Games for Change is a New York City-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2004 by Benjamin Stokes, Suzanne Seggerman, and Barry Joseph to harness digital games and immersive media to address pressing social issues including education, health, human rights, and climate change. The organization runs the annual Games for Change Festival in New York City, a conference on games and social impact, alongside the peer-reviewed Games for Change Awards and the G4C Student Challenge, a STEM program teaching middle and high school students game design and computer programming in New York and other cities, plus G4C Learn workshops and fellowships for youth and educators.