Google Impact Challenge finalists

Bay Area residents can vote for these nonprofits. The four top vote-getters will win grants of $500,000 each; the other six will each get $250,000.

826 Valencia. Offers expository and creative writing programs for kids. Will convert a Tenderloin liquor store into a new tutoring center serving an additional 2,000 San Francisco students.

Bayview/Hunters Point Community Legal. Offers civil representation to low-income people. Will expand model to more neighborhoods.

City Year. Provides mentoring and tutoring in math and literacy throughout the school day for students in East San Jose. Will expand program to serve 8,000 more students.

Kiva. Crowdfunds loans for small business owners with social impact. Will fund 800 community entrepreneurs in Oakland.

Talking Points. Will build a multilingual texting app so parents and teachers can communicate across language divides.

The Big Lift. Unites over 200 organizations to ensure that every San Mateo County child learns to read. Will offer summer programs for underserved kids to provide enrichment and prevent learning loss.

Essie Justice Group. Will bulid a movement to empower women to advocate for change in the justice system, similar to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The Hidden Genius Project. Trains and mentors black youth in technology creation, entrepreneurship and leadership. Will launch a multiyear intensive to serve an additional 100 young men, and will serve 2,000 youth over the next three years.

The Reset Foundation. Will build its first residential campus as an alternative to prison for young adults, offering tech learning career training and social-emotional wellness.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Solicited citizen ideas for interactive exhibits to make Market Street more vibrant and will install 20 of them. Examples: six-person pingpong tables, and a massive typewriter with empty paint buckets as keys.