Technology is advancing faster than many communities can adopt it.
The digital divide is no longer only about access to devices or connectivity. Increasingly, it is about whether people and community organizations have the skills, resources, and support required to benefit from rapidly evolving technology. TYPE Foundation exists to help close that gap.
Who We Are
Mission & Vision
Our Mission
To improve the quality of life of individuals in need by empowering charitable organizations with technology that enables them to operate more efficiently, reach more people, and accomplish more with less.
Our Vision
A world where no need goes unseen, no resource goes unused, and charitable organizations have the tools to connect the two.
Our History
A mission that began with direct service and evolved into using technology to strengthen charitable organizations.
2013 — A Mission of Service
TYPE Foundation was incorporated on February 1, 2013, as an initiative led by Maria Jerez. In its early years, the organization focused on clothing and food drives benefiting homeless individuals and families throughout Miami-Dade County. The initiative was created not only to serve people in need, but also to encourage social awareness and a spirit of service among other students.
2013 — A Deeper Connection to Community Service
That same year, Jorge Jerez co-founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish together with other parishioners. He remained actively involved in its leadership for many years, supporting the growth of its mission and its service to families in need.
From Service to Technology
Over time, one challenge became increasingly clear: charitable organizations often have committed volunteers and valuable resources, but lack the technology and operational tools needed to coordinate their work efficiently. Jorge began applying his professional experience in technology, data, and application development to address that problem. He assembled a development team and led the creation of a digital platform designed to automate and improve the Society’s operations—including assistance intake, communication between neighbors in need and volunteers, case management, approvals, and service coordination.
TYPE Foundation Today
That experience ultimately shaped the current mission of TYPE Foundation: to use technology to strengthen charitable organizations, helping them serve more people, operate more efficiently, and accomplish more with less.
How We Put Our Mission Into Action
Build Technology for Good
We design and deploy practical technology for nonprofit and community organizations, including mobile and web applications, cloud platforms, data solutions, automation, and digital workflows that expand their capacity to serve.
Make Technology Accessible
We use artificial intelligence, natural language, and voice interaction to reduce the skills required to use digital systems, helping older adults, people with limited digital literacy, and underserved communities participate more fully in the benefits of technology.
What if people did not have to learn the software?
Instead of asking people to navigate menus, complete complex forms, and learn unfamiliar workflows, AI can allow them to simply explain what they need in their own words.
Traditional Digital Experience
Open the app → find the right menu → locate the form → understand each field → enter the data → submit.
Conversational Access
“I need help with my electric bill.”
The system asks the necessary questions, captures structured information, validates it, and guides the person through the process naturally.
Technology should adapt to people — not require people to adapt to technology.
Flagship Project
Case Intake and Field Operations Platform
SVDPApp was developed to help community volunteers manage assistance requests, communication, events, approvals, and service delivery more efficiently. It demonstrates how thoughtful technology can multiply the capacity of organizations with limited resources.
The next step is AI-powered accessibility: allowing volunteers and neighbors to operate complex workflows through natural conversation and voice instead of relying only on traditional screens and forms.
From Software to Conversation
Future capabilities can include conversational intake, voice-driven event creation, volunteer workflows, multilingual assistance, guided navigation, and a complete audit trail of AI-assisted actions.
Voices from the Community
Hear directly from volunteers and administrators who use the Case Intake Platform in real-world service operations.
Bernardo Shangarote
Volunteer
Jose Luis Faddoul
Volunteer
Jorge Ravelo
Administrator
Partner With Us
We work with companies, foundations, technology providers, and community organizations that believe technological progress should expand opportunity. Partnerships can include grants, cloud and AI credits, engineering support, employee volunteer programs, and sponsorship of real-world pilots.
Project Progress & Funding Needs
Your support helps us move two active technology initiatives forward—from a case intake platform already operating in the real world to a new conversational access platform designed to make technology easier for everyone to use.
Case Intake Platform
A real-world platform already in operation, supporting case intake, communication, events, approvals, and field coordination.
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Complete
Status
Front End Upgrade: In Progress
Multi-Conference Expansion: Awaiting Funding
Funding Needs
- Front End Upgrade — $5,000 of $9,000 56%
- Multi-Conference Expansion — $0 of $15,000 0%
Current priority: Complete the Front End upgrade and prepare the platform for multi-tenant, multi-conference deployment.
Conversational Access Platform
A new initiative focused on making sophisticated technology easier to use through natural conversation and voice interaction.
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Complete
Status
In Design
Funding Needs
- Platform Development — $0 of $15,000 0%
Current priority: Design and build the reusable conversational access layer, approval flow, and audit trail.
Fund Innovation
Support technology projects that directly increase nonprofit capacity and community access.
Provide Technology
Contribute cloud resources, AI services, software, APIs, and technical expertise.
Build With Us
Collaborate on pilots that turn emerging technology into measurable community impact.
As technology becomes more powerful, it should also become easier for everyone to use.
Help us turn technological progress into broader opportunity.