THE POPTECH INSTITUTE
EIN 01-0518900 · Education N.E.C. (B99)
What they do
POPTECHS MISSION is to ACCELERATE THE POSITIVE IMPACT of WORLD-CHANGING PEOPLE, PROJECTS and IDEAS. FOUNDED IN 1996 BY BOB METCALFE (INVENTOR, ETHERNET) and JOHN SCULLEY (APPLE, PEPSI), POPTECH ORIGINALLY PROVIDED A FORUM to CRITICALLY DEBATE THE IMPACT of TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY. TODAY, THE ORGANIZATION ENCOMPASSES A MUCH BROADER MISSION to EXPLORE and ACT ON A PORTFOLIO of INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON ADVANCING PROGRESS ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, PEACE and SECURITY, GLOBAL HEALTH and INCOME EQUITY. THE ORGANIZATION is SUPPORTED BY A DIVERSE NETWORK of INDIVIDUALS and ORGANIZATIONS THAT INCLUDE NOBEL LAUREATES, PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS, INVENTORS, ARTISTS, FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES, PHILANTHROPISTS, AS WELL AS 180 ALUMNI of THE POPTECH SOCIAL INNOVATION and SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM. ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, A PASSIONATE INTEREST IN SOLVING CHALLENGES CONFRONTING HUMANITY. CENTRAL to POPTECHS MISSION is A BELIEF IN THE POWER of NETWORKED COLLABORATION AS A TOOL for SOCIAL CHANGE. WE CONSISTENTLY LEVE
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Leadership and board
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BONNIE MAYODIRECTOR
CHRISTIE NICHOLSONCHAIR
KIMBERLY GARDINERDIRECTOR
LEETHA FILDERMANPRESIDENT
NICK MARTINDIRECTOR
PAUL SCHAEFFERDIRECTOR
RAJ GOLLAMUDITREASURER
REGGIE SNOWDENDIRECTOR
STEVEN JUMPERDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1999
- Location
- P O BOX 1405, CAMDEN, ME 048431405
- County
- Knox
- In care of
- LEETHA FILDERMAN
- Primary officer
- LEETHA FILDERMAN, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- LG&H
- NTEE classification
- Education N.E.C. (B99)
- IRS tax category
- Education N.E.C.