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Florida Community Innovation Foundation (FCI): 2025 Year in Review

By Caroline Nickerson, Executive Director In 2025, Florida Community Innovation Foundation (FCI)…

Enhancing Accessibility: Real-Time Capacity Tracking for Shelters and Resource Centers

Authors:  University of Michigan, Reach Consulting Group: Subin Pyo, Leyre Orduna Abadia…

Enhancing Workforce Inclusivity for People with Disabilities: Insights from Florida Community Innovation’s Students

Authors:  Aniqa Ahmed, Caroline Nickerson, Yajie He, Corey Flores, Olivia Zhang, Maddie…

FCI Handbook

Florida Community Innovation (FCI) started in 2020 with a simple but powerful goal: use tech…

Building Effective Volunteer Communities: Lessons from Code for Philly

Creating a space for volunteers and college students to thrive, especially in a remote environment…

November Newsletter

New Workshop Series for Social Good Leaders, Calendars Available, and More!Take your social good…

Startup Weekend Orlando: A Launchpad for New Ventures

Recently, I had the incredible opportunity to attend Startup Weekend Orlando (SWORL), an event that…

FCI October Newsletter

Boo! Did we scare you? It’s FCI!  Hey there! Long time no see! Miss us? These past few months…

User Experience with the Resource Map: Case Study

Kevin Cui, a Spring 2024 User Experience (UX) intern with FCI, developed a case study about the…

FCI’s Take on Ethical Fundraising

Fundraising is a big part of how nonprofits keep going, but it can be tricky to do it in a way…

FCI Students Illustrate the Impacts of Climate Gentrification in Miami via a Data Walk, with the Aim of Inspiring Community Action

This blog post summarizes what we – Florida Community Innovation’s students and volunteers – have…

Innovating for Impact: Insights from FCI’s Rally Accelerator Experience

The Florida Resource Map (FRM) team at Florida Community Innovation (FCI) recently had the privilege…

FCI’s Mission to Enhance LGBTQ+ Resource Access: A Congressional Briefing Spotlight

Florida Community Innovation (FCI) connects Florida’s citizens with trusted information and…

Global Demographics of Human Trafficking Detection in Data

This project by Leila Ouhri of FCI’s SHINE Team aimed to visualize human trafficking data worldwide…

Engaging with Educational Institutions for Civic Tech Research and Development

Creating opportunities for civic technologists in training is a crucial part of Florida Community…

Tech can Help my Home of Miami

Giving Tuesday is huge for nonprofits and is coming up fast. With Give Miami Day today (run by the…

Things you need to know about domestic violence and language barriers

 At FCI, while we develop projects like the Florida Community Resource Map, we strive to…

Our Gainesville Data Walk

Florida Community Innovation (FCI) is a nonprofit based in Florida that empowers young innovators to…

Bridging the resource gap in Central Florida

Driving through the Orlando metropolitan area, you can see a plethora of storefronts belonging to…

Studying Abroad Without Breaking the Bank: Advice from Erika and Aimee Clesi

On November 9, 2022, students from Florida Community Innovation interviewed Aimee and Erika Clesi…

Harmonizing Hope: MADWOMAN and Max Bleiweis Lead the Way in Uplifting Gainesville’s Music Community

If I could describe the Gainesville music scene in one word, it would be “uplifting.”…

Ethical Considerations of Augmenting Healthcare with Artificial Intelligence

This post was crafted in partnership with the UF-VA Bioethics Unit. On October 28, 2022, the…

Art-of-the-Possible Webinar: The Power of Data Science for Social Impact

Data science should be used for sustainable social impact – that was the main point made by…

Meryem Yuksel: Empowerment and Hope through Software Development

“Software development – my passion and the focal point of my academics at UF – has been a…

Spring 2022: University of Michigan School of Information Graduate Student Research on the Needs of Social Workers in Florida

Citation: Fanaras, N, Gilhool, A, Mandagere, P, and Zhou, L. Understanding Florida Social Workers…

Service Spotlight: New Hope for Kids

For Florida Community Innovation (FCI)’s first service spotlight of a resource featured on the…

“Medicine and Morality: Lessons from the Holocaust” with Dr. Stacy Gallin

This post was crafted in partnership with the UF-VA Bioethics Unit. On Friday, October 22, 2021, the…