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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Alison Carlman
Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications, GlobalGiving
Alison is Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications at GlobalGiving, the first and largest global crowdfunding community for nonprofits. Her role is to tell the story of GlobalGiving and GlobalGiving's inspiring nonprofit partners. She's also on a team working to understand, measure, articulate, and improve GlobalGiving's social impact. A Colorado native, Alison graduated from Pepperdine University, served a Kiva Fellow in Kenya, and received her graduate degrees in community development and monitoring & evaluation from South Africa's Stellenbosch University. Alison is based in Denver and works out of the Posner Center for International Development. Follow her on twitter for musings on nonprofits and social media, maternal health, first-time parenting, and storytelling in global development.→
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GuideStar USA
GuideStar's mission is to revolutionize philanthropy by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving.→
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Anne Whatley
Consultant
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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Sean Martin McDonald
Chief Executive Officer at Frontline SMS
Sean Martin McDonald is the CEO of FrontlineSMS and a founding member of the Frontline Legal, Capture the Ocean, and Feedback Labs projects. Frontline uses the convenience and reach of messaging to improve the reach, efficiency, and value of digital engagement in more than 140 countries. He's also an advisor and affiliate with the Clinton Global Initiative, Harvard's Berkman Center, Digital Democracy, ECPAT USA, TechChange and UNDP.→
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Richard Turner
Chief Fundraiser at SolarAid
Richard Turner has been a fundraiser for 25 years. in 2001 he was awarded Fundraiser of the Year by the Institute of Fundraising. He is currently Chief Fundraiser at SolarAid - a charity which runs a social enterprise in Africa. He regularly blogs and tweets on the subject of fundraising as @ifundraiser, or you can read his blog at https://ifundraiser.wordpress.com/.→
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Hudson Hollister
Founder and Executive Director, Data Transparency Coalition
Hudson Hollister is the founder and executive director of the Data Transparency Coalition. The Coalition is a trade association of technology companies, nonprofits, and individuals supporting the publication of government data in machine-readable formats. The Coalition supports reforms such as the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA Act, to transform U.S. federal spending information from disconnected documents into open data. Prior to founding the Data Transparency Coalition, he served as counsel to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives and as an attorney fellow in the Office of Interactive Disclosure at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Before his government service, he was a securities litigator at Latham & Watkins LLP.→
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Miriam Young
Communications Specialist
Miriam is the Communications Specialist at DataKind, a nonprofit that harnesses the power of data science in the service of humanity, and has spent her career promoting the pro bono movement, bringing business, technology and social sector experts together to change the world. Previously working at NPower and the Taproot Foundation, Miriam began her career as an AmeriCorps volunteer herself and continues to be inspired by the thousands of professionals that donate their time and talent to make the world better.→
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Justin Duncan
Policy Associate
Justin Duncan is a Policy Associate at the Data Transparency Coalition. Justin works closely with the Coalition’s policy team on data transparency issues in federal spending and federal financial regulation. He also focuses on expanding the Coalition’s open data policy efforts into other federal, state, and local government domains. Prior to joining the Coalition, Justin completed internships at the Center for Effective Government and the U.S. House of Representatives. Justin is a graduate of Illinois State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Justin Duncan can be reached at justin.duncan@datacoalition.org→
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Joy Saunders
Chief Executive Officer
Joy Saunders is the Chief Executive Officer of Integrity Action, a UK based NGO that seeks to build integrity in some of the world’s most challenging settings. She has presented in various fora on the importance of metrics and measuring impact in the Anti-corruption field and she sits as the civil society representative for the OECD Anti-Corruption Task Team.→
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Brian Lange
Data Scientist
Brian Lange is a Data Scientist at Datascope Analytics, where he leads design process exercises and designs analyses, web interfaces and visualizations. He has a background in Computer Engineering from Northwestern University. Brian has contributed to projects for IssueLab, P&G, Thomson Reuters, Motorola and other well known companies and his work has been featured on FlowingData. He also sits on the Board of Directors for the nonprofit Engineers for a Sustainable World. While he's not nerding out about typography and machine learning techniques, he enjoys science and comedy podcasts, brewing beer, and listening to weird music.→
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Hope Neighbor
Partner
Hope Neighbor is a Partner at Camber Collective, a strategy consulting firm for social impact and health care.
Money for Good is a research series to reveal “the voice of the donor” for charitable giving. $FG’s 2010 report provided the first comprehensive view of Americans’ demand for charitable giving and impact investing since 1994’s The Seven Faces of Philanthropy. 2011’s $FG II looked at how individuals, foundations, and advisors research nonprofits, and what information packaging or channel might result in more giving to high-performing nonprofits. $FG 2015 takes this research a step further, exploring how behavioral segmentation, a reframe of the giving conversation, and use of select giving channels can increase and shift charitable giving.→
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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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Jake Porway and Neal Myrick
DataKind Founder and Executive Director, and Corporate Social Responsibility Director
Tableau Foundation and DataKind are partnering to support the global Data for Good movement, rallying their resources to help social change organizations take full advantage of the data revolution.→
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Simone Brody
Executive Director
Simone Brody is the Executive Director of the What Works Cities initiative. She previously served as the Senior Executive Director of the Office of Research, Accountability and Data at the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE), leading evaluation and accountability for the city’s 1,800 public schools. Prior to joining NYCDOE, Simone was a Principal at Ascend Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early stage education and technology companies. She earned a BA in Political Science, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Education from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from The Wharton School.→
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Software Advice
Reviewer and Researcher of Software Applications
Software Advice provide reviews and research on thousands of software applications.→
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Candace Cody
Cause Vox
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Neal Myrick
Director of Corporate Social Responsibility
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Peter Manzo
Peter Manzo is President & CEO of United Ways of California. In this role Pete leads United Ways of California’s efforts to improve the health, financial stability and educational opportunities of Californians by enhancing and coordinating the efforts of California United Way organizations.→
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