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

2016 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

2017 Grantees

  • 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! 

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Brian Walsh
Head of Corporate Impact for Liquidnet and Executive Director of Liquidnet For Good. Liquidnet is the New York-based global institutional trading network.→
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Anne Whatley
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Anne Whatley is a consultant with Network Impact providing advice, research and tools to support social change networks, foundations and the emerging field of network builder.→
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Christopher Whitlatch
Christopher Whitlatch is the Manager of Marketing and Communications at The Pittsburgh Foundation. He joined the Foundation in 2009 just before the first PittsburghGives day of giving. Over seven years, PittsburghGives has raised more than $40 million through a variety of online giving events. Christopher has a passion for online giving and studies the different models, sustainability, and technology developments in digital fundraising. Christopher works with nonprofits in the Pittsburgh area as well as around the country to increase their knowledge and use of digital media and technology to improve storytelling, data visualization, and communications.→
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Steve Wright
Steve Wright has worked for more than 15 years at the intersection of technology and education. Before joining Grameen Foundation in August 2010, he served for a number of years as the Director of Innovation and Technology at Salesforce.com Foundation. While there, he established himself as a thought leader in the social metrics space through extensive experience working with organizations such as the Acumen Fund, GIIN (Global Impact Investing Network) and members of ANDE (Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs).→