How 500+ volunteers are helping nonprofits tell their stories through data

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Why we exist, is to reduce animal suffering by inspiring change at all levels. This sense of purpose drives every action in our unrelenting march forward for animals.  — The Humane League

If you’re reading this post, you probably know a thing or two about data. You probably also care about giving back to your community. Grassroots organization Data for a Cause is helping people like you put their data skills to work to change the world.

Nonprofit organizations often don’t have the right resources to get the most from their data assets. That’s why Olga Tsubiks started the Data For a Cause Challenge: to help NGOs take advantage of the unexplored, useful data that they have, and find data through open sources.

We reached out to Olga to learn more about her motivation and vision for Data for a Cause’s most recent challenge supporting The Humane League’s 88% Campaign.

The cause behind the data
Farming underwent significant changes in belgium whatsapp number data the second half of the twentieth century. There was a widespread movement from small, family-owned farms to large, industrial-level production sites. Today many contain millions of animals confined to small cages in poor conditions. Such facilities are known as factory farms.

The cruel reality of these farms is kept far away from the public eye.

Interactive Tableau Visualization by Kizley Benedict
How many factories are out there? Where are the factory farms located? Are there factory farms in your state? We know very little about factory farms.

That’s where Data for a Cause and data.world come in. Data for a Cause, a group of 500 volunteers around the world, helps nonprofits tell their stories through data. They also use data.world for data discovery, sharing and cooperation.