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United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

StartOut, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, creates great business leaders by fostering LGBT Entrepreneurs.Through inspiration, education, and support, StartOut fosters the next generation of great business leaders by creating momentum at the intersection of the LGBT and entrepreneur communities.The StartOut ecosystem is a community of +15,000 members & supporters of the LGBTQ community, in 48 states and 58 countries, with a common interest in entrepreneurship and building entrepreneurial careers. We engage with the community through an online platform and with events in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and Austin.

New Leaf: Services For Our Community was the nonprofit multi-purpose counseling center for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. New Leaf prioritized services to middle and low-income individuals and families who cannot afford private therapy or support services. Fees were set on a sliding scale based on income, and some services are free. New Leaf was the only comprehensive mental health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and social support organization in San Francisco specifically for the LGBT communities. New Leaf closed it's doors in 2011.

The ePhilanthropy Foundation was a 501(c)3 nonprofit, education organization. The ePhilanthropy Foundation sought to foster the ethical use of the Internet for philanthropic purposes. The ePhilanthropy Foundation helped large and small nonprofit organizations learn to utilize the best Internet practices and services to build and enhance relationships with supporters and to raise money; worked to build trust among donors in their use of the Internet to aid in various philanthropic endeavors; an active advocate for ePhilanthropy; promoted ethical online philanthropic practices; collaborated with groups and organizations that help it to meet its mission, strengthened the ePhilanthropy industry and inspired donors to support the charity of their choice using the Internet. The ePhilanthropy Foundation was acquired by Network for Good in July 2008.

Network for Good powers more digital giving than any other platform. Since 2001, we’ve processed over $2.2 billion in donations since inception.Network for Good is a hybrid organization—a nonprofit-owned for-profit. Network for Good’s nonprofit donor-advised fund uses the Internet and mobile technology to securely and efficiently distribute thousands of donations from donors to their favorite charities each year. Our donor-advised fund is accredited by the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance and meets all 20 of its standards for charity accountability. Network for Good is a Certified B Corporation. Our Certified B Corporation software company offers online fundraising software and coaching for nonprofits. We also work with corporate partners to implement effective cause initiatives with its proven online giving platform. We provide nonprofits, corporations, and software developers with simple solutions to power the good they do with supporters, employees, and consumers. Network for Good was acquired for $300M in 2022.

An international effort, leveraging the power of the Internet, to serve as a catalyst for fighting extreme poverty world-wide, bringing together disparate groups and individuals to work together.

In 1994, at Cisco Systems, Chris pioneered the B2B Internet with cisco.com identifying, articulating and helping create a new business paradigm, the Global Networked Business.