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Unity Foundation aims to build an equitable ecosystem for communities through open source technology. By embracing these technologies which were designed to foster connection and transparency, organizations are enabled to implement innovative, low-cost solutions designed to  improve social, economic, and sustainable community outcomes. Unity Foundation supports and encourages awareness of social consciousness, while working to remove the digital divide through reduced societal costs, barriers to entry, and enhanced transparency. Unity is facilitating secure and scalable application development by creating and integrating open source technologies. More…

Jane is a single mother struggling to make ends meet. She is unemployed and barely scraping by to provide for her child. She sought assistance from a local nonprofit focused on job training and placement, but her more urgent needs in the areas of housing and childcare support remained unaddressed and prevented her from focusing on training for her future…and the future of her child. Other non-profits could help her with these more urgent needs, but it remains up to Jane to coordinate them all. More…

Unity Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of three Open Source Software (OSS) Foundations as official member organizations of the Unity team. Established in 2020 as a non-profit, community-based organization, Unity Foundation set out on a journey to leverage open source software tools to provide more inherently equitable access to the information and services that support the needs of the greater St. Louis area community, with a focus on the underserved. More…

Unity Foundation has been a proud partner with Saint Louis University in helping establish SLU’s Open Source Software Center, which was made possible by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The center provides an incubation lab environment that introduces students to open source software and a culture of sharing that is inherently more equitable. Giving students an opportunity to understand this culture and operate within it is not only a unique opportunity for SLU computer science students, it can also extend out in ways that can uplift and benefit individuals, organizations, and communities. More…