The Weekly Good: Google?s ?Director Of Giving? Discusses Global Concerns And Action

[Note: This is a weekly series. If your company is doing something amazing to help a charitable cause or doing some good in your community, please reach out.] At the beginning of the month, we told you about a new $23M fund started by Google called the “Global Impact Awards“, and it was the first that I had heard of the role of “Director of Giving” at the company. This was intriguing, so I had a chance to speak to Jacquelline Fuller, who has held this title at Google for five years. Google has always been a company that takes global challenges seriously, participating in a slew of crisis response projects and data analysis through its non-profit Google.org arm. Jacquelline Fuller’s role at Google is quite fascinating, and here’s the discussion that we had recently: Can you tell us a little bit about your role at Google, and more importantly your team’s role and goals? I lead Google Giving which includes our recently announced Global Impact Awards. We believe technology can help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges, and we back innovators who are using tech in clever ways to bring transformational impact at scale. Technology has exploded progress across business, information and science — we need to see that leap frog innovation in the social impact sector. Over the years we’ve heard from various partners that what sets us apart is our willingness to fund new breakthrough ideas and to take informed risk. We launched Global Impact Awards to help spur innovation and contribute to the movement toward more data-driven philanthropy. What are some of the things you’ve done in the past to help bring awareness to important needs and events? We were shocked to learn that more people are enslaved today than at any other point in human history. Think about that. What’s more critical than having your own freedom? So last year we provided over $11M in grants to address the issue of human trafficking and slavery. Our support helped to free thousands of people and is keeping millions more from ever falling victim to this horrible crime. We’re seeing a lot more attention to this issue from governments, nonprofits and the media. And that type of awareness is key to fighting a problem like slavery. What are your long-term goals as a company to keep trying to help push the world “forward” for good?

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