FINALISTS 2021

Creating career pathways for homeless LGBTQ and transgender youth.

Turning under-represented talent into the next generation of tech leaders.

Defying stereotypes. Creating change. Closing the gender gap in science, technology and engineering.

Detroit Justice Center
Transforming the justice system, and promoting equitable and fair cities.

Zero Foodprint is mobilizing the food world to remove carbon from the atmosphere by building healthy soil.

Unlocking mobile technology to enable healthy pregnancies, safe deliveries, and healthy childhoods.

Harvesting rainwater to supply essential water to millions who lack safe access.

Tech that solves the communications gap between students, their families, and schools in under-resourced minority communities.

Building vibrant, equitable economic pathways for distressed communities previously powered by fossil fuels.

Pioneering change in Indian agriculture and supporting smallholder farmers’ livelihoods.

Providing access to medical care and addressing the leading causes of maternal and newborn mortality through innovative tech.

Building a generation of leaders from the Syrian refugee crisis.

Marisa Hamamoto, a proud 4th generation Japanese American, is a stroke survivor living with PTSD, an invisible disability.

Improving access to education for marginalized Maasai girls.

Using sport and gameplay to deliver critical STEM and social-emotional education.

Harnessing the power of entertainment to reduce inequalities in education across Africa.

Protecting the interests of artisan homeworkers and makers (90% women) around the world.

Helping solve the global literacy crisis and building a bridge to equality, one mother tongue story at a time.

Using superheroes and comic books to improve literacy and address the mental health crisis among teens and children.

A grandma-powered, child-centered care model for nurturing thriving rural communities.

Free-to-use communications tools that allow incarcerated individuals to stay connected with their loved ones.

Creating — and mapping — an accessible society for wheelchair users.