Category: Nonprofit

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Through the innovative use of Amazon Bedrock and other AWS services, Save the Children España created a transformative solution that addresses a critical social challenge. This web application not only simplifies access to social benefits for vulnerable families, but also empowers social workers with better tools to support their communities. Read this post to learn more.

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) envisions a world where information quickly and effectively moves from the hands of scientists to communities and governments, enabling rapid action to protect coral reefs. Through their MERMAID (Marine Ecological Research Management AID) platform, WCS creates transparency around coral reef health and empowers people and institutions with the data they need to take action to save reefs. Read this post to learn more.

With the support of the AWS Imagine Grant program, which provides both financial and technical support, Challenger Center is revolutionizing its nationwide STEM education delivery by transitioning its proprietary software, SIM3+, to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud infrastructure. Read this post to learn more.