About

GRNDS is a collaborative initiative led by Ajah, Elizabeth Bloodgood, Sarah Stroup, and Wendy H. Wong.

Ajah is a Canadian-based tech company that leverages open data to builds tools and services for the nonprofit sector. They created Powered by Data in 2013 to help the nonprofit sector build open, shared data infrastructure through research, policy, and open government. Learn more

Elizabeth Bloodgood is the head of the Department of Political Science at Concordia University. She focuses on the emergence and influence of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and the political power of expertise. Learn more

Sarah Stroup is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College. Her research focuses on international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), particularly in the humanitarian relief and human rights fields. Learn more

Wendy H. Wong is a Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and Civil Society at the University of Toronto. Her research interests lie in the politics of organization, namely why and how human beings choose to act collectively, and the effects of those choices​ in human rights and humanitarianism in particular. Learn more