Digital Impact fosters an online community of social sector practitioners, policymakers, allied organizations and initiatives built around the safe, ethical, and effective use of digital resources for social good. From key influencers to on-the-ground program staff, we’re building a community to exchange ideas and foster new connections and collaborations.
Leadership Council
- Victoria Vrana, Senior Program Officer, Charitable Sector Support, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Brian Walsh, Head of Impact, Liquidnet
- Mari Kuraishi, Co-founder and President, GlobalGiving
- Jacob Harold, CEO, GuideStar
- Mario Lugay, Entrepreneur in Residence, GuideStar
- Andrew Means, beyond.uptake
Grantees
- Alliance of Information and Referral Systems – Standardizing Resource Data APIs
- Drexel University – Nonprofit Ecosystem Research and Visualization
- Engagement Lab at Emerson College, MIT Center for Civic Media, and TNB Labs – NonProfit.Databasic.io: A Data Literacy Toolkit for Nonprofit Organizations
- The Governance Lab – Data Labs: Applying the Model in Other Contexts
- Media Mobilizing Project – Bad Data In: Communities Build Best Practice Database and Toolkit on Predictive Algorithmic Risk Assessment in Pretrial Detention
- Center for Democracy & Technology, SIMLab, The Engine Room, and Future of Privacy Forum – Good Data Collaborative
- African Minds – Open Data Intermediaries and Economic Ownership Rights
- Ariadne – European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights – Research and decision-making framework for philanthropic organizations sharing grants data for human rights and social change projects
- Benetech – Gamified Digital Security Training
- CIVICUS – Data for Action: Bringing Responsible and Secure Data Practices to Community Surveys
- Data Orchard – Data Evolution +
- Max Planck institute for Intelligent Systems – Avoiding Discrimination in Automated Decision Making and Machine Learning
- Pro Bono Net – Legal Empowerment Data Literacy and Governance Initiative
Become A Contributor
If you are interested in contributing a written piece to Digital Impact about digital data use and management for better decision making in the social sector, please complete the application form. We will respond to selected contributors within one week. Thank you for your interest in joining the Digital Impact community!
Contributor Directory
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Murat Kantarcioglu
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu is Director of the University of Texas at Dallas Data Security and Privacy Lab. His research focuses on creating technologies that can efficiently extract useful information from any data without sacrificing privacy or security.→
Sam Kaspick
Sam Kaspick supports Civic Hall’s business development efforts and is also their leading Star Wars nerd. He comes to New York from San Francisco, where he and a scrappy team of four raised millions for President Obama’s reelection campaign. They also founded a nonprofit called Tech4America (T4A.org), which brings together tech leaders and public officials to brainstorm solutions to civic problems.→
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Megan Kilgore
Megan Kilgore leads digital marketing for The Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, focusing on email marketing, social media marketing and advertising, segmentation and data storytelling. She was recently invited to lead a panel on data storytelling for nonprofits at the 2014 SXSW Interactive conference in Austin.→
Miya Knights
Miya Knights has been writing about business technology for over a decade. First covering enterprise application software for VNU News Centre and retail, transport and IT recruitment for Computing magazine in the UK, she is now editor of Retail Technology magazine and website (www.retailtechnology.co.uk). She has also consulted as a senior technology analyst for researcher Planet Retail and various retail, IT and PR firms, as well having written for The Times, Independent, Financial Times, E&T Magazine, HRZone, TechWeekEurope UK, CIO UK, Computer Weekly, HRnet, IT Pro, Cloud Pro, ZDNet and v3.co.uk.→
Greta Knutzen
Greta Knutzen is an award winning social issue documentary film and television producer working with filmmakers and changemakers to create powerful stories and campaigns which inform, engage and inspire positive social impact. She has produced content for A&E, History Channel, National Geographic, Discovery, and others including the Emmy-winning Sex Slaves for PBS Frontline/Channel 4 UK and Overseas Press Club winning Impact of Terror for CNN/CBC. At The New School for Public Engagement, New York, Greta designed and taught the first undergraduate course to tackle the impact of the data revolution on New Media and Entertainment.→
Taner Kodanaz
Director, Seeing a Better World Program
Taner Kodanaz leads DigitalGlobe’s Seeing a Better World™ Program, a commitment to leverage geospatial technologies and services to address significant global challenges. He works extensively with global development organizations, including United Nations, World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and The Nature Conservancy to catalyze and implement strategies that support developing countries and that reach people who are most in need. Taner is a recognized thought leader and explores high-impact solutions that drive actionable outcomes that address Food & Nutrition Security, Infrastructure Development, Environmental Sustainability, and Human Rights. Prior to DigitalGlobe, Taner was head of Philanthropic Alliances at Promethean, a global interactive technology company where he created and executed novel strategies for leveraging philanthropic partnerships with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.→
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Dr. Jonathan Koomey
Jonathan Koomey, Ph.D. is a Research Fellow at the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University. He is also the author of Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs.
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Mary Kopczynski Winkler is an expert in performance management in the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute. Since joining the Institute in 1995, her research has focused on strategic planning and assistance in the development, implementation and use of performance management systems for a variety of nonprofit, government agencies and stakeholders.→
Mari Kuraishi
Mari co-founded GlobalGiving with Dennis Whittle, and currently leads the organization. In 2011, Mari was named one of Foreign Policy's top 100 Global Thinkers for "crowdsourcing worldsaving." She currently serves as chair of the board of the Global Business School Network and on the board of Guidestar US.→
Ravi Kurani
Ravi Kurani is co-founder of ImpactSpace.org, with a background in sustainable business and supply chain management. Formerly, Ravi launched a due diligence and investment campaign for the BoP communities in India while working with First Light Ventures Fund and Village Capital - organizations working to democratize entrepreneurship through peer support networks.→