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Analyze 15 years of data to uncover predictors for the best engagements between pro bono consultants, nonprofits, and Taproot Foundation
Understand what makes a nonprofit or pro bono consultant a good fit for Taproot’s long-standing and new program delivering pro bono services to nonprofits.

Begin to understand and define “college readiness” for students enrolled at KIPP LA elementary and middle schools
Determine what factors, if any, can predict a KIPP LA student’s level of college readiness, given the available data

Prepare and anonymize never-before-released American Red Cross domestic disaster data and open data to gain insights
Explore the data descriptively with statistics and visually with maps and graphics to understand data quality and identify patterns
Prototype a model that predicts and maps which counties American Red Cross should target for its next smoke alarm installation campaigns

Prototype a tool to harness Citizen Advice’s data to better identify and react to emerging social issues in the UK
Build awareness among Citizens Advice staff of new methods for mining and using data, and encourage them to open their data
Share learnings with other charities on how to better manage and use data

Suas believes in the power of young people to make a positive change in the world.

TASC’s mission is to produce policy analysis and present evidence-based proposals for the achievement of a more equal, flourishing society with accountable government and strong, responsible public engagement. TASC’s work focuses in particular on proposals to reduce Ireland’s high and persistent level of economic inequality and to develop the genuine participation of people in decisions that affect themselves and their society, as well as an overall commitment to promote social equality and non-discrimination including the nine grounds in the Equal Status Acts 2000-2011.

Understand to what extent youth mentees successfully complete the program to better target program improvements
Understand how effective the mentor/mentee engagements are so iCouldBe can identify areas for improvement, better train mentors and improve the mentorships overall

Understand why the European Court of Human Rights marks certain cases “important” and predict the likelihood of a case being marked as important
Understand patterns of the actual enforcement of judgments

Determine what specific features of a GlobalGiving project (title, photo, etc) lead to increased donations in order to give more accurate training to nonprofit organizations