How Global Wordsmiths raised $40,000+ on Honeycomb to complement EIDL & PPP funds

Global Wordsmiths raised $40,800+ from 107 community investors across the Rust Belt.

Global Wordsmiths is a woman-owned social enterprise that provides language translation, localization and interpretation services, and language access consulting for a wide variety of sectors.

In addition to paid work, Global Wordsmiths has provided over 7,000 hours of volunteer language services, and more than 900 translated documents to nonprofits at no cost.

Mary Jayne McCullough, Founder & Executive Director of Global Wordsmiths, spent the first 15 years of her career working as a Spanish interpreter for social service providers. During this time, it became clear to her that many social services were completely inaccessible to multilingual learners with limited English proficiency.

And these issues hit close to home. English-learning immigrant and refugee populations are growing at a rate of 80% in the Rust Belt. While larger cities have developed infrastructure for language needs, small and medium cities like Pittsburgh have room for growth.