Nikhil Swaminathan

Climate Central, Inc. operates as an independent organization of scientists and journalists. The private company is based in Princeton, NJ. The company was founded by Steve W. Pacala. The CEO is Benjamin Strauss.

The Global Fund for Women, Inc. is a non-profit organization that promotes women's economic security, health, education and leadership. It organizes programs and activities geared towards health and sexual rights, peace and gender violence, economic and environmental justice, civic and political education, access to education, and social change philanthropy. The firm also offers grants to groups that advance international women's movement and promote social justice. The Global Fund for Women was founded in 1987 by Anne Firth Murray, Frances Kissling, Laura Lederer, and Nita Barrow and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. provides environmental protection services. It provides solutions to environmental threats such as acid rain, dying rivers, over-logged forests, and ozone depletion. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Schmidt Futures is a philanthropic initiative that aims to bring together exceptional people who are making the world a better place. The private company is based in New York, NY and searches the world for visionaries who have promising ideas to solve difficult problems in science and society. The company uses a variety of tools, including gifts, grants, investments, and startup activity, to support charitable, educational, and commercial efforts with a public purpose. Schmidt Futures was founded in 2017 by Eric E. Schmidt and Wendy Kirby Schmidt, and is currently led by CEO Eric Braverman.

X PRIZE Foundation creates educational programming for students and space enthusiasts. It offers services in space and ocean exploration, life sciences, energy and environment, education, and global development areas. The company was founded by Peter Diamandis in 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Maiyet, Inc. manufactures apparel, accessories, and jewelry. It offers scarves, bags and shoes, belts, suits, and leather goods. The company was founded by Paul van Zyl, Daniel Lubetzky and Kristy Caylor in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

11th Hour Project works at the nexus of energy, food & agriculture, and human rights. It builds resilient systems for food, water and human health. The company was founded by Wendy Kirby Schmidt in 2005 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

The Schmidt Family Foundation engages in the provision of philanthropic services. It helps apply knowledge and innovation for problem solving and for the advancement of research in science, energy and the sustainability of the world’s biosphere. The company was founded by Wendy Schmidt and Eric Schmidt in 2006 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

The California Academy of Sciences operates as a scientific and cultural institution. The Academy houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a rainforest. It was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ecoAmerica engages in building climate leadership, public support, and political will for climate solutions. The non-profit company is based in Washington.

New Museum of Contemporary Art, Inc. operates as a contemporary art museum. The company was founded by Marcia Tucker on January 1, 1977 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Gitlab BV develops an open-source gift repository management software for storing and collaborating on source code. It offers Git repository management with fine grained access controls, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds, wikis and continuous integration. The company was founded by Dmitriy Zaporozhets and Sid Sijbrandij in September 2011 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Audrey Capital LLC (Audrey Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Mullenweg Matthew Charles. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Automattic, Inc. develops web pages and software. It offers visual information processing hosting, free blogging software, blog designing, plug-in development, training, setup and social media planning services. The company was founded by Matthew Charles Mullenweg in August 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pluto VR, Inc. develops software applications. It allows users to talk to other people who are also wearing a virtual or augmented reality application. The company was founded by John Vechey, Jared Cheshier, Jonathan Geibel and Forest Gibson and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is a non profit organization operates community based grant making foundations. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. provides grants for social change. The firm promotes democratic practice, sustainable development, peace and security, cultural diversity, and ecological integrity. The company was founded by John D. Rockefeller III in 1940 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

United Way of King County is a non-profit organization, which provides rental assistance, educational solutions, and financial support. Its programs include Jobs Connect, Streets to Home, Home Base, ParentChild+, Reconnecting Youth, Bridge to Finish, and Free Tax. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.