What's Good in Tech: What We Built in 2025 and What's Next

[Originally delivered to inboxes on February 25, 2026. Subscribe here to read it first.]

Spend a year working with tech nonprofit founders and you’ll come to the same conclusion: the most important work in tech is happening at nonprofits.

Tech nonprofits are building solutions to problems the market overlooks, with the people most affected at the center. In 2025, that work felt both more urgent and more possible. AI moved fast, and so did this community. At Fast Forward, our role is to turn momentum into infrastructure. To make sure builders have the skills, funding, and community they need to move responsibly and boldly.

That meant publishing new research to bring clarity to a fast-moving field. Launching hands-on AI and Data Bootcamps so builders could strengthen technical foundations. Mobilizing the tech sector’s talent and capital in support of builders. Introducing practical tools, like the Nonprofit AI Policy Builder, to support thoughtful, safe AI adoption. Convening founders, funders, and technologists in rooms where real alignment could happen. And continuing to back founders through our Accelerator and long-term portfolio services.

This year’s Impact Report captures what Fast Forward built in 2025 and where we’re headed next. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to explore.

Join the Fast Forward Team

Fast Forward is growing. If these roles sound like you, apply today!

• VP, Programs:The visionary who turns bold ideas into high-impact programs.
• Director of Portfolio Services:The champion who helps our founders scale.
• Senior Events Manager:The architect who brings our community together.
• Partnerships Associate:The relationship builder who stewards partnerships.
• Senior Manager, Institutional Fundraising:The connector who drives institutional funding to power the next chapter for tech nonprofits.
• Head of People:The culture shaper who builds the team experience.
• Instructional Designer:The teacher who transforms complexity into clarity.

Inside the Alumni Retreat

At this year’s Alumni Retreat, tech nonprofit leaders and funders came together to dig into what it takes to build and scale in a moment of rapid change. In this comprehensive recap, we unpack it all: The Bridgespan Group’s practical framework for strategic planning during uncertainty. Candid advice from leading funders on building trust and asking boldly. Powerful insights from Mozilla CTO Raffi Krikorian on values, ownership, and building AI for humanity. If you’re running a tech nonprofit, this is your window into the biggest lessons from the room and how to apply them in the year ahead.