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Begin with lived experience and the people closest to the problem.
About The Be Good Project
Common good,
built together.
A Seattle-area technology nonprofit connecting people, programs, and practical innovation.
Our mission
Linking people through common good.
Our mission is to build a strong community of people dedicated and united in helping each other end hunger and poverty through open education, constantly evolving technology, and effective volunteerism.
Our story
Born from lived experience.
2012
Apollo Rimando founded The Be Good Project in Seattle after experiencing hunger himself and seeing how quickly a person can need community support.
Growth
Volunteers developed soup kitchens, food programs, youth leadership work, and other community initiatives in Seattle and the Philippines.
Today
BGP is relaunching as a human-centered technology nonprofit, with Banana App as its number-one development priority.
Our approach
Build responsibly
Design useful technology that protects dignity, privacy, and access.
Work together
Bring volunteers, technologists, food partners, and communities into the work.
Leadership & board
The people behind the mission.
Founder leadership and board stewardship guiding The Be Good Project’s community-centered work.
Apollo Rimando
Founder
Vision · Strategy · Community
Apollo founded The Be Good Project in Seattle in 2012, turning his own experience with hunger into a community effort—and now a technology nonprofit building practical tools for food access.
Hannah M.
Board Member
Governance · Stewardship
Board profile information will be added when it is ready for publication.
Michael A.
Board Member
Governance · Stewardship
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Obit P.
Board Member
Governance · Stewardship
Board profile information will be added when it is ready for publication.