AARP Innovation Labs

Nonprofit

"The Develop For Good Team we worked with was amazing. The students added an extra dose of creative energy to our project. They thoroughly researched competitors and came in with a point of view for how best to design our app experience. They shared their perspective, responded to feedback well, and delivered everything we needed on time. We could not have gotten as far as we did without them"

Sheila Collins
Senior Advisor

Akron Children’s Hospital

Volunteer

“It was exciting to work on a real-world problem with an interdisciplinary team. Getting different perspectives from the project managers, developers and designers helped inform our design decisions and made our project that much better. I also had the opportunity to mentor some designers who were in 2nd year of college which was a great experience for me because I want to get more into the mentoring side of design”

Zohaib Jafri
Simon Fraser University ‘21

NARF

Nonprofit

“We are so grateful to Develop for Good for their amazing help. There is no way we could have even dreamed to have such capable help available to us without this program, as we are on a very limited budget and our constituencies needs dictate how we use any resources available. It's too difficult to find funding to get the sort of help we really needed, but only were able to receive thanks to this program!”

Brett Lee Shelton
Senior Staff Attorney

Native American Rights Fund

Nonprofit

"We are so grateful to Develop for Good for their amazing help. There is no way we could have even dreamed to have such capable help available to us without this program, as we are on a very limited budget and our constituencies needs dictate how we use any resources available. It's too difficult to find funding to get the sort of help we really needed, but only were able to receive thanks to this program!"

Brett Lee Shelton
Senior Staff Attorney

Nature Conservancy

Mentor

"Through Develop For Good, I've been able to land several UI and UX designer interviews and enhance my portfolio. It has given me the real world experience I lacked as a student and paved the way to other opportunities. Develop For Good is amazing and I would definitely help out again!"

Garrison Shepard
Product Manager at Google

Save the Children

Mentor

“I was attracted to this particular project because a couple of months ago my mother was diagnosed with cervical leiomyosarcoma. Being a relatively rare cancer, she was directed to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Genomic Sequencing for cancer patients is so important in regards to access to personalized treatment but also preventative care for the patient's family.”

Austine Peng
Product Designer at Adobe

Smithsonian

Mentor

"Through Develop For Good, I've been able to land several UI and UX designer interviews and enhance my portfolio. It has given me the real world experience I lacked as a student and paved the way to other opportunities. Develop For Good is amazing and I would definitely help out again!"

Ashley Villagonzalo
Software Engineer at LinkedIn

Smithsonian

Nonprofit

“Develop For Good has been instrumental in helping our team of scientists to share thousands of specimen data with the public. These data will be uploaded to the Smithsonian’s online database for research and educational purposes. Undoubtedly, this important outreach project would not have happened on such a vast scale without this organization’s help”

Natasha Mehdiabadi
Research Associate

Terra Firma

Volunteer

“Working with Develop for Good has given me an opportunity to connect with other peers, make new friends, and learn new skills together! This has been a great way to continue to socialize (safely) and with purpose during such an isolating time from the pandemic. It's been super cool being part of an organization that holds so much potential to continue learning and creating impact!”

Stephanie Chao
Simon Fraser University ‘21

Upmost

Volunteer

“The Develop for Good program was a really great experience! Not only was I able to find projects that I was passionate about helping, but I was also able to make a lot of new connections and gain a lot of valuable project experience. I would highly recommend this program to anyone looking to build on their skills, whether it's project management, coding, or design!”  

Justin Lau
San Jose State University ‘21