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GuideStar OverviewData Without Borders DC Datadive
March 2-4, 2012
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GuideStar’s Mission
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To revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving.
Who is GuideStar?
• The national database of nonprofit organizations
• Information on over 2.1 million nonprofits
• Digitized Forms 990 for nearly 500,000 organizations
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Why GuideStar?
• We have the most comprehensive database of financial data about American nonprofits
• But, we can only do so much – numerous other data sources can provide interesting, important value to GuideStar’s financial data
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Our Burning Questions
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Is there a data-based model that can predict whether an organization is failing, that can serve as an “early warning system” for the sector?
Our Burning Questions
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Is there a model that can highlight “high-performing” organizations, helping drive more to the organizations best able to change their world?
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Thank you!Braswell Brandt
Solutions ArchitectGuideStar USA, Inc.