Our Mission
To create a more equitable technology ecosystem that addresses longstanding racial inequality, creates economic opportunity, tackles critical societal issues, and reflects the power and perspectives of Black, Latine, and Native communities.
Our Vision
We believe that when technology creation, design, and investment includes diverse perspectives, we can collectively transform the technology ecosystem, harness tech to address societal challenges, and improve conditions for Black, Latine, and Native communities and society as a whole.
What We Do
The Foundation’s work aims to both impact the national technology landscape and build inclusive tech ecosystems in key regions. We conduct research, make strategic grants, invest in entrepreneurs and funds, and inform equitable technology policy across four focus areas necessary to enhance racial justice and equity in tech:
- Equity in CS Education
- Inclusive Pathways to Tech Jobs
- DEIB in the Tech Workforce
- Diversifying Entrepreneurship & VC
- Equitable Tech Policy
Equity in CS Education
To ensure Black, Latine, and Native students have equitable access to computer science (CS) education, we build leadership capacity to design K-12 CS pathways in schools and districts, support educators in implementing culturally responsive CS pedagogy and instruction, track and report on access and participation in the CS education ecosystem through research, and advocate for education policy changes to improve equitable outcomes CS education.
Inclusive Pathways to Tech Jobs
To address disparities in postsecondary computing education and create alternative inclusive pathways to tech jobs, we produce resources and toolkits, invest in organizations and initiatives expanding access to tech jobs, and advocate for new models of upskilling, reskilling, and hiring.
DEIB in the Tech Workforce
To advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in tech companies, we analyze data trends, provide resources and training for DEIB professionals, and advocate for policies to increase hiring, retention, data collection, and regulation/accountability of tech companies.
Diversifying Entrepreneurship & VC
To address the lack of capital deployed to entrepreneurs and fund managers from underrepresented groups, we invest in tech startups and funds, conduct research on the entrepreneurship landscape, support ecosystem-building and work toward policy change – all with a racial equity lens.
Equitable Tech Policy
To ensure systemic change across the tech sector, we work to advance nine core equitable technology policy areas that call for expanded access to technology pathways, increased tech accountability and worker protections, and greater investment in infrastructure and innovation. We advance equitable tech policy by building awareness about the issues and building capacity of organizations to address them.
Our Impact By The Numbers
8.9
distributed to implement culturally-responsive CS education, invest in historically excluded entrepreneurs, expand our tech policy efforts toward the protection of Black, Latine, and Native communities + more
179
educators trained to deliver culturally responsive CS education across 6 states
14
fellows placed at mission-aligned investment firms
Explore Our Key Research Publications
Through our research, we are working to build awareness of racial justice and tech policy topics disproportionately impacting low-income communities and communities of color.
Through our research, we are working to build awareness of racial justice and tech policy topics disproportionately impacting low-income communities and communities of color.
Kapor Organizations
A family of interrelated justice-seeking organizations that both independently and collectively work to reimagine and reconstruct a more inclusive and equitable technology sector.