About Datakind
To harness the power of data science and AI to address the world’s toughest challenges and empower social impact organizations while putting communities first.
Focus Areas
Frontline HealthHumanitarian ResponseClimate & EnvironmentEconomic OpportunityFinancial InclusionEducationData ethics and AI for social good
Who They Fund
nonprofit or civil society implementersresearch teams / technical practitioners
Funding Style
project-specific supportrestricted/subgrant fundingtechnology capacity building
About Datakind
Datakind Inc’s recent giving is built around subgrants that support data science projects for nonprofits and social impact organizations. In 2023, most of its listed grants were $20,000 awards, including support for John Jay College in New York and the United Way of South Central Michigan in Kalamazoo. That pattern fits the organization’s stated aim of using data science and AI to address difficult social problems while keeping communities central to the work. The foundation’s grantmaking also points to a practical, project-specific model. Recent recipients include Center on Rural Innovation, Complete College America, Bright Community Trust, and Kiva Microfunds, each funded for a data science project. A separate $10,000 award to Grameen America was listed as a data science project under Google.org funding, showing that Datakind Inc also works through partnership-based support. Across the grants on file, the emphasis is on technical work that helps nonprofit and research partners apply data science, machine learning, and analytics to real-world needs. Rather than broad institutional support, the pattern is narrowly tied to specific projects and implementation.
What Datakind Funds
A central theme in Datakind Inc’s giving is technical capacity building. The foundation gave $20,000 to Center on Rural Innovation Inc for a data science project, and $20,000 to Complete College America Inc for the same purpose, showing direct support for organizations using analytics in their work. Education appears as another clear area of support. John Jay College received $20,000 for a data science project, aligning with the foundation’s education-related focus and its interest in research teams and technical practitioners. The grants also reach economic opportunity and financial inclusion. Kiva Microfunds received $20,000 for a data science project, and Grameen America Inc received $10,000 for a data science project under Google.org funding. Those awards fit Datakind Inc’s stated interest in applying data science and AI to social impact work.
How Datakind Gives
Datakind Inc’s listed grants cluster tightly at $20,000, with a median, p25, and p75 all at $20,000. That suggests a very consistent grant size, with one smaller $10,000 award appearing in the recent grants list. The organization is a public charity and a regular funder, and the grants shown are project-specific subgrants rather than unrestricted support. The recent record does not show repeated grantees across multiple years, so the pattern on file reads as project-by-project funding rather than an obvious long-term recurring relationship. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not shown making program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10K
Total Assets
$20.5M
Total Revenue
$21.9M
Total Expenses
$7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $20K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$20K
Geographic Reach
National6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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