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Connect Humanity

https://connecthumanity.fund/
Last activity: 04.12.2024
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Connect Humanity supports, catalyzes, and scales holistic solutions providing people with the internet access and means needed to participate fully in a digital society. We provide a spectrum of philanthropic support and impact investing capital to advance digital equity. Our approach centers on non-traditional operators and civil society organizations who demonstrate progress in connecting historically underserved communities, pioneering efforts to make the internet more affordable, providing digital literacy training, and more. What we hear time and again is that communities lack access to the capacity and capital to meet their needs. That’s why our model focuses on meeting communities and non-traditional operators where they are, assessing the needs of the communities they serve, and providing a range of financial tools to help them holistically and sustainably achieve digital equity.
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Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2020

Mentions in press and media 10

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Mar 12, 2024Connect Humanity named in ImpactAssets IA 50 2024, a showcase of 155 Impact Fund Managers GloballyImpactAssets 50™️ (IA 50) Nonprofit fund Connect Humanity recognized as Emerging Impact Manager for its digital equity investments By getting capital to communities left out by traditional lenders, we support people to build the broadband n...
Feb 28, 2024Experts, community groups & internet providers urge FCC to free up rural communities to receive broadband subsidiesHundreds of communities risk exclusion from the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program due to previous subsidies for networks that won’t be built The FCC has the power, and the duty, to ensure that no community is left behind...
Jul 13, 2023A Bold IDEA: Connect Humanity partners with Appalachian Community Capital to raise $25M to bridge the digital divideConnect Humanity Logo Appalachian Community Capital Logo The IDEA Fund (Investing in Digital Equity in Appalachia) will support local capital to invest in infrastructure to connect underserved Appalachian communities. The lack of high-speed...
May 22, 2023Broadband advocates gather in Alaska for Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2023 to tackle Indigenous digital dividesBrittany Woods-Orrison speaks at Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2022 Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2023 Logo Indigenous broadband builders and allies gather in Anchorage to collaborate on solutions to expand affordable, reliable internet A...
May 10, 2023Hawk Networks receives financing from Connect Humanity to expand affordable broadband in Dallas, Atlanta, and beyondJuan Castilla, Hawk Networks Construction Manager in Atlanta, with reel of fiber. Hawk Networks Director of Performance Engineering Si Goforth and Construction Manager Marc Cooper in Dallas, Texas. Connect Humanity Logo Hawk’s service runs ...
May 3, 2023$3 million+ partnership brings next-generation broadband to Macon County, AlabamaEngineers from Point Broadband lay fiber in Macon County, Alabama Engineers attaching networking equipment to telephone poles A new partnership pools government, private, and philanthropic funds to build fiber internet for county residents ...
Mar 20, 2023Indigenous Connectivity Institute & Mastercard Foundation Partner to Connect 10,000 Indigenous Young People to BroadbandBroadband advocate Brittany Woods-Orrison at the 2022 Indigenous Connectivity Summit in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Mastercard Foundation supports new Indigenous-led organization to advance broadband connectivity in Indigenous communities. PALO...
Jan 25, 2023Lack of internet access is hurting the work of civil society organizations, says new reportCivil society organizations said that internet access is critical for achieving their mission Survey finds that while civil society participants see the internet as critical to achieving their mission, a lack of access to technology limits ...
Nov 21, 2022Connect Humanity invests $350,000 in Wave 7 Communications, LLC to Expand Broadband in Enfield, North CarolinaWave 7 CEO LaShawn Williamson and her team Wave 7 Logo Connect Humanity Logo The investment will bring fast, affordable internet access to 400+ families in low-income, rural community Reliable internet is not a luxury. It’s something that e...

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FAQ about Connect Humanity

When was Connect Humanity founded?

Connect Humanity was founded in 2020.

What has the press written about Connect Humanity?

Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Connect Humanity, among them “Connect Humanity named in ImpactAssets IA 50 2024, a showcase of 155 Impact Fund Managers Globally” (Mar 12, 2024) and “Experts, community groups & internet providers urge FCC to free up rural communities to receive broadband subsidies” (Feb 28, 2024).

Is Connect Humanity still active?

Yes, Connect Humanity is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 4, 2024.