
2025

Building on the success of our inaugural event, Hack for Social Impact returned to San Francisco with five challenge areas and expanded nonprofit partnerships.

A San Francisco 2025 team taking a break together
Participants presenting their project at San Francisco 2025
The San Francisco 2025 audience gathered for a presentation

In partnership with

Project Homeless ConnectCalifornia Homeless Youth ProjectMission LocalCenter for Investigative ReportingPoint Blue Conservation ScienceThe Innocence CenterGAIA

Sponsored by

Platinum
Eudia
Gold
Google11LabsBild AI
Shout Outs
CloudflareWefunderDaytona
Date
November 8–9, 2025
Location
Wefunder HQ · 1885 Mission St, San Francisco
Audience
Engineers, data scientists, nonprofit leaders

Challenges

Teams partnered with frontline NGOs across five challenge areas to unlock data, track impact, and scale operations.

Homelessness

Project Homeless Connect

Building a unified fundraising hub to close a 92% funding cliff and keep critical services running.

California Homeless Youth Project

Designing trauma-informed AI intake tools so young people can share their needs once and access care faster.

Information Democracy

Mission Local

Fusing civic datasets to flag anomalies, surface accountability stories, and expand public access.

Center for Investigative Reporting

Surfacing hidden ownership webs inside terabytes of real estate filings through network analysis.

Climate

Point Blue Conservation Science

Unlocking biodiversity datasets with natural-language tools and impact tracking to steer habitat funding.

Justice

The Innocence Center

Automating structured case files so advocates can accelerate exonerations for the wrongfully convicted.

Global Health

GAIA

Using geospatial and population data to pinpoint Malawi's rural health deserts, uncover hidden coverage gaps, and recommend where new clinics and mobile units would have the greatest impact.

Over $7,800 in Prizes & Credits

First Place

$3,000 project grant
or $2,000 cash

Second Place

$1,500 project grant
or $1,000 cash

Third Place

$500 cash

Google Technology Prize

Best use of Google technology

First Place
$1,000 GCP credits per member
Second Place
$800 GCP credits per member
Third Place
$500 GCP credits per member

Crowd Favorite: $500 cash. Project Grant: collaborate with the nonprofit to complete the project to a deployable state (best faith effort).

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