Beneficent Technology

Overview
Headquarters: 
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Website: 
benetech.org
Size: 
51-200 employees
Areas of Focus: 
Nonprofit Support/ Consulting
Populations Served: 
Disabled
About Us
Mission: 

“While much has evolved over the past few years, our commitment and fight for global social change to close learning gaps at the intersection of education, racial justice, and disability rights remains the same.”

Programs: 

We were founded by Jim Fruchterman with a sole focus on applying technology to social good. Today, Benetech continues to stand out from other tech and education equity companies—as a nonprofit—with a pure focus on providing technology and services for people with learning differences or disabilities so they can learn in ways that work for them and pursue their dreams.

More than two decades after our founding, we’ve grown to include multiple initiatives that provide technology and services  to improve—even transform—the lives of people all across the world. Benetech is embracing a paradigm shift in our social mission to more clearly focus on systemic barriers to education equity through deep engagement within individual communities. In our many years of commitment to scaling and galvanizing inclusion and accessibility in education, we continue to see how barriers disproportionally affect children with learning differences in communities of color. We are transforming our work to build a significant connection between difference or disability and racial justice – for lasting change in a focused, localized way. We are gaining momentum in five underserved metro areas – Albuquerque, Atlanta, Detroit, Las Vegas, and Memphis – building a community-based approach and framework for sustainable impact.

Benetech has developed a broad national approach to inclusive education through awards from the U.S. Department of Education, recently renewed to 2027. It is only with additional support that we can build deep community engagement and expand stakeholder awareness, student screenings for dyslexia, teacher training, local funding partnerships, and promotion of local authors and culturally responsive content. Benetech’s experience in inclusive education and disability inclusion gives us a unique capacity for impact where few organizations are focusing. We will apply and adapt the initiative to fifty regions over the next 10 years.

We are also working with schools and organizations globally to help ensure inclusive education, digital literacy, and access to learning materials for students with disabilities from education to employment. Our teams and programs in India, the Philippines and Kenya are empowering learners to succeed in school and beyond.

Why Work For Us?: 

Benetech is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. 
 

Benetech offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package for U.S. employees that includes:

1.   Medical, Dental and Vision benefits highly subsidized by the employer.

2.   Flexible Spending (FSA) Medical, Dependent Care and Health Savings Account (HSA-with employer contribution offered). 

3.   Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance fully paid for by the employer. 

4.   Basic Term Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance policy ($25,000) fully paid for by the employer. 

5.   Voluntary Term Life insurance  

6.   Home office expense reimbursement, including Internet and Phone Plan reimbursement.

7.   Educational Reimbursement  

8.   401(k) Plan with a company match

9.  Generous Leave Policies, including unlimited vacation time for full-time staff, 10 Paid holidays and company wide-shutdown the last week of December.

 

industry: 
Nonprofit