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Would you believe me if I said that 90% of nonprofits collect data? You probably would. The statistic isn’t too hard to believe — many might even expect it. Now, what if I told you that only 49% [...]

This week’s blog post was inspired by Catherine D’Ignazio’s piece on putting data back into context over at DataJournalism.com. We’re big fans of her work and were super-excited to see that our [...]

We like to think of data as scientific. Hard numbers. Measured calculations. But what happens when our data is about people? Have you considered the human experience in your data? “Not everything [...]

You’re sitting in your office. You’re exhausted, frazzled, and looking over piles of reports as you attempt to complete a grant application. No matter how hard you try to make time stand still, [...]

This post was originally written for the blog over at We All Count, a project for equity in data science. We’re working to demystify and democratize data and demonstrate how we can make it more [...]

Does your nonprofit need to be data-friendly? Yes, it really does. You may think data is deadly dull, but collecting meaningful data is an essential part of being an effective nonprofit. In 1869, [...]