mentors leaders in technology, nonprofits and philanthropy, companies and foundations like google and mozilla lending office space for classes and financing the program with donations. so nonprofits get the basics. >> some of that is curriculum and content, understanding of fundraising and managing a board or building a product. >> reporter: shannon and kevin say so far, 14 nonprofits have come through the program and they have each grown their budgets by an average $1.7 million. >> i'm really excited about that. >> reporter: he learned how to improve his website so it now gets tens of thousands of visitors. he can't thank shannon and kevin enough. >> i call them randomly just to tell them thanks for believing in me. they are genuine people. they really want to see you win. >> reporter: so for bringing together technology and nonprofits, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to shannon farley and kevin barenblat. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> nominate someone you know for the jefferson award at cbssf.com/hero. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, see the new cars and truckst are >>> some of the hottest