Search Results for: open database

Allows datasets to be used widely and in many ways.

Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Cinthia Schuman Ottinger, Beth Simone Noveck, David Borenstein, and Neville Vakharia discuss the new machine-readable Form 990 and the opportunities and challenges presented to U.S. nonprofits and civil society. Recent regulatory changes have made e-filed Form 990s, the data-rich annual financial disclosure forms for U.S. nonprofits, publicly available as machine-readable digital...

I’m surprised to be writing this piece. I’m surprised because a public-interest technology project led by Foundation Center, GlobalGiving, GuideStar, and TechSoup — and supported by luminary funders like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation — doesn’t seem like it should be a source of...

  As the trend on data for good continues to gain ground, Crisis Text Line (CTL) is releasing a set of data you wouldn’t expect in hopes that the data can be used for good and save the lives of vulnerable teens. The CTL has been in operation since 2013...

Context When you use a dataset created by another organization it will often come with a set of terms and conditions that apply to your use. If you are going to, in turn, create new applications of the data, share ongoing analysis, or invite the public to consider several types...

In what can only be described as a huge step in storing and analysing data, Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have teamed up to revolutionise MySQL. Put simply, MySQL is open source coding that allows users to build a relational database management system, like a shopping list or picture gallery – something...

There’s a gap in our conversation on climate change: connecting it to all areas of our quality of life and focusing on ways in which climate change mitigation can also work to alleviate poverty. William Boyd, Senior Advisor and Project Lead for the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)...

Diego May, CEO and co-founder of Junar, gives a quick dissection of the value equation for open data.  As we sort through ways to make open data sustainable to produce and sustainable as a business driver, things can quickly become complex. But, no matter how complex the technologies or the...

Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Solana Larsen, Dhanaraj Thakur, and Jessica Feldman discuss how we can define, measure, and foster a healthy internet for civil society. Shaped by technology, policy, commerce, culture and a host of other influences, the internet is a dynamic and diverse digital ecosystem whose increasing indispensability presents...

These materials provide professionals with information about how digital fundraising systems can affect their organization's ability to keep its data and donors safe.