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AWS Inviting Applications For Nonprofit Tech Grants
AWS Inviting Applications For Nonprofit Tech Grants

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has launched the 2022 IMAGINE Grant Program, a grant opportunity open to registered 501(c) nonprofits in the U.S.  Application instructions are available to download today and submissions are due by June 1, 2022.

Now in its fifth year, the AWS IMAGINE Grant Program provides resources to nonprofits to deploy cloud technology to achieve mission goals. The program offers two award categories based on their organizational goals and stage of technology adoption journey. The award categories are:

* Momentum to ModernizeAs nonprofits seek to transform and enhance their core mission operations with technology, they need funding for foundational technology projects, such as migrating servers to the cloud and modernizing new and existing applications. Nonprofits with specific workloads and outcomes that meet the program criteria can apply. Projects may include but are not limited to: application migration and optimization, net-new application development, data warehouse projects and infrastructure expansion.

Winners of the Momentum to Modernize award receive up to $30,000 in unrestricted funding, up to $10,000 in AWS Promotional Credits, and project implementation guidance.

* Go Further, FasterThe Go Further, Faster award will provide support for innovative projects that leverage the cloud. These projects will have the potential to produce scaled, repeatable solutions and may impact an entire industry or field. They will be force multipliers for organizations and may include the application of and/or seek integrations with advanced cloud services, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), high performance computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and more.

Winners of the Go Further, Faster award receive up to $150,000 in unrestricted funding, up to $100,000 in AWS Promotional Credits, and engagement with AWS technical specialists.

“AWS believes nonprofits should have access to the same innovative technology tools used every day by the world’s leading companies so they can be empowered to solve our world’s biggest challenges,” said Allyson Fryhoff, managing director of nonprofits at AWS. “We’re excited to offer the IMAGINE Grant to support nonprofits in their digital transformation journeys, and we look forward to reviewing this year’s applications.”

Previous winners are using AWS services to tackle critical challenges such as ensuring access to clean drinking water for millions of people in developing countries, enabling life-saving interventions for service members and veterans at high risk for suicide, addressing climate change impacts worldwide, and more, according to an announcement from AWS.

“The AWS IMAGINE Grant has been pivotal in not only providing vital resources to achieve our goals, but also helping us define our vision for how technology enhances our beneficiary experience,” according to a statement from Jay Patel, Head of Technology, Jacaranda Health, 2012-2022 Imagine Grant winner. “Through our tech-enabled solution informed by deep field expertise, our project will improve the maternal health of millions of women in Sub-Saharan Africa and around the world.”

For more information on the AWS IMAGINE Grant, visit aws.amazon.com/imagine-grant