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January 11, 2024/Big Ideas, From Our Grantees

Introducing Our BRIC Case Studies 

The Black River Innovation Campus (BRIC) in Springfield, Vermont, is a powerful example of community-driven innovation in a rural community that has been impacted by the departure of manufacturing operations and jobs that once centered the local economy. Our case studies explore three key elements of BRIC’s approach: support for emerging tech entrepreneurs; connections with the local community; and partnerships with local and national organizations and institutions.

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January 11, 2024/From Our Grantees

Case Study: BRIC – Supporting Community Members in Bringing Business Ideas to Fruition

How the Black River Innovation Campus (BRIC) Actuator is creating a culture of entrepreneurship in rural Vermont.

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January 11, 2024/From Our Grantees

Case Study: BRIC – An Innovative Approach to Economic Development in Rural Vermont

How the Black River Innovation Campus (BRIC) is strengthening community ties and economic vitality.

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January 11, 2024/From Our Grantees

Case Study: BRIC – Going Further Together

How the Black River Innovation Campus (BRIC) is building partnerships to inspire technology and entrepreneurship in rural Vermont.

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January 9, 2024/News

Siegel Announces Partnership with New National Science Foundation Program

Siegel Family Endowment is proud to be a founding philanthropic partner of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s newly launched $16 million Responsible Design, Development and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT) program.

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December 21, 2023/News, Reflections

Pursuing Progress Through Inquiry, Innovation, and Intentionality: Our Year in Review 2023

Pausing for reflection at the end of each year offers us the opportunity to look back with pride at the work of our team and our grantees, and also to provide some forward-looking guidance as we think about our work for the year to come.

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December 13, 2023/From Our Grantees, Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow at All Tech Is Human Sara M. Watson

Siegel Research Fellow, Sara M. Watson, reflects on the importance of building a responsible tech ecosystem

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November 29, 2023/From Our Grantees, Research

Q&A with Siegel Research Fellow and Director of Technology Policy at the Center for American Progress Megan Shahi

Siegel Research Fellow, Megan Shahi, reflects on why she’s urging tech companies to take concrete actions to protect democracy in 2024 and beyond.

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November 14, 2023/Big Ideas, From Our Grantees

Introducing our Public Interest Technology Case Studies

Siegel Family Endowment is committed to advancing a vision of technological change that includes and improves the lives of all people. Explore our latest Public Interest Technology Case Study series where we examine the growing field through the lens of four of our grantees working at the forefront of the PIT movement.

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November 14, 2023/From Our Grantees

Case Study: build4good

build4good, an initiative of New America, matches promising college students in technology-related majors with nonprofit organizations that have technology-specific project needs.

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November 14, 2023/From Our Grantees

Case Study: Govern for America

Govern For America (GFA) addresses a talent crisis in government by building a pipeline of young, diverse emerging leaders to serve in public sector positions.

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