AWS Public Sector Blog

Category: Nonprofit

Building AI agents for domain-specific classification at scale

This post shows how public sector and enterprise teams can build an agentic AI-powered classification system on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using the Strands Agents SDK, Amazon Bedrock, and serverless services. You will learn the architecture, the agent workflow, and how to implement this system using the Strands Agents SDK.

How Rize Credit Union built a serverless data lake on AWS to become its own source of truth

How Rize Credit Union built a serverless data lake on AWS to become its own source of truth

Credit unions exist to serve members, not to run data centers. Every hour our team spends on infrastructure is an hour not spent on the question a member actually cares about: “Is my money safe, is my experience easy, and is my credit union on my side?” Moving to a serverless, managed-service foundation on Amazon Web Services (AWS) means our engineers spend their time on membership modeling, fraud analytics, and AI augmentation instead of capacity planning.

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YMCA of Greater New York uses AWS to transform swim safety education and track life-saving skills

The YMCA of Greater New York serves more than 400,000 New Yorkers who learn, grow, and thrive through programs and services at 24 branches across the city. Among the YMCA’s most critical offerings are swim lessons that teach life-saving water safety skills to over 20,000 participants annually. Through the AWS Imagine Grant program, the YMCA developed an online application to digitize swim skill tracking and measure program impact at scale.

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Uniting AI and ancient wisdom: How WildTrack and AWS are revolutionizing wildlife monitoring

WildTrack is a fast-growing, award-winning nonprofit combining the ancient art and science of animal tracking with cutting-edge AI powered by AWS. The result is a new era in wildlife monitoring that democratizes conservation, empowering local communities to actively protect biodiversity. By merging traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)—refined over thousands of generations by indigenous trackers—with advanced machine learning, WildTrack’s approach transforms something as simple as a footprint into rich ecological insight. Read this post to learn more.

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AI for impact: AWS awards Imagine Grants to pioneering nonprofits across three continents

Each year, AWS provides AWS Imagine Grant winners with a holistic package of resources: unrestricted funding, AWS computing credits, and expert technical guidance to move their projects forward. Our three award categories are designed to support organizations at every stage of their cloud journey. This year—for the first time—our winner cohort spans six countries across three continents, with our inaugural nonprofit recipients in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Read this post to explore this year’s winning projects.

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Better Angels supports wildfire recovery for 30,000 LA residents with AWS

For the thousands of residents displaced or impacted in Los Angeles, navigating resource applications, aid forms, and ever-changing information is a daunting task that can delay them from getting back on their feet. Read this post to learn how Better Angels launched the LA Disaster Relief Navigator—in partnership with Imagine LA—to transform disaster recovery from a reactive process into a proactive, community-informed response. Using the agility and scale of AWS, Better Angels built a resilient digital platform that generated approximately 6,000 personalized recovery plans, directly reaching nearly 30,000 people in need.

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Credit Union Executives Society transforms leadership development with personalized learning powered by AWS

For over 60 years, the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES) has advanced the credit union industry by developing exceptional leaders through networking, professional development, and digital learning experiences. When the CUES team identified the need to modernize their approach to leadership development, they built a personalized learning recommendation platform powered by AWS, transforming how they deliver content and support member development.

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Legal Aid Society of Westchester County transforms criminal defense with AI-powered case management system

With support from the AWS Imagine Grant, the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County developed a client database program that revolutionizes how public defenders manage cases, review evidence, and protect constitutional rights. As a result, LASW’s legal teams were able to serve their clients better and advance justice reform. Read this post to learn more.

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Highlights from AWS Nonprofit Generative AI Week 2025

On October 6–9, 2025, AWS hosted AWS Nonprofit Generative AI Week, a four-day virtual experience for nonprofit professionals across all roles and experience levels. The event explored ethical AI practices, nonprofit-specific use cases, and hands-on implementation guidance. Read this post to learn more and get access to on demand content from the event.