NATIONAL UPCYCLED COMPUTING COLLECTIVE, INC.
We Facilitate Research!
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Millions of electronic devices are disposed of every year, toxic components are shipped to third world countries at an alarming rate. A large portion of these electronic devices are discarded by individuals, corporations, and government agencies, simply because of planned obsolescence. Product life cycles are intentionally short for commercial profit, however their impact on waste is significant.
Many scientific and mathematical research projects require the use of massively parallel distributed computing, most cannot afford their own systems. They rely on volunteer computing as a major resource for both short and long term projects.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Computing Collective
The National Upcycled Computing Collective provides support to a wide range of projects including but not limited to:
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PrimeGrid
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We add projects to the Computing Collective and provide research on Distributed Computing as we Upcycle Computers and as our Board Directs.
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Part & Art
If we arrive at the end of the life cycle of any given technology, however, can still use that technology in the promotion of art and generating physical works, this meets the aim of this project.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Average number of dollars given by new donors
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Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Computing Collective
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of organization members
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Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Computing Collective
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of individuals attending briefings and presentations
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Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Computing Collective
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of individuals attending briefings and presentations Including our monthly events and gatherings (257)
Number of list subscribers
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Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Computing Collective
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Social Media List Subscribers: Discord Server Subscribers (58) +15 from 2019, Facebook Subscribers (153) +20 from 2019, Twitter Subscribers (224) +63 from 2019.
Number of overall donors
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Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Computing Collective
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our vision is to facilitate environments for computer science, engineering, and security researchers.
Our goal is to provide donated hardware to schools and other charitable institutions to augment educational and research capabilities.
Our Mission is to upcycle computers in a more meaningful way in the expansion of resources for scientific processing using renewable technology.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The National Upcycled Computing Collective, Inc. (NUCC) intends to re-purpose technology responsibly.
Our primary project aims to utilize a mixture of end of life computing components in order to contribute as much processing power to schools and other charitable institutions to augment educational and research capabilities in the expansion of resources for scientific processing using renewable technology.
The best way to upcycle computers is to continue using them.
Powering these systems with renewable energy both promotes responsible operation and encourages affordable and clean energy partnerships within the renewable energy sector.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
As computers and other forms of technology are donated to the National Upcycled Computing Collective, Inc., our projects are able to increase the distribution of processing power and other required resources to the projects we support.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
As of March 15th 2020, NUCC, Inc., is ranked #102 out of 22,153 teams within the United States reported on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) combined rankings and NUCC, Inc.
This is a significant rise from our rank in 2017 of #1057 within the United States on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) combined rankings and NUCC, Inc.
We aim to continue our climb in these ranking as a quantifiable indicator that we are providing greater support to scientific projects worldwide and as a proof of concept of the value of the mixture of end of life computing components in order to contribute as much processing power to schools and other charitable institutions to augment educational and research capabilities in the expansion of resources for scientific processing using renewable technology.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Community meetings/Town halls, Constituent (client or resident, etc.) advisory committees,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
The launch of new projects and programs.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback,
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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NATIONAL UPCYCLED COMPUTING COLLECTIVE, INC.
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Jonathan Dilley
Trevor Blazso
Robert Wellington
Dale VanDyke
Albert Shifberg-Mencher
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
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Ethics and transparency
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Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.