Listen first
Begin with lived experience and the people closest to the problem.
About The Be Good Project
Common good,
built together.
A Seattle-area technology nonprofit connecting people, programs, and practical innovation.
Our mission
Linking people through common good.
Our mission is to build a strong community of people dedicated and united in helping each other end hunger and poverty through open education, constantly evolving technology, and effective volunteerism.
Our story
Born from lived experience.
2012
Apollo Rimando founded The Be Good Project in Seattle after experiencing hunger himself and seeing how quickly a person can need community support.
Growth
Volunteers developed soup kitchens, food programs, youth leadership work, and other community initiatives in Seattle and the Philippines.
Today
BGP is relaunching as a human-centered technology nonprofit, with Banana App as its number-one development priority.
Small nonprofit. Lasting commitment.
Nearly 15 years of showing up.
We are a small nonprofit, and we are not yet fully funded. But limited resources have never diminished our commitment to the people and communities we serve. Since 2012, we have continued our work through periods without funding, sustained by volunteer dedication and the trust people have placed in us.
That trust is something we work to earn every day. As we approach 15 years, we invite you to help turn that persistence into a more sustainable future—so the work can continue with the resources it deserves.
People and purpose
Practical help, built with the community.
We connect volunteers and technology builders to work on food access, learning, and other community needs.
Explore volunteeringOur approach
Build responsibly
Design useful technology that protects dignity, privacy, and access.
Work together
Bring volunteers, technologists, food partners, and communities into the work.
Leadership & board
The people behind the mission.
Founder leadership and board stewardship guiding The Be Good Project’s community-centered work.
Apollo Rimando →
Founder · Vision, strategy, and community
Apollo founded BGP in Seattle in 2012, drawing on his own experience with hunger to bring people together around practical community support.
Board stewardship
Hannah M. · Michael A. · Obit P.
Board members help guide BGP’s community-centered mission.