Social Impact - CARNEVALE

Don’t explain your philanthropy—embody it.

Our Responsibility to the Community

At CARNEVALE we believe in community. We’re born into them, molded by them and responsible for them. As a member of the Grand Rapids community we take that responsibility to heart. We partner with local organizations to uplift and enrich the lives of our neighbors. Social good initiatives are clear opportunities to affect this generation and generations to come.

Illuminating History

Undesigning the Redline

We partnered with The Diatribe and The 49507 Project to interactively tell the little-known story of redlining in Grand Rapids. The experience visualizes the significance of redlining through immersive video and 3D content while highlighting local artists who live, work, and create in the 49507.

Illuminating History

Envisioning Change

Plaza Roosevelt

We created The Plaza Roosevelt app in partnership with the Neighbors of Roosevelt Park and Habitat for Humanity. The app uses Augmented Reality (AR) and 360 photos to allow people in the Roosevelt Park neighborhood, and the surrounding community, to view the construction developments in their area.

Envisioning Change

Providing Growth Opportunities

WMCAT

We partner with WMCAT to provide its students with real-world educational experiences for professional development in technology.

Providing Growth Opportunities

Enabling Connection

YWCA

At the beginning of the pandemic, we partnered with the YWCA to build a chatbot that provided support to people isolated by COVID. We provided training and support to the YWCA team as they added this new resource to their site.

Enabling Connection

Illuminating History

Envisioning Change

Providing Growth Opportunities

Enabling Connection

Nika Price

Director of Social Impact

The Mind Behind the Vision

Three years ago, Nika came to the CARNEVALE team bringing her insight and passion for community. Under Nika’s guidance, CARNEVALE.co/op has transformed into a model for corporate social good that can be accomplished by bridging the gap between technology and community.

Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

2019 2020 2021

$168k

dollars donated to our community

organizations contributed to

1,592

of our hours went to social impact

$208k

dollars donated to our community

organizations contributed to

2,398

of our hours went to social impact

$293k

dollars donated to our community

organizations contributed to

2,937

of our hours went to social impact

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We’re striving to change the world.