Cataloguing the data & information collected by national nonprofit regulators around the world.
GRNDS is a collaborative, open data initiative to list and describe the official, national data sources (such as tax returns and annual filings) collected from nonprofits and charities worldwide. The fields and information in these data sources form a metadata schema - a structure and standard - to describe nonprofits and charities in each country. When available, this metadata is a valuable tool for policy-makers, researchers, and nonprofit practitioners working within and across national nonprofit sectors.
Our Vision
Nonprofit sectors worldwide have the data they need to make informed decisions about their sector as a whole
Our Mission
To foster collaboration between government regulators and nonprofit leaders to work together to meet the information needs of the sector
GRNDS aims to increase the legibility of the nonprofit sector globally by creating a collaborative infrastructure focused on administrative data to further academic research, develop data-driven services, and support nonprofit activities
Our Strategic Goals
Supporting domestic non-profit champions to work with their national regulators to improve nonprofit data infrastructures
Developing new data assets for academic research and practitioners
3. Facilitating ongoing collaboration between regulators, practitioners, and researchers
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
