Data Science for Social Impact (The Rockefeller Foundation)

Data Science for Social Impact (The Rockefeller Foundation) is sponsored by The Rockefeller Foundation. The Rockefeller Foundation's Data Science for Social Impact team leverages research, analysis, funding, and partnering capabilities to ensure that advanced data science and machine learning tools are deployed to empower underserved communities and increase equity.

Data Science for Social Impact | RF Innovation / Data Science for Social Impact Data Science for Social Impact Since its founding, The Rockefeller Foundation has been a data-driven philanthropy focused on innovation and finding solutions to the world’s most pressing and persistent challenges.

Today, our Data Science for Social Impact team leverages research, analysis, funding, and partnering capabilities to ensure that the most advanced data science and machine learning tools are deployed in ways that empower underserved communities and increase equity. To do this, we hold frequent convenings in order to build a network that brings together data scientists from across the field.

We build products for internal teams within the Foundation, and we build trusted relationships with grantees. Across the U.S. and worldwide, we make early investments in young organizations and connect them with other partners. Our research helps us find people and organizations that have solved problems using data science.

We work to apply those solutions to other problems like climate change and climate health. Innovation is critical to deal with a changing world, increasing sustainability, and equitably supporting human well-being. lacks access to the internet [Brookings] of organizations see data science as key to advancing digital innovation non-profits and foundations are working in the data-for-social-good space Want To Change Africa’s Future?

For These Farmers, It Starts With a Tractor Smallholder farmers in Africa are upping their productivity through an app that allows them to share tractors that are otherwise unaffordable. Can Data Science Create Social Equity? These Nine Organizations Think So Nine awardees offer examples of what data for social impact can look like when empowered with funding, technical assistance, and partnership.

Tackling Clean Water Advocacy, a Different Way: The Rise of BlueConduit In high levels, lead poisoning can lead to anemia, brain damage, and a host of other health issues. For BlueConduit, eliminating lead services lines has been a guiding priority. Mobilizing a Global Volunteer Network for Social Good DataKind seems to have unlocked the key to enabling large-scale work on a budget.

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