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Strategic Partners: collaboration for the common good

Our strategic partners, located throughout the world, are as passionate about social change as we are. They play a critical role in our work, providing technical expertise, intellectual capital, advisory leadership, financial support and other resources needed to achieve our mission. Collaborating together, we are making real advancements in several areas of social endeavor. There is much more to come.

Benetech® Supporters
Human Rights Strategic Partners
Bookshare® Strategic Partnerships
Miradi Conservation Management Strategic Partners

Benetech Supporters

Adobe Corporation
Bernard A. Newcomb Fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
George B. Storer Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Humanity United
The Jenesis Group
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Lavelle Fund for the Blind
The Mary A. Crocker Trust
Microsoft Corporation
Mid Peninsula Bank
The Morris Stulsaft Foundation
Mozilla Foundation
National Endowment for Democracy
NEC Foundation of America
Oak Foundation
The Omidyar Network
OSI - Open Society Institute
Packard Humanities Institute
Peninsula Community Foundation
Recording Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Robert E. Fraser Foundation
Sigrid Rausing Trust
Skoll Foundation
U.S. Department of Education - Office of Special Education Programs
U.S. Department of State
University of Wisconsin - Trace Research and Development Center
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
ZeroDivide Foundation

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Human Rights Strategic Partners

ABA CEELI - American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Initiative [Kosovo, Sierra Leone]
ABF - The Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran
AVCRP - L' Association des Victimes des Crimes et Répressions Politiques au Tchad (Chadian Association of Victims of Political Repression and Crime) [Chad]
CAVR -Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste [Timor-Leste]
CEH - Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico (Commission for Historical Clarification) [Guatemala]
CCJ - Colombian Commission of Jurists [Colombia]
CGG - Campaign for Good Governance [Sierra Leone]
CIIDH - Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (International Center for Human Rights Research) [Guatemala]
CNVJ - Commission Nationale de Vérité et de Justice (National Commission for Truth and Justice) [Haiti]
CVR - Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliacion [Peru]
DePaul University - International Human Rights Law Institute [Iraq]
Ensaaf - Ensaaf is a nonprofit organization working to end impunity and achieve justice for mass state crimes in India, with a focus on Punjab [India]
Equitas - Colombian Interdisciplinary Team for Forensic Work and Psychosocial Assistance [Colombia]
EWMI - East West Management Institute [Kosovo]
Freedom House– [US, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia]
GNPA - Guatemalan National Police Archive [Guatemala]
HHR - Home for Human Rights [Sri Lanka]
HRAC - Human Rights Accountability Coalition [Sri Lanka]
HRC-UCB - Human Rights Center - University of Berkeley [Kosovo]
HRW - Human Rights Watch [Chad, Kosovo]
ICTJ- International Center for Transitional Justice [Peru, Sierra Leone]
IPLS - Institute for Policy and Legal Studies [Kosovo]
LICADHO - Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights [Cambodia]
OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [Sri Lanka]
NRC - National Reconciliation Commission [Ghana]
Punto de Vista [Colombia]
TEVERE - Testimono, Verdad y Reconciliacion (Project for Testimony, Truth, and Reconciliation) [Colombia]
TRC – Truth and Reconciliation Commission [Liberia]
TRC – Truth and Reconciliation Commission [Sierra Leone]
TRC – Truth and Reconciliation Commission [South Africa]
UMAM – UMAM Documentation and Research [Lebanon]

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Bookshare Strategic Partnerships

Assistive Technology Partners

American Printing House for the Blind, BookPort — APH is a source for adapted educational and daily living products including the BookPort.
BookCourier from Springer Design, Inc. — BookCourier is a portable reading device designed specifically for people with vision and learning disabilities that make reading difficult.
The Braille Institute — A private non-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate blindness and severe sight loss as a barrier to a fulfilling life.
Freedom Scientific — Developer of assistive and adaptive technology for individuals who are blind, or have low vision or learning disabilities.
gh Accessibility — Developer of cutting edge technology that impacts a broad range of people with all types of disabilities to provide the highest levels of access to static and dynamic information.
GW Micro — GW Micro is a pioneer in the adaptive technology industry, and continues to lead with innovative, customer driven solutions.
Humanware — Developer of products that help visually-impaired individuals compete in a sighted world.
Kurzweil Educational Systems — Developer of scanning and reading solutions for the blind and visually impaired (Kurzweil 1000) and scanning, reading and writing solutions for persons with reading disabilities (Kurzweil 3000).

Publishers and Content Providers

O’Reilly Media Inc. — O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, and conferences.
NFB Newsline® — The National Federation of The Blind offers Newsline, accessible versions of over one hundred newspapers and magazines, a free service to those who cannot read conventional newsprint.
Numerous small publishers
Authors

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Miradi Conservation Management Strategic Partners

Benetech is partnering with the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) - a consortium of many of the world's leading biodiversity conservation organizations.

CMP members who have contributed to Miradi development include:

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