Instead of dialing 911 for emergency assistance, what if you could dial 999 for the cash you need to feed your family and buy supplies during a crisis? Imagine a world in which you, along with thousands of others, could rapidly and accurately be identified as someone needing assistance, and…
Initiatives
Our Initiatives
We recognize that success in building the field requires focused, funded initiatives, conceived and executed with partners bringing a broad range of perspectives and expertise in different sectors.
Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge
In early 2020, we launched the $10 million Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge as part of our commitment to building the field of data science for social impact.
Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN)
Democratizing data skills and investing in social impact organizations’ capacity to be data-driven will lead to transformative change. The Capacity Accelerator Network will work to increase skills and support organizations, enabling them to unlock the power of data to meet their missions.
Epiverse: Distributed Pandemic Tools Program
We are launching a global consortium to design and build open software tools enabling privacy-preserving distributed analysis of data to power pandemic response.
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To date, Solar Sister has helped more than 6,000 women become entrepreneurs. The organization hopes to train 10,000 women by 2023 and is actively exploring new markets in Africa. The key to their expansion plans is using data to help their entrepreneurs make better buying and selling decisions. Read more