Jan 222010
Part 1 of 6 - Announcing the Nonprofit Data Scorecard

Check out the Nonprofit Data Scorecard here.
The Nonprofit Data Scorecard has arrived! Before the big unveiling (cue the celebratory trumpets!) here’s a little backstory: In May 2009, our all-volunteer team of nonprofiteers, technologists, journalists and social entrepreneurs set out to tell the story of the nonprofit community as it rode out the bumps and shakes [...]

Jan 022010

If the internet and social media were a religion, transparency and reciprocation could be its golden rules. Be open. Be talkative. Share.
But transparency ain’t easy – at least not at first.
Engaging in an open conversation about data – and sharing resources in a collaborative way – is the driving intention behind Nonprofitmapping.org. The everyday tasks [...]

Dec 292009
We're in the Running for the Knight Foundation News Challenge Grant!

We’re excited to announce that we’ve submitted a grant proposal to the Knight Foundation’s 2010 News Challenge! The News Challenge is a yearly contest awarding funding to “innovative ideas that develop platforms, tools and services to inform and transform community news, conversations and information distribution and visualization.”
We envision Nonprofitmapping.org as a place where nonprofits, philanthropists [...]