Geeks Without Frontiers (Geeks) is a platform for global impact. An award-winning non-profit, Geeks’ mission is to promote technology for a resilient world including bringing the benefits of broadband connectivity -health, education, poverty reduction, gender equality and the other UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)- to the estimated 3 billion people who remain unconnected.
From our entrepreneurship programs to our economic impact, from our innovative approach to education to our success in securing patents— the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University is recognized as a higher-education leader and innovator by local, national and international organizations.
Access to fast, reliable internet means access to new opportunities, windows to curiosity, and resources beyond measure. Everyone deserves access to fast, reliable internet. That’s why we’re working hand-in-hand with partners in the communities we serve to help close the digital divide.
A coalition of advocates for affordable, reliable, and universal broadband.
The N50 Project accelerates digital adoption and community enrichment through innovative applications, network design, and business models to enable the next 3 billion people to participate in the digital world.
Ookla® is a global leader in network intelligence and connectivity insights. Explore solutions for consumers, operators, businesses, non-profits, and more.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has a vision of thriving, diverse, equitable communities, promoting locally rooted, democratically accountable broadband networks that provide fast, affordable, and reliable Internet access to all Americans.
Connect Arizona is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Connect Arizona provides bi-lingual one-on-one phone tech support and digital literacy training through repeat interactions with Digital Navigators. Connect Arizona also offers support finding and accessing digital literacy classes, refurbished computers, and local resources. The program aims to foster digital inclusion across Arizona.
Institute for Digital Inclusion Acceleration (IDIA) provides a range of digital equity ecosystem supports including age and stage-appropriate digital skill building, digital and financial literacy training, and 21st-century workforce development. Navigators offer a robust in-person, hybrid, and virtual digital navigator program, and provide digital navigator and digital health navigator training. Additionally, IDIA offers telehealth system design and support services and provides device distribution and online safety training. IDIA Tech Hives are spaces where community meets technology. Hives culturally responsive community spaces designed to increase a sense of belonging in the digital world while improving use, adoption, and affinity for technology. IDIA also provides comprehensive impact evaluation.
Sun Corridor Network is a nonprofit organization focused on providing high-speed internet access and infrastructure to support economic development in Arizona. They work with community anchor institutions, including schools and libraries, to enhance broadband connectivity and bridge the digital divide in rural, remote, urban underserved areas.