Announcing Our New 2024-2025 Grantees: Bridging the Data Divide

Splunk Social Impact is tackling the Data Divide—the gap between the growing use of data to drive commercial success and its limited application in addressing pressing social and environmental challenges. Bridging this divide is crucial to ensure that data is accessible and utilized equitably to address global issues like climate change, healthcare, and inequality.

By empowering nonprofits, research, and academic institutions with tools, funding, access to free Splunk product and training, and skilled volunteers, we are driving towards a future where data is accessible to all. This enables organizations to make more informed decisions and maximize their impact on the world’s most pressing issues.

Since 2021, we’ve invested $4.76 million in unrestricted funding through strategic partnerships and impactful grants to address the root barriers contributing to the Data Divide in three key areas:

• Field-Building: We support organizations advancing the field of data science for social good by improving access to open, secure data and equipping leaders with the tools to solve critical challenges.
• Workforce Development: To close the global skills gap in the Data Age, we support nonprofits offering tech training and career opportunities to underserved communities.
• Data to Action and Impact: We fund nonprofits leveraging data to tackle social and environmental problems, prioritizing solutions that are scalable and replicable.

Our partners exemplify our dedication to empowering high-impact organizations that leverage data and AI for good. By using cutting-edge technologies, they are addressing social and environmental challenges on a scalable level. Their work demonstrates the immense potential of data and AI to drive progress, create equity, and foster sustainable solutions for the next generation.

Together, we’re building a future where data helps solve humanity’s greatest challenges.

We are thrilled to continue our dedicated support for many of our Data Divide grantees and warmly welcome the newest additions below to our portfolio! These tech-forward, data-powered changemakers share our mission, values, and vision for turning data into a force for positive impact.

Field-building

• The Governance Lab’s Data Program: Accelerating the responsible access and reuse of data for societal benefit and the equitable spread of economic opportunities.
• Radiant Earth: Accelerating work on the Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) which aims to empower communities everywhere by making geospatial data more accessible, usable, and beneficial.
• Tech to the Rescue: Global platform connects technology experts with nonprofits to implement digital and AI solutions, amplifying the impact of over 2,000 nonprofits.

Data to Action and Impact

• CloseGap: Tackling the youth mental health crisis by utilizing AI to identify challenges faster and foster meaningful connections between students and staff through their free mental health check-ins.
• Free Our Vote: Develops innovative tech solutions to determine voter eligibility and assist returning citizens to register and turn out to vote.
• Investigative Journalism Foundation: Strengthens Canadian democracy by publishing public interest databases on politicians, lobbyists, and government spending for journalists and the public.
• Mobile Pathways: AI-driven data and insights tools empower advocates to collect and publish crucial data for immigrants in court.
• OpenAQ: Empowers a global community of changemakers to solve air inequality—the unequal access to clean air.
• ProPublica: Employs the largest team of data scientists in any newsroom, using data to produce investigative journalism and bolster the local news ecosystem.
• WattTime: Empowers people, companies, and countries to slash emissions and choose cleaner energy by developing data-driven tools and policies.

"Joining this cohort is an incredible opportunity to collaborate with visionaries and change makers dedicated to responsibly and collectively bridging the global data divide. With this support, The GovLab’s data program can expand its efforts to help countries, cities, and organizations develop cutting-edge data governance frameworks and innovative stewardship models—key to tackling today’s complex societal challenges and unlocking the potential of data-driven solutions and innovations.”

- Dr. Stefaan G. Verhulst, Co-Founder, Chief R&D and Head of the GovLab’s Data Program

"Our Data Divide strategic giving is about more than just funding—it’s about empowering organizations to harness the transformative power of data and AI to address society’s most pressing challenges. By bridging the gap between data innovation and social impact, we’re investing in a future where technology becomes a catalyst for equity, sustainability, and meaningful change.”

- Cheryl Timoney, Head of Splunk Social Impact

Visit Splunk Strategic Giving to view the full list of our 2024-2025 Data Divide grantees and stay tuned to our Impact Bytes blog series to explore their inspiring work.