What Tech For Good does

Tech For Good, Inc. is a US-incorporated (Delaware), membership-based non-profit organization headquartered at 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 600, Wakefield, MA. Founded in 2018, it operates a CSR Challenge Platform that designs and runs global Social Corporate Responsibility challenges aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The platform connects corporate members seeking to outsource CSR challenge development and management with a global community of problem-solvers, non-profits, and technology companies, providing end-to-end challenge services including definition, communication, impartial marketing, and execution.

The organization's core product is its CSR Challenge Platform, delivered through the Planbox challenge management system (techforgood.planbox.com) and supported by a website (techforgood.org) and social channels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn). Its most documented program, the Clean Energy Reimagined Challenge (July-November 2021, aligned with UN SDG 7), awarded winners including BerNergy 360, Peace Global Farm, and Lytegro Limited. Core technology beyond Planbox is not explicitly disclosed, and no proprietary AI/ML, patents, or technical integrations are described.

Tech For Good generates revenue exclusively through membership fees from corporate members on a subscription/recurring basis with quote-based, non-publicly disclosed pricing. Its customer segments are horizontal: Global Corporates (primary), Non-Profit Organizations (secondary), and Tech Companies (secondary). The organization is led by a four-person team comprising President and Founder Prof. Ashley George, COO Becky Sarson, Secretary & Treasurer Richard Bolton, and Marketing Director Dana Andreica. No funding rounds, investors, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or patents are disclosed.

Name

Tech For Good

Legal name

Tech for Good, Inc.

Website

https://techforgood.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tech For Good, Inc. is a US-based, membership-driven non-profit that operates a CSR Challenge Platform, designing and running global sustainability challenges aligned with the UN SDGs for corporate members, non-profits, and tech companies worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

CSR Challenge Management Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Inclusion & Civic Tech (Connectivity, GovTech for Social Good) (BPAGALAK)

Keywords

• CSR challenge management
• Corporate social responsibility
• Open innovation platform
• Sustainability consulting services
• UN SDG alignment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Wakefield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Tech For Good operates as a membership-based non-profit organization. Companies join as members to access and participate in CSR challenges. The organization runs challenges on behalf of corporate members and connects them with global problem solvers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tech For Good is a membership-based non-profit that designs, markets, and manages global open-innovation CSR challenges on behalf of corporate members, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The organization connects member corporates to a worldwide community of problem-solvers and innovators, handling challenge definition, participant sourcing, impartial communications, and end-to-end program execution.

Product overview

TechForGood.org is a membership-based non-profit organization that operates a CSR Challenge Platform for running global Social Corporate Responsibility challenges aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The platform connects global corporates seeking to address sustainability challenges with worldwide problem-solvers. Services include challenge development and management, global talent connection, and impartial marketing and communication support. Past challenges like the Clean Energy ReImagined Challenge demonstrate their challenge program format, which awards winners across categories such as most impactful idea, reuse potential, and innovation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CSR Challenge Platform A membership-based managed service and online platform that designs, markets, and runs global open-innovation CSR challenges aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals on behalf of corporate members, connecting them with a worldwide pool of problem-solvers and managing the challenge end to end.

Quantifiable outcome

• Clean Energy Reimagined Challenge completed July-November 2021 with winners including BerNergy 360 (Tidal/Water Engine), Peace Global Farm (on-Farm methane digester), and Lytegro Limited (banana-based green energy improvement)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Philippines' Department of Information and Communications TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTech for Good Institute (distinct entity from Tech For Good) partnered with Philippines DICT on a roundtable discussion regarding AI and digital platforms reshaping the Filipino workforce. Note: This appears to be a different organization (Tech for Good Institute) based in Southeast Asia, not Tech For Good (US-based).
• KKI WarsiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndonesian environmental organization partnered with Rainforest Connection and referenced by Tech for Good Institute (Southeast Asian entity) in AI adoption analysis. Note: This appears to be a different organization (Tech for Good Institute) based in Southeast Asia, not Tech For Good (US-based).
• Rainforest ConnectionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit using AI-powered solar listening devices to detect illegal logging. Referenced by Tech for Good Institute (Southeast Asian entity) in analysis of AI adoption for underserved communities. Note: This appears to be a different organization (Tech for Good Institute) based in Southeast Asia, not Tech For Good (US-based).

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HeroX: HeroX is a crowdsourced innovation challenge platform that runs corporate- and government-sponsored prize challenges to solve real-world problems. It is the closest direct peer to Tech For Good in the open-innovation challenge model, though its scope is broader (commercial, scientific, civic) rather than SDG-focused.
• Wazoku (formerly InnoCentive): Wazoku operates an enterprise crowdsourced innovation platform (formerly InnoCentive) used by corporates to source solutions to R&D and sustainability challenges via prize-based competitions. It competes head-to-head with Tech For Good for corporate open-innovation budgets.
• OpenIDEO: OpenIDEO runs open-innovation challenges focused on social impact topics in partnership with corporations, foundations, and NGOs. Its mission-driven, multi-stakeholder challenge format closely mirrors Tech For Good's SDG-aligned CSR challenge model.
• Topcoder: Topcoder operates a global crowdsourcing platform that runs competitive challenges (primarily technology and design) on behalf of enterprise clients. It shares Tech For Good's challenge-as-a-service delivery model but is concentrated in tech talent rather than social impact.

Emerging players

• Catchafire: Catchafire connects skilled professionals with non-profits for pro bono projects via a managed matching platform. It represents an adjacent "talent-for-good" model and competes for some of the same CSR/corporate-partnership budget that funds Tech For Good.
• Taproot Foundation: Taproot Foundation is a non-profit that enables skilled professionals to deliver pro bono consulting, marketing, and technology services to non-profits. It shares Tech For Good's mission of channeling professional talent toward social impact and competes for corporate CSR engagement.

Broad incumbents

• TechSoup: TechSoup is a global non-profit network that connects NGOs and libraries with technology donations, discounts, and capacity-building programs. It shares Tech For Good's "tech for non-profits" mission framing but operates via donated products rather than managed challenge programs.
• NetHope: NetHope is a membership-based non-profit consortium of global NGOs that leverages technology for humanitarian and development impact, often partnering with corporates. It addresses the same CSR/tech-for-good nexus as Tech For Good but at a much larger consortium scale.
• Ashoka: Ashoka is a global organization that supports leading social entrepreneurs and convenes cross-sector partnerships around systemic social challenges. It overlaps with Tech For Good's mission of mobilizing talent and partnerships to address UN-SDG-class issues, but at a much larger scale and via fellowships rather than challenges.

Regional players

• Challenge.gov: Challenge.gov is the US federal government's prize-challenge platform that crowdsources solutions to public-sector problems. While operated by government rather than commercial actors, it is a direct comparable in the open-innovation challenge category and may absorb some of the CSR challenge budgets Tech For Good targets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/realTechForGood
• Facebookfacebook.com/realTechForGood
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/11860137

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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