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Bridging Innovation and Evidence: Introducing the Learning for Action Fund

The GitLab Foundation announced the Learning for Action Fund, a new capacity-building initiative that allows existing foundation grantees to apply for up to $50,000 in additional funding for learning activities. Our goal is to increase organizations’ capacity for impact measurement, learning, experimentation, and feedback activities.

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Exploring the Complex Higher Ed Landscape in 2024

Two GitLab Foundation grantees working at the forefront of increasing access to higher education, weighed in on the impact of recent changes and how they’re approaching their work within the current landscape.

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In Conversation with mRelief

With a GitLab Foundation grant, mRelief aims to use AI to increase SNAP application approval rates even further. Our CEO sat down with mRelief’s executive director and chief technology officer to discuss the organization’s mission, how they overcome challenges, and their plans for the future.

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The Transformative Impact of Green Jobs

To illustrate the impact of green jobs, we looked to Coalfield Development, a GitLab Foundation grantee with a proven workforce development model that has unlocked more than $4 million in public and private funds to expand its programs in Appalachian communities.

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Empowering Women to Build Brighter Futures

Buildher, a GitLab Foundation grantee in Kenya, equips women with accredited construction and manufacturing skills, but its goals go far beyond that. Buildher aims to drive economic mobility for women, change perceptions in traditionally male-dominated fields and promote gender equality.

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Unlocking Economic Mobility Through Equitable Tech Education

CodePath, a GitLab Foundation grantee, helps historically excluded and underserved students find success in the tech industry: there is a 97% increase in successful job or internship placement among Black, Latino/a, and Indigenous students after taking a CodePath course.

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Measuring What Matters Pt. I: How We Evaluate Impact

At the GitLab Foundation, we seek to build on the work of these innovative leaders to create accurate and meaningful estimates on the potential impacts of our investments. Get our learnings and updates as we refine our impact estimation model.

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Colombia Site Visit: Vibrancy and Opportunity

A recent visit to Colombia revealed promising new opportunities for the foundation. The trip was part of our strategy to carry out on-the-ground, deep-dive research into potential geographic investment areas.

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Reprogramming Higher Education with CodePath

We’re delighted to partner with CodePath to support 500-600 computing students at institutions across the United States. With this grant, CodePath will upgrade and expand its industry-leading Technical Interview Prep courses, which correlate with high levels of internship and technical job attainment, ensuring that students access high-wage career trajectories. The organization will also continue to invest in additional data and evaluation capabilities to build evidence of the efficacy of its interventions.

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