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Our strategic partners, located throughout the world, are as passionate about social change as we are. They play a critical role in our work, providing technical expertise, intellectual capital, advisory leadership, financial support and other resources needed to achieve our mission. Collaborating together, we are making real advancements in several areas of social endeavor. There is much more to come.
- Foundations Supporting Benetech
- Human Rights Strategic Partners
- Bookshare.org Strategic Partnerships
- Landmine Collaborators and Advisors
- Miradi Conservation Management Strategic Partners
Funding Partners Supporting Benetech
- Adobe Corporation
- Bernard A. Newcomb Fund
- CTFC - Community Technology Foundation of California
- The Flora Foundation
- The Hewlett Foundation
- The Jenesis Group
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- The Lemelson Foundation
- The Mary A. Crocker Trust
- Microsoft Corporation
- Mid Peninsula Bank
- NEC Foundation of America
- Oak Foundation
- The Omidyar Network
- OSI - Open Society Institute
- Packard Humanities Institute (PHI)
- Peninsula Community Foundation
- Severns Family Foundation
- The Skoll Foundation
- Special Hope Foundation
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Human Rights Strategic Partners
- ABA CEELI — American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Initiative [Kosovo, Sierra Leone]
- AVCRP — L' Association des Victimes des Crimes et Répressions Politiques au Tchad (Chadian Association of Victims of Political Repression and Crime) [Chad]
- CAVR — Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor [East Timor]
- CEH — Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico (Commission for Historical Clarification) [Guatemala]
- CGG — Campaign for Good Governance [Sierra Leone]
- CIIDH — Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (International Center for Human Rights Research) [Guatemala]
- CNVJ — Commission Nationale de Vérité et de Justice (National Commission for Truth and Justice) [Haiti]
- CVR — Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliacion - http://www.cverdad.org.pe [Perú]
- HRAC — Human Rights Accountability Coalition [Sri Lanka]
- HRC-UCB — Human Rights Center - University of Berkeley [Kosovo]
- HRW — Human Rights Watch [Chad, Kosovo]
- ICTJ — International Center for Transitional Justice [Perú, Sierra Leone]
- NRC — National Reconciliation Commission [Ghana]
- SHR — Science and Human Rights Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- TEVERE — Testimono, Verdad y Reconciliacion (Project for Testimony, Truth, and Reconciliation) [Colombia]
- TRC — Truth and Reconciliation Commission [Sierra Leone]
- TRC —
Truth and Reconciliation Commission [South Africa]
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Bookshare.org Strategic Partnerships
Assistive Technology Partners
- Humanware — Developer of products that help visually-impaired individuals compete in a sighted world.
- Kurzweil Educational Systems — Developer of scanning and reading solutions for the blind and visually impaired (Kurzweil 1000) and scanning, reading and writing solutions for persons with reading disabilities (Kurzweil 3000).
- Freedom Scientific — Developer of assistive and adaptive technology for individuals who are blind, or have low vision or learning disabilities.
- BookCourier from Springer Design, Inc. — BookCourier is a portable reading device designed specifically for people with vision and learning disabilities that make reading difficult.
- American Printing House for the Blind, BookPort — APH is a source for adapted educational and daily living products including the BookPort.
- GW Micro — GW Micro is a pioneer in the adaptive technology industry, and continues to lead with innovative, customer driven solutions.
- gh Accessibility — Developer of cutting edge technology that impacts a broad range of people with all types of disabilities to provide the highest levels of access to static and dynamic information.
- The Braille Institute — A private non-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate blindness and severe sight loss as a barrier to a fulfilling life.
Publishers and Content Providers
- O’Reilly Media Inc. — O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, and conferences.
- NFB Newsline® — The National Federation of The Blind offers Newsline, accessible versions of over one hundred newspapers and magazines, a free service to those who cannot read conventional newsprint.
- Numerous small publishers
- Authors
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Landmine Collaborators and Advisors
Benetech’s field validation plan for the explosives sensor is to work with several de-mining groups and to use their existing protocols to acquire statistical data.
- UNDP – United Nations Development Programme: This organization is often the first agency in the field when hostilities cease and it frequently forms the seed of national organizations such as CMAC below.
- MAG – Mine Advisory Group: A U.K. based group of de-mining experts with missions in many countries. We have contacts within their Cambodia and Vietnam operations.
- CMAC – Cambodian Mine Action Group: A national organization that took over from the UN.
- DTW – Development Technology Workshop: A Cambodian based manufacturing organization of de-mining hardware.
- Danish De-mining Group and Danish Church Aid: Sri Lankan and Angolan based organizations in field de-mining operations.
- Norwegian Peoples Aid: Sri Lankan operations with the Indian Army and UNDP.
- HALO Trust: A U.K. based charity and action group with operations in Cambodia, Sri Lanka and elsewhere in the world.
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Miradi Conservation Management Strategic Partners
Benetech is partnering with the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) - a consortium of many of the world's leading biodiversity conservation organizations.
Miradi Core Members Include:
- African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)
- Conservation International (CI)
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
- The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Miradi Members Include:
- Foundations of Success
- RARE Center for Conservation
- IUCN
- The Cambridge Conservation Forum
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