chadkruse

I'm putting together a list of all the YC nonprofits but couldn't find a reliable source. If I'm missing anyone in the list below, please do let me know. Thanks!

  S15
  New Story
  SunFarmer
  80,000 Hours
  InnerSpace

  W15
  Detroit Water Project
  DemocracyOS

  S14
  Bayes Impact

  W14
  CareMessage
  OneDegree
  Zidisha
  Noora Health
  CodeNow
  Immunity Project

  S13
  None

  W13
  Watsi

For anyone interested, the machine readable version (with links and additional details) will be kept here: https://github.com/smartergiving/open-data/blob/master/v0/funder_highlights/y_combinator.json

Instead of the standard Mailchimp/LaunchRock 'launching soon' email capture form, we're considering using Twitter as a substitute (e.g. 'Stay up to date on our launch by following us on Twitter' vs 'Enter your email and we'll let you know when we've launched').

Anyone have any experience doing the same? Metrics, anecdotes, opinions are all welcome.

We know our target launch market user is also likely to be a Twitter user, and we're OK with limiting our reach at launch to Twitter users. Our only concern is that the notifications will get lost in the firehose for users with large following counts.

Thanks HN!

Curious how many HN folks have donated to a YC nonprofit and where you first learned about the organization. If you haven't donated to one, interested in any specific thoughts/reasons why.

Thanks all!

Background: We're building a service that makes it easier for people to engage in effective philanthropy. Our launch market will likely be unstaffed foundations, but thought we'd do some testing with a feature focused on individual donors (people like you and me, donating ~$50 at a time vs $50,000).

We'll do a Show HN soon for the full enchilada, but here's how we're thinking the consumer version would function: https://kyn.me/coinvest/y_combinator_all_time

Any and all feedback most welcome!

Lots of great press profiling the nonprofits in the W13 batch, but I haven't seen much on the S14 batch nonprofits outside of Bayes Impact. Were they the only one, or ???