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Project Open Data Intermediaries and Economic Ownership Rights Team [ess_grid alias=”africanminds”] Project Overview Absent in the research literature is a consideration of how data intermediaries may infringe on the ownership rights of the individual actors from whom they ‘extract’ data. At the individual level, data may hold less value and...

Policy expert Rhodri Davies wants civil society organizations to "get to grips" with artificial intelligence, which he says would minimize potential negative consequences.

A controversial smart city initiative in Canada has proposed using a data trust to help manage how it collects and uses data. But is it enough? Digital Public's Sean Martin McDonald investigates.

The Collaborative’s overarching goal is to jump-start a conversation across the sector—especially among smaller civil society players—about responsible data.

View the full lists of submitted projects from previous cycles and meet our grantees here. Digital Impact is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). We work to improve the digital infrastructure for civil society and help social sector practitioners and policymakers...

Lucy Bernholz, Chris Worman, Mandeep Tiwana, Wilneida Negrón, and Dan “Blah” Meredith discuss the role of digital resources in shaping civic spaces.

Listed below are the applicants to the Digital Impact Grants 2017 cycle who agreed to share details about their proposed projects with the Digital Impact community and public at large. Digital Impact will also share an interactive data visualization of these projects. Click here to view the list of applicants...

Featured Speakers [ess_grid alias=”internet-health”] Date & Time September 27, 2017 11am-12pm Pacific / 2-3pm Eastern Register now Internet health – how do we define, measure, and foster it for social good? Join us as we gather experts for a checkup on the state of the internet and a closer look...

With support from the Ai You Foundation, Digital Impact Beijing brought together 140 participants from Chinese nonprofits, foundations, corporate social responsibility programs, and universities. The opportunity to learn with and from networks of nonprofits in China – with its rapidly developing nonprofit sector and its singular digital culture – was...

The 2017 window for applications closed at 5 PM Pacific Time on June 12, 2017. The next Digital Impact Grants cycle will open in Spring 2018. View the 2017 awards announcement. Sign up for our newsletter and connect with us @dgtlimpact to stay informed about future opportunities. [x_button shape=”rectangular” size=”regular”...