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Echoing Green

Update Privacy Policy

Summary:

Assist an accelerator for social impact leaders by reviewing/updating their Privacy Policy and related consents to reflect current AI usage (must be GDPR compliant).

Referred by:

Jurisdictions: U.S. (GDPR)
About the Organization: Through Fellowships and other innovative leadership initiatives, Echoing Green spots emerging leaders and invests deeply in their success to accelerate their impact. They provide seed-funding and leadership development to a new class of Fellows every year and welcome them into a lifelong community of leaders.
Legal Entity Type: Nonprofit/Charity
SDG(s):Affordable and Clean Energy, Clean Water and Sanitation, Climate Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, End Poverty, Gender Equality, Good Health and Well Being, Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, Life Below Water (conservation and sustainability), Life on Land (sustainability of ecosystems), Partnerships to achieve the Goals, Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Zero Hunger
Legal Issue(s):

The Echoing Green team is preparing to launch a new Fellow application process that incorporates AI-enabled tools. They access Anthropic’s models through a paid commercial agreement, with pre-screening running programmatically through the Claude Platform API. This system will be used to pre-screen applications, and Echoing Green will use the applicants’ data, as well as the reviewers’ data, to train their own models in the future. No award is made without human review, but applications will be rejected automatically without a human ever reviewing them.

The Echoing Green team is now seeking assistance reviewing and updating their Privacy Policy (and related consent language) to ensure that it captures their current practices and complies with applicable law. Echoing Green receives applications from all over the world (including Europe) and this Privacy Policy must comply with GDPR.

The application process will open in November. So, the Privacy Policy will need to be updated by the end of October.

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doctHERS

Incorporate and File for 501(c)(3) Status

Summary:

Assist an organization connecting foreign healthcare workers with underserved American seniors by incorporating and filing for 501(c)(3) status.

Referred by:

Jurisdictions: U.S.
About the Organization: The founders of the social enterprise doctHERS are establishing a new nonprofit entity in the United States (the “Nonprofit”). The Nonprofit will close two gaps at once: the shortage of qualified women healthcare providers in the workforce, and the exclusion of underserved American seniors from the care they need. The goal is to identify top-screened women doctors, nurses, and therapists (often from South Asian countries) and to reintegrate/integrate them into the U.S. health workforce — upskilling them on AI-enabled digital tools, telemedicine, and culturally competent care delivery. The Nonprofit will then connect them to the communities best served by exactly what they offer: people who share their language, their culture, and their lived understanding of what care should feel like. More details about their work and mission can be provided upon request.
Legal Entity Type: Unregistered
SDG(s):Climate Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Gender Equality, Good Health and Well Being, Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, Partnerships to achieve the Goals, Reduced Inequalities
Legal Issue(s):

The Nonprofit will be connecting top screened health care professionals with underserved American seniors.

Because these healthcare providers will be coming from abroad, it is important that the Nonprofit is set up in a way that allows it to sponsor cohorts of healthcare providers on H-1B visas.

The doctHERS team is seeking assistance incorporating this nonprofit and filing for 501(c)(3) status with these goals and considerations in mind. They anticipate working primarily in TX, GA, FL CA, NC, NY and NJ but are open to suggestions from the attorney on where best to incorporate.

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